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CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc.Evidence as of 2026-09-02Overview · CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc.
CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. provides cloud-delivered protection across endpoints and cloud workloads, identity, and data. It offers corporate workload security, security and vulnerability management, managed security services, IT operations management, threat intelligence services, identity protection, and log management. The company primarily sells subscriptions to its Falcon platform and cloud modules through its di…
Management team
- Mr. Michael Sentonas · PresidentFind on LinkedIn
- Mr. George R. Kurtz · Co-Founder, President, CEO & DirectorFind on LinkedIn
- Ms. Maria Riley · Vice President of Investor RelationsFind on LinkedIn
- Mr. Dmitri Alperovitch · Co-FounderFind on LinkedIn
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Moneyta sentiment
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+0.1 on a −2 to +2 scale.
What builds the score
Solid bars are analyst rubric scores; faded bars are computed directly from data. Claims dropped in debate count for nothing; weakened claims count at half weight.
Editor's note
Written after the debate settled — the rest of the page is the evidence behind it.
The evidence balance is Mixed (+0.1 of a possible +2; confidence high). Gross profit rose across the quoted fiscal quarters from 814,291,000 in fiscal Q1 2025 (fiscal quarter ended 2025-05-29) to 1,096,895,000 in fiscal Q2 2027 (fiscal quarter ended 2026-08-20). Operating losses narrowed from -124,656,000 in fiscal Q1 2025 to -33,232,000 in fiscal Q2 2027, and net income moved from -110,207,000 in fiscal Q1 2025 to positive results of 27,774,000 in fiscal Q1 2027 (fiscal quarter ended 2026-05-28) and 5,306,000 in fiscal Q2 2027.
The company’s cash and equivalents show higher balances with quarter-to-quarter fluctuation — 4,323,295,000 as of 2025-01-31 (FY 2024), 5,230,125,000 as of 2026-01-31 (FY 2026) and 5,013,847,000 as of 2026-07-31 — while long-term debt remained roughly stable near 746 million. Market signals show strong recent momentum (+119.8% over 6 months) with price above both the 50‑ and 200‑day SMAs and elevated short- and medium-term volatility; trailing twelve‑month FCF is 1,363,842,000 with P/FCF of 164.71 using the 1,023,934,842 shares reported as of 2026-08-20.
How this note was made
every stage ran before the note was writtenAnalyst desk
Mercer, Oakes, Nash, Ellis, Yates, Talbot and Archer. The desk: named AI agents, not people. Each reads one slice of the evidence and nothing else — no outside knowledge, no browsing — so every finding traces to a source you can open.
Reads the XBRL figures companies file with the SEC — revenue, margins, income, debt and share count, quarter by quarter — and reports which way the trend is running.
Entity common shares outstanding reported as 249,248,174 as of 2025-05-29, 252,098,440 as of 2025-11-25, 254,564,820 as of 2026-05-28 and 1,023,934,842 as of 2026-08-20.
XBRL companyfacts · 0001535527-25-000019Gross profit by fiscal quarter shows a multi-quarter increase: 814,291,000 for fiscal Q1 2025 (2025-02-01 to 2025-04-30), 858,669,000 for fiscal Q2 2026 (2025-05-01 to 2025-07-31), 926,439,000 for fiscal Q3 2026 (2025-08-01 to 2025-10-31), 1,043,352,000 for fiscal Q1 2027 (2026-02-01 to 2026-04-30) and 1,096,895,000 for fiscal Q2 2027 (2026-05-01 to 2026-07-31).
XBRL companyfacts · 0001535527-26-000031Reads the filings themselves, above all the year-over-year diff of Item 1A risk factors: which risks a company added, dropped or quietly reworded since its last annual report.
Which filings the desk reads
The desk reads the annual 10-K in full — its risk factors, and how they changed since last year. Quarterly 10-Qs and event filings (8-Ks, insider Form 4s) are listed for context but not read line by line: the 10-K is where the material risk disclosures live. A brand-new company, or one we have only just begun tracking, may have no annual report on file yet — its risk analysis fills in once that lands.
A Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q was filed on 2026-08-27.
10-Q filed 2026-08-27A Current Report on Form 8-K was filed on 2026-08-26 and a primary document URL is provided for that filing.
8-K filed 2026-08-26Reads the signal panel above — momentum, volatility, drawdown, relative strength and beta — and ranks each against the whole research universe rather than judging it in isolation.
Momentum over the most recent 6 months is +119.8% and ranks in the 98th percentile of the 547-stock research universe as of 2026-09-01.
Moneyta signal set · 2026-09-01weakened in debateRelative strength versus SPY over 6 months is +107.5% and ranks in the 98th percentile of the 547-stock research universe as of 2026-09-01.
Moneyta signal set · 2026-09-01Reads which funds hold the name and at what weight, plus insider Form 4 filings, to show the exposure you may already carry through index funds.
As of the reporting period ended 2026-03-31, reported institutional 13F holdings total $104.7M, with Ensign Peak Advisors, Inc reported at $85.8M (value_qoq_pct -14.7) and the institutional pool showing value_qoq_pct -2.7 and two new positions added quarter-over-quarter.
13F holdings · 4 filers · as of 2026-03-31CRWD appears as a non‑trivial but small weight in major ETFs: XLK at 0.85% of fund (timestamp 2026-09-02T01:55:42.282643+00:00), VGT at 0.63% of fund (2026-09-02T01:55:21.716957+00:00), IWF at 0.31% of fund (2026-09-02T01:53:07.496017+00:00), IVV at 0.30% of fund (2026-09-01T19:40:19.315712+00:00), SCHB 0.20% (2026-09-02T01:54:11.783435+00:00), SCHX 0.17% (2026-09-02T01:54:16.306069+00:00), and VOO 0.16% (2026-09-02T02:16:00.263763+00:00).
ETF constituents · market dataReads recent headlines that are genuinely about this company, ignoring rating chatter and market-wide stories. Findings argue in the debate but never move the sentiment score.
Several headlines on 1 September 2026 emphasize stronger-than-expected quarterly results and rising AI-driven security demand for the company.
News · kalkinemedia.com · 2026-09-01Multiple announcements tied to Fal.Con 2026 on 1 September 2026 describe new Falcon platform capabilities across Google Cloud's enterprise AI ecosystem, an EY partnership integrating the Falcon platform, and a new CrowdStrike SafeMind family of security models created with NVIDIA.
News · finance.yahoo.com · 2026-09-01Reads parsed Forms 3/4/5 — who bought or sold, at what size, and whether a 10b5-1 plan was involved. Flags clustered open-market officer buying; treats plan sales as routine and never counts a fund or 10%-holder as an officer.
Multiple Form 4 filings show Kurtz George (PRESIDENT AND CEO) executed sales on 2026-08-28 and 2026-08-27 under a stated 10b5-1 plan.
Form 4 · Kurtz George (PRESIDENT AND CEO) · $93k sold · 2026-08-28A sale reported on 2026-08-28 shows 4,160 shares sold for a value of "$905k" in the filing.
Form 4 · Kurtz George (PRESIDENT AND CEO) · $93k sold · 2026-08-28Reads the implied-expectations math built from the company's own filings (the growth rate today's price would justify, and the multiples beside it) and argues whether the market's bar looks high or low for this business. Never turns the math into a target.
The market price of $215.07 on 2026-09-01 implies an annual free-cash-flow (FCF) growth rate of 70.73% under the stated discount and terminal assumptions.
Valuation inputs · SEC XBRL + stored EOD closeweakened in debatePrice-to-free-cash-flow (P/FCF) on a trailing twelve-month basis is 164.71.
Valuation inputs · SEC XBRL + stored EOD closeweakened in debateDebate and risk review
A bull and a bear contest the claims and the chair rules on each; the risk review stress-tests what survived.
