CFLT shares expected to underperform in the next 12 months

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Investors can expect a company’s stock to rise or fall based on the buying and selling of stock by its insiders. Confluent Inc shares valued at $90,289 were sold by Phan Kong on Sep 22 ’25. At $19.87 per share, Phan Kong sold 4,544 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 232,534 shares worth approximately $5.29 million following the completion of this transaction.

Also, Mac Ban Ryan Norris sold 1,219 shares, netting a total of over 24,222 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $19.87 each, the insider now holds 396,126 shares.

Before that, Narkhede Neha had sold 153,200 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $3,041,020, the Director traded Confluent Inc shares for $19.85 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 153,200 shares, worth approximately $0.65 million.

As published in their initiating research note from Wells Fargo on October 01, 2025, Confluent Inc [CFLT] has been an Overweight and the price target has been revised to $24. Analysts at TD Cowen downgraded the stock from ‘”a Buy”‘ to ‘”a Hold”‘ outlook in a report released in late July. As of July 31, 2025, Stifel has decreased its “Buy” rating to a “Hold” for CFLT. Earlier on July 18, 2025, Stephens initiated its rating. Their recommendation was “an Overweight” for CFLT stock.

Analyzing CFLT Stock Performance

On last trading session, Confluent Inc [NASDAQ: CFLT] plunged -0.13% to $22.76. The stock’s lowest price that day was $22.4, but it reached a high of $23.15 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 2.06%. Over the course of the year, Confluent Inc shares have jumped approximately 2.38%.

Is Confluent Inc subject to short interest?

Stocks of Confluent Inc saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-09-30 dropping by -0.91 million shares to 20.49 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-08-29 was 21.41 million shares. A decline of -4.46% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 3.26 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 3.26.

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In terms of Confluent Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 21 in the next 12 months, down nearly -7.85% from the previous closing price of $22.79. Analysts anticipate Confluent Inc stock to reach 24 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 21. In spite of this, 11 analysts ranked Confluent Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On April 11, 2025, Raymond James assigned a price target of “an Outperform” to the stock and initiated coverage with a $30.

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