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Crowdstrike Holdings Inc

United States · Large Cap · listed since 2019 · Revenue 12 mo. $5.4B

Price as of 11/06/2026

StockScorer score
4.5
of 10 5 of 11 points Low Match To the score
Price
$216.90
1 Y +53.3%
Market cap
$230B
Phase
Build-up
revenue growing, core business not yet profitable
Revenue +29.0% a year (3 years)EBIT margin −6.1%Payout 0.0% of operating cash flow

Summary

Crowdstrike Holdings Inc is around the middle of the Technology sector overall

51.7 of 100

Mean of the six area values. Each area value is the mean of the stock's ranks among the companies in its sector. 50 is the middle of the sector, not a share of companies beaten.

Analysis

What the price requires

The price requires more than 30% FCF growth a year, for 10 years.

If free cash flow stays at €1.2B (2026), it supports €13.1B. The remaining €193.3B of the market value assume it grows more than 30% a year for 10 years and not at all afterwards.

Required FCF growth per year

over 30%

no growth afterwards

Market value breakdown€206.4B market value, price as of 11/06/2026

€13.1B without growth
€193.3B priced-in growth

Valuation against its own history

Price to operating cash flow 111.6×, above its usual range.

Middle half of 20 quarters: 52.6× to 88.2×, median 62.8×.

Measures only against its own past, not against what the company is worth. Price as of 11/06/2026.

No sign supports the expectation, 3 speak against it.

What supports it

with respect to the priced-in expectation

No indication in the stored figures.

What speaks against it

with respect to the priced-in expectation

  • Expectation above the company's own record priced in more than 30%, achieved at most 32.9%
  • Loss over the last twelve months net income −€145.8M
  • Volatile earnings 5 drops or sign changes in up to 10 years

AI summary of the 2026 annual report

The business of Crowdstrike Holdings Inc according to its report

A language model selected and condensed statements from the report. Each statement carries a verbatim quote. The selection is not complete and shows the state of the report. It gives no rating and does not feed into the score.

Form 10-K, fiscal year ended 01/31/2026, filed 03/05/2026. Open the report at the SEC

Business model according to the report

  • The company offers 33 cloud modules on its Falcon platform, sold by subscription and delivered over the internet.

    Quote
    Today, we offer 33 cloud modules on our Falcon platform via a SaaS subscription-based model
  • Falcon Complete Next-Gen MDR is a managed security service sold by subscription, in which experts monitor, investigate, respond to and fix attacks around the clock.

    Quote
    Falcon Complete Next-Gen MDR delivers a comprehensive managed security service subscription that combines 24/7 expert monitoring, investigation, response, and remediation to stop breaches across the entire attack lifecycle.
  • The company also offers services after security breaches, such as incident response and recovery, plus technical assessments and strategic advice.

    Quote
    we also offer incident response, forensic investigatory, and breach recovery services; technical assessment and strategic advisory services
  • The company mainly sells its Falcon platform through its own sales and partner teams, working with a network of channel partners.

    Quote
    We primarily sell the Falcon platform through our sales and partner teams that leverage our network of channel partners

Customers according to the report

  • The company has mainly sold to large organizations in the past and increasingly targets small and medium-sized businesses.

    Quote
    Historically, we and our channel partners have primarily sold to large organizations, but have increasingly focused on selling to small and medium-sized businesses
  • The company says it is trusted by more than 88,000 organizations, including end customers of managed security providers, as of January 31, 2026.

    Quote
    As of January 31, 2026, we are trusted by more than 88,000 organizations, including our end customers and those of our Managed Security Service Providers
  • Customers include 25 of the 50 US states, which use the platform at enterprise level as a standard.

    Quote
    25 of the 50 U.S. states have standardized on CrowdStrike’s platform at the enterprise level.

Competition according to the report

  • The company mainly competes with established and new security product vendors.

    Quote
    We primarily compete with established and emerging security product vendors.
  • Competitors include older antivirus providers that offer many approaches, including traditional signature-based antivirus protection.

    Quote
    legacy antivirus product providers who offer a broad range of approaches and solutions including traditional signature-based antivirus protection
  • Many competitors have more financial, technical, marketing and sales resources, more name recognition, longer operating histories and more customers than the company does.

