Last summer, endpoint security specialist CrowdStrike (CRWD -3.63%) experienced a major hiccup following a widespread outage in its software platform. The days-long blunder resulted in heightened customer panic and frustration, as well as reputational damage to CrowdStrike and its capabilities.
Jim Cramer breaks down why he's keeping an eye on shares of CrowdStrike.
Beyond analysts' top -and-bottom-line estimates for CrowdStrike (CRWD), evaluate projections for some of its key metrics to gain a better insight into how the business might have performed for the quarter ended January 2025.
CrowdStrike Holdings (CRWD 3.90%) stock has witnessed a solid jump of 52% in the past six months, outpacing the Nasdaq-100 Technology Sector index's gains of 6.5% handsomely during this period as the company's recent results have been good enough to boost investors' confidence following an IT outage in July last year that sent its shares plunging.
After struggling over the past week, large artificial intelligence stocks are in the green today, ahead of Nvidia's earnings report, which is due out after the market closes. Given the importance of Nvidia to the entire AI trade, the company's earnings results, guidance, and comments on broader AI trends have the potential to influence the entire sector and perhaps the broader market as well.
CRWD's Q4 results are likely to reflect the benefits of strong adoption of its products amid the robust demand environment of the global security market.
Last year was tumultuous for CrowdStrike Holdings (CRWD -3.06%). On July 19, it released a corrupted update to its industry-leading cybersecurity software that crashed more than 8.5 million of its customers' computers around the world.
Shares of software leaders CrowdStrike (CRWD -2.78%), MongoDB (MDB -2.82%), and Cloudflare (NET -2.83%) were all down big in Tuesday trading, with each falling over 5% before recovering to a 3.4%, 2.5%, and 2.3% decline, respectively, as of 1:45 p.m. ET.
CrowdStrike (CRWD) has been one of the stocks most watched by Zacks.com users lately. So, it is worth exploring what lies ahead for the stock.
CrowdStrike is expected to beat Q4'25 earnings with net revenue of $1,034M and adjusted EPS of $0.86/share, slightly above management's guidance. Despite the 2024 IT outage, I remain optimistic about CrowdStrike's FY26 outlook due to accelerating global IT spend and AI security growth. CrowdStrike's AI-enabled security modules and single-platform solution create a strong competitive moat, justifying the high trading premium CRWD shares command.
CrowdStrike (CRWD -3.20%) stock is losing ground in a day of pullbacks for tech-sector valuations. The cybersecurity specialist's share price was down 2.7% as of 3:45 p.m.
CrowdStrike (CRWD -6.75%) stock saw a significant pullback Friday. The cybersecurity company's share price closed out the session down 6.8% in a day of trading that saw the S&P 500 index fall 1.8% and the Nasdaq Composite index fall 2.2%.