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Signal Ledger valuation · CRWD

CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc.

What the shares are worth today on our research (cited consensus, company plans and peers, since management sets no usable targets): every line valued at the end of FY2030, net debt rolled forward, then discounted back to Jul 31, 2026.

Signal Ledger valuation$27.33−89% vs $237.94
Business value at FY2030
$32B
FY2030 revenue
$11B
FY2030 EPS · P/E
$1.18 · 31×
Discount rate (WACC · equity)
9.49% · 9.51%

How this is built. Management long-range milestones are ARR rather than FY2030 annual revenue; this estimate extrapolates the latest annual revenue guide using a disclosed consensus growth forecast and adopts ServiceNow GAAP profitability at comparable revenue scale. Each input below shows its basis: consensus, company plan, peer or rule.

Researched Oct 23, 2026 from SEC filing 0001535527-26-000031 · price $237.94 at research time · Valuation methodology

Latest quarter in this research: Q2 FY2027

Reported Aug 26, 2026 for the quarter to Jul 31, 2026 (company release ↗). This valuation already reflects these results (researched Oct 23, 2026).

Revenue$1.47B
Operating income−$33M-2.3% margin
Net income$5M
Diluted EPS$0.01
SegmentRevenuevs a year agoOperating incomeMargin
Falcon security platform and services$1.47B+26%−$33M-2.3%
  • Revenue grew 26%; ending ARR was $5.84B and net new ARR $332.8M.
  • FY2027 revenue guidance $5.9911–6.0111B; non-GAAP operating income $1.4972–1.5084B.
  • The 28–32% FY2029 long-term operating-margin target is non-GAAP, not GAAP; incident-related adjustments and SBC remain relevant.

What each business is worth

BusinessModelFY2030 revenueValue todayPer share2030 multipleValue from beyond FY2030
Falcon security platform and servicesMargin$11B$24B$23.2022.9× EBIT80%
All businesses$11B$24B$23.20

From 2030 back to today

  1. Enterprise value at end of FY2030$32B
  2. Plus net cash at FY2030$5.3B
  3. Equity value at FY2030$37B
  4. ÷ (1 + 9.51%)^3.5 years at the cost of equity$27B
  5. + dividends paid on the way, discounted$0B

This reconciliation checks the published Signal Ledger valuation against the net-debt path. The difference is 3.2%, inside our 5% tolerance.

From businesses to one share

  1. All businesses, valued today$24B
  2. − borrowings$0.7B
  3. − finance leases$0B
  4. − preferred and minority claims$0B
  5. + cash and short-term investments$5B
  6. ÷ diluted shares1.024B
  7. Signal Ledger valuation$27.33

Year by year to FY2030

Fiscal yearRevenueEBITDACapexFree cash flowNet debt at year end
FY2027$6B−$0B$0.5B−$0.4B$4.1B cash
FY2028$7.4B$0.4B$0.6B−$0.2B$4B cash
FY2029$9.1B$1.1B$0.7B$0.2B$4.4B cash
FY2030$11B$2B$0.9B$0.9B$5.3B cash

What must be true

  • Falcon security platform and services grows revenue from $6.0B in FY2027 to $11.2B in FY2030 (1.9×).
  • Falcon security platform and services raises its EBIT margin from -6.1% to 12.4%.
  • The company spends $2.6B of capital expenditure through FY2030.
  • The company stays net cash throughout (lowest point $4.0B of net cash in FY2028).

What the price implies

To reach $237.94 at our discount rate, even 3× our FY2030 sales ($33.6B) within the 50% GAAP EBIT / 100% EBITDA guardrails is not enough. The price needs growth beyond these FY2030 combinations, a stronger post-FY2030 path, or a discount rate near 3.8%.

At the research price of $237.94 (2026-10-23), the price asks more than our assumptions overall. These are operating requirements at that price, not additional valuations or forecasts.

