CrowdStrike sinks despite beating revenue and earnings for Q1, boosting guidance

CrowdStrike shares fell 8.2% in after-hours trading despite beating Q1 revenue and earnings estimates, reporting $1.39 billion in revenue against a $1.36 billion forecast and adjusted EPS of $1.10 versus $1.07 expected. The cybersecurity firm also raised its full-year guidance and announced a four-for-one stock split, but the market reacted negatively as the industry braces for an explosion in vulnerabilities from advanced AI models like Anthropic's forthcoming Mythos.

CrowdStrike sinks despite beating revenue and earnings for Q1, boosting guidance CrowdStrike https://robinhood.com/us/en/stocks/CRWD/?source=sherwood edged past analysts’ estimates for revenue and earnings in its fiscal first quarter. For FY 2027 Q1, the cybersecurity platform posted: Revenues of $1.39 billion estimate: $1.36 billion . Adjusted earnings per share of $1.10 estimate: $1.07 . Annual recurring revenue was $5.51 billion, beating analyst estimates of $5.50 billion.Subscription revenue was $1.32 billion, up 26% year on year. The company also boosted its annual guidance for revenue and adjusted EPS, and it announced a four-for-one stock split. Still, shares, which had surged some 60% over the past month, fell 8.2% after hours. Since Anthropic’s announcement of its forthcoming Mythos https://sherwood.news/tech/anthropic-our-new-mythos-model-is-so-powerful-we-cant-release-it/ model, the cybersecurity industry is bracing https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-is-finding-bugs-that-hackers-can-exploit-get-ready-for-bugmageddon-baaff236?utm source=chatgpt.com for an explosion in vulnerabilities that may be discovered using such advanced AI models. In a press release, CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz said: “In Q1, the worlds of cybersecurity and frontier AI collided: this was the Mythos moment. CrowdStrike is AI security infrastructure, critical to successful AI adoption.”