Cloudflare reported third-quarter revenue of $782.5 million, up 39% year-over-year, while operating margin reached 17.5%. Dollar-based net retention rose to 122%, and more than 158,000 paying customers were added.
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Cloudflare reported revenue of $782,513 thousand for the three months ended September 30, 2026; its agentic AI-first plan reduced approximately 20% of its workforce and carried up to $165 million in restructuring charges.
Cloudflare reported third-quarter revenue of $782.5 million, up 39% year over year, and appointed Christian Smith as President of Revenue effective November 2, 2026.
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Q3 FY26 earnings call · Nov 5, 2026TL;DR. Cloudflare delivered 39% revenue growth, record customer additions, a record 17.5% operating margin, and strong fourth-quarter guidance. The main negatives were lower gross and free-cash-flow margins, wider GAAP losses, and continuing cybersecurity vulnerabilities.
- + Q3 revenue increased 39% year-over-year to $782.5 million, representing the fastest revenue growth in nearly four years.
- + Operating margin reached a record 17.5%, up 220 basis points year-over-year and 370 basis points sequentially.
- + Large-customer retention and revenue contribution improved, with dollar-based net retention reaching 122% and large-customer revenue contribution rising to 75%.
- + Paying-customer additions exceeded 158,000, growing 110% year-over-year and nearly doubling the previous quarterly record.
- + Q4 revenue guidance is 845 to 846 million dollars, representing 38% year-over-year growth.
- + Management expects to achieve GAAP profitability in Q4, significantly earlier than its previous expectation of no later than 2028.
- − Non-GAAP gross margin declined 290 basis points year-over-year and 70 basis points sequentially to 72.4%.
- − GAAP gross margin declined to 71.2% from 74.0% in the prior-year quarter.
- − GAAP operating loss widened to $67.9 million, or 8.7% of revenue, from $37.5 million, or 6.7%, a year earlier.
- − GAAP net loss widened to $34.1 million from $1.3 million in the prior-year quarter.
- − Free-cash-flow margin declined to 10% of revenue from 13% a year earlier despite free cash flow increasing to $82.1 million.
- − Management said the cybersecurity vulnerability wave is not over and that significant vulnerabilities requiring continued protection are still coming.
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Key metrics
the company's own KPIs, from written earnings releases and filings| Metric | Latest | Period | YoY |
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| Current RPO year-over-year growth | 35% | Q2 FY2026 | — |
| Dollar-based net retention rate | 120% | Three Months Ended June 30, 2026 filing | — |
| Free cash flow non-GAAP | $56.4M | Q2 FY2026 | — |
GAAP → non-GAAP reconciliationGAAP Net cash provided by operating activities 117.56M
-49.96M Purchases of property and equipment
-11.22M Capitalized internal-use software
= Free cash flow 56.38M
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| Non-GAAP income from operations non-GAAP | $96.11M | Three Months Ended June 30, 2026 filing | — |
GAAP → non-GAAP reconciliationGAAP Loss from operations -205.7M
+140.59M Stock-based compensation expense and related employer payroll taxes
+7.44M Amortization of acquired intangible assets
+2.08M Acquisition-related and other expenses
+0K Lease impairment charges
+1M Legal reserve and settlements
+150.69M Restructuring and other charges
= Non-GAAP income from operations 96.11M
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| Paying customers (> $100,000 Annualized Revenue) | 4,698 | the three months ended June 30, 2026 filing | — |
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Cloudflare reported revenue of $782,513 thousand for the three months ended September 30, 2026; its agentic AI-first plan reduced approximately 20% of its workforce and carried up to $165 million in restructuring charges.
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