Record Net New ARR and FY Milestone
Q4 net new ARR of $330.7M (reported as $331M), up 47% year-over-year; FY '26 net new ARR of $1.01B, up 25% year-over-year — the first year delivering over $1B of net new ARR.
ARR Scale and Growth
Ending ARR reached $5.25B, crossing the $5B milestone and accelerating to 24% year-over-year growth.
Strong Revenue and Subscription Growth
Q4 total revenue of $1.31B, up 23% year-over-year; subscription revenue $1.24B, up 23% year-over-year; professional services $63.1M, up 26% year-over-year.
Record Profitability and Cash Flow
Q4 non-GAAP operating income of $325.8M (25% operating margin) and Q4 free cash flow of $376.4M (29% of revenue). FY '26 operating income of $1.05B and record free cash flow of $1.24B (26% of revenue).
High Retention Metrics
Dollar-based net retention of 115% and gross retention of 97%, indicating durable customer stickiness at >$5B ARR scale.
Falcon Flex Adoption and Expansion
Flex cohort ending ARR $1.69B, growing >120% year-over-year; over 1,600 Flex customers (added 350+ in Q4); >380 re-Flex accounts (23% of Flex base) with an average ARR lift of 26% within ~7 months; nearly 100 multi-time re-Flex customers with an additional average 48% ARR lift.
Product Portfolio Acceleration — Cloud, Identity, SIEM
Combined Next-Gen Identity, cloud and Next-Gen SIEM ending ARR >$1.9B, growing >45% year-over-year. Next-Gen SIEM grew >75% year-over-year to ending ARR >$585M. Cloud ending ARR exceeded $800M, up >35% year-over-year. Next-Gen Identity ended FY '26 >$520M ARR, up >34% year-over-year.
Endpoint and AI-related Security Momentum
Endpoint business accelerated for the second consecutive quarter amid AI proliferation; sensors detected >1,800 distinct AI applications and ~160M unique application instances across the customer base. Newly launched AIDR grew >5x versus prior quarter in its first weeks.
Partner and Marketplace Expansion
Nearly $1.5B total contract value transacted on the AWS marketplace in the past year (≈50% year-over-year growth); CrowdStrike is now available on the Microsoft marketplace, enabling Azure consumption commitments for Falcon.
Record Gross Margins and Q4 EPS
Q4 non-GAAP gross margin at a record 79% (subscription gross margin 81%); Q4 non-GAAP net income $289.1M and non-GAAP diluted EPS $1.12, exceeding guidance. Q4 GAAP net income was $38.7M.
Strong Balance Sheet and Cash Position
Cash and cash equivalents increased to $5.23B; record operating cash flow of $497.9M in Q4; share repurchases of ~144,000 shares with ~$950M remaining authorization.