Comparing BlackBerry (NYSE:BB) & CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD)

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) and BlackBerry (NYSE:BB) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, valuation, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations for CrowdStrike and BlackBerry, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CrowdStrike	2	11	29	1	2.67
BlackBerry	0	5	3	1	2.56

CrowdStrike presently has a consensus price target of $399.51, indicating a potential upside of 10.29%. BlackBerry has a consensus price target of $3.91, indicating a potential downside of 9.54%. Given CrowdStrike’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe CrowdStrike is more favorable than BlackBerry.

Volatility & Risk

CrowdStrike has a beta of 1.19, indicating that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BlackBerry has a beta of 1.27, indicating that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

71.2% of CrowdStrike shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.5% of BlackBerry shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.3% of CrowdStrike shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of BlackBerry shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares CrowdStrike and BlackBerry’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CrowdStrike	3.39%	7.11%	2.72%
BlackBerry	-21.16%	-2.02%	-1.13%

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares CrowdStrike and BlackBerry”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
CrowdStrike	$3.95 billion	22.71	$89.33 million	($0.08)	-4,528.00
BlackBerry	$638.00 million	4.04	-$130.00 million	($0.22)	-19.66

CrowdStrike has higher revenue and earnings than BlackBerry. CrowdStrike is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BlackBerry, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

CrowdStrike beats BlackBerry on 13 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About CrowdStrike

CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. provides cybersecurity solutions in the United States and internationally. Its unified platform offers cloud-delivered protection of endpoints, cloud workloads, identity, and data. The company offers corporate endpoint and cloud workload security, managed security, security and vulnerability management, IT operations management, identity protection, SIEM and log management, threat intelligence, data protection, security orchestration, automation and response and AI powered workflow automation, and securing generative AI workload services. It primarily sells subscriptions to its Falcon platform and cloud modules. The company was incorporated in 2011 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas.

About BlackBerry

BlackBerry Limited provides intelligent security software and services to enterprises and governments worldwide. The company operates through three segments: Cybersecurity, IoT, and Licensing and Other. The company offers CylanceENDPOINT, an integrated endpoint security solution; CylanceGUARD, a managed detection and response solution; CylanceEDGE, an AI-powered continuous authentication zero trust network access solution; CylanceINTELLIGENCE, a contextual cyber threat intelligence service; BlackBerry Dynamics offers a development platform and secure container for mobile applications; BlackBerry Workspaces a secure Enterprise File Sync and Share (EFSS) solution; BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) Enterprise, an enterprise-grade secure instant messaging solution for messaging, voice and video; BlackBerry SecuSUITE is a certified, multi-OS voice and text messaging solution; BlackBerry AtHoc, a secure networked critical event management solution; and BlackBerry unified endpoint management (UEM) solutions. It also provides BlackBerry Technology Solutions (BTS); BlackBerry Certicom, a patented elliptic curve cryptography, which provides device security, anti-counterfeiting and product authentication solutions; BlackBerry Radar offers monitoring and telematics solutions; BlackBerry Professional; and cyber security consulting services. In addition, the company is involved in the patent licensing and legacy service access fees business. The company was formerly known as Research In Motion Limited and changed its name to BlackBerry Limited in July 2013. BlackBerry Limited was incorporated in 1984 and is headquartered in Waterloo, Canada.