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CRWD·CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc.

$237.61
-8.17 (-3.33%)
Market Closed (Overnight)$236.90-0.71 (-0.30%)
High
$248.00
Open
$246.98
Market Cap
251.58B
52W High
$250.32
Low
$234.90
P. Close
$237.61
P/E
4303.47
52W Low
$85.68
Fwd P/E
147.98
DailyIQ Est.
$247.11
Inst. Ownership
1.3%
Short Interest
2.29%
Days to Cover
2.2
Technical Score (1D)
86
BUY
News Sentiment
73
BULLISH
Jim Cramer’s latest “must‑buy” call on CrowdStrike, delivered just 6.3 hours ago, tied the firm’s AI‑security positioning to a surge in investor demand, underscoring the company’s role in protecting AI agents from network intrusions. The endorsement, coupled with Cramer’s praise of CrowdStrike’s 26 % revenue growth and record ARR, is likely to keep the stock buoyant over the next 1–10 trading days as traders chase the AI‑security narrative. A week earlier, Forrester named CrowdStrike a Leader in its Q3 2026 External Threat Intelligence Service Providers Wave, a recognition that reinforces the firm’s AI‑driven threat context advantage and may support pricing power in the coming quarter. The same week, Cramer’s bullish commentary drove a 14 % rally, indicating that the market is still digesting the long‑term impact of AI on cybersecurity demand. Bernstein’s price‑target lift to $132 from $119, announced 18.3 hours ago, signals analyst confidence in continued growth, while the unchanged Market Perform rating suggests a cautious but positive outlook. The subsequent upgrade to the same target 20.3 hours ago confirms that the consensus view remains steady, but investors should watch for any earnings guidance that could validate or challenge the new valuation. In the next few days, key watch items include the upcoming earnings release, any updates on AI‑security product launches, and how the Forrester award translates into new customer acquisition or partner expansion.
Earnings Summary
CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. is a global cybersecurity firm delivering its Falcon platform, a cloud‑native SaaS solution that secures endpoints, cloud workloads, identities, and data through a unified threat‑intelligence framework. Operating within the technology software‑infrastructure space, CrowdStrike has positioned itself as a leader in AI‑driven security, recently expanding Project QuiltWorks AI services and integrating with VAST Data and Anthropic’s Claude marketplace. In Q4 2024, the company posted EPS of $1.03 against an estimate of $0.86, with revenue of $1.058 billion, indicating a solid earnings beat and revenue growth. Q1 2025 EPS rose to $0.73 versus $0.66 expected, and revenue increased to $1.103 billion, continuing the upward trajectory. Q2 2025 EPS of $0.93 beat the $0.83 estimate, and revenue climbed to $1.169 billion, while Q3 2025 EPS of $0.96 surpassed the $0.94 estimate, with revenue at $1.234 billion, demonstrating consistent earnings and revenue acceleration. Historically, CrowdStrike has maintained positive EPS and growing revenue, with a pattern of beating estimates in each quarter and a steady rise in ARR, reflecting robust subscription demand. Recent news underscores the launch of AI‑centric products such as Falcon Guardian and SafeMind, and a high‑profile endorsement from Jim Cramer, reinforcing the company’s AI security narrative and potentially driving subscription uptake. Investors should watch for the next earnings release to confirm whether the AI integrations sustain the revenue momentum and whether margin compression from operating losses is mitigated by the strong free‑cash‑flow profile, as these factors will shape the company’s valuation trajectory.

EPS

EstBeatMiss
$0.17$0.44$0.71$0.98$1.25Q2'25Q3'25Q4'26Q1'27Q2'27Q3'27
QtrEstActual+/−
Q3'27$0.31 - -
Q2'27$0.29$0.31+6.4%
Q1'27$1.09$1.10+1.0%
Q4'26$1.12$1.12-0.3%
Q3'25$0.94$0.96+2.0%
Q2'25$0.83$0.93+12.1%

Revenue

EstBeatMiss
$1.1B$1.2B$1.4B$1.5B$1.6BQ2'25Q3'25Q4'26Q1'27Q2'27Q3'27
QtrEstActual+/−
Q3'27$1.6B - -
Q2'27$1.4B$1.5B+2.3%
Q1'27$1.4B$1.4B-0.3%
Q4'26$1.3B$1.3B-1.3%
Q3'25 - $1.2B -
Q2'25 - $1.2B -

Market Data

CRWD Stock Snapshot

BUY86/100
$236.90$0.71 (0.3%)
Market cap
251.58B
P/E ratio
4303.5
Day range
$234.90 – $248.00
News sentiment
73/100 · Bullish
Analyst target
$234.35 (-1.1%)
Consensus
Buy · 61 analysts
52-week range+176.5% off low · -5.4% from high
$85.68$250.32
Price $236.90 DailyIQ Est. $247.11

Momentum is working in CRWD's favour - the indicator set leans bullish rather than mixed. Liquidity at this scale means Technology rotation matters more to short-term price than any single headline.

Reverse DCF

What growth is priced into CRWD?