If sales and margins changed together

Each row matches the same research price at our unchanged discount rate, by scaling every operating line's margin by one common factor. Sales cover margin and capacity lines only; other valuation lines stay fixed. Margins are revenue-weighted within each metric, before separately modeled corporate costs and eliminations. The conclusion uses the row at our research margins when sales alone can match the price, otherwise the solved row needing the least sales growth; this is a trade-off between growth and profitability, not a forecast.

FY2030 sales factorFY2030 salesFY2026–30 CAGRRequired FY2030 marginRequirement
1.50×$16.8B36.7%—InfeasibleCannot reach the price within 50% EBIT / 100% EBITDA limits.
2.00×$22.4B46.9%—InfeasibleCannot reach the price within 50% EBIT / 100% EBITDA limits.
3.00×$33.6B62.6%—InfeasibleCannot reach the price within 50% EBIT / 100% EBITDA limits.

CAGR uses $4.8B of same-scope FY2026 sales from the published model or its sourced research base, over four fiscal years. “Within margin guardrails” checks numeric limits only, not commercial plausibility. Each line and year must stay at or below 50.0% GAAP EBIT and 100% EBITDA, or our research margin where that is higher; capacity EBIT uses the engine's equipment depreciation. Unsolved margins are not extrapolated.

Implied discount rate
3.8%

The WACC that makes model value equal the price, shifting WACC and cost of equity by the same amount. Model: 9.5% WACC · 9.5% cost of equity.

All-business FY2030 sales factor
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Sales alone cannot match this price within the search range. FY1 stays fixed; the sales change ramps to FY2030 and stays at that factor thereafter.

If only one business changed

Businesses with margin or capacity revenue paths, ordered by value today. Revenue and margin are separate alternatives; these requirements are not added together.

Falcon security platform and services

Revenue alone
This business alone cannot get there within the search range.
Margin alone
This business alone cannot get there within the search range.

Mechanical requirements, not forecasts. The separate sales-only and single-business factors are searched from 0.1× to 6×; an unsolved comparison means this business alone cannot get there within those bounds. Single-business revenue changes apply from FY2 onward; margin changes scale the full EBIT or EBITDA margin path. Mixed groups show revenue-weighted EBIT and EBITDA margins separately. Requirements above 100% are not feasible margins. Joint rows instead search non-negative uniform margin factors only up to the EBIT/EBITDA guardrails; the entire margin path scales, including post-FY2030 convergence. Sales and margins change together only in that table. The rate search runs from the largest terminal growth rate plus 0.5 percentage points to 30% WACC.

The discount rate

Cost of equity
9.51%

r_f 3.87% (5-year average 10-year Treasury yield 3.87% (spot 5.13% on 2026-10-21)) + β 1.13 after Blume adjustment × 5%, rounded to 0.01% (1bp)

WACC
9.49%

methodology §4.5: market-weighted WACC, not rounded

10-year Treasury · model / spot
3.87% · 5.13%

The model uses the recorded 5-year average Treasury yield. The spot yield is shown for context.

