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CRWD
LargeRevenue $5.4B TTM4-quarter TTM
Close · Oct 16, 2026227.39P/E n/m · EV $231.8B
EV / revenue43.0×EV / gross profit 57.1×
Rule of 4053growth +24% + FCF +29%
+1% above 5y medianEV / revenue vs. its own five years
Board median EV / revenue10.2×five-year median 11.8× · −14%
Median Rule of 405321 of 24 above the line
Median revenue growth18%a year ago 15% · accelerating
Median SBC / revenue11%FCF margin 30% → 16% ex-SBC
Lights on1 of 3prices Oct 16, 2026 · TTM through Aug 31, 2026

Against the line

growth + FCF margin, in points
line 40score 53
growth 24 ptFCF margin 29 pt

Growth +24% plus FCF margin +29% is 53 points, 13 above the line at 40. Counting the stock as an expense: 31 points.

Where it has traded

quarter-end EV / revenue · 20 quarters · Oct 31, 2021 → Jul 31, 2026
5×35×65×95×125×2021202220232024202520262021-10-31 · 49.2× (close 70.45 · TTM revenue 1.29B)2022-01-31 · 27.7× (close 45.16 · TTM revenue 1.45B)2022-04-30 · 27.2× (close 49.69 · TTM revenue 1.64B)2022-07-31 · 22.4× (close 45.90 · TTM revenue 1.83B)2022-10-31 · 17.7× (close 40.30 · TTM revenue 2.03B)2023-01-31 · 10.2× (close 26.48 · TTM revenue 2.24B)2023-04-30 · 10.9× (close 30.01 · TTM revenue 2.45B)2023-07-31 · 13.9× (close 40.42 · TTM revenue 2.64B)2023-10-31 · 14.3× (close 44.19 · TTM revenue 2.85B)2024-01-31 · 22.9× (close 73.13 · TTM revenue 3.06B)2024-04-30 · 88.3× (close 292.54 · TTM revenue 3.28B)2024-07-31 · 65.4× (close 231.96 · TTM revenue 3.52B)2024-10-31 · 77.0× (close 296.87 · TTM revenue 3.74B)2025-01-31 · 98.6× (close 398.07 · TTM revenue 3.95B)2025-04-30 · 102.1× (close 428.87 · TTM revenue 4.14B)2025-07-31 · 103.7× (close 454.57 · TTM revenue 4.34B)2025-10-31 · 118.7× (close 543.01 · TTM revenue 4.57B)2026-01-31 · 93.8× (close 441.41 · TTM revenue 4.81B)2026-04-30 · 89.5× (close 445.75 · TTM revenue 5.09B)2026-07-31 · 35.9× (close 190.86 · TTM revenue 5.40B)p75 91×med 43×p25 21×now 43.0×
Five-year median 42.6×, middle half 21.2–90.6×, range 10.2–118.7×. Now 43.0×: +1% above its own median, higher than 50% of those quarters.Each quarter at its own close, shares and balance sheet · the band is the 25th–75th percentile

What the cash flow really is

TTM through Jul 31, 2026 · $B
012345Revenue: 5.4 $B5.4RevenueCost of revenue: −1.3 $B−1.3Cost ofrevenueGross profit: 4.1 $B4.1GrossprofitR&D: −1.6 $B−1.6R&DSales & G&A: −2.6 $B−2.6Sales &G&AOperating income: −0.1 $B−0.1OperatingincomeAdd back SBC: 1.2 $B1.2Add backSBCD&A & working cap.: 0.9 $B0.9D&A &working cap.Operating cash flow: 2.0 $B2.0Operatingcash flowCapex: −0.4 $B−0.4CapexFCF: 1.6 $B1.6FCFLess SBC: −1.2 $B−1.2LessSBCFCF ex-SBC: 0.3 $B0.3FCFex-SBC
FCF 1.57B − SBC 1.23B = 0.34B ex-SBC · operating income -0.12B is the GAAP figure after SBC

Against its scale group

CRWD (blue) vs. the other Large companies on the board (14), grey
Revenue growth+24% vs. +26%
Gross margin75% vs. 75%
FCF margin+29% vs. +33%
SBC / revenue23% vs. 14%
Rule of 4053 vs. 60
EV / revenue43.0× vs. 17.0×

Group averages are the plain mean of the other companies in the same scale group with a usable window.

Quarter by quarter

8 quarters · Oct 31, 2024 → Jul 31, 2026 · a gap is a dropped quarter
Revenue, $B1.47
Growth YoY, quarter+26%
FCF margin, quarter+28%
SBC / revenue, quarter26%