On August 27, CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. rose 9.45% in pre-market trading, trading at $207.03 per share, with turnover of $2.2643 million. The surge was driven by the company's strong Q2 fiscal results released after the prior session's close, with both revenue and earnings exceeding Wall Street expectations, alongside an upward revision to full-year guidance.

Specifically, Q2 revenue came in at $1.471 billion, surpassing the consensus estimate of $1.440 billion, while adjusted EPS of $0.31 beat the expected $0.29 by 6.9%, representing a 34.78% year-over-year increase from $0.23. The company raised its full-year revenue outlook to $5.99 billion–$6.01 billion and adjusted EPS guidance to $1.25–$1.26. Ahead of the earnings release, multiple institutions raised price targets: Benchmark to $250, Barclays sharply from $169 to $235, and Jefferies to $230, all maintaining overweight ratings.

At the industry level, AI inference market expansion is generating incremental demand for cybersecurity. CrowdStrike recently partnered with Cerebras to deepen AI-powered detection and response capabilities. The broader software sector has also shown strong momentum, with all 13 software companies that previously reported earnings beating estimates.

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