Crowdstrike Falls 9% on Disappointing Earnings Forecast

Crowdstrike Shares Dropped Nearly 9% in Extended Trading on Tuesday after the cybersecurity software provider isesed disappointing earnings guidance.

Here’s what the company reported compared to lseg estimates:

• Earnings per share: $ 1.03. The number does not to appear to be comparable to analyst estimates.
• Revenue: $ 1.06 billion vs. $ 1.03 billion

Revenue Increased 25% from $ 845.3 Million a year earlier, and the company posted a net loss of $ 92.3 billion, or 37 cents per share. In the year ago period, the company posted net income of $ 53.7 million, or 22 cents per share.

For the year, Crowdstrike said it expects earnings, excliding some items, to range between $ 3.33 and $ 3.45 per share, Falling short of the $ 4.42 expected by analySTS POLLELED by LSEG. First-Quarter Earnings are expected to be betteren 64 cents and 66 cents per share, versus the 95-concent average estimate.

Despite the after-Hours Drop, Crowdstrike Topped Some Metrics from Wall Street. The company posted $ 4.24 billion in Annual Recurring Revenue, Reflecting 23% Growth. That topped the $ 4.21 billion estimate from analysts surveyed by streetaccount and inclined $ 224 million in net annual recurring reveneue.

Revenue Guidance was roughly inline with estimates. Crowdstrike Said it expects revealed of $ 4.74 billion and $ 4.81 billion for the year, versus an LSEG Estimate of $ 4.777 Billion.

The earnings release comes almost eight months after a technology update from the company Led to a global it outage That Grounded Flights, Disrupted Businesses and LED to Class Action Lawsuits.

Ceo george kurtz said in the Press release That artificial intelligence is decided more important in stopping cyber attacks.

“As businesses of all sizes rapidly adopt ai, stopping the breach Necessitates Cybersecurity’s AI-Native Platform,” Kurtz Said.

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