CrowdStrike

CRWD · Nasdaq · Information Technology · Financials, fiscal 2018 to 2026

CRWD · Last close · October 26, 2026

$261.83

CrowdStrike's revenue rose 21.7% to $4.8 billion in fiscal 2026. Its operating margin was −6.1%, down from −2.9% a year earlier. Free cash flow was $1.3 billion, up 16.3%. The diluted share count rose 2.4%.

CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. Latest fiscal year ended January 31, 2026 10-K filed March 5, 2026 · 0001535527-26-000010 Updated October 10, 2026

Revenue

$4.8B

21.7%

Operating margin

−6.1%

3.2 pts

Net income

−$162M

Free cash flow

$1.3B

16.3%

Return on equity

−4.2%

3.7 pts

Market cap

$273.5B

Oct 26 close

P/E

—

Loss: no P/E

Operating margin is operating income as a share of revenue. Free cash flow is cash from operations minus capital spending. Return on equity is net income as a share of shareholders' equity. Market cap is the last closing share price times the latest diluted share count, so it is approximate. P/E is the last close divided by diluted earnings per share over the last four quarters, or the latest fiscal year where the quarters aren't available; there is none when the company made a loss.

What CrowdStrike does

CrowdStrike, founded in 2011, sells cybersecurity software over the internet by subscription. Its Falcon platform uses one lightweight program, called a sensor, installed on customers' computers, servers and cloud systems. The sensor collects data that the platform uses to detect and stop attacks. CrowdStrike says the platform replaces older, separate security products.

The company offers 33 cloud modules that customers can add to their subscription. They cover protecting laptops and servers, cloud workloads and employee identities, managing software vulnerabilities and IT operations, collecting and searching security logs, threat intelligence, data protection, and security for artificial intelligence systems. It also sells managed security services, in which its own staff watch for threats and respond for the customer.

CrowdStrike recognizes revenue from subscriptions over the length of the subscription. It sells through its own sales force and through channel partners, and it hosts the platform at third-party data centers such as Amazon Web Services as well as its own. Its 10-K says the July 19 Incident has hurt its business and customer relationships and is expected to keep doing so.

Its biggest risks, as it describes them

The July 19 Incident has affected, and is expected to keep affecting, its sales and its relationships with customers and partners.
Customers might not renew subscriptions or add more modules.
A history of losses, with no assurance of lasting profit.
Intense competition and pricing pressure.
Its products failing to detect or prevent attacks, and its own exposure to cyberattacks.

From CrowdStrike's annual report on Form 10-K, filed March 5, 2026, in our words; the 10-K has the full description and every risk factor. Updated with each new 10-K.

Charts show fiscal years, from the 10-K filings.

Revenue and margins

Revenue

US$ billions, fiscal years

Margins

Percent of revenue

GrossOperatingNetFree cash flow

Net income and earnings per share

CrowdStrike lost money in fiscal 2026: a net loss of $162 million.

Net income

US$ billions, fiscal years; loss years in red.

Diluted earnings per share

US$ per share, fiscal years, restated for any stock splits; loss years in red.

Returns on capital

Return on capital and on equity

Percent. Return on capital is after-tax operating income over the money invested in the business (debt plus equity, minus cash); return on equity is net income over shareholders' equity. Both use the average of opening and closing balances.

Return on capitalReturn on equity

Cash flow

Free cash flow

US$ billions. Cash from operations minus capital expenditure; negative years in red.

Payouts and share count

Dividends and buybacks

US$ billions, cash paid in each fiscal year

DividendsShare buybacks

Diluted share count

Weighted-average diluted shares, millions

Valuation

Two ways to value CrowdStrike yourself, both starting from its filings: a discounted cash flow model and the price-to-earnings method.

Discounted cash flow (DCF)

A discounted cash flow (DCF) model values a business as the cash it may generate in future, discounted back to today. The starting figures come from CrowdStrike's 10-K (or, for net cash and shares, its latest 10-Q) and the assumptions are yours: start from one of three example scenarios, then change any figure to see what it implies for a share, and how that compares with the last share price.

Value per share on three example scenarios, from CrowdStrike's fiscal 2026 free cash flow of $1.3B, net cash of $4.5B at January 31, 2026 and 1,044 million diluted shares, from its filings. The scenarios are fitted to CrowdStrike: the base scenario's growth in years 1 to 5 is its revenue growth over the last 3 years, 29.0% a year, kept between 0% and 20%; the cautious and optimistic ones are lower and higher, and growth in years 6 to 10 is halfway to the long-run rate. The base scenario's discount rate is 10%: 9% for a business of moderate risk (Systems Software), plus 1 point for unsteady results (a loss in fiscal 2026); the cautious and optimistic ones use a point more and a point less. Select one to load it into the calculator. These are the model's arithmetic on those assumptions, not a forecast or a price target.

From the filings

Starting free cash flow, US$ millions

Cash from operations minus capital spending in fiscal 2026.

Net cash, US$ millions

Cash and short-term investments minus debt and finance leases at January 31, 2026. Negative means net debt.