Every input, with its source

Show 17 inputs · reported, guidance and rule-based
InputValueBasisWhy
Mature GAAP EBIT margin FY2034 (SBC included)Falcon security platform and services20.1%RuleSalesforce FY2026 revenue $41.525B and GAAP EBIT $8.331B =>20.0626%, already after $3.509B SBC. Enterprise recurring software sales and R&D economics provide a mature reference, not a same-size guarantee; CRWD has different products, acquisition mix and sales costs. Use as the final FY2034 GAAP target, with no extra SBC relief stacked on it. 2030 margin stays unchanged. d18rn0p25nwr6d.cloudfront.net ↗
SBC / revenue FY2030 (expensed)Falcon security platform and services22.8%RuleAssume the sourced recognized SBC/revenue ratio persists through FY2030; this is a decomposition of the existing GAAP margin, not an additional expense. Annual/quarter period as specified by the filing. sec.gov ↗
Mature SBC / revenue (expensed)Falcon security platform and services11.4%RuleResearch assumption: max(8.5%, half FY2030 SBC ratio) = 11.4055%. Mature actuals: Adobe FY2025 1.942/23.769=8.1703%; Salesforce FY2026 3.509/41.525=8.4503%. Retain at least half the original ratio; 8.5% is a conservative policy floor, not company guidance. For peer-GAAP target this only decomposes the final margin; no second uplift. d18rn0p25nwr6d.cloudfront.net ↗ · adobe.com ↗
Revenue FY2027Falcon security platform and services$6.0BGuidancetarget (methodology §4.2), growth 24.7% chartmill.com ↗ · sec.gov ↗
Revenue FY2030Falcon security platform and services$11.2BGuidancetarget (methodology §4.2), growth 23.2% chartmill.com ↗ · sec.gov ↗
EBIT margin FY2030Falcon security platform and services12.4%Peerlinear path to 12.4% by FY2030 (management target) servicenow.com ↗
Maintenance capexFalcon security platform and services7.7%ReportedFY2026 cash PPE302.108M + capitalized internal-use software/website 68.751M=370.859M divided by 4812.005M revenue. Corrects missing SOFTWARE CASH investment. Do not use 120.3M capitalizations including noncash SBC. sec.gov ↗
Terminal growthFalcon security platform and services3.0%Rulemethodology §4.2 terminal growth for a growth line Valuation methodology §4.2 · Read methodology ↗
WACCDiscount rates9.49%Rulemethodology §4.5: market-weighted WACC, not rounded FRED DGS10 2021-10-20..2026-10-21
Cost of equityDiscount rates9.51%Ruler_f 3.87% (5-year average 10-year Treasury yield 3.87% (spot 5.13% on 2026-10-21)) + β 1.13 after Blume adjustment × 5%, rounded to 0.01% (1bp) 60 monthly returns vs SPY, 2021-09..2026-09 (adjusted closes)
Tax rateDiscount rates21.0%GuidanceCompany long-term projected effective tax rate 21%. sec.gov ↗
Cash and short-term investmentsBalance sheet$5.0BReportedcash, cash equivalents and short-term investments us-gaap:CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue · 0001535527-26-000031 (filed 2026-08-27)
BorrowingsBalance sheet$0.7BReportedborrowings due within a year plus long-term borrowings; current liabilities fully tagged and reconciled; no current borrowing line; sec.gov ↗
Finance leasesBalance sheet$0.0BReportedno finance lease liability reported balance sheet 2026-07-31
Minority interestsBalance sheet$37.801MReportednoncontrolling interests at book value us-gaap:MinorityInterest · 0001535527-26-000031 (filed 2026-08-27)
SharesBalance sheet1.024BReportedshares outstanding as of 2026-08-20 cover page of 10-Q 0001535527-26-000031
Dividends per yearShareholders$0.0BReportedNo cash dividends. × 1.024B shares sec.gov ↗

Research notes

  • annual diluted share comparison adjusted by reported stock-split factor 4; original annual count retained; us-gaap:StockholdersEquityNoteStockSplitConversionRatio 1; 0001535527-26-000031
  • share-count comparison: 1.044469B quarter 2026-05-01..2026-07-31 · 0001535527-26-000031; point-in-time denominator retained
  • cost of equity 9.51% (β 1.13 after Blume adjustment), WACC 9.5%
  • Falcon security platform and services: FY2031–34 mature GAAP EBIT target 20.1%, including SBC 11.4% of revenue (FY2030 22.8%). SBC is expensed once; no future-award dilution or cash addback. Capacity EBIT also depends on actual equipment depreciation.

Signal Ledger research built from cited consensus, company plans and peer economics because management sets no usable targets — not a forecast and not investment advice. The research desk (GPT-6.1 (Codex)) gathers filings, guidance and targets; deterministic code applies the samepublished rules to every company and checks the result. Inputs may contain errors; follow the source links before relying on them. Read our valuation methodology →