Cloudflare, Inc. (NYSE: NET), the security, performance, and reliability company helping to build a better Internet. Today announced financial results for its fourth quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2021.
“Cloudflare ended Q4 with 1,416 customers spending over $100,000 (annual contract value),” Thill said in a report. “While 1,416 logos were up 71% year-over-year, the 156 incremental customers was a deceleration from last quarter’s 172.”
Cloudflare stock fell 3.7% to 111.60 in morning trading on the stock market today. Heading into the Cloudflare earnings report, the NET stock had retreated 12% in 2022.
Fourth Quarter Fiscal 2021 Financial Highlights
Revenue: Total revenue of $193.6 million representing an increase of 54% year-over-year.
Gross Profit: GAAP gross profit was $151.1 million or 78.0% gross margin, compared to $96.9 million or 76.9%, in the fourth quarter of 2020. Non-GAAP gross profit was $153.3 million or 79.2% gross margin, compared to $98.3 million, or 78.1%, in the fourth quarter of 2020.
Operating Income (Loss): GAAP loss from operations was $41.1 million, or 21.2% of total revenue, compared to $24.7 million, or 19.6% of total revenue, in the fourth quarter of 2020. Non-GAAP income from operations was $2.2 million, or 1.2% of total revenue, compared to a loss from operations of $5.5 million, or 4.3% of total revenue, in the fourth quarter of 2020.
Net Income (Loss): GAAP net loss was $77.5 million, compared to $34.0 million in the fourth quarter of 2020. GAAP net loss per basic and diluted share was $0.24 compared to $0.11 in the fourth quarter of 2020. Non-GAAP net income was $0.1 million, compared to a non-GAAP net loss of $7.4 million in the fourth quarter of 2020. Non-GAAP net income per diluted share was $0.00, compared to non-GAAP net loss per share of $0.02 in the fourth quarter of 2020.
Cash Flow: Net cash flow from operating activities was $40.6 million, compared to negative $8.8 million for the fourth quarter of 2020. Free cash flow was $8.6 million, or 4% of total revenue, compared to negative $23.5 million, or 19% of total revenue, in the fourth quarter of 2020.
Cash, cash equivalents, and available-for-sale securities were $1,821.8 million as of December 31, 2021.
About Cloudflare
Cloudflare, Inc. (www.cloudflare.com / @cloudflare) is on a mission to help build a better Internet. Cloudflare’s suite of products protects and accelerates any Internet application online without adding hardware, installing software, or changing a line of code. Internet properties powered by Cloudflare have all web traffic routed through its intelligent global network, which gets smarter with every request.
As a result, they see significant improvement in performance and a decrease in spam and other attacks. Cloudflare was named to Entrepreneur Magazine’s Top Company Cultures 2018 list and ranked among the World’s Most Innovative Companies by Fast Company in 2019.
Headquartered in San Francisco, CA, Cloudflare has offices in Austin, TX, Champaign, IL, New York, NY, San Jose, CA, Seattle, WA, Washington, D.C., Toronto, Lisbon, London, Munich, Paris, Beijing, Singapore, Sydney, and Tokyo.