Crownstrikes blowout earnings impressive, but wait if missed outCrowdStrike Holdings (CRWD) reported its first quarterly earnings as a public entity on Thursday evening. To say the company did well would be an understatement.
For the first quarter of fiscal year 2020, a beat of one penny seems unspectacular, as it's hard to see a loss of $0.47 per share as positive. CrowdStrike posted revenue of $96.08 million, also a beat. Good enough for year-over-year growth of 103.2%.
The metrics within are what's so impressive, though. Subscription revenue increased by 116% to $86 million. Non-GAAP gross margin widened sequentially to 74% from 62%.
This has the software security solutions company projecting revenue of $103 million to $104 million for the current quarter (fiscal Q2), and a loss per share of -$0.23 to $0.24. Wall Street was looking for -$0.31.
What does CrowdStrike do exactly?
This company uses a database, as well as machine learning in order to detect malware on computers, mobile devices and corporate networks. In other words, cybersecurity. It's not just CrowdStrike. If you missed this move, the entire industry is hot, hot, hot.
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COMPANY PROFILE
CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. operates as a holding company. It provides cloud-delivered solution for next-generation endpoint protection that offers cloud modules on its Falcon platform through SaaS subscription-based model. The company was founded by George P. Kurtz and Dmitri Alperovitch on November 7, 2011 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.