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CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:CRWD)

Cash Flow Statement 
Quarterly Data

The cash flow statement provides information about a company cash receipts and cash payments during an accounting period, showing how these cash flows link the ending cash balance to the beginning balance shown on the company balance sheet.

The cash flow statement consists of three parts: cash flows provided by (used in) operating activities, cash flows provided by (used in) investing activities, and cash flows provided by (used in) financing activities.

CrowdStrike Holdings Inc., consolidated cash flow statement (quarterly data)

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3 months ended: Apr 30, 2026 Jan 31, 2026 Oct 31, 2025 Jul 31, 2025 Apr 30, 2025 Jan 31, 2025 Oct 31, 2024 Jul 31, 2024 Apr 30, 2024 Jan 31, 2024 Oct 31, 2023 Jul 31, 2023 Apr 30, 2023 Jan 31, 2023 Oct 31, 2022 Jul 31, 2022 Apr 30, 2022 Jan 31, 2022 Oct 31, 2021 Jul 31, 2021 Apr 30, 2021 Jan 31, 2021 Oct 31, 2020 Jul 31, 2020 Apr 30, 2020
Net income (loss) 45,966 61,461 (33,988) (83,588) (105,050) (92,731) (16,819) 46,690 46,264 54,941 26,669 8,476 499 (48,932) (54,631) (48,313) (30,409) (41,739) (50,450) (57,318) (82,871) (19,002) (24,531) (29,874) (19,222)
Depreciation and amortization 75,522 69,335 64,049 60,411 56,423 50,101 48,915 46,247 42,689 36,866 33,788 29,775 26,409 23,623 19,476 17,805 16,341 16,402 14,537 12,995 11,974 10,982 10,107 9,419 8,202
Amortization of intangible assets 12,405 8,172 7,800 7,627 7,634 7,339 6,333 6,337 5,995 5,503 4,637 4,102 4,174 4,227 4,146 4,104 4,088 3,830 3,337 3,318 2,417 869 372 104 103
Amortization of deferred contract acquisition costs 98,856 123,979 115,493 107,038 102,903 91,124 79,862 73,723 74,128 65,743 60,281 57,555 55,322 49,258 43,996 39,962 37,592 34,172 29,293 26,043 24,376 21,485 16,769 14,720 13,451
Non-cash operating lease cost 4,927 4,572 3,908 4,531 4,186 4,183 3,933 3,795 3,372 3,673 3,394 3,239 3,092 2,622 2,294 2,287 2,237 2,376 2,258 2,289 2,180 120 2,727 2,656 2,283
Stock-based compensation expense 297,703 273,951 281,971 293,096 247,661 272,531 208,888 200,877 183,125 176,272 159,614 164,777 130,856 152,347 140,113 131,550 102,494 92,637 86,666 76,287 54,362 47,714 40,610 37,713 23,638
Deferred income taxes (10,831) (9,435) (3,042) (639) (1,681) (7,781) (193) (1,674) (255) (1,032) (2,003) (97) (255) (980) 682 (148) 1,752 (12,618) (371) (760) (207)
Realized gains on strategic investments (36,362) (4,161) (94) 654 (6,881) (3,936)
Gain on sale of debt securities, net (1,347)
Non-cash interest expense 470 1,911 1,240 1,205 1,088 1,015 963 911 874 836 806 777 754 736 711 697 669 645 625 604 595 347 186 169 151
Change in fair value of strategic investments 1,579 1,000 1,459 2,927 (629) (1,920) (2,208) (467) (4,356)
Amortization (accretion) of short-term investments purchased at a premium (discount) 2,285 (351) (1,934) 578
Accounts receivable, net 428,834 (348,724) (125,812) (77,863) 319,871 (313,403) (152,876) 41,811 150,249 (283,557) (20,860) (78,371) 165,089 (140,869) (66,512) (49,670) (1,058) (84,710) (16,741) (55,643) 31,740 (66,419) (22,354) (5,049) 20,800
Deferred contract acquisition costs (92,702) (272,047) (180,038) (148,819) (102,803) (223,072) (203,079) (91,853) (66,480) (164,971) (84,671) (72,475) (49,532) (115,451) (74,325) (57,586) (51,354) (82,407) (64,325) (51,176) (36,400) (66,234) (35,753) (26,425) (22,563)
Prepaid expenses and other assets (74,992) (126,717) (29,029) (29,416) (20,995) (147,400) 20,392 (34,622) (28,602) (80,548) 4,366 (17,796) (8,542) (32,686) (3,183) (15,181) 4,243 (21,484) 38,636 (46,002) (685) (284) 3,440 (7,285) 5,332
Accounts payable (54,354) (1,640) 3,683 69,918 (83,228) 50,843 34,168 (348) 276 (21,259) 5,343 15,614 (18,596) (40,470) 24,213 37,225 (36,431) 40,281 (12,416) 15,945 (10,562) 4,769 (3,078) 4,898 4,736
Accrued expenses and other liabilities (43,990) 2,734 7,137 56,479 (43,763) 132,851 77,699 24,597 (16,629) (19,011) 28,662 41,511 (36,576) 37,103 16,097 13,023 (7,300) (35,943) 7,136 25,110 42,180 23,066 12,422 (2,819) (43)
Accrued payroll and benefits (19,634) 29,003 57,538 12,917 (37,848) (4,023) 119,328 (11,740) (17,692) 63,292 31,971 (12,880) (17,281) 43,591 21,390 (12,990) 13,235 10,423 (595) 16,884 5,969 14,500 19,423 (1,359) 648
Operating lease liabilities (4,161) (4,713) (866) (3,527) (4,586) (3,845) (4,699) (2,582) (4,531) 2,112 (9,672) (3,276) (3,199) (3,327) (2,333) (2,494) (2,210) (2,506) (2,372) (2,467) (2,555) (6,671) (2,749) 4,290 (2,975)
