CrowdStrike
CRWD · Systems Software
$257.57
8.3%Gen Digital
GEN · Systems Software
$24.88
0.0%The short version
- Gen Digital is the larger business, with $5.0B of revenue in fiscal 2026 against $4.8B for CrowdStrike.
- Gen Digital grew revenue faster (27.1%, against 21.7%).
- Gen Digital kept more of each dollar of sales as operating profit (42.4% operating margin, against −6.1% operating margin).
- Gen Digital turned more of its sales into free cash flow (30.5% FCF margin, against 27.2% FCF margin).
| Latest fiscal year | CRWD · FY26 | GEN · FY26 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| Market cap | $269.0B | $15.0B |
| Revenue | $4.8B | $5.0B |
| Free cash flow | $1.3B | $1.5B |
| Net income | −$163M | $973M |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth | 21.7% | 27.1% |
| 5-year growth | 40.6% | 14.4% |
| Share count change | 2.4% | −0.8% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 74.7% | 78.5% |
| Operating margin | −6.1% | 42.4% |
| Net margin | −3.4% | 19.5% |
| FCF margin | 27.2% | 30.5% |
| Return on capital | — | 13.7% |
| Return on equity | −4.2% | 39.9% |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net debt | −$4.5B | $7.8B |
| Net debt / EBITDA | — | 3.0x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $0.0M | $946M |
| Valuation & quality | ||
| P/E | — | 14.6x |
| Piotroski F-score | 4 | 7 |
FY17
CRWD —
GEN $4.0B
FY18
CRWD $119M
GEN $2.6B
FY19
CRWD $250M
GEN $2.5B
FY20
CRWD $481M
GEN $2.5B
FY21
CRWD $874M
GEN $2.6B
FY22
CRWD $1.5B
GEN $2.8B
FY23
CRWD $2.2B
GEN $3.3B
FY24
CRWD $3.1B
GEN $3.8B
FY25
CRWD $4.0B
GEN $3.9B
FY26
CRWD $4.8B
GEN $5.0B
CRWD
GEN
FY17
CRWD —
GEN −2.5%
FY18
CRWD −110.7%
GEN −6.0%
FY19
CRWD −54.8%
GEN 6.4%
FY20
CRWD −30.3%
GEN 14.3%
FY21
CRWD −10.6%
GEN 35.1%
FY22
CRWD −9.8%
GEN 35.9%
FY23
CRWD −8.5%
GEN 36.4%
FY24
CRWD −0.6%
GEN 29.2%
FY25
CRWD −2.9%
GEN 40.9%
FY26
CRWD −6.1%
GEN 42.4%
CRWD
GEN
FY17
CRWD —
GEN −$279M
FY18
CRWD −$81.7M
GEN $808M
FY19
CRWD −$58.8M
GEN $1.3B
FY20
CRWD $19.8M
GEN −$950M
FY21
CRWD $304M
GEN $700M
FY22
CRWD $463M
GEN $968M
FY23
CRWD $706M
GEN $751M
FY24
CRWD $990M
GEN $2.0B
FY25
CRWD $1.1B
GEN $1.2B
FY26
CRWD $1.3B
GEN $1.5B
CRWD
GEN
FY17
CRWD —
GEN −2.2%
FY18
CRWD —
GEN −2.0%
FY19
CRWD —
GEN 1.6%
FY20
CRWD —
GEN 5.0%
FY21
CRWD —
GEN 34.7%
FY22
CRWD —
GEN 41.7%
FY23
CRWD —
GEN 18.7%
FY24
CRWD —
GEN 10.5%
FY25
CRWD —
GEN 10.4%
FY26
CRWD —
GEN 13.7%
CRWD
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