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Last Earnings Call

Fiscal Period
Q2 2026
Call Date
Aug 6, 2026
AI Summary
Q2 2026

Revenue: Cloudflare reported second-quarter revenue of $696.1 million, up 36% year over year, with management calling it an extremely strong quarter across the business.

Customer growth: The company ended with 4,698 customers paying more than $100,000 annually, up 27% year over year, and added a record 986 net large customers over the last 12 months.

Profitability: Gross margin improved to 73.1%, operating income was $96.1 million, and free cash flow rose to $56.4 million, with management saying it is ahead of its GAAP profitability target by 2028 at the latest.

AI shift: Management said nonhuman traffic has already passed human traffic on Cloudflare’s network and argued this is reshaping the Internet around agentic AI, micropayments, and new commerce models.

Workers momentum: The Workers developer platform remained a key growth driver, with Cloudflare saying it added nearly 2 million developers in Q2 and that Workers is now a meaningful contributor to revenue.

Outlook: Third-quarter revenue guidance was $736 million to $737 million, and full-year revenue guidance was raised to $2.864 billion to $2.870 billion, implying 32% growth for 2026.

Key Financials
Revenue
$696.1 million
Customers paying more than $100,000 annually
4,698
Net additions of customers paying more than $100,000 annually
986
Dollar-based net retention
120%
Gross margin
73.1%
Operating income
$96.1 million
Operating margin
13.8%
Free cash flow
$56.4 million
Large customer revenue mix
73% of revenue
Remaining performance obligations
$2.732 billion
Current remaining performance obligations
64% of total RPO
Network CapEx
7% of revenue
Sales and marketing expense
$232.5 million
Research and development expense
$104.1 million
General and administrative expense
$76.3 million
Net income
$107.8 million
Diluted net income per share
$0.29
Cash, cash equivalents and available-for-sale securities
$4.2 billion
Head count
4,700
Severance and other restructuring charges
$151 million
Workers-related developers
more than 7.4 million
Customers paying more than $100,000 annually in Q2 additions
282
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