Crowdstrike Holdings Inc CRWD
Stock research in plain language · As of Oct 04, 2026 · updated once a week, after the trading week closes
What the company does
Crowdstrike Holdings Inc is a mega-cap company in the Technology sector (Software - Infrastructure), with a market value of $276.5B, based in the USA.
It employs about 11,706 people and has been listed since Jun 12, 2019.
CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. provides cybersecurity solutions in the United States and internationally. Its unified platform provides cloud-delivered protection of endpoints, cloud workloads, identity, and data through a software as a service (SaaS) subscription-based model.
Cheap or expensive? relatively expensive
Its price-to-earnings (P/E) is 9001.3 versus 535.7 for 4 direct peers — relatively expensive.
Revenue is growing 26% a year — the market is paying ahead for that growth. If it slows, the high multiple becomes the risk.
On analysts' next-year forecasts the multiple drops to 208.3 — they expect higher earnings.
The average analyst price target is 236.27, 12% below the current price (their view, not ours).
The stock sits at 98% of its one-year range (0% = the low, 100% = the high).
The risks
- • The stock is more volatile than average (beta 1.3) — big daily moves both ways.
Strengths
- ✅ Profitable — 0 of every 100 dollars of revenue stays as profit.
- ✅ Generates free cash flow — profit becomes cash in the bank.
- ✅ More cash than debt.
- ✅ Most analysts rate it buy (40 vs 1).
- ✅ Revenue is growing 26% a year.
What changed this week
Over the past week the stock rose 7.1% (for comparison: S&P 500 -0.2%, sector ETF XLK +1.8%).
It set a new one-year high this week.
This week's news
- 3 Reasons to Sell LMND and 1 Stock to Buy Instead finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-02
- Investors Might Consider Going Long On This Cybersecurity Player finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-02
- BlackBerry Secure Comms: What Drives the Lower FY27 Outlook? finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-02
- The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights CrowdStrike, Okta and Palo Alto Networks finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-02
- Is Platformization Becoming Palo Alto Networks' Biggest Growth Lever? finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-02
- Top 3 Cybersecurity Stocks To Watch In October 2026 finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-01
A description of facts from the filings and the market — not investment advice or a recommendation. "Cheap" and "expensive" are always relative to the comparison group.