CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. - CRWD STOCK NEWS

CrowdStrike (CRWD) reported strong Q2 fiscal 2025 results, with total revenue up 32% year-over-year to $963.9 million. The company's Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR) grew 32% to $3.86 billion, adding $217.6 million in net new ARR. CrowdStrike's GAAP net income increased more than 5x year-over-year to $47 million, while non-GAAP net income grew 45% to $260.8 million. The company generated record Q2 operating cash flow of $326.6 million and free cash flow of $272.2 million. CrowdStrike's CEO highlighted the resilience of their business and platform, with LogScale Next-Gen SIEM, Identity Protection, and Cloud Security surpassing $1 billion in combined ending ARR. The company provided guidance for Q3 and full fiscal year 2025, expecting continued growth in revenue and non-GAAP income.

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ: CRWD) has announced additional safeguards for NVIDIA NIM Agent Blueprints using its AI-native Falcon cybersecurity platform. This collaboration aims to accelerate generative AI innovation while ensuring security for developers leveraging open-source foundational models.

NVIDIA NIM Agent Blueprints are reference applications that streamline the development of enterprise generative AI applications, such as customer service chatbots and drug discovery. CrowdStrike's support for these blueprints enables secure and efficient development of customized generative AI applications using the latest open-source models available with NVIDIA NIM.

This partnership underscores CrowdStrike's commitment to pioneering AI-native cybersecurity and securing AI systems driving the generative AI revolution.

CrowdStrike's 2024 Threat Hunting Report reveals alarming trends in cybersecurity threats. North Korean hackers infiltrated over 100 U.S. tech companies using false identities. Hands-on-keyboard intrusions increased by 55%, with eCrime actors responsible for 86% of these attacks. Abuse of Remote Monitoring and Management (RMM) tools grew by 70%, accounting for 27% of hands-on intrusions.

The report highlights a rise in cross-domain attacks and cloud control plane exploits. Adversaries are increasingly using legitimate credentials to bypass security measures and blend in as authentic users. The technology sector remains the most targeted for the seventh consecutive year, with a 60% increase in attacks.

CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: CRWD) has announced the date for its fiscal second quarter 2025 financial results conference call. The company will release its financial results for the quarter ended July 31, 2024, after the U.S. market close on Wednesday, August 28, 2024. A conference call to discuss the results will be held on the same day at 2:00 p.m. Pacific time (5:00 p.m. Eastern time).

Interested parties can register for the live event through a provided link. The conference call will be accessible via a live webcast, along with the financial results press release, on CrowdStrike's investor relations website. An audio webcast replay of the call will be available on the website for one year following the event.

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ: CRWD) has unveiled Falcon Complete Next-Gen MDR, setting a new standard for Managed Detection and Response services. This AI-powered solution expands MDR operations beyond endpoint, identity, and cloud security, incorporating third-party data from Falcon Next-Gen SIEM for comprehensive threat detection and response across the entire enterprise attack surface.

Key features include:

• Fastest detection times, up to 11 times faster than competitors
• 75% acceleration in analyst operations through AI-powered incident management
• Unified visibility across native and third-party data sources
• Full cycle remediation with hands-on expert intervention

CrowdStrike's MDR service complements its partner ecosystem, supporting SOC transformation initiatives and legacy SIEM migration while reducing operational costs and complexity for customers.

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ: CRWD) has been recognized as a Customers' Choice in the 2024 Gartner Peer Insights ‘Voice of the Customer’ Endpoint Protection Platforms report. This accolade is based on a 99% Willingness to Recommend score from 524 responses as of April 2024. CrowdStrike was acknowledged for its excellence across all company sizes and regions, including North America, Asia/Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. The company's AI-native platform, Falcon, is praised for its comprehensive threat detection, prevention, and response capabilities. Customer testimonials highlight the platform's predictive capabilities and integration of new features.

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ: CRWD) has announced strategic partnerships with Ingram Micro, M3Corp, and Tecnología Especializada Asociada de México (TEAM Mexico) to expand the adoption of its AI-native CrowdStrike Falcon® cybersecurity platform in Latin America. These partnerships aim to drive vendor consolidation and enhance security solutions for businesses in Mexico, Brazil, and the wider Latin American market.

The Falcon platform will help regional businesses combat modern eCrime threats, which have been increasingly sophisticated. By leveraging the expertise and networks of these distributors, CrowdStrike aims to simplify and transform cybersecurity in the region, addressing the need for unified security solutions.

This initiative underscores CrowdStrike's commitment to providing advanced cybersecurity in Latin America, expanding its global market leadership by offering state-of-the-art protection and consolidating security vendors.

CrowdStrike (Nasdaq: CRWD) has announced surpassing $1 billion in sales through its partnership with CDW (Nasdaq: CDW). This achievement comes alongside CrowdStrike attaining CDW's Diamond Level Partner Status, highlighting the robust collaboration between the two companies. CDW is a prominent provider of IT solutions to business, government, education, and healthcare sectors across the US, UK, and Canada. The partnership leverages CrowdStrike's AI-native Falcon platform to deliver advanced cybersecurity solutions, allowing organizations to consolidate legacy products, improve ROI, and prevent breaches. This milestone underscores the combined efforts of both companies in modernizing security operations and delivering significant cybersecurity outcomes for their customers.

CrowdStrike (Nasdaq: CRWD) has been added to the S&P 500 Index, becoming the fastest cybersecurity company to achieve this milestone. This inclusion reflects CrowdStrike's innovation and leadership in the cybersecurity industry, primarily driven by its AI-powered Falcon platform. Since its 2019 IPO, CrowdStrike has shown significant growth, reaching over $3 billion in Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR) in Q3 FY2024, with a record-ending ARR of $3.65 billion, up 33% year-over-year. CEO George Kurtz emphasized CrowdStrike's mission to protect customers and stop breaches through its cloud-native, AI-driven solutions.