Although cloud computing stocks struggled to close the week, Cloudflare (NYSE:NET) shares rose 26% on Friday after the cloud-based security business reported second-quarter earnings that were quickly above estimates and raised its revenue outlook for the rest of the year.
In contrast to its previous forecast of $955M-$959M, Cloudflare (NET) stated it now anticipates sales to reach between $968M and $972M in 2022. Analysts predicted that the company would make $958.7M in revenue.
According to the company’s prediction, sales are expected to increase significantly in the third quarter, exceeding expectations of $246.95 million by between $250 and $251 million.
With sales of $234.5M, up 53.9% year over year, Cloudflare (NET) broke even on an adjusted basis during the second quarter. Analysts anticipated a loss of one cent on revenue of $227.36M.
Despite Cloudflare’s (NET) impressive earnings, software companies faltered on Friday as traders assessed the likelihood of another, more considerable Federal Reserve interest rate hike following positive jobs report in July.
Fastly (NYSE:FSLY) and Akamai (NASDAQ:AKAM), rivals of Cloudflare (NET), both experienced declines in midday trade, with Fastly losing approximately 3.5% of its value.
Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT), Salesforce (CRM), Oracle (ORCL), and Intuit (INTU) were among the other cloud computing equities to experience slight losses.
On the other hand, Adobe (ADBE) and many cyber security firms, such as Fortinet (FTNT), Tenable (TENB), and CyberArk (CYBR), defied the general trend and saw slight increases at midday.
In May, Cloudflare (NET) announced that it had joined the General Assembly of the European Union’s Cloud Code of Conduct.
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