What if you invested in Cloudflare in 2019?
NET · Technology · Data through 2026-06-01
If you invested $1,000 in Cloudflare in 2019
The same $1,000 in the S&P 500 would be worth $3,085(+208.5%)
The S&P 500 returned $3,085 on the same $1,000. Cloudflare beat the market by $10,124.
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Cloudflare vs. S&P 500 vs. US Dollar, 2019 to present
Year-by-Year Returns
$1,000 invested in Cloudflare starting January 2019
| Year | Price | Value | Annual |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | $18.57 | $1,000 | - |
| 2020 | $17.86 | $962 | -3.8% |
| 2021 | $76.66 | $4,128 | +329.2% |
| 2022 | $96.40 | $5,191 | +25.8% |
| 2023 | $52.91 | $2,849 | -45.1% |
| 2024 | $79.05 | $4,257 | +49.4% |
| 2025 | $138.40 | $7,453 | +75.1% |
| 2026 | $177.35 | $9,550 | +28.1% |
What this return means
A $1,000 position in Cloudflare (NET) opened in 2019 is worth $13,208 today. That works out to +1220.8%, about 13x the original stake, as of 2026-06-01.
That is a compound rate of about 40.5% a year, an extreme pace that few holdings sustain for 7.6 years. A plain S&P 500 fund would have turned that $1,000 into about $3,085 instead, leaving Cloudflare ahead by around $10,124. The index compounded at about 16% a year over that period.
The path was not smooth. The best single year was 2021 at +329.2%, and the worst was 2023 at -45.1%. At its lowest point the position was down about 45% from an earlier high. These figures use split-adjusted closing prices and exclude dividends, taxes, trading fees, and inflation, so a real after-tax result would differ.
This is historical math, not financial advice. Past performance does not guarantee future results.
What if you invested $100 a month instead?
Most people do not drop a lump sum in on day one. They add a fixed amount every month. Putting $100 into Cloudflare at the close of every month from September 2019 through June 2026 means 82 buys and $8,200 contributed over about 6.8 years.
$100/month, dollar-cost averaged
$32,772
+299.7% on $8,200 in
Same $8,200, all in at the start
$108,309
+1,220.8% on $8,200 in
Going all in at the start beat spreading the buys out by $75,537. That is the usual result when a stock trends up: each monthly buy pays a higher price than the last, so the average cost climbs. Averaging in also meant an average buy price of $61.37 per share across the whole stretch, so the monthly buyer never had to time a single low. Neither number counts dividends, taxes, or trading costs.
Illustrative fixed $100/month example, not a recommendation. Figures are computed from NET split-adjusted monthly closes through June 2026. Past performance does not guarantee future results.
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