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Aug 13 / Let’s Talk About Cybersecurity
$FTNT (-0.6%) — The Legacy Play in My Portfolio
Fortinet is the cybersecurity equivalent of a bouncer who not only guards the door but also built the entire club from scratch, with proprietary tools he has designed over decades. Fortinet became famous with its FortiGate firewalls, powered by its custom-made chips, which allow the company to undercut prices through ownership of the value chain.
Over time, the company has evolved and created various applications in the cybersecurity environment, and the best thing is that they can offer clients the entire package – from network security to endpoint protection – without piecing together products from multiple vendors. Simplicity – something every company values and Fortinet perfected.
You don’t need the entire package? No problem. Fortinet’s other strength lies in its flexibility. Whether you want protection for your data center, basic virtual appliances, or completely cloud-delivered FortiSASE, Fortinet has you covered and can customize its product range to your needs. The big obstacle is the crowdedness of the cybersecurity space, where every company needs to prove consistently that it can keep up the pace.
Fortinet is a great one-stop shop for cybersecurity and well-established in the industry, but competition is fierce, which you always need to monitor. I believe in the company and think that we have a nice opportunity on our hands after the recent sell off.
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— The Innovator for the Watchlist
Now we enter uncharted territory. A company I don’t own, even though I find it highly interesting. Funnily enough, it’s very much the opposite of Fortinet, which might explain its appeal: while Fortinet’s empire was built on hardware performance and a fully integrated platform, SentinelOne is a pure-play software assassin that lives in the cloud and on endpoints. Arguably the faster growing part of the cybersecurity sector, though this also comes with the major downside of uncertainty.
SentinelOne’s platform impresses with superior endpoint protection and utilizes AI to prevent, detect and respond to threats automatically. The company is a software-only play that boasts massive growth, though still unprofitable.
I don’t think the investment case for SentinelOne is as straightforward, since the company hasn’t fully established itself yet, but there is a case to be made that this could become one of the cybersecurity leaders in an AI-dominated world. While I am currently on the sidelines on this one, I could imagine an entry around $15.
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SentinelOne Q1 Earnings Highlights
🔹 Revenue: $229M (Est. $228.34M) 🟢; UP +23% YoY
🔹 Adj EPS: $0.02 (Est. $0.02) 🟡
🔹 ARR: $948.1M; UP +24% YoY
🔹 Customers with ARR ≥ $100K: 1,459; UP +22% YoY
Q2 Guidance:
🔹 Revenue: $242M (Est. $245M) 🔴
🔹 Non-GAAP Gross Margin: ~79%
FY Guidance:
🔹 Revenue: $996M – $1.001B (Est. $1.01B) 🔴
🔹 Non-GAAP Gross Margin: 78.5% – 79.5%
🔹 Non-GAAP Operating Margin: 3% – 4%
Other Key Q1 Metrics:
🔹 Non-GAAP Gross Margin: 79% (Flat YoY)
🔹 Non-GAAP Operating Margin: -2% (vs. -6% YoY)
🔹 Operating Cash Flow Margin: 23% (Flat YoY)
🔹 Free Cash Flow Margin: 20% (vs. 18% YoY); +200 bps YoY
🔹 TTM Operating Cash Flow Margin: 5% (vs. 0% YoY)
🔹 TTM Free Cash Flow Margin: 2% (vs. -3% YoY)
🔹 Cash & Equivalents: $1.2B
Strategic Updates:
🔸 CEO Tomer Weingarten:
"Our innovation engine—spanning AI, Data, Cloud, and Endpoint—is fueling platform momentum. Singularity is leading the shift toward AI-powered security."
🔸 CFO Barbara Larson:
"We achieved record free cash flow margin and continue to scale efficiently. Our first-ever $200M share repurchase authorization demonstrates confidence in our long-term growth."
🔸 $200M Share Repurchase Program authorized by the Board.
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5Mon·
SentinelOne Q4'25 Earnings Highlights
🔹 Adj. EPS: $(0.22) (Est. $(0.21)) 🔴
🔹 Revenue: $225.5M (Est. $222.33M) 🟢 +29% YoY
🔹 ARR: $920.1M (+27% YoY)
🔹 Customers with ARR >$100K: 1,411 (+25% YoY)
FY26 Guidance
🔹 Revenue: $1.007B - $1.012B (Est. $1.03B) 🔴
🔹 Adj. Gross Margin: 78.5% - 79.5%
🔹 Adj. Operating Margin: 3% - 4%
Q1 FY26 Guidance
🔹 Revenue: $228M (Est. $235.47M) 🔴
🔹 Adj. Gross Margin: 79%
🔹 Adj. Operating Margin: (2)%
Margins & Profitability
🔹 Non-GAAP Gross Margin: 79% (Prev. 78%)
🔹 Non-GAAP Operating Margin: 1% (Prev. (9)%) 🟢 (First positive operating margin in Q4)
🔹 Non-GAAP Net Income Margin: 5% (Prev. (4)%)
Key Takeaways & Commentary
🔹 CEO: "We’re on track to surpass $1B in ARR and revenue this year—a key milestone in our growth journey."