Deferred revenue (36,720) 690,188 227,497 63,462 42,716 527,084 103,321 23,818 15,041 510,984 33,127 103,850 48,678 339,574 171,346 151,555 163,276 240,826 123,840 142,366 109,376 149,221 70,910 53,867 64,805
Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of impact of acquisitions 102,281 (31,916) (39,890) (56,849) 69,364 19,035 (5,746) (50,919) 31,632 7,042 (11,734) (23,823) 80,041 87,465 86,693 63,882 82,401 64,480 73,163 45,017 139,063 51,948 42,261 20,118 70,740
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by operating activities 544,971 436,408 431,529 416,420 489,157 438,453 342,955 279,951 336,964 292,075 246,849 236,305 300,393 322,225 297,482 258,219 245,366 201,457 209,508 165,793 230,404 133,465 113,032 84,899 117,799
Net cash provided by operating activities 590,937 497,869 397,541 332,832 384,107 345,722 326,136 326,641 383,228 347,016 273,518 244,781 300,892 273,293 242,851 209,906 214,957 159,718 159,058 108,475 147,533 114,463 88,501 55,025 98,577
Purchases of property and equipment (97,624) (102,465) (83,395) (30,497) (85,751) (87,211) (78,704) (39,254) (49,683) (52,584) (21,264) (40,417) (62,264) (55,410) (61,270) (66,128) (52,211) (26,723) (29,627) (29,997) (25,796) (12,554) (9,911) (20,640) (9,694)
Capitalized internal-use software and website development costs (22,571) (17,255) (16,770) (17,289) (17,437) (17,703) (16,271) (14,516) (10,479) (10,852) (12,630) (15,073) (10,902) (8,356) (7,504) (8,021) (5,214) (5,665) (5,928) (4,839) (4,434) (4,519) (2,495) (1,968) (1,882)
Purchases of strategic investments (400) (500) (8,850) (1,043) (374) (7,000) (10,000) (1,044) (1,658) (5,000) (1,664) (10,513) (3,802) (10,181) (5,000) (2,825) (500) (8,500) (6,000) (1,309) (500) (1,000)
Proceeds from sales of strategic investments 10,197 316 513 1,242 3,146 1,612 488 10,407 2,000
Business acquisitions, net of cash and restricted cash acquired (881,376) (1,354) (380,914) (213,876) (5) (96,376) (281) (238,749) 115 (18,464) (60,772) (339) (353,407) (48) (85,469)
Purchases of intangible assets (10,600) (26) (500) (1,623) (700) (680) (180)
Purchases of short-term investments (195,581) (250,000) (84,904)
Proceeds from maturities and sales of short-term investments 97,300 98,281 100,000 150,000 731,191
Purchases of deferred compensation investments (2,348) (1,752) (1,487) (1,311) (1,459) (906) (606) (600) (609) (569) (586) (586) (290) (64)
Proceeds from sales of deferred compensation investments 69 34 9 119 45 65 41
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities (994,053) (122,976) (490,894) (48,779) (101,830) (325,019) (105,581) (54,890) (51,098) 20,395 (468,836) 41,760 66,031 (319,140) (97,419) (79,149) (60,950) (93,660) (44,735) (41,175) (384,946) (17,301) (98,375) (23,608) 634,711
Payments of debt issuance costs related to revolving line of credit (219) (3,328)
Payments of debt issuance costs related to Senior Notes (1,581)
Proceeds from issuance of Senior Notes, net of debt financing costs 739,569
Repayment of loan payable (1,591)
Proceeds from issuance of common stock upon exercise of stock options 683 535 273 1,721 634 675 844 1,641 823 2,517 2,053 1,474 2,651 2,259 1,477 1,813 3,106 3,103 3,304 5,738 3,754 7,309 4,921 10,208 6,393
Proceeds from issuance of common stock under the employee stock purchase plan 51,212 74,622 43,517 56,099 30,943 45,432 24,974 34,445 22,825 27,452 16,979 17,284
Distributions to non-controlling interest holders (20,952) (389) (2,156) (806) (244) (3,841)
Capital contributions from non-controlling interest holders 4,500 1,500 3,000 5,000 500 2,831 5,257 1,901 5,090 2,501 1,462 250 4,250 3,000 655 250 50 500
Repurchases of common stock (175,622)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities (195,891) 51,358 4,773 74,187 2,134 46,386 844 62,496 (2,518) 33,460 2,053 49,737 7,908 29,134 4,976 38,759 4,568 26,178 7,554 36,190 2,609 760,529 5,171 27,542 6,893
Effect of foreign exchange rates on cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash 116 2,312 722 49 6,546 (4,637) 399 877 (1,917) 5,369 (4,494) 1,273 (190) 5,579 (2,744) (1,858) (2,472) (3,111) (1,420) (1,436) 1,193 991 (105) 784 12
Net increase (decrease) in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash (598,891) 428,563 (87,858) 358,289 290,957 62,452 221,798 335,124 327,695 406,240 (197,759) 337,551 374,641 (11,134) 147,664 167,658 156,103 89,125 120,457 102,054 (233,611) 858,682 (4,808) 59,743 740,193

Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2026-04-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2026-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-10-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-04-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2025-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-10-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-04-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2024-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-10-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-04-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-10-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-04-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-10-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-04-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-10-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-04-30).


Operational cash flow demonstrates a strong and consistent upward trajectory over the analyzed period. Net cash provided by operating activities grew from $98.6 million in April 2020 to $590.9 million by April 2026. This growth persists despite significant volatility in net income, which remained negative for the first several years, turned positive in early 2023, and experienced a period of losses between October 2024 and October 2025 before returning to profitability in early 2026.

Non-Cash Adjustments and Earnings Quality
A substantial divergence exists between net income and operating cash flow, primarily driven by non-cash expenses. Stock-based compensation (SBC) has scaled aggressively, increasing from $23.6 million in April 2020 to $297.7 million in April 2026. Similarly, the amortization of deferred contract acquisition costs rose from $13.5 million to $98.9 million over the same period. These adjustments act as a critical bridge, allowing the company to generate positive cash flow even during quarters of reported net losses.
Working Capital Dynamics
Cash flow is heavily influenced by fluctuations in deferred revenue, which exhibits distinct cyclical spikes, particularly in January of each year. This pattern is indicative of a subscription-based revenue model with significant upfront billings. Accounts receivable and deferred contract acquisition costs also show high volatility, with the latter increasing significantly in line with the company's growth in customer acquisition efforts.
Investment and Capital Allocation
Investing activities are characterized by a transition from initial short-term investment management to aggressive inorganic growth. Significant cash outflows are attributed to business acquisitions, with major expenditures occurring in April 2021 ($353.4 million), October 2023 ($238.7 million), and a substantial acquisition in April 2026 ($881.4 million). Capital expenditures for property and equipment have also trended upward, rising from $9.7 million in April 2020 to $97.6 million in April 2026.
Financing and Liquidity Management
The company's liquidity position was significantly bolstered in January 2021 through the issuance of Senior Notes totaling $739.6 million. Financing activities have remained relatively quiet in subsequent years, focusing on employee stock purchase plans and the exercise of stock options. A strategic shift in capital allocation is observed in April 2026, marked by the initiation of common stock repurchases totaling $175.6 million.

The overall financial profile indicates a company that has successfully scaled its operational cash generation to fund aggressive expansion and acquisitions. While GAAP profitability has been inconsistent, the ability to generate increasing amounts of cash from operations provides a substantial cushion for continued investment in the business and a recent transition toward shareholder returns.

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