CrowdStrike Reports Third Quarter Fiscal Year 2025 Financial Results

• Surpasses $4 billion ending ARR milestone, grows 27% year-over-year to reach $4.02 billion

• Exceeds $1 billion quarterly total revenue milestone, grows 29% year-over-year to reach $1.01 billion

• Delivers cash flow from operations of $326 million and free cash flow of $231 million, achieving a free cash flow rule of 51

AUSTIN, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: CRWD) today announced financial results for the third quarter fiscal year 2025, ended October 31, 2024.

“CrowdStrike surpassed $4 billion in ending ARR in the quarter – the fastest and only pure play cybersecurity software company to reach this reported milestone – as our single platform approach and trailblazing innovation continue to resonate at-scale,” said George Kurtz, Founder and CEO. “With over 97% gross retention, customers remain committed to the technological superiority of the Falcon platform and the benefits of cybersecurity consolidation. Accelerating module adoption and customers embracing our transformational Falcon Flex subscription model give us confidence in CrowdStrike’s bright future as cybersecurity’s AI platform of record.”

Commenting on the company’s financial results, Burt Podbere, CrowdStrike’s chief financial officer, added, “Our third quarter results reflect our focused execution and financial discipline, which drove a strong finish and quarter-over-quarter increase in pipeline, despite expected headwinds from the July 19th incident. We saw incredible success with our customer commitment packages as customers embraced the program and chose to deepen their relationship with CrowdStrike.”

Third Quarter Fiscal 2025 Financial Highlights

• Revenue: Total revenue was $1,010.2 million, a 29% increase, compared to $786.0 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2024. Subscription revenue was $962.7 million, a 31% increase, compared to $733.5 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2024.

• Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR) grew 27% year-over-year to $4.02 billion as of October 31, 2024, of which $153.0 million was net new ARR added in the quarter.

• Subscription Gross Margin: GAAP subscription gross margin was 78% for the third quarter of both fiscal 2025 and 2024. Non-GAAP subscription gross margin was 80% for the third quarter of both fiscal 2025 and 2024.

• Income/Loss from Operations: GAAP loss from operations was $55.7 million, compared to income of $3.2 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2024. Non-GAAP income from operations was $194.9 million, compared to $175.7 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2024.

• Net Income/Loss Attributable to CrowdStrike: GAAP net loss attributable to CrowdStrike was $16.8 million, compared to income of $26.7 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2024. GAAP net loss per share attributable to CrowdStrike, diluted, was $0.07, compared to income of $0.11 in the third quarter of fiscal 2024. Non-GAAP net income attributable to CrowdStrike was $234.3 million, compared to $199.2 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2024. Non-GAAP net income attributable to CrowdStrike per share, diluted, was $0.93, compared to $0.82 in the third quarter of fiscal 2024.

• Cash Flow: Net cash generated from operations was $326.1 million, compared to $273.5 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2024. Free cash flow was $230.6 million, compared to $239.0 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2024.

• Cash and Cash Equivalents was $4.26 billion as of October 31, 2024.

Recent Highlights

• CrowdStrike’s module adoption rates grew to 66%, 47%, 31%, and 20% for five or more, six or more, seven or more, and eight or more modules, respectively, as of October 31, 2024¹.

• Named a Leader in the 2024 Gartner Magic Quadrant™ for Endpoint Protection Platforms² for the fifth consecutive time, positioned furthest right for Completeness of Vision and highest for Ability to Execute among all vendors evaluated.

• Received the highest scores among evaluated vendors for Core Endpoint Protection and Managed Security Services Use Cases in the 2024 Gartner^® Critical Capabilities for Endpoint Protection Platforms (EPP) report³, for the second consecutive time.

• Recognized as a Frost Radar™ Leader in Cloud Workload Protection Platforms⁴ for the Second Consecutive Year.

• Acknowledged as a Leader in the 2024 GigaOm Radar Report for Cloud-Native Application Protection Platforms (CNAPPs)⁵.

• Positioned as a Leader in The Forrester Wave™: Attack Surface Management Solutions, Q3 2024⁶.

• Named a Major Player in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) for Enterprise 2024 Vendor Assessment report⁷.

• Unveiled a series of new and enhanced offerings during the eighth annual Fal.Con cybersecurity conference. Announcements included Endpoint Security; Cloud Security; Identity Protection; Next-Gen SIEM; Exposure Management; Charlotte AI and Falcon for IT innovations; Project Kestrel, a revolutionary new user experience and CrowdStrike Financial Services.

• Acquired Adaptive Shield, a leader in SaaS security, making CrowdStrike the only cybersecurity vendor to provide unified, end-to-end protection against identity-based attacks across the entire modern cloud ecosystem.

• Received new ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certification for newer products made generally available, including Falcon Next-Gen SIEM, Charlotte AI and Falcon for IT.

• Expanded Cybersecurity Startup Accelerator with AWS and NVIDIA to support the next generation of global cloud security companies.

• Announced a strategic partnership with Fortinet to unify best-in-class endpoint and firewall protection.

• Partnered with Omnissa to deliver real-time threat detection and automated remediation for Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) and physical desktop environments while improving customers’ digital work experience and productivity.

• Established new strategic partnerships with CardinalOps, Nagomi and Veriti to deliver intelligence-led threat defense across the enterprise.

• Extended partnership with 1Password to simplify security for 150,000 customers, with a focus on small and midsize businesses (SMBs).

• Announced the expansion of the CrowdStrike Marketplace, a one-stop destination for the world-class ecosystem of CrowdStrike-compatible security products.

Financial Outlook

CrowdStrike is providing the following guidance for the fiscal fourth quarter of fiscal 2025 (ending January 31, 2025) and full fiscal year 2025 (ending January 31, 2025).

Guidance for non-GAAP financial measures excludes stock-based compensation expense, amortization expense of acquired intangible assets (including purchased patents), amortization of debt issuance costs and discount, mark-to-market adjustments on deferred compensation liabilities, legal reserve and settlement charges or benefits, July 19 Incident related costs and (recoveries), net, acquisition-related provision (benefit) for income taxes, losses (gains) and other income from strategic investments, acquisition-related expenses (credits), net, and losses (gains) from deferred compensation assets. The company has not provided the most directly comparable GAAP measures because certain items are out of the company’s control or cannot be reasonably predicted. Accordingly, a reconciliation for non-GAAP income from operations, non-GAAP net income attributable to CrowdStrike, and non-GAAP net income per share attributable to CrowdStrike common stockholders is not available without unreasonable effort.

These statements are forward-looking and actual results may differ materially as a result of many factors. Refer to the Forward-Looking Statements safe harbor below for information on the factors that could cause the company’s actual results to differ materially from these forward-looking statements.

Conference Call Information

CrowdStrike will host a conference call for analysts and investors to discuss its earnings results for the third quarter of fiscal 2025 and outlook for its fiscal fourth quarter and fiscal year 2025 today at 2:00 p.m. Pacific time (5:00 p.m. Eastern time). A recorded webcast of the event will also be available for one year on the CrowdStrike Investor Relations website ir.crowdstrike.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, including statements regarding CrowdStrike’s future growth, and future financial and operating performance, including CrowdStrike’s financial outlook for the fourth quarter fiscal 2025, fiscal year 2025, and beyond. There are a significant number of factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from statements made in this press release, including: risks associated with the content configuration update CrowdStrike released on July 19, 2024 for its Falcon sensor that resulted in system crashes for certain Windows systems (the “July 19 Incident”); risks associated with managing CrowdStrike’s rapid growth; CrowdStrike’s ability to identify and effectively implement necessary changes to address execution challenges; risks associated with new products and subscription and support offerings, including the risk of defects, errors, or vulnerabilities; CrowdStrike’s ability to respond to an intensely competitive market; length and unpredictability of sales cycles; CrowdStrike’s ability to attract new and retain existing customers; CrowdStrike’s ability to successfully integrate acquisitions; the failure to timely develop and achieve market acceptance of new products and subscriptions as well as existing products and subscriptions and support; CrowdStrike’s ability to collaborate and integrate its products with offerings from other parties to deliver benefits to customers; industry trends; rapidly evolving technological developments in the market for security products and subscription and support offerings; and general market, political, economic, and business conditions, including those related to a deterioration in macroeconomic conditions, inflation, geopolitical uncertainty and conflicts, public health crises, and volatility in the banking and financial services sector.

Additional risks and uncertainties that could affect CrowdStrike’s financial results are included in the filings CrowdStrike makes with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) from time to time, particularly under the captions “Risk Factors” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” including CrowdStrike’s most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10-K, most recently filed Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, and subsequent filings.

You should not rely on these forward-looking statements, as actual outcomes and results may differ materially from those contemplated by these forward-looking statements as a result of such risks and uncertainties. All forward-looking statements in this press release are based on information available to CrowdStrike as of the date hereof, and CrowdStrike does not assume any obligation to update the forward-looking statements provided to reflect events that occur or circumstances that exist after the date on which they were made.

Use of Non-GAAP Financial Information

CrowdStrike believes that the presentation of non-GAAP financial information provides important supplemental information to management and investors regarding financial and business trends relating to CrowdStrike’s financial condition and results of operations. For further information regarding these non-GAAP measures, including the reconciliation of these non-GAAP financial measures to their most directly comparable GAAP financial measures, please refer to the financial tables below, as well as the “Explanation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures” section of this press release.

Channels for Disclosure of Information

CrowdStrike intends to announce material information to the public through the CrowdStrike Investor Relations website ir.crowdstrike.com, SEC filings, press releases, public conference calls, and public webcasts. CrowdStrike uses these channels, as well as social media and its blog, to communicate with its investors, customers, and the public about the company, its offerings, and other issues. It is possible that the information CrowdStrike posts on social media and its blog could be deemed to be material information. As such, CrowdStrike encourages investors, the media, and others to follow the channels listed above, including the social media channels listed on CrowdStrike’s investor relations website, and to review the information disclosed through such channels. Any updates to the list of disclosure channels through which CrowdStrike will announce information will be posted on the investor relations page on CrowdStrike’s website.

Definition of Module Adoption Rates

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About CrowdStrike Holdings

CrowdStrike (Nasdaq: CRWD), a global cybersecurity leader, has redefined modern security with the world’s most advanced cloud-native platform for protecting critical areas of enterprise risk – endpoints and cloud workloads, identity, and data.

Powered by the CrowdStrike Security Cloud and world-class AI, the CrowdStrike Falcon^® platform leverages real-time indicators of attack, threat intelligence, evolving adversary tradecraft, and enriched telemetry from across the enterprise to deliver hyper-accurate detections, automated protection and remediation, elite threat hunting, and prioritized observability of vulnerabilities.

Purpose-built in the cloud with a single lightweight-agent architecture, the Falcon platform delivers rapid and scalable deployment, superior protection and performance, reduced complexity, and immediate time-to-value.

CrowdStrike: We stop breaches.

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(1) Includes stock-based compensation expense as follows (in thousands):

(2) Includes amortization of acquired intangible assets, including purchased patents, as follows (in thousands):

(3) Includes acquisition-related expenses, net as follows (in thousands):

(4) Includes mark-to-market adjustments on deferred compensation liabilities as follows (in thousands):

(5) Includes legal reserve and settlement charges as follows (in thousands):

(6) Includes July 19 Incident related costs, net such as legal fees, remediation costs, sensor testing costs, and insurance receivables among others, as follows (in thousands):

(7) Includes amortization of debt issuance costs and discount as follows (in thousands):

(8) Includes gains and other income from strategic investments as follows (in thousands):

(9) Includes gains (losses) on deferred compensation assets as follows (in thousands):

(10) Includes benefit for income taxes related to acquisitions as follows (in thousands):

Contacts

Investor Relations Contact
CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc.

Maria Riley, Vice President of Investor Relations

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669-721-0742

Press Contact
CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc.

Jake Schuster, Senior Director, Public Relations & Media Strategy

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