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CrowdStrike Holdings

CRWD
35
Software - Infrastructure · Technology
Price
$203.08
-0.68 (-0.33%)
Market Cap
$206.79B
Exchange
NASDAQ
Winston Score
35
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Below-average fundamentals — multiple weak pillars.

Share count rising — dilution

+13.6% over 4y

The company has issued more shares over this period, which dilutes each existing shareholder’s stake.

Diluted shares outstanding: 908.6M (2022) → 1.03B (2026)

CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. provides cloud-delivered protection across endpoints and cloud workloads, identity, and data. It offers threat intelligence, managed security services, IT operations management, threat hunting, Zero Trust identity protection, and log management. The company primarily sells subscriptions to its Falcon platform and cloud modules through its direct sales team that leverages its network of channel partners. It serves customers worldwide. The company was incorporated in 201

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Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+23.3% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady revenue growth

EPS Growth

+140.5% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Strong earnings growth

R&D Spend

$1.4B/ year

Rising (+29% vs prior year)

28.8% of revenue

1.9x the sector average (15%)

Investing heavily in future products and technology

Insider Activity

1.8%ownership

Flat

Insiders holding steady — not selling despite ability to

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$5.2B cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Heavy R&D investment

CrowdStrike Holdings is putting 29% of revenue into R&D and that number is rising. That's 1.9x the sector average. And they're generating enough cash to self-fund it.

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Quality

Gross Margin
76.3%
Premium pricing power — 76.3% gross margin
Operating Margin
1.2%
Thin — 1.2% operating margin
ROCE
0.3%
Weak — 0.3% return on capital

ROIC between 0% and 5%. They earn a few cents back per dollar invested in the business.

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Growth

Sales YoY
+21.5%
Fast-growing sales (21.5% YoY)
EPS YoY
N/A
Data not available
EPS Consistency
2/8 quarters
Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion
N/A
Data not available
FCF Margin
25.2%
Converts sales into free cash efficiently (25.2%)

Free cash flow margin above 20%. Out of every $100 in sales, more than $20 is real cash they keep.

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Stability

Debt / Equity
0.19
Conservative — low debt load (0.19)
Interest Cover
N/A
Data not available

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)
N/A
Data not available
P/E vs Forward
N/A
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Data not available

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.
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