Diluted shares, millions

Weighted-average diluted shares in the quarter to July 31, 2026. The count changed sharply since the 10-K (a stock split, merger or spin-off can do that), so this is the one that matches the share price.

Your assumptions

Start from

Fitted to CrowdStrike's own revenue growth, as above. Cautious: growth of 10% then 6% a year, 2% after year 10, a 11% discount rate. Base: growth of 20% then 11% a year, 2.5% after year 10, a 10% discount rate. Optimistic: growth of 25% then 14% a year, 3% after year 10, a 9% discount rate.

Free cash flow growth, years 1 to 5 (% a year)

Free cash flow growth, years 6 to 10 (% a year)

Growth after year 10 (% a year)Long-run growth forever after year 10. Usually close to inflation, and always below the discount rate.

Discount rate (% a year)The yearly return an investor wants for the risk. A higher rate gives a lower value.

Value per share on these assumptions

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Last close, October 26, 2026: $261.83
Value on these assumptions, against the last close: —

Cash flows in years 1 to 10, valued today: —
Everything after year 10, valued today: —
Plus net cash: —
Share of value from after year 10: —

Projected free cash flow

US$ billions. Each column is one year's projected free cash flow, split into what it is worth today and the part removed by discounting.

Value todayRemoved by discounting

How the value changes with two assumptions

Value per share in US$, with the growth rates above. The highlighted cell matches the current assumptions.

How the model works. Free cash flow grows at the first rate for five years and the second rate for five more, and each year is discounted at the discount rate. Everything after year 10 is valued as year-10 cash flow × (1 + growth after year 10) ÷ (discount rate − growth after year 10), discounted back ten years. Net cash is added and the total is divided by diluted shares. The result depends entirely on the assumptions. It is not a forecast, a price target or a recommendation. The last close is the consolidated US closing price, from Databento.

Price-to-earnings (P/E) method

Another common way to value a company is to multiply its earnings per share by a price-to-earnings (P/E) multiple: the number of years of today's earnings an investor pays for a share. A higher multiple usually means investors expect earnings to grow. Choose a multiple, for example from similar companies, to see the value it gives.

The P/E method needs positive earnings, and CrowdStrike's latest diluted earnings per share were negative or zero.

Balance sheet

Fiscal year end	FY22	FY23	FY24	FY25	FY26
Cash and short-term investments	1,997	2,705	3,475	4,323	5,230
Debt incl. finance leases	740	741	742	744	746
Net debt (negative means net cash)	−1,257	−1,964	−2,732	−3,579	−4,485
Net debt to EBITDA	—	—	—	—	—
Debt to equity	0.7x	0.5x	0.3x	0.2x	0.2x
Interest coverage	−5.7x	−7.5x	−0.7x	−4.4x	−10.5x
Current ratio	1.8x	1.7x	1.8x	1.8x	1.8x
Quick ratio	1.8x	1.7x	1.8x	1.8x	1.8x

US$ millions unless stated, at each fiscal year end. Net debt to EBITDA is debt minus cash, divided by operating income before depreciation and amortization: roughly how many years of those earnings the net debt equals. Debt to equity is debt as a multiple of shareholders' equity. Interest coverage is operating income divided by interest expense. The current ratio is current assets over current liabilities; the quick ratio leaves out inventory.

Insider trades

Over the 12 months between October 27, 2025 and October 26, 2026, no insider bought CrowdStrike shares on the open market, and 10 insiders sold $771.3 million, $614.5 million of it under trading plans set up in advance.

Date	Insider	Trade	Shares	Price	Value	Filing
Oct 22, 2026	George KurtzPresident and CEO, Director	Sold plan	10,000	$238.88	$2.4 million	Form 4
Oct 21, 2026	George KurtzPresident and CEO, Director	Sold plan	10,000	$237.31	$2.4 million	Form 4
Oct 20, 2026	George KurtzPresident and CEO, Director	Sold plan	10,000	$226.71	$2.3 million	Form 4
Oct 19, 2026	George KurtzPresident and CEO, Director	Sold plan	10,000	$229.09	$2.3 million	Form 4
Oct 16, 2026	George KurtzPresident and CEO, Director	Sold plan	10,000	$230.80	$2.3 million	Form 4
Oct 16, 2026	Johanna FlowerDirector	Sold plan	9,896	$230.05	$2.3 million	Form 4
Oct 15, 2026	George KurtzPresident and CEO, Director	Sold plan	10,000	$243.04	$2.4 million	Form 4
Oct 14, 2026	George KurtzPresident and CEO, Director	Sold plan	10,000	$252.14	$2.5 million	Form 4
Oct 13, 2026	George KurtzPresident and CEO, Director	Sold plan	10,000	$263.21	$2.6 million	Form 4
Oct 12, 2026	George KurtzPresident and CEO, Director	Sold plan	8,920	$264.72	$2.4 million	Form 4
Oct 12, 2026	George KurtzPresident and CEO, Director	Sold plan	1,080	$272.81	$294,634	Form 4
Oct 9, 2026	George KurtzPresident and CEO, Director	Sold plan	10,000	$269.89	$2.7 million	Form 4

The latest 12 of 212 trades. Open-market purchases and sales by officers, directors and 10% owners, from their Form 4 filings with the SEC: one row per person, day and filing, at the day's average price. Grants, option exercises and shares withheld for tax aren't counted. Insiders buy and sell for many reasons, such as taxes, spreading their savings or a plan set up months earlier, so a trade on its own says little about where a company is heading. For information only, not investment advice. Insider trades at all companies

Piotroski F-score

The F-score counts how many of nine simple tests of profitability, funding and efficiency a company passed in a year (Piotroski, 2000). The more tests passed, the stronger the year: 8 or 9 is strong, 0 to 2 weak. Companies that report no gross profit are scored on the other eight.

