Cybersecurity
CrowdStrike’s Steep Valuation Makes It Outlier in Software Space
- High valuation raises risk of a pullback on any earnings miss
- Uncertainty about demand has troubled the cybersecurity sector
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CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. investors face a precarious setup heading into the cybersecurity company’s next earnings report as its sky-high valuation faces off with rapidly souring sentiment for software stocks.
The firm’s shares have roughly doubled over the past year, making them among the best performers on the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 Index, even after a spate of disappointing results from software peers sent CrowdStrike tumbling from a record high last week. But its soaring share price has come at a cost: a valuation that makes it more expensive than nearly all of its rivals.