Why CrowdStrike Holdings (CRWD) Outpaced the Stock Market Today

Nov 20, 2025
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CrowdStrike Holdings (CRWD) ended the recent trading session at $520.46, demonstrating a +1.32% change from the preceding day’s closing price. The stock’s performance was ahead of the S&P 500’s daily gain of 0.38%. On the other hand, the Dow registered a gain of 0.1%, and the technology-centric Nasdaq increased by 0.59%.

Heading into today, shares of the cloud-based security company had gained 1.93% over the past month, outpacing the Computer and Technology sector’s loss of 1.1% and the S&P 500’s loss of 0.64%.

The investment community will be closely monitoring the performance of CrowdStrike Holdings in its forthcoming earnings report. The company is scheduled to release its earnings on December 2, 2025. It is anticipated that the company will report an EPS of $0.94, marking a 1.08% rise compared to the same quarter of the previous year. Meanwhile, the Zacks Consensus Estimate for revenue is projecting net sales of $1.21 billion, up 20.23% from the year-ago period.

For the entire fiscal year, the Zacks Consensus Estimates are projecting earnings of $3.67 per share and a revenue of $4.78 billion, representing changes of -6.62% and +20.89%, respectively, from the prior year.

Investors might also notice recent changes to analyst estimates for CrowdStrike Holdings. These recent revisions tend to reflect the evolving nature of short-term business trends. Consequently, upward revisions in estimates express analysts’ positivity towards the business operations and its ability to generate profits.

Our research demonstrates that these adjustments in estimates directly associate with imminent stock price performance. We developed the Zacks Rank to capitalize on this phenomenon. Our system takes these estimate changes into account and delivers a clear, actionable rating model.

Ranging from #1 (Strong Buy) to #5 (Strong Sell), the Zacks Rank system has a proven, outside-audited track record of outperformance, with #1 stocks returning an average of +25% annually since 1988. Over the past month, the Zacks Consensus EPS estimate remained stagnant. CrowdStrike Holdings is currently sporting a Zacks Rank of #3 (Hold).

In terms of valuation, CrowdStrike Holdings is currently trading at a Forward P/E ratio of 139.82. This signifies a premium in comparison to the average Forward P/E of 66.53 for its industry.

Meanwhile, CRWD’s PEG ratio is currently 6.99. This popular metric is similar to the widely-known P/E ratio, with the difference being that the PEG ratio also takes into account the company’s expected earnings growth rate. The average PEG ratio for the Security industry stood at 2.69 at the close of the market yesterday.

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