Test	FY24	FY25	FY26
Net income is positive	Pass	Fail	Fail
Cash from operations is positive	Pass	Pass	Pass
Return on assets rose	Pass	Fail	Fail
Cash from operations exceeds net income	Pass	Pass	Pass
Debt fell relative to assets	Pass	Pass	Pass
Current ratio rose	Pass	Pass	Pass
Share count didn't rise	Fail	Fail	Fail
Gross margin rose	Pass	Fail	Fail
Revenue rose relative to assets	Fail	Fail	Fail
F-score	7 of 9	4 of 9	4 of 9
Accruals ratio	−18.7%	−18.2%	−17.9%

The accruals ratio is net income minus cash from operations, over average total assets.

Compare

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Company	Year	Revenue growth	Operating margin	Free cash flow margin	Return on capital	Net debt to EBITDA	F-score	Compare
CrowdStrike	FY26	21.7%	−6.1%	27.2%	—	—	4
Gen Digital	FY26	27.1%	42.4%	30.5%	13.7%	3.0x	7	Compare
Twilio	FY25	13.7%	3.1%	19.7%	1.5%	−4.2x	6	Compare
Fortinet	FY25	14.2%	30.7%	32.7%	—	−1.2x	5	Compare
Zscaler	FY26	25.4%	−4.0%	25.4%	—	−116.4x	3	Compare

Each company's latest fiscal year. Fiscal years end in different months, so the periods don't line up exactly. Free cash flow margin is free cash flow as a share of revenue. Net debt to EBITDA is explained under the balance sheet, and the F-score above.

9 years of figures

Fiscal year	FY18	FY19	FY20	FY21	FY22	FY23	FY24	FY25	FY26
Income statement
Revenue	119	250	481	874	1,452	2,241	3,056	3,954	4,812
Revenue growth	—	110.4%	92.7%	81.6%	66.0%	54.4%	36.3%	29.4%	21.7%
Gross profit	64	163	340	645	1,068	1,640	2,297	2,964	3,593
Research and development	59	85	130	215	371	608	780	1,076	1,385
Operating income	−131	−137	−146	−92	−142	−190	−19	−116	−293
Net income	−136	−140	−142	−93	−235	−183	72	−15	−162
Diluted EPS (US$)	−3.38	−3.12	−0.96	−0.43	−1.03	−0.79	0.30	−0.06	−0.65
Diluted shares (millions)	42	45	148	218	227	233	244	245	251
Cash flow
Cash from operations	−59	−23	100	357	575	941	1,166	1,382	1,612
Capital expenditure	23	36	80	53	112	235	176	255	302
Free cash flow	−82	−59	20	304	463	706	990	1,127	1,310
Dividends paid	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Share buybacks	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Acquisitions	6	0	0	86	414	18	239	310	382
Stock-based compensation	12	20	80	150	310	526	649	861	1,097
Balance sheet at fiscal year end
Cash and short-term investments	63	192	912	1,919	1,997	2,705	3,475	4,323	5,230
Debt incl. finance leases	—	—	0	738	740	741	742	744	746
Total assets	—	433	1,405	2,732	3,618	5,026	6,646	8,702	11,087
Total liabilities	—	363	662	1,861	2,581	3,539	4,309	5,383	6,614
Shareholders' equity	−370	−488	742	871	1,026	1,464	2,304	3,280	4,428
Margins and ratios
Gross margin	54.1%	65.1%	70.6%	73.8%	73.6%	73.2%	75.2%	75.0%	74.7%
Operating margin	−110.7%	−54.8%	−30.3%	−10.6%	−9.8%	−8.5%	−0.6%	−2.9%	−6.1%
Net margin	−114.1%	−56.1%	−29.4%	−10.6%	−16.2%	−8.2%	2.4%	−0.4%	−3.4%
Free cash flow margin	−68.8%	−23.5%	4.1%	34.7%	31.9%	31.5%	32.4%	28.5%	27.2%
Return on capital	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Return on equity	—	—	−111.5%	−11.5%	−24.8%	−14.7%	3.8%	−0.6%	−4.2%
Return on assets	—	—	−15.4%	−4.5%	−7.4%	−4.2%	1.2%	−0.2%	−1.6%
Net debt to EBITDA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

US$ millions unless stated. Where a later 10-K restated a year, the latest filed figure is shown. Download all figures (CSV, US$ millions)

Source: CrowdStrike's Form 10-K filings, from SEC EDGAR. For information only, not investment advice. The Filing Desk is not affiliated with CrowdStrike.