🔹 CFO: "Our first positive non-GAAP operating margin in Q4 marks a shift towards sustainable growth."
🔹 AI-Driven Security: SentinelOne is focusing on "fully autonomous, agentic AI workflows" to lead in cybersecurity.
5Mon·
The eagerly awaited quarterly figures for the week of March 10, 2025
A number of important earnings releases are scheduled for the coming week. The focus will be on:
📌 Adobe ($ADBE (+0.33%) )
📌 Oracle ($ORCL (-5.71%) )
📌 DocuSign ($DOCU (+1.42%) )
📌 D-Wave Quantum ($QBTS (-2.08%) )
📌 ZIM Integrated Shipping ($ZIM (-2.08%) )
📌 ULTA Beauty ($ULTA (-10.78%))
📌 Kohl's ($KSS (-1.75%) )
📌 Dollar General ($DG (-2.77%))
📌 UiPath ($PATH (-1.55%) )
📌 SentinelOne ($S (-0.31%))
Which of these companies are you following with particular interest? Do you have positions in any of these stocks?
🔗 Source: Earnings Whispers
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8Mon·
$S (-0.31%) | SentinelOne Q3 Earnings Highlights:
🔹 EPS: $0.00 (Est. $0.01) 🔴
🔹 Revenue: $210.6M (Est. $209.73M) 🟢; UP +28% YoY
🔹 ARR: $859.7M; UP +29% YoY
FY25 Guidance:
🔹 Revenue: $818M (Est. $815.9M) 🟢; UP +32% YoY
🔹 Non-GAAP Gross Margin: 79%
🔹 Non-GAAP Operating Margin: -4%
Q4 Guidance:
🔹 Revenue: $222M
🔹 Non-GAAP Gross Margin: 79%
🔹 Non-GAAP Operating Margin: -3%
Profitability Metrics:
🔹 GAAP Gross Margin: 75% (vs. 73% YoY)
🔹 Non-GAAP Gross Margin: 80% (vs. 79% YoY)
🔹 GAAP Operating Margin: -42% (Improved from -50% YoY)
🔹 Non-GAAP Operating Margin: -5% (Improved from -11% YoY)
🔹 Trailing-Twelve-Month Free Cash Flow Margin: 1% (vs. -17% YoY)
Operational Highlights:
🔹 Customers with ARR of $100,000 or More: 1,310 (+24% YoY)
🔹 Operating Cash Flow Margin: -3% (Improved from -14% YoY)
🔹 Free Cash Flow Margin: -6% (Improved from -16% YoY)
🔹 Cash and Investments: $1.1B as of October 31, 2024
CEO Commentary:
🔸 "Our Q3 results demonstrate strong execution and re-accelerated new business growth. With industry-leading innovations, SentinelOne is setting the standard for the future of AI-powered cybersecurity." – Tomer Weingarten, CEO
Strategic Highlights:
🔸 First-time achievement of positive free cash flow on a trailing-twelve-month basis, signaling progress toward sustained profitability.
🔸 Strengthened platform adoption through customer growth, particularly among enterprise clients with $100K+ ARR.
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1Yr·
Crowdstrike Holding: The hawk that can no longer fly?
small quarterly comparison of CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc.
CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. is considered one of the pioneers in the field of cyber security. The company specializes in cloud-based security solutions that help organizations effectively defend against modern cyber threats. With its advanced endpoint protection platform that uses AI and sophisticated algorithms to detect and defend against threats in real time, CrowdStrike has made a name for itself as a leader in innovation.
Historical development
Founded in 2011 by George Kurtz, the company has $CRWD (-4.23%) has experienced impressive growth since its beginnings. Before going public in 2019, the company increased its recurring revenue 35-fold - clear evidence of the success of its business strategy. This growth trajectory has continued in recent years: in 2023, CrowdStrike reported a 41% increase in its customer base, which now includes over half of the Fortune 500 companies.
Business model
CrowdStrike's business model is primarily based on a subscription approach, which generates around 92% of its revenue. With its Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) offering, the company ensures a stable share of recurring revenue. In addition, CrowdStrike also offers professional services, although these only account for a small proportion of revenue.
