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$CRWD CrowdStrike is a founder-led company est. in 2011 & IPO in June 2019
$CRWD uses #MachineLearning to target malware threats
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https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✅" title="Fettes weißes Häkchen" aria-label="Emoji: Fettes weißes Häkchen"> This is built around 11 modules in the cloud on CrowdStrike Falcon
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$CRWD uses #MachineLearning to target malware threats
Time to BREAK DOWN this hard to understand TECHNICAL jargon
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https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="☠️" title="Totenkopf" aria-label="Emoji: Totenkopf"> Millions of new cyber threats appear every day leading to theft of *very sensitive* data
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="⚔️" title="Gekreuzte Schwerter" aria-label="Emoji: Gekreuzte Schwerter"> $CRWD combines *endpoint security* & *cloud security* with *threat intelligence* to stop these threats
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Mobile devices are proliferating around us, think of your smartphone
Each of those can be an endpoint
Endpoint security is about securing
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https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts"> The Falcon
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Every day, companies run workloads in the cloud to manage their customers data
This puts the company at risk of a security breach
Also, companies manage various data streams
With multiple clouds, workloads and systems
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$CRWD unifies cloud workload security into one platform across all clouds
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https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts"> The Falcon
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$CRWD unifies cloud workload security into one platform across all clouds
The goal
It is the collection, processing & analysis
This helps companies act before its too late
$CRWD is of course not the only one to offer #Endpoint & #Cloud security and Threat Intelligence
What puts it apart?
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What puts it apart?
“[…] We’re part of a larger collection of organisations that are running CrowdStrike, so any data that we see gets fed back into the system and someone else will benefit from that knowledge. And it’s all because it is cloud-based.”
A HUGE TAM
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https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✅" title="Fettes weißes Häkchen" aria-label="Emoji: Fettes weißes Häkchen"> The global Cloud
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="☁️" title="Wolke" aria-label="Emoji: Wolke"> Security Market grows from $34.5b in 2020 to $68.5b by 2025
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https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✅" title="Fettes weißes Häkchen" aria-label="Emoji: Fettes weißes Häkchen"> The global Endpoint
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="📱" title="Mobiltelefon" aria-label="Emoji: Mobiltelefon">Security Market grows from $12.8b in 2019 to $18.4b in 2024
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Volume
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https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts"> Increased number of cyber-attacks on cloud computing systems
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https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="⌚️" title="Armbanduhr" aria-label="Emoji: Armbanduhr"> and increasing risks of endpoints attacks and breaches
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https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts"> Growing costs following endpoints attacks
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$CRWD is growing faster than its competitors
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https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✅" title="Fettes weißes Häkchen" aria-label="Emoji: Fettes weißes Häkchen"> $CRWD is eating market share from its legacy competitors as customers move from on-prem
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https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✅" title="Fettes weißes Häkchen" aria-label="Emoji: Fettes weißes Häkchen"> $CRWD 3 biggest competitors are Trend Micro, Symantec and McAfee with a combined MS of 60%
STRONG FINANCIALS
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Revenue growth
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Gross margins at 78%
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Positive FCF margin of 16% from (27%) 3 months ended July 31, 2020
Cash and cash equivalents of over $1B
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Revenue growth
Gross margins at 78%
Positive FCF margin of 16% from (27%) 3 months ended July 31, 2020
Cash and cash equivalents of over $1B
$CRWD cost base heading into the right direction
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Total operating expenses at 95% of revenues, stable QoQ
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts"> S&M at 51% in Q2 from 54% in Q1 2020
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts"> R&Q at 27% in Q2 from 25% in Q1 2020
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts"> G&A at 15% in Q2, equal to Q1 2020
Total operating expenses at 95% of revenues, stable QoQ
A founder-led company
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In 1999, Kurtz founded Foundstone in 1999 and was acquired by McAfee in 2004 where he later became global CTO
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https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤯" title="Explodierender Kopf" aria-label="Emoji: Explodierender Kopf"> Frustrated with McAfee& #39;s slow speed and tech, Kurtz resigned from his role as CTO in 2011 to launch $CRWD
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In 1999, Kurtz founded Foundstone in 1999 and was acquired by McAfee in 2004 where he later became global CTO
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Sources
✑ Investor presentation
✑ Company website
✑ IDC reports
Sources
✑ Investor presentation
✑ Company website
✑ IDC reports
✑ Forbes
✑ MarketsAndMarkets
✑ Comodo
✑ DTF Capital on SA
✑ MarketsAndMarkets
✑ Comodo
✑ DTF Capital on SA