Securities Fraud Investigation Into Confluent, Inc. (CFLT) Announced – Investors Who Lost Money Urged To Contact The Law Offices of Frank R. Cruz
IF YOU ARE AN INVESTOR WHO LOST MONEY ON CONFLUENT, INC. (CFLT), CLICK HERE TO INQUIRE ABOUT POTENTIALLY PURSUING A CLAIM TO RECOVER YOUR LOSS.
What Is The Investigation About?
On July 30, 2025, after market hours, Confluent released its second quarter 2025 financial results, stating that 'an AI-native customer has been making a broad-based move towards self-management of internal data platforms, reducing their Confluent Cloud usage as a result.' The Company noted that it 'continue[s] to support [the client's] data streaming needs and have now closed a Confluent Platform deal with them in Q3. This represents a significant reduction in total spending with Confluent starting in Q4 and is expected to dampen [Confluent's] Q4 cloud revenue growth rate by low single digits.'
On this news, Confluent's stock price fell $8.67, or 32.8%, to close at $17.73 per share on July 31, 2025, thereby injuring investors.
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