    Quote
    Many of our competitors have greater financial, technical, marketing, sales, and other resources, greater name recognition, longer operating histories, and a larger base of customers than we do.

Risks according to the report

  • On July 19, 2024, the company released an update for its Falcon sensor that caused system crashes on certain Windows systems.

    Quote
    On July 19, 2024, we released a content configuration update for our Falcon sensor that resulted in system crashes for certain Windows systems
  • After the July 19 Incident, some current or potential customers delayed or turned down purchases, and some ended or did not renew their contracts.

    Quote
    As a result of the July 19 Incident, certain of our existing or prospective customers have deferred or decided against purchases of our products and services and terminated or chosen not to renew their contracts with us
  • The company is involved in several legal cases linked to the July 19 Incident, including securities litigation brought by some buyers of its common stock.

    Quote
    We are party to a number of legal proceedings relating to the July 19 Incident, such as lawsuits filed by or on behalf of third parties, including securities litigation brought on behalf of certain purchasers of our common stock
  • The company has had service interruptions, delays and outages, and more may occur from time to time for various reasons.

    Quote
    We have experienced, and expect that in the future we may experience interruptions, delays and outages in service and availability from time to time due to a variety of factors
  • Although the company is currently certified under FedRAMP, a US government security program, keeping that certification is costly, and losing it would limit sales to government customers.

    Quote
    although we are currently certified under the U.S. Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program, or FedRAMP, such certification is costly to maintain and if we lose our certification, it would restrict our ability to sell to government customers

Since the last quarter

Q2 → Q3 2026

Mostly better than the previous quarter: 4 of 4 changes for the better.

  • Revenue, 12 mo.$5.1B → $5.4B+5.9%better
  • FCF, 12 mo.$1.5B → $1.6B+8.3%better
  • EBIT margin−3.9% → −2.2%+1.7 ppbetter
  • Net debt−$3.7B → −$4.2B−12.4%better

4 more unchanged: Gross margin, FCF margin, Shares outstanding, Return on equity

Derivation

How the sector comparison is derived

Each area value is the average of its metrics' ranks within the sector (0 to 100, 50 is the middle). For metrics where lower is better, the rank is mirrored. The overall value is the average of the area values.

Price as of 11/06/2026.

Profitability34.6below the middleEarns less than the sector: Return on capital (Greenblatt) −6.85%, sector 29.77%.
MetricStockSector medianPosition in sector
Return on equity−3.67%14.60%Rank 7
Return on capital (Greenblatt)−6.85%29.77%Rank 3
EBIT margin−6.10%17.40%Rank 4
FCF margin27.23%18.54%Rank 77
Gross margin74.67%48.47%Rank 82
Growth72.6above the middleGrows faster than the sector: Revenue growth, 1 year 21.71%, sector 12.70%.
MetricStockSector medianPosition in sector
Revenue growth, 1 year21.71%12.70%Rank 73
Earnings growth, 3 years per yeardoes not count towards the rank–9.54%
Earnings growth, 5 years per yeardoes not count towards the rank–14.07%
Sustainable growth (ROE × retained earnings)6.28%2.87%Rank 72
Valuation8.2below the middleValued higher than the sector: EV/sales 46.88, sector 5.18.
MetricStockSector medianPosition in sector
Earnings yield−0.07%2.64%Rank 9
FCF yield0.57%3.06%Rank 14
EV/saleslower is better46.885.18Rank 2
EV/EBITlower is betterdoes not count towards the rank–26.24
Momentum81.2above the middleShare price doing better than the sector: Share price, 6 months 64.87%, sector −4.46%.
MetricStockSector medianPosition in sector
Share price, 1 year53.32%−0.59%Rank 89
Share price, 6 months64.87%−4.46%Rank 98
Share price, 3 months6.29%−5.84%Rank 69
Distance from 52-week high−22.22%−33.23%Rank 68
Quality54.6around the middleQuality about like the sector.
MetricStockSector medianPosition in sector
Accruals (Sloan)lower is better−10.21%1.65%Rank 94
Change in share countlower is better5.47%−0.17%Rank 9
Dividend streak in years–8Rank 18
Price reaction to results, market-adjusted20.03%−1.57%Rank 98
Balance sheet & risk58.9around the middleRisk about like the sector.
MetricStockSector medianPosition in sector
Equity ratio39.94%53.98%Rank 31
Net debt/EBITDAlower is better−24.17−0.20Rank 99
Debt to equitylower is better0.190.33Rank 65
Volatility, 1 yearlower is better56.40%50.37%Rank 40

Ten years in figures

Revenue from $52.7M (2017) to $4.8B (2026), 65.1% a year.