CHEAP

At today's price, CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. needs to grow free cash flow about -15.0% a year for the next 10 years to justify its valuation at a 12.42% cost of capital. Over its actual history it has compounded free cash flow at 76.9% a year, so the market is asking for 91.9 percentage points below its own delivered rate. On that basis CRWD looks priced below what its own growth record supports.

Implied FCF growth
-15.0%
Historical FCF CAGR
76.9%
Growth gap
-91.9 pts
Verdict
CHEAP
Discount rate (WACC)
12.42%
Beta
1.50

Behaviour On Record

What CRWD's own history says about today's numbers

Realized volatility (21d)
80.8% 90th pct
Below its peak
-3.3%
vs 200-day average
+62.1%
Up days (1y)
51%

CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. is currently running 80.8% annualised volatility over the last 21 sessions. Measured against CRWD's own 7 years of daily returns rather than a market-wide average, that is the 90th percentile elevated for this stock, against a typical reading of 48.3%. The distinction matters because a number that looks calm for one stock is turbulent for another, and the absolute figure on its own tells you neither.

CRWD is trading -3.3% below its running peak. Across 6 full years on file, its median worst-drawdown-in-a-year was -39.0%, and the deepest was -58.3% in 2022. The current pullback is therefore shallower than what this stock gives back in a typical year, which is context worth having before treating it as a dislocation.

Price sits +62.1% from its 200-day moving average. Against every other day in its history, that gap ranks at the 91st percentile a wider gap than this stock usually carries. Over the past year CRWD closed higher on 51% of sessions, and it is currently 1 session into a falling streak.

On September specifically: over 8 years of records, CRWD finished the month higher 4 of 8 times, with a median return of -0.6% and an average of -2.0%. Its strongest month historically has been May at +16.0% on average, its weakest September at -2.0%. Seasonality is a weak signal on its own — a decade is a small sample and regimes change — but it is a real distribution rather than a rule of thumb.

Overnight risk is measurable too: CRWD has opened more than 2% away from the prior close in 102 of 1,828 sessions (5.6% of the time), with the largest gaps running +7.5% and -10.4%. For anyone holding through an event, that rate is a better guide to overnight exposure than the intraday range.

Across the last 3 dated reports on file, CRWD moved an average of 7.0% in the session after earnings, closing higher 3 of those 3 times, with a median move of +7.6% and a largest of +8.8%.

All figures computed from 1,829 daily closes between 2019-06-12 and 2026-09-18, split-adjusted, recomputed daily. Percentiles are against CRWD's own 7-year history, not a peer group or index.

Sector Rotation

Is money rotating into or out of CRWD's sector?

CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. sits in the Technology sector, currently ranked 1st of 11 GICS sectors by relative-strength rotation score (leading). Within its narrower Software industry group, CRWD ranks 3rd of 15 tracked industries, leading.

Sector rank
#1 of 11
Sector state
Leading
Sector rotation score
90
Industry rank
#3 of 15

Options Market

What is the options market pricing for CRWD?

CallsPuts

For CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc.'s nearest expiry (2026-09-25, 5 days out), open interest is call-heavy, a bullish tilt (put/call ratio of 0.84), with at-the-money implied volatility around 54.9%. The options market is pricing roughly a ±6.2% move by that expiry — a range of about $230.21–$260.63.

Put/call ratio (2026-09-25)
0.84
ATM implied volatility
54.9%
Total open interest
37,149
Expected move by 2026-09-25
±6.2% ($230.21–$260.63)

Analyst Rating Changes

Are analysts turning bullish or bearish on CRWD?

B of A Securities most recently reiterated its rating on CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. to Neutral on Sep 18, 2026 with a price target of $260 (from $230). Over the last 90 days, coverage has run 0 upgrades against 0 downgrades, a net mixed lean.

Latest action
B of A SecuritiesNeutral
90-day upgrades
0
90-day downgrades
0
Net rating momentum
0
DateFirmActionRatingPrice target
Sep 18, 2026B of A SecuritiesMaintainedNeutral$230 → $260
Sep 18, 2026Stephens & Co.MaintainedOverweight$260 → $280
Sep 17, 2026BernsteinMaintainedMarket Perform$119 → $132
Sep 4, 2026MacquarieMaintainedNeutral$200
Sep 4, 2026Roth CapitalMaintainedBuy$200 → $220
Sep 4, 2026ScotiabankMaintainedSector Outperform$250 → $265
Sep 4, 2026RosenblattMaintainedBuy$250
Sep 3, 2026Raymond JamesMaintainedOutperform$240 → $250
Sep 3, 2026TD CowenReiteratedBuy$250
Sep 3, 2026RBC CapitalReiteratedOutperform$260
Sep 3, 2026BairdMaintainedNeutral$230 → $235
Sep 3, 2026NeedhamReiteratedBuy$250

CRWD Competitive Positioning

CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. (CRWD) is tracked alongside these names in Software - Infrastructure on DailyIQ — ranked by market cap, with today's move alongside.