What is the sentiment of the input news from financial perspective?
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Confluent Inc (NASDAQ: CFLT) is a leader in helping firms identify and capture data trends, and over the past six months, has treated bullish traders and investors to eye-popping returns. Since August 2021, Confluent stock's return has outperformed several of the world's most popular entertainment and tech stocks: Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS), Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL), Netflix Inc (NASDAQ: NFLX) and Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT).
positive