CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) Given Hold Rating at Westpark Capital

Westpark Capital reaffirmed their hold rating on shares of CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) in a report issued on Wednesday,Benzinga reports.

Several other equities analysts also recently commented on CRWD. UBS Group dropped their price objective on shares of CrowdStrike from $545.00 to $500.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, August 28th. Barclays increased their price objective on shares of CrowdStrike from $500.00 to $515.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, September 18th. DZ Bank downgraded shares of CrowdStrike from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating and set a $440.00 price target for the company. in a research note on Wednesday, September 24th. Guggenheim reaffirmed a “neutral” rating on shares of CrowdStrike in a research note on Thursday, September 18th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company raised their price target on shares of CrowdStrike from $550.00 to $600.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 1st. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-eight have assigned a Buy rating, seventeen have given a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $494.02.

CrowdStrike Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:CRWD opened at $489.02 on Wednesday. The company has a market cap of $122.72 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -410.94, a PEG ratio of 114.90 and a beta of 1.19. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.20, a current ratio of 1.88 and a quick ratio of 1.88. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $452.81 and a 200 day simple moving average of $446.60. CrowdStrike has a one year low of $294.68 and a one year high of $517.98.

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, August 27th. The company reported $0.93 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.83 by $0.10. The business had revenue of $1.17 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.15 billion. CrowdStrike had a negative net margin of 6.84% and a negative return on equity of 1.53%. The firm’s revenue was up 21.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $1.04 EPS. CrowdStrike has set its FY 2026 guidance at 3.600-3.72 EPS. Q3 2026 guidance at 0.930-0.95 EPS. Research analysts predict that CrowdStrike will post 0.55 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Activity at CrowdStrike

In other news, President Michael Sentonas sold 10,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, October 10th. The shares were sold at an average price of $515.00, for a total transaction of $5,150,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the president directly owned 354,116 shares in the company, valued at $182,369,740. This represents a 2.75% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Also, CAO Anurag Saha sold 1,762 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, September 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of $482.41, for a total transaction of $850,006.42. Following the sale, the chief accounting officer owned 37,255 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $17,972,184.55. This trade represents a 4.52% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 155,743 shares of company stock valued at $74,348,319 over the last 90 days. 3.32% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On CrowdStrike

Several large investors have recently modified their holdings of CRWD. Cloud Capital Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of CrowdStrike during the first quarