SaaS 的崩塌压低了估值倍数。但几乎在每个品类中,都有领军者逆势繁荣。
CrowdStrike 的市盈率为安全行业估值中位数的 3.9 倍;Cloudflare 为基础设施行业估值中位数的 3.4 倍;Shopify 为电商行业估值中位数的 8.1 倍。
它们各自都开辟了一条以 AI 为核心的路径。
CrowdStrike 的远期市销率为 34.4 倍。Palo Alto 为 22 倍。企业部署的每一个 AI 智能体都是一个需要防御的新端点,而防御它需要 CrowdStrike 的 Threat Graph 每天已经关联处理的那一万亿次安全事件1。
Cloudflare 为 32.6 倍。最接近的同行 Snowflake 为 17.5 倍。其网络上传输的流量中超过一半已不再来自人类2,因此每一个触达客户的智能体都成为 Cloudflare 路由、检查并最终计费的请求。
Shopify 为 11.3 倍。其电商同行的估值中位数为 1.4 倍。购物智能体带来的订单,其新买家转化率是其他渠道的两倍,而且由于它们直接写入 Shopify,这些需求落在 Shopify 已经收取的抽成费率之上3。
Samsara 为 10.8 倍。垂直 SaaS 的中位数为 4.0 倍。每年有 25 万亿个数据点流经其平台,行车记录仪影像与维护工作流——正如 Sanjit Biswas 所说——在互联网上根本找不到4,这些正是任何基础模型都买不到的训练数据。
ServiceNow 为 7.4 倍。生产力与协作类的中位数为 3.4 倍,而 Atlassian 的交易倍数为 5.1 倍。企业购买 AI 智能体后需要有地方来治理它们,这正是 ServiceNow 的 AI 业务年度合同价值突破 $1b、并目标在 2030 年达到总 ACV 的 30% 的原因5。
Figma 为 6.7 倍。GitLab 是这里唯一另一家开发者与设计类公司,交易倍数为 4.6 倍。随着 AI 使代码商品化,关于该构建什么的判断力成为稀缺的投入要素,而 Figma 中 ARR 超过 $10k 的客户里,已有超过 80% 每周消耗 AI 额度6。
Twilio 为 5.6 倍。通信领域的 RingCentral 交易倍数为 2.4 倍。语音智能体必须通过某人的网络触达人类,而这种拉动使 Twilio 的语音收入连续第六个季度加速增长超过 20%7。
Salesforce为 4.0 倍。营销与销售板块的中位数为 2.3 倍。AI 智能体的价值取决于它所操作的客户记录,这正是 Agentforce 达到 12 亿美元 ARR 并增长 205% 的原因,其中超过一半是回售给既有客户群的8。
这些公司中没有一个是其所在品类中增长最快的。CrowdStrike 增长 23%,市盈率为 34.4 倍,而 Rubrik 在同一品类中增长 46%,市盈率仅为 10.4 倍。Salesforce 增长 11%,比几乎所有人都慢。
但市场相信 AI 的故事、那套框架、推理收入以及持久性。
同样违背这一叙事的还有:上一季度公开软件市场几乎每个品类都在上涨,而在安全、开发者与设计领域,每一家公司都实现了上涨。
自 2021 年以来,估值上限已从 100 倍9降至 34 倍,如今仅有十一家公司超过 10 倍。但市场顶部正在回暖。
看到最右下角那个小小的拐点了吗?
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https://www.fool.com/earnings/call-transcripts/2026/03/03/crowdstrike-crwd-q4-2026-earnings-transcript/ ↩︎
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https://www.fool.com/earnings/call-transcripts/2026/05/05/shopify-shop-q1-2026-earnings-transcript/ ↩︎
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https://s29.q4cdn.com/853855404/files/doc_financials/2026/q4/CORRECTED-TRANSCRIPT_-Samsara-Inc-IOT-US-Q4-2026-Earnings-Call-5-March-2026-5_00-PM-ET.pdf ↩︎
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https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/servicenow-reports-second-quarter-2026-201000482.html ↩︎
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https://s206.q4cdn.com/973901332/files/doc_financials/2026/q2/Figma-Q2-26-Prepared-Remarks.pdf ↩︎
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https://www.fool.com/earnings/call-transcripts/2026/04/30/twilio-twlo-q1-2026-earnings-transcript/ ↩︎
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https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001108524/000110852426000125/crm-q1fy27xexhibit991.htm ↩︎
The collapse in SaaS has depressed multiples. But in nearly every category, a leader thrives.
