CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. (CRWD) earnings on August 26, 2026

CRWD price around the earnings

227.96

Change: +20.5%

Start of the measured window End of the measured window

188.49 201.93 215.38 228.82 189.18

August 26, 2026 August 27, 2026

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Prior thesis

Prior outlook: Optimistic Outcome: Accurate

Thesis published: 2026-08-26, 19:52 UTC
Results released: 2026-08-26, 20:07 UTC

After a strong recent drop after -16.46% 14d selloff; price below analyst targets; strong 100% beat history; the scenario is optimistic into earnings.

Context analyzed before publication

Trend: Stock experienced a significant selloff, then a strong bounce, now positioned as after a strong recent drop with an optimistic scenario.

Analysts

Evidence

Analyst consensus: Buy
Consensus average (1-5): 1.7
Analysts covering the stock: 50
Average price target: 210.54
Lowest price target: 103.25
Highest price target: 256
Upside to price target: 11.2%
Revenue growth: 25.6%
Forward EPS: 1.57
Trailing EPS: -0.04
Analyst moves in the last 60 days: 10

Strong buy: 10
Buy: 30
Hold: 12
Sell: 0
Strong sell: 1

Strong buy: 10
Buy: 30
Hold: 12
Sell: 0
Strong sell: 1

August 24, 2026 · Jefferies: Maintains rating (Buy → Buy)
August 21, 2026 · Scotiabank: Maintains rating (Sector Outperform → Sector Outperform)
August 21, 2026 · Keybanc: Maintains rating (Overweight → Overweight)
August 20, 2026 · JP Morgan: Maintains rating (Overweight → Overweight)
August 20, 2026 · Evercore ISI Group: Maintains rating (In-Line → In-Line)
August 19, 2026 · Mizuho: Maintains rating (Outperform → Outperform)
August 19, 2026 · Truist Securities: Maintains rating (Buy → Buy)
August 19, 2026 · Cantor Fitzgerald: Maintains rating (Overweight → Overweight)
August 18, 2026 · Barclays: Maintains rating (Overweight → Overweight)
August 18, 2026 · Benchmark: Maintains rating (Buy → Buy)

News and sentiment

Evidence

Sentiment

Sentiment: Constructive
Mention volume: High
Normalized volume: 99%

News

Sources (7)

Crowdstrike Earnings Prediction Market Preview: What Will George Kurtz Say About AI? (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
CrowdStrike Stock Rises Ahead of Q2 Earnings (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
CrowdStrike Q2 Preview: 'Stock Poised to Rally Back to Old Highs and Earnings Could be the Catalyst' (CORRECTED) (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
Nvidia Could Swing By $286 Billion After Earnings (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
Jefferies Maintains Buy on CrowdStrike Holdings, Raises Price Target to $230 (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
Top S&P 500 Stocks to Watch This Week: CrowdStrike, Salesforce, Workday (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
Stock of the Day: Will CrowdStrike Reverse off of this Important Level? (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga

Technicals

Evidence

Price when the context was analyzed: 185.33
Average true range (ATR): 5%
Distance to 52-week high: -16.1%
14-day change (14d): -16.5%
30-day change (32d): +1.1%
30-day relative strength: -2.7%
QQQ change (32d): +3.9%
Nearest support: 184.19
Distance to nearest support: 0.6%
Nearest resistance: 185.5
Distance to nearest resistance: 0.1%
Volume accumulation ratio (14d / 46d): 0.72

Mid: 184.19 (0.6% away, 0.12 ATR, 9 touches)
Mid: 182.3 (1.6% away, 0.33 ATR, 16 touches)
Mid: 180.91 (2.4% away, 0.48 ATR, 7 touches)

Mid: 185.5 (0.1% away, 0.02 ATR, 16 touches)
Minor: 187.11 (1% away, 0.19 ATR, 4 touches)
Mid: 188.19 (1.6% away, 0.31 ATR, 16 touches)

Trends

Evidence

Average earnings surprise: +4.7%

June 3, 2026: actual EPS 0.28 vs estimate 0.27 (surprise +3.0%)
March 3, 2026: actual EPS 0.28 vs estimate 0.28 (surprise +1.6%)
December 2, 2025: actual EPS 0.24 vs estimate 0.24 (surprise +2.0%)
August 27, 2025: actual EPS 0.23 vs estimate 0.21 (surprise +12.1%)

Expected move

Implied move: +7.4%
Source: Options chain

Reactions over its last 20 earnings

Median move: 5.1%
75th percentile move: 9.6%
90th percentile move: 12.1%
Up / down moves: 11 / 9
Average up move: +6.8%
Average down move: -5.9%

Monitoring and close

What CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. reported

Status: Finished

Actual EPS	0.31
EPS estimate	0.29
EPS surprise	+6.9%
Revenue	$1,471 million
Revenue estimate	$1,440 million
Revenue surprise	+2.2%

CrowdStrike reports its best quarter, beating expectations and raising annual earnings and sales guidance. Optimism persists in the sector.

Sources (6)

CrowdStrike Reports Beat-and-Raise Q2: 'Best Quarter' in Company History (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
CrowdStrike Holdings sees FY2027 Adj EPS Guidance to $1.25-$1.26 vs $1.23 Est; Raises FY2027 Sales Guidance from $5.915B-$5.959B to $5.991B-$6.011B vs $5.928B Est (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
CrowdStrike Holdings Sees Q3 Adj EPS $0.31 vs $0.31 Est; Sees Sales $1.523B-$1.529B vs $1.515B Est (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
CrowdStrike beat expectations with adjusted earnings of $0.31 per share and sales of $1.471 billion, above estimates. — Benzinga
CrowdStrike Holdings Q2 Adj. EPS $0.31 Beats $0.29 Estimate, Sales $1.471B Beat $1.440B Estimate (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
Crowdstrike Earnings Prediction Market Preview: What Will George Kurtz Say About AI? (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga

Pre-market second reading after the results

Verdict: Beat expectations

Heading into the open, results beat expectations on both earnings and revenue, and the price is indicating +8.6% pre-market, a move above the stock's usual reaction (about 5%). The figures confirm the optimistic scenario. In the 1,470 similar cases in our market history, the close held that direction 96% of the time.

How the stock reacted

Outcome: Accurate
Consolidated: +20.5%
Max favorable move (MFE): 21.1%
Max adverse move (MAE): 1.7%