- Prev close
- $216.90
- Day range
- $216.14 – $230.69
- From 52-wk high
- -24.4%
CRWD’s -9.9% session looks stock-specific rather than market-led, but the underlying business still shows +24.3% revenue growth and strong +75.2% gross margins, so the move reads more as a rich-valuation reset than fresh operational damage.
CRWD
CROWDSTRIKE HOLDINGS INC - A
As of Nov 5, 2026
52/100
Worth keeping an eye onHealth ScoreWhy it moved
CRWD fell -9.9% even though the S&P 500 rose 9.9% and the Nasdaq 100 rose 9.9%, so the drop was not driven by the broad tape. The only same-sector reference in the facts is that cybersecurity names were already under pressure in a tech selloff, and the stock’s own move is much larger than the index backdrop, which points to a stock-specific or sector-specific de-rating rather than a market-wide excuse. The day range also shows weakness persisted after the open: it opened at $231.89, printed a high of $231.89, then slid to a low of $213.22 and closed at $217.2, which is a one-way session, not a rebound.
Volatility check
This is larger than ordinary noise because the fundamentals are strong but the valuation is extreme. Revenue is running at +24.3% YoY on a TTM basis and +25.8% YoY in the latest quarter, gross margin is +75.2%, and beta is 1.19, so the business is still growing fast and the stock is somewhat more volatile than the market. But PE 3874.3, forward PE 165.8, and PEG 145.03 mean investors are paying a very high price for that growth; PEG, the P/E divided by the growth rate, is only useful here because growth is positive, and at 145.03 it says the growth is already heavily priced in. The net margin is only +1.1% and operating margin is -2.2%, so the earnings profile is still not fully converted into durable operating profit, which makes sharp swings more understandable even without a fundamental break.
Earnings preview
The next earnings date is not available this period, so there is no calendar anchor to frame the report. What the market will likely focus on, based on the facts provided, is whether +25.8% revenue growth can stay in that neighborhood, whether gross margin can hold near +75.2%, and whether the business can move operating margin off -2.2% toward clearer profitability. The prior-event reaction history is not available in the facts, so I cannot infer a dependable pattern around past prints. The key open questions are customer retention and net-new demand, the pace of monetization against the current valuation of PE 3874.3 and forward PE 165.8, and whether management’s outlook confirms that growth remains strong enough to justify a PEG of 145.03.
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