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CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc.
CrowdStrike provides cloud-based cybersecurity software and services to businesses and governments.
Rule-based classification of fundamentals against the sector. Not a price forecast and not investment advice.
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2 of 5 met · composite in line with peers
Business quality, valuation against the sector, and position in the 52-week range — whether they line up or not.
Mixed signals
1 signal unavailable
Profitability
2/4
Debt & liquidity
2/3
Efficiency
0/2
Revenue at CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. grew 21.7% year over year, outpacing the sector median by +75%, and FCF expanded 42.8% — both well above the sector median. That growth sits inside a business where the operating margin runs -121% below the sector median of 29.2%, and ROE trails the median by -113%, so the cash the company generates is not yet translating into strong returns on capital. The F-Score of 4/9 reflects those mixed signals: the balance sheet is clean — Debt/EBITDA of 0.5× sits -49% below the sector median — but efficiency scores are weak. The most recent quarter delivered EPS that missed consensus by 80%, and the beat rate over eight quarters is weak; the market still prices in growth at a P/E of 1,158.3×, which stands +3,024% above the sector median of 37.1×, leaving the composite at 36/100 against the sector.
| Ticker | Name | F-Score | ROE | Revenue YoY | Op. margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AAPL | Apple | 8/9 | 171% | +6% |
The market prices in earnings growth; analyst sentiment is steady; has mostly beaten consensus.
Price against next year's expected earnings. The forward P/E already carries analyst optimism — read it alongside the “Versus consensus” line.
A forward P/E below the current one means the market expects earnings to grow; above it, to fall. The historical growth is realized figures from SEC filings, not a forecast.
The three-month change in the share of positive analyst ratings. This is sentiment, not an earnings-estimate revision, and not a call to act.
When CrowdStrike reports on 2026-11-30, track whether revenue growth sustains its current 12.4% YoY pace and whether operating margin narrows its 121% gap to the sector median. The F-Score profitability block sits at 2/4, so watch for ROE improvement against the sector median of 32.1%.
Pull CrowdStrike's most recent 10-K on SEC EDGAR and focus on management's explanation for the negative operating margin against a sector median of 29.2%. Cross-check their capital allocation commentary against the Debt/EBITDA of 0.90x, which sits 49% below the sector median.
From the alphabetical same-sector table in section 06, pick two or three companies yourself and line up a single metric — operating margin or FCF growth YoY are natural choices given CrowdStrike's mixed signals. No entry in that table carries a ranking, so the exercise is about context, not a verdict.
Steps you can check yourself, based on the figures in this brief.
Piotroski F-Score: nine binary tests of financial strength from the annual report. A ✓ marks a test passed, a dot (·) a test failed.
Over 4 years: +53%+40%+14%+16%
Over 4 years: 0.790.640.540.46
Over 4 years: +54%+36%+29%+22%
The context on the right shows how each figure compares with the sector median. The trend below tracks the change over recent fiscal years.
Beat consensus in 5 of 8 recent quarters — a mixed record.
Last quarter's EPS against consensus, plus the estimated date of the next report.
| 32% |
| ACN | Accenture | 4/9 | 26% | +7% | 15% |
| ADBE | Adobe | 7/9 | 55% | +11% | 37% |
| AMAT | Applied Materials | 6/9 | 36% | +4% | 29% |
| AMD | Advanced Micro Devices | 7/9 | 7% | +34% | 11% |
| AVGO | Broadcom | 7/9 | 43% | +24% | 40% |
| CRM | Salesforce | 7/9 | 12% | +10% | 20% |
| CRWD | CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. | 4/9 | -4% | +22% | -6% |
| CSCO | Cisco | 7/9 | 27% | +12% | 24% |
| IBM | IBM | 6/9 | 35% | +8% | — |
| INTC | Intel | 6/9 | -0% | -0% | -4% |
| INTU | Intuit | 7/9 | 24% | +14% | 27% |
| MSFT | Microsoft | 6/9 | 34% | +18% | 47% |
| NOW | ServiceNow | 4/9 | 15% | +21% | 14% |
| NVDA | NVIDIA | 3/9 | 101% | +65% | 60% |
| ORCL | Oracle | 5/9 | 54% | +17% | 31% |
| TXN | Texas Instruments | 7/9 | 30% | +13% | 34% |
A sample of 17 companies in the sector including the target, alphabetical, unranked. Data from the latest SEC annual reports.
Rule-based classification of fundamentals against the sector. Not a price forecast and not investment advice.
The last few quarters are recent context, not a fixed rate. Consensus for near quarters is set low, so companies clear it routinely; over long horizons the forecasts run the other way, too high.
A description of what the market and analysts expect. Not a price forecast and not investment advice. Analyst forecasts run systematically optimistic over long horizons — read them with that discount.