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NET (Cloudflare) Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow : 0.64 (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is Cloudflare Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow?

Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow assesses how much of a company’s cash flow from operations is being devoted to capital expenditure. It’s also useful to distinguish whether the company is capital intensive or not.

Cloudflare's Capital Expenditure for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was $-92.92 Mil. Its Cash Flow from Operations for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was $145.78 Mil.

Hence, Cloudflare's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was 0.64.


Cloudflare Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Historical Data

The historical data trend for Cloudflare's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Cloudflare Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Chart

Cloudflare Annual Data
Trend Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only - 1.67 1.32 0.53 0.56

Cloudflare Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.52 0.49 0.57 0.63 0.64

Competitive Comparison of Cloudflare's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow

For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, Cloudflare's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow, along with its competitors' market caps and Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Cloudflare's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Cloudflare's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Cloudflare's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow falls into.


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Cloudflare Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Calculation

Cloudflare's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as

Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow=- Capital Expenditure / Cash Flow from Operations
=- (-213.514) / 380.429
=0.56

Cloudflare's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as

Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow=- Capital Expenditure / Cash Flow from Operations
=- (-92.917) / 145.784
=0.64

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Cloudflare  (NYSE:NET) Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Explanation

Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow ratio assesses how much of a company’s Cash Flow from Operations is being devoted to Capital Expenditure. It is a good indicator in terms of how much the company is focused on growth. In general, a high Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow ratio indicates that the company is investing more in physical assets and is focused on growth and expansion. Conversely, lower ratio could indicate that a company has reached maturity and is no longer pursuing aggressive growth.

Moreover, the ratio is also useful to distinguish whether the company is capital intensive or not. If the ratio is large, then the company tends to be capital intensive. Lower ratio suggests that it’s a capital-light business. The ratio can be combined with ROIC % to identify whether the company is an asset-light business that has a high return on invested capital. This is one question investors commonly ask to see if a company qualifies as a good company.


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Cloudflare Business Description

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Cloudflare is a software company based in San Francisco, California, that offers security and web performance offerings by utilizing a distributed, serverless content delivery network, or CDN. The firm's edge computing platform, Workers, leverages this network by providing clients the ability to deploy, and execute code without maintaining servers.
Executives
Michelle Zatlyn director, officer: Chief Operating Officer C/O CLOUDFLARE, INC., 101 TOWNSEND STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94107
Thomas J Seifert officer: Chief Financial Officer 101 TOWNSEND STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94107
Janel Riley officer: Chief Accounting Officer C/O CLOUDFLARE, INC., 101 TOWNSEND STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94107
Matthew Prince director, 10 percent owner, officer: CEO and Chair of the Board C/O CLOUDFLARE, INC., 101 TOWNSEND STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94107
Douglas James Kramer officer: General Counsel C/O CLOUDFLARE, INC., 101 TOWNSEND STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94107
Katrin Suder director C/O CLOUDFLARE, INC., 101 TOWNSEND STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94107
Maria S Eitel director C/O CLOUDFLARE, INC., 101 TOWNSEND STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94107
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Paul D. Underwood officer: Chief Accounting Officer C/O CLOUDFLARE, INC., 101 TOWNSEND STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94107
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