Confluent's Q3 sales surpass expectations on increased cloud revenue

Reuters
Oct 28, 2025
Confluent's Q3 sales surpass expectations on increased cloud revenue

Overview

  • Confluent Q3 revenue grows 19% yr/yr, beating analyst expectations

  • Adjusted EPS for Q3 beats consensus, reflecting improved profitability

  • Confluent Cloud revenue increases 24% yr/yr, showing strong customer commitment

Outlook

  • Confluent expects Q4 2025 subscription revenue of $295.5-$296.5 mln

  • Company anticipates FY 2025 subscription revenue of $1,113.5-$1,114.5 mln

  • Confluent projects FY 2025 non-GAAP EPS of $0.39-$0.40

Result Drivers

  • CLOUD REVENUE GROWTH - Confluent Cloud revenue increased 24% yr/yr, reflecting strong customer commitment and consumption growth

  • PLATFORM ADOPTION - Accelerating adoption of DSP components, particularly Flink, contributed to growth

  • DIVERSIFIED STRATEGY - Strong performance attributed to diversified growth strategy and margin expansion

Key Details

Metric

Beat/Miss

Actual

Consensus Estimate

Q3 Revenue

Beat

$298.50 mln

$292.87 mln (31 Analysts)

Q3 Adjusted EPS

Beat

$0.13

$0.09 (31 Analysts)

Q3 EPS

-$0.19

Q3 Adjusted Operating income

Beat

$29.10 mln

$20.71 mln (31 Analysts)

Q3 Adjusted Operating Margin

9.70%

Analyst Coverage

  • The current average analyst rating on the shares is "buy" and the breakdown of recommendations is 23 "strong buy" or "buy", 9 "hold" and 1 "sell" or "strong sell"

  • The average consensus recommendation for the software peer group is "buy"

  • Wall Street's median 12-month price target for Confluent Inc is $25.00, about 8.8% above its October 24 closing price of $22.80

  • The stock recently traded at 51 times the next 12-month earnings vs. a P/E of 59 three months ago

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