Monteverde Law Firm Investigates Confluent's Sale to IBM, Shareholders to Receive $31 per Share
Written by Emily J. Thompson, Senior Investment Analyst
Source: PRnewswire
Updated: 1 hour ago
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- Shareholder Rights Protection: Monteverde & Associates is investigating Confluent, Inc.'s sale to IBM, with shareholders expected to receive $31 per share, which may influence perceptions of the deal's fairness among investors.
- Law Firm Credibility: The firm has been recognized as a Top 50 firm in the 2024 ISS Securities Class Action Services Report, highlighting its strong capability and reputation in safeguarding shareholder interests.
- Focus on Transaction Transparency: This investigation aims to ensure that Confluent shareholders are treated fairly in the transaction, reflecting a commitment to corporate governance and shareholder rights.
- Potential Legal Implications: Should the investigation uncover any wrongdoing in the transaction, it could lead to legal liabilities for Confluent and its management, potentially impacting the company's future market performance and shareholder confidence.
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Analyst Views on CFLT
Wall Street analysts forecast CFLT stock price to rise over the next 12 months. According to Wall Street analysts, the average 1-year price target for CFLT is 27.68 USD with a low forecast of 24.00 USD and a high forecast of 31.00 USD. However, analyst price targets are subjective and often lag stock prices, so investors should focus on the objective reasons behind analyst rating changes, which better reflect the company's fundamentals.
Wall Street analysts forecast CFLT stock price to rise over the next 12 months. According to Wall Street analysts, the average 1-year price target for CFLT is 27.68 USD with a low forecast of 24.00 USD and a high forecast of 31.00 USD. However, analyst price targets are subjective and often lag stock prices, so investors should focus on the objective reasons behind analyst rating changes, which better reflect the company's fundamentals.
Current: 23.140

Current: 23.140

Neutral
maintain
$45 -> $48
Reason
Citi analyst Tyler Radke raised the firm's price target on Confluent to $48 from $45 and keeps a Neutral rating on the shares.
Outperform
maintain
$26 -> $29
Reason
Oppenheimer raised the firm's price target on Confluent to $29 from $26 and keeps an Outperform rating on the shares. The firm notes Confluent reported solid Q3 results that exceeded expectations, highlighted by strong Cloud consumption growth. The quarter showcased improvement following recent go-to-market changes, with accelerating pipeline progression and new use cases moving into production.
Underperform
maintain
$20 -> $24
Reason
BofA analyst Koji Ikeda raised the firm's price target on Confluent to $24 from $20 and keeps an Underperform rating on the shares. While "more constructive on its execution" after Confluent reported "good" Q3 results, the firm thinks the multiple could be constrained until Cloud growth reaccelerates, the analyst tells investors in a post-earnings note.
DA Davidson raised the firm's price target on Confluent to $29 from $27 and keeps a Buy rating on the shares. The company reported a solid beat and raise as optimizations that impacted the first half returned to a healthy level while late-stage pipeline grew over 40% sequentially for the second straight quarter and new use cases moving into production accelerated, the analyst tells investors in a research note. Large new logo adds were strong while DSP callouts were also encouraging, the firm added.
About CFLT
Confluent, Inc. provides a data streaming platform that enables customers to connect their applications, systems, and data layers and can be deployed as a fully-managed cloud-native software-as-a-service (SaaS) offering, Confluent Cloud, as a self-managed software offering, Confluent Platform, or as a Bring Your Own Cloud (BYOC) managed service offering where the raw data resides inside a customer’s own cloud environment, WarpStream. The Company also offers professional services and educational services. The Company is focused on developing a category of data infrastructure focused on data in motion for developers and enterprises. Its cloud-native offering works across multi-cloud and hybrid infrastructures and supports a variety of deployment models to support diverse customer requirements, delivering massive scalability, elasticity, security, and global interconnectedness, enabling agile development. WarpStream offers a lower-cost option for relaxed latency use cases for customers.
About the author
Emily J. Thompson
Emily J. Thompson, a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) with 12 years in investment research, graduated with honors from the Wharton School. Specializing in industrial and technology stocks, she provides in-depth analysis for Intellectia’s earnings and market brief reports.