CrowdStrike trades at 3.9x the security median ; Cloudflare at 3.4x infrastructure ; & Shopify at 8.1x Commerce median.
Each of them has carved out an AI focused path.
CrowdStrike at 34.4x forward revenue. Palo Alto trades at 22x. Every AI agent an enterprise deploys is a new endpoint to defend, & defending it requires the trillion security events a day CrowdStrike’s Threat Graph already correlates 1.
Cloudflare at 32.6x. The nearest peer, Snowflake, trades at 17.5x. More than half the traffic crossing its network is no longer human 2, so every agent that reaches a customer becomes a request Cloudflare routes, inspects & eventually bills for.
Shopify at 11.3x. Its Commerce peers trade at a 1.4x median. Shopping agents send orders that convert new buyers at twice the rate of other channels, & because they write straight into Shopify, that demand lands at the take rate Shopify already charges 3.
Samsara at 10.8x. Vertical SaaS’s median is 4.0x. The 25 trillion data points a year crossing its platform, dashcam imagery & maintenance workflows that, as Sanjit Biswas put it, aren’t found on the Internet 4, are the training data no foundation model can buy.
ServiceNow at 7.4x. The Productivity & Collaboration median is 3.4x, & Atlassian trades at 5.1x. Enterprises buying agents need somewhere to govern them, which is why ServiceNow’s AI book crossed $1b in annual contract value & is targeted at 30% of total ACV by 2030 5.
Figma at 6.7x. GitLab, the only other Developer & Design name here, trades at 4.6x. As AI commoditizes the code, judgment about what to build becomes the scarce input, & more than 80% of Figma’s customers above $10k in ARR now consume AI credits weekly 6.
Twilio at 5.6x. RingCentral in Communications trades at 2.4x. Voice agents have to reach humans over someone’s network, & that pull accelerated Twilio’s voice revenue past 20% for a sixth consecutive quarter 7.
Salesforce at 4.0x. The Marketing & Sales median is 2.3x. Agents are only as useful as the customer record they act on, which is how Agentforce reached $1.2b ARR & grew 205%, more than half of it sold back into the installed base 8.
None of these are the fastest-growing name in their category. CrowdStrike grows 23% & trades at 34.4x, while Rubrik grows 46% in the same category & trades at 10.4x. Salesforce grows 11%, slower than almost everyone.
But the market believes in the AI story, the harness, the inference revenue, the durability.
Also violating the narrative : nearly every category in public software rallied last quarter, & in Security & Developer & Design every name gained.
Since 2021, the ceiling has fallen from 100x 9 to 34x, & only eleven names now clear 10x. But the top of the market is rosying.
See that little elbow at the very bottom right?
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https://www.fool.com/earnings/call-transcripts/2026/03/03/crowdstrike-crwd-q4-2026-earnings-transcript/ ↩︎
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https://www.fool.com/investing/2026/08/07/more-than-half-of-cloudflares-network-traffic-is-n/ ↩︎
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https://www.fool.com/earnings/call-transcripts/2026/05/05/shopify-shop-q1-2026-earnings-transcript/ ↩︎
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https://s29.q4cdn.com/853855404/files/doc_financials/2026/q4/CORRECTED-TRANSCRIPT_-Samsara-Inc-IOT-US-Q4-2026-Earnings-Call-5-March-2026-5_00-PM-ET.pdf ↩︎
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https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/servicenow-reports-second-quarter-2026-201000482.html ↩︎
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https://s206.q4cdn.com/973901332/files/doc_financials/2026/q2/Figma-Q2-26-Prepared-Remarks.pdf ↩︎
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https://www.fool.com/earnings/call-transcripts/2026/04/30/twilio-twlo-q1-2026-earnings-transcript/ ↩︎
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https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001108524/000110852426000125/crm-q1fy27xexhibit991.htm ↩︎