Crowdstrike Explodes Into the Market

By Chris Lange Updated Jan 6, 3:47AM EST · Published Jun 12, 11:40AM EDT

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CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: CRWD) entered the market with a bang. The stock was expected to price in the range of $28 to $30, but it actually priced at $34 apiece and then entered the market sharply higher at $63.50. The firm is selling 18.0 million shares in the offering with an overallotment option for an additional 2.7 million shares. At the $34 price, the entire offering is valued up to $703.8 million.

The underwriters for the offering are Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, Merrill Lynch, Barclays, Credit Suisse, Jefferies, RBC Capital Markets, Stifel, HSBC, Macquarie Capital, Piper Jaffray, SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, BTIG, JMP Securities, Mizuho Securities, Needham and Oppenheimer.

CrowdStrike was founded in 2011 to reinvent security for the cloud era. When the company was started, cyberattackers had a decided, asymmetric advantage over existing security products. Now the firm has turned the tables on the adversaries by taking a fundamentally new approach that leverages the network effects of crowdsourced data applied to modern technologies such as artificial intelligence, cloud computing and graph databases.

Some of the world’s largest enterprises, government organizations and high-profile brands use CrowdStrike to protect their businesses. As of January 31, 2019, the firm had 2,516 subscription customers worldwide, including 44 of the Fortune 100, 37 of the top 100 global companies and nine of the top 20 major banks.

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In the filing, the firm detailed its finances as follows:

We have recently experienced significant growth, with total revenue increasing from $52.7 million for fiscal 2017 to $118.8 million for fiscal 2018, representing year-over-year growth of 125%, and from $118.8 million for fiscal 2018 to $249.8 million for fiscal 2019, representing year-over-year growth of 110%. Subscription revenue grew from $37.9 million for fiscal 2017 to $92.6 million for fiscal 2018, a 144% increase, and from $92.6 million for fiscal 2018 to $219.4 million for fiscal 2019, a 137% increase. Our annual recurring revenue, or ARR, has grown from $58.8 million as of January 31, 2017 to $141.3 million as of January 31, 2018, a 140% increase, and from $141.3 million as of January 31, 2018 to $312.7 million as of January 31, 2019, a 121% increase. Our net loss increased from $91.3 million for fiscal 2017 to $135.5 million for fiscal 2018, and from $135.5 million for fiscal 2018 to $140.1 million for fiscal 2019.

CrowdStrike intends to use the net proceeds from this offering primarily for general corporate purposes, including working capital, sales and marketing activities.

Shares of Crowdstrike were last seen at $64.28, in a range of $63.21 to $65.88 on the day thus far — and the stock was still going up from there. Also, about 5 million shares had moved on the day as of 11:30 a.m. Eastern.

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Chris Lange is a writer for 24/7 Wall St., based in Houston. He has covered financial markets over the past decade with an emphasis on healthcare, tech, and IPOs. During this time, he has published thousands of articles with insightful analysis across these complex fields. Currently, Lange's focus is on military and geopolitical topics.

Lange's work has been quoted or mentioned in Forbes, The New York Times, Business Insider, USA Today, MSN, Yahoo, The Verge, Vice, The Intelligencer, Quartz, Nasdaq, The Motley Fool, Fox Business, International Business Times, The Street, Seeking Alpha, Barron’s, Benzinga, and many other major publications.

A graduate of Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas, Lange majored in business with a particular focus on investments. He has previous experience in the banking industry and startups.