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Horizon
Consolidated fair value $213.21 all other verticals held in this portfolio case
Final-quarter revenue $140M 3% of company revenue
Explicit segment contribution $83M EBITDA less segment capex, before corporate items

The guided pace of net new ARR growth holds instead of decaying, margins reach the top of the stated long-term model, and the multiple stays at 16x revenue. This is roughly where the shares already trade, which is the point: the bull case is the price, not the upside.

Professional services

Basis quarter$71M
Final quarter$140M
Implied CAGR+15%
Final revenue mix3%

Incident response, proactive consulting and technical assessments. It is sold partly as a route into a subscription rather than for its own margin, it is excluded from ARR and from the dollar-based net retention rate, and it has run between $63M and $71M a quarter for seven quarters.

Last four quarters
2026 Q3 $66M Reported
2026 Q4 $63M Reported
2027 Q1 $65M Reported
2027 Q2 $71M Reported
Incident responseProactive consulting and assessments
Sequential growth +2.0%/qtr decaying toward +1.0% 2% a quarter. The four sequential moves into the basis quarter are -0.7%, -3.7%, +2.6% and +9.0%, an average of +1.8%, so the published rate still describes the pace even though the basis quarter alone was the strongest in two years. Left where it was rather than chased.
Professional services

Latest: $140M (2032Q2E)

Period Value
2024Q2 $42M
2024Q3 $53M
2024Q4 $49M
2025Q1 $49M
2025Q2 $46M
2025Q3 $47M
2025Q4 $50M
2026Q1 $53M
2026Q2 $66M
2026Q3 $66M
2026Q4 $63M
2027Q1 $65M
2027Q2 $71M
2027Q3E $73M
2027Q4E $76M
2028Q1E $79M
2028Q2E $82M
2028Q3E $85M
2028Q4E $88M
2029Q1E $92M
2029Q2E $95M
2029Q3E $98M
2029Q4E $101M
2030Q1E $105M
2030Q2E $108M
2030Q3E $112M
2030Q4E $116M
2031Q1E $119M
2031Q2E $123M
2031Q3E $127M
2031Q4E $131M
2032Q1E $135M
2032Q2E $140M

Assumptions & reasoning

  • Reported on the face of every release alongside subscription, so this line needs no apportionment and carries no estimated quarter. The basis quarter is $70,606k.
  • Excluded from ARR and from the dollar-based net retention rate, which is exactly why it sits outside the subscription driver rather than inside it.
  • Gross margin fell to 10.3% in the basis quarter, from 17% a quarter earlier: revenue rose 9.0% and cost of revenue rose 17.6%. The break-even funnel framing survives the print and is if anything more literal.
  • At 4.8% of revenue it cannot decide the answer. It is here so the consolidated line reconciles to what CrowdStrike actually reports: $1,400,291k plus $70,606k is $1,470,897k, the reported total revenue for the quarter, to the dollar.
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