CrowdStrike sinks after-hours following the release of its second-quarter earnings
Shares of cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike fell by more than 6% after-hours, following the release of the company’s second-quarter earnings report.
CrowdStrike posted earnings of $0.93 per share, better than the $0.83 earnings per share analysts expected. Its quarterly revenue grew 21% year over year to $1.17 billion, better than the $1.15 billion consensus from analysts polled by FactSet. Annual recurring revenue climbed 20% to $4.66 billion.
The company’s third-quarter revenue guidance — between $1.21 billion and $1.22 billion — came in slightly below Wall Street estimates.
The second quarter marked the one-year anniversary of CrowdStrike’s massive IT outage last July that caused thousands of flight cancellations globally. Costs related to the outage have reached more than $75 million on the year.
CrowdStrike on Wednesday afternoon also announced plans to acquire Onum, a company that specializes in data management.