Core competencies
CrowdStrike's key strengths include:
- Data analytics and AI: Processing over 5 trillion signals per week, CrowdStrike uses advanced data analytics to efficiently identify and defend against threats.
- High customer retention: With a customer retention rate of over 98%, customer trust and satisfaction is reflected in the platform.
- Scalability and network effects: CrowdStrike's ability to process huge amounts of data and continuously learn from it gives the company a clear competitive advantage that sets it apart from new market entrants.
Future prospects and strategic initiatives
With ambitious targets for the coming years, CrowdStrike is aiming to achieve an annual recurring revenue (ARR) of USD 5 billion by the end of the 2026 financial year. To achieve this goal, the company plans to further optimize its quality standards and expand customer communication in order to strengthen customer loyalty and minimize churn.
In an increasingly competitive market environment, in which heavyweights such as Microsoft and Alphabet are also intensifying their cyber security solutions, CrowdStrike is relying on its innovative strength and ability to react quickly to new threats. In the future, the company would also like to optimize its margins and further increase its operational efficiency in order to maintain its market position in the long term.
Current performance of the CrowdStrike share
Over the course of the year, CrowdStrike shares have gained an impressive 86%, which is primarily due to the high level of acceptance and distribution of the platform. Since the IPO on June 12, 2019, the share has even achieved remarkable growth of 372 %. Nevertheless, the share reached higher values in the past before plummeting significantly following an incident on July 19. This raises the question of what happens next and how CrowdStrike is positioned compared to its competitors.
The incident on July 19
July 19 presented CrowdStrike and its CEO with one of the biggest challenges in the company's history. On this day, a configuration update was uploaded to the platform that paralyzed numerous customer systems. The company's own security mechanisms had classified the update as unknown and shut down the systems as a result. Whether this should be seen as proof of CrowdStrike's incompetence or as proof of the software's functionality remains controversial. In any case, shareholders reacted with concern: the share price fell by 42%. The main reason for this was uncertainty about the consequences of this incident.
The consequences of the incident
According to the CEO, the July 19 event had a significant impact on the last two weeks of the quarter. While CrowdStrike quickly mobilized teams to support customers and continued to close contracts, including significant nine-figure expansion contracts, the CFO added that it is too early to assess the exact legal exposure in terms of potential legal consequences. However, customer contracts contain limitations of liability and CrowdStrike has insurance policies in place to mitigate the potential impact of certain claims. Despite the challenges, CrowdStrike remains strongly committed to customer retention and is well positioned to invest in the business for the long term.
The question remains as to how the company will recover from the incident in the long term. Despite some deterred customers, trust appears to be largely intact, supported by discounts and the quality of the product. In addition, CrowdStrike has responded quickly to the problem, investing significant resources and launching customer loyalty programs to restore trust. Conclusion: There is currently nothing to suggest that the incident poses an existential problem for the company.
The current figures
The latest business figures, which are not yet included in the images, continue to show solid growth:
- Revenue: revenue increased to US$963.9 million, up 32% year-on-year and 4.6% quarter-on-quarter, despite the significant impact of the incident.
- Gross profit: Gross profit was USD 726.471 million, up 4.4% quarter-on-quarter.
- Net Income: Net income amounted to USD 46.690 million, an increase of 9% quarter-on-quarter.
These figures are fundamentally positive, but leave open the question of whether there are still challenges in customer retention. The long-term development remains to be seen, but the company's reactions and measures suggest that CrowdStrike is well on the way to regaining the trust of its customers and continuing to grow.
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Concerns and challenges for CrowdStrike
Despite the solid performance, there are some key challenges that CrowdStrike needs to address:
- Customer Commitment Packages and margin pressure: the introduction of customer loyalty programs, which essentially act as discount promotions, could put pressure on margins and profits in the short term. Even if these measures do not play a decisive role in the long term, the risk of a temporary decline in profitability remains.
- Strong competition: Competition in the cyber security market is intense and many competitors also offer attractive products. CrowdStrike must therefore emphasize even more clearly why its solutions are superior and what unique advantages they offer. Differentiation from the competition will be crucial in order to secure and expand market share.
- Legal risks and lawsuits: Despite existing safeguards and limitations of liability, potential legal disputes pose a significant challenge. Particularly in the USA, where lawsuits are often used strategically, there is a risk of high financial claims that could place a considerable burden on CrowdStrike.
Comparison with the competition
Compared to the competition, CrowdStrike must continue to prove its innovation leadership and the added value of its platform. While competitors are also active in the areas of cloud security and AI-supported solutions, CrowdStrike's success depends on how well it manages to defend its position as market leader and strengthen customer loyalty at the same time.
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