Confluent Stock Poised To Open At 2-Month High On Q4 Beat: Retail Lauds Company’s Consistent Performance

CFO Rohan Sivaram said the company is well-positioned to achieve its growth and profitability targets for 2025.
Door with logo at office of Confluent in the Silicon Valley, Mountain View, California, January 3, 2021.
Door with logo at office of Confluent in the Silicon Valley, Mountain View, California, January 3, 2021. (Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)
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Shanthi M·Stocktwits
Updated Jul 02, 2025 | 8:31 PM GMT-04
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Confluent, Inc. (CFLT) stock rallied strongly in Wednesday’s premarket after the data streaming platform reported forecast-beating results for the fiscal year 2024 fourth quarter.

The Mountain View, California-based cloud-based software-as-a-service company reported fourth-quarter adjusted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.09, unchanged from a year ago. The results exceeded the guidance of $0.05 and the consensus estimate of $0.06.

Revenue climbed 23% year-over-year (YoY) to $261.2 million from $213.2 million last year, beating analysts’ average estimate of $256.98 million. 

Subscription revenue grew 24% to $250.6 million, more than the guided range of $245 million to $246 million. 

Confluent Cloud revenue for the quarter was up 28%.

Among key user metrics, total customers increased 17% YoY to about 5,800, with annual recurring revenue (ARR) rising 12% for $100K+ accounts and 23% for $1 million+ accounts. 

Confluent co-founder and CEO Jay Kreps said, “Confluent closed the year with a strong Q4, highlighted by beating all guided metrics and achieving 38% year-over-year Confluent Cloud revenue growth.”

“Our momentum reflects the increasing importance of a complete data streaming platform to power mission-critical and real-time AI applications.”

CFO Rohan Sivaram said the company is well-positioned to achieve its growth and profitability targets for 2025.

Confluent expects first-quarter non-GAAP EPS of $0.06-$0.07 versus the $0.07 consensus estimate, and subscription revenue of $253 million to $254 million.

The company expects full-year 2025 non-GAAP EPS guidance of $0.35 and subscription revenue of $1.117 billion to $1.121 billion. The consensus estimates are at $0.36 and $1.116 billion, respectively.

Separately, Confluence announced a strategic partnership with India’s Jio Platforms Ltd. for Jio Cloud services, making it easier for Indian businesses to get started with data streaming.

It also announced a major expansion to its partnership with data and artificial intelligence (AI) company Databricks to empower enterprises with real-time data for AI-driven decision-making. 

On Stocktwits, retail sentiment toward Confluent stock stayed ‘bullish’ (74/100), with the message volume spiking to ‘extremely high’ levels.

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CFLT sentiment and message volume February 12, premarket as of 7:47 am ET | Source: Stocktwits

A  retail user said Confluent stock is on their “ breakout” watchlist following the quarterly results and Databricks deal.

Another user lauded the company for its eighth straight double beat. 

In premarket trading, Confluent stock climbed 14.05% to $34.33, marking a two-month high. The stock is up about 7.7% so far this year.

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