A bull and a bear argue the analysts' claims across two rounds, then a chair rules on each one. Only what survives feeds the score — the argument is shown, not hidden, so you can judge the reasoning yourself.
The evidence set contains multiple company-specific signals that jointly support a favorable read: gross profit has increased consistently quarter-to-quarter, operating losses have meaningfully narrowed and recent quarters show positive net income, and the company holds multi-billion dollar cash balances while long-term debt has remained stable. Market indicators show very strong momentum and relative strength versus the S&P over six months, and conference-driven product and partnership headlines (Fal.Con 2026, Google Cloud, EY, NVIDIA) are supported by multi-outlet coverage — all of which point to company-specific revenue/market-strength signals rather than a purely market-wide rally. Some bearish points rely on metrics that look inconsistent within the evidence package (a sudden, large jump in reported shares outstanding and valuation ratios that appear to use that inflated share base), and other negatives (elevated short-term volatility and insider plan sales) are factual but represent risk factors rather than counters to the underlying improvements in profitability and cash position. Taken together, the strongest evidence in this set supports an informational view that CrowdStrike's recent operational and cash-flow profile, plus concentrated market momentum and product/partnership news, provide a favorable informational backdrop.
Chair's verdict, claim by claim
Fragility · computed, not argued
balanced0.31
35 surviving claims rest on 18 distinct sources; the heaviest analyst carries 20% of them, and 96% of what the desk raised survived the debate.
The surviving read is supported by a moderate diversity of sources but a non-trivial portion of the claims trace back to a single analyst, so the set can carry useful signals but is somewhat analyst-concentrated. The very high internal survival rate (96%) means few objections survived debate, which raises the chance that unchallenged assumptions persist; treat stronger, well-sourced claims as more robust and be cautious about ones tied to fewer documents.
Peer context · computed, not argued
12-1 momentum ranks 3rd of 21 in Software—Infrastructure (as of 2026-09-01).
6-month relative strength ranks 2nd of 21 in Software—Infrastructure (as of 2026-09-01).
90-day volatility ranks 11th of 21 in Software—Infrastructure (as of 2026-09-01).
dividend yield ranks 4th of 19 in Software—Infrastructure (as of 2026-09-01).
Disconfirming evidence · base rates · falsifiers
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15 filings· 2 cited
SEC XBRL filings
Quarterly figures as filed with the SEC, read straight from EDGAR's structured data — not retyped or estimated.
Read by Mercer+0.6 to the score
10 documents· 2 cited
SEC filing documents
The filings themselves, including the year-over-year comparison of Item 1A risk factors.
Read by Oakes+0.0 to the score
1 signal set
Moneyta signal set
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Read by Nash+0.2 to the score
3 holdings records· 2 cited
Fund holdings
Which funds hold this name and at what weight, plus insider Form 4 filings.
Read by Ellis+0.7 to the score
8 headlines· 2 cited
News coverage
Recent headlines about this company, rating chatter excluded and nothing published after the report date.
Read by Yatesnothing survived
2 filings· 1 cited
Insider filings
Parsed Forms 3/4/5 from EDGAR: named insiders, share counts, prices, and 10b5-1 plan state — stated and inferred flags kept apart.
Read by Talbot−1.0 to the score
1 computation
Valuation inputs
TTM cash-flow figures from the company's own XBRL filings, priced with the stored closing price. Implied growth and multiples only; no fair-value dollar figure reaches the desk, by design.
Read by Archercontext only
1 record· 0 cited
Company profile
Sector, industry and company details.
1 record· 0 cited
Analyst consensus
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Written by AI, checked against sources
The analysts, the bull–bear debate and the editor's note are AI agents reading only the evidence listed on this page. They can misread a filing or a headline, which is why every claim cites a source you can open and check yourself. The sentiment score is arithmetic over the claims that survived the debate, not a language model's opinion.
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