Fiscal years, amounts in USD
YearRevenueEBIT marginFCFSharesNet debt
2017$52.7M−171.7%−$64.6M685M$1.6M
2018$118.8M−110.7%−$88.5M171M−$47.2M
2019$249.8M−54.8%−$65.6M685M−$88.4M
2020$481.4M−30.3%$12.5M852M−$264.8M
2021$874.4M−10.6%$292.7M871M−$1.1B
2022$1.5B−9.8%$441.1M909M−$1.2B
2023$2.2B−8.5%$674.6M933M−$1.7B
2024$3.1B−0.1%$929.1M975M−$2.6B
2025$4.0B−3.1%$1.1B979M−$3.5B
2026$4.8B−6.1%$1.3B1.03B−$4.4B
4.5 / 10Low MatchStockScorer score5 of 11 points

3 of 7 StockScorer Score rules met · How the score is built

Crowdstrike Holdings Inc mainly meets criteria in the Momentum category. Result from 18 strategies checked.

This stock · Profitability: 33%This stock · Growth: 50%This stock · Valuation: 0%This stock · Momentum: 100%Median of all stocks · Profitability: 33%Median of all stocks · Growth: 0%Median of all stocks · Valuation: 0%Median of all stocks · Momentum: 0%50%100%ProfitabilityGrowthValuationMomentumThis stockMedian of all stocks

How Crowdstrike Holdings Inc's score is built

Crowdstrike Holdings Inc is rated here with the StockScorer Score strategy, the flagship rule set. It compares return and cash-flow metrics with the median of the company's own sector and checks growth and price trend.

3 of 7 rules met

5 of 11 points

  1. Free cash flow yield above the sector mediannot met0 of 2 points
  2. Return on capital (Greenblatt ROC) above the sector mediannot met0 of 2 points
  3. Return on equity above the sector mediannot met0 of 1 point
  4. Free cash flow margin above the sector medianmet2 of 2 points
  5. Revenue growth above 15%met2 of 2 points
  6. 3-year earnings growth above 12% p.a.no data0 of 1 point
  7. 12-month share price more than 20 percentage points ahead of the marketmet1 of 1 point
  8. Exclusion: financial and real estate stocksdoes not apply

Detail data

How does Crowdstrike Holdings Inc stock perform across 18 strategies?

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  • Altman Z-Score: Stress Test
  • Moat Quality
  • Acquirer's Multiple: EV/EBIT Deep Value
  • Defensive: Low Volatility
  • Dividend Aristocrats & Continuity
  • Dividend Quality: 4 Factors
  • Balanced GARP
  • Levermann Strategy (13 Criteria)
  • Magic Formula: Value + Quality
  • PEG Strategy (inspired by Peter Lynch)
  • Trending Value: Value + Momentum
  • Undervalued Stocks: Multi-Factor Check

Crowdstrike Holdings Inc key metrics: P/E, P/B and equity ratio

Selected fundamental metrics for Crowdstrike Holdings Inc.

MetricStockSector
P/E ratio–35.1
P/B ratio50.65.5
Return on equity (ROE)−3.7%14.6%
Equity ratio39.9%54.0%
Debt-to-equity (D/E)0.190.33
Dividend yield0.0%0.9%

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How does Crowdstrike Holdings Inc stock (CRWD) score in the StockScorer model?
Crowdstrike Holdings Inc stock reaches a StockScorer score of 4.5 out of 10, which is a low match with the rule-based strategies. 3 out of 7 flagship profile rules are met.
What sector is Crowdstrike Holdings Inc in?
Crowdstrike Holdings Inc is assigned to the Technology sector. Its rank within the sector is 51.7 out of 100: 100 means the stock leads its peer group of large and mid-cap sector stocks in every measured area.

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