SUNNYVALE, Calif. (AP) _ CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. (CRWD) on Wednesday reported a loss of $42 million in its fiscal fourth quarter.

The Sunnyvale, California-based company said it had a loss of 18 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for stock option expense and pretax expenses, were 30 cents per share.

The results topped Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of 11 analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 20 cents per share.

The cloud-based security company posted revenue of $431 million in the period, which also beat Street forecasts. Ten analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $412.3 million.

For the year, the company reported that its loss widened to $234.8 million, or $1.03 per share. Revenue was reported as $1.45 billion.

For the current quarter ending in May, CrowdStrike expects its per-share earnings to range from 22 cents to 24 cents.

The company said it expects revenue in the range of $458.9 million to $465.4 million for the fiscal first quarter.

CrowdStrike expects full-year earnings in the range of $1.03 to $1.13 per share, with revenue ranging from $2.13 billion to $2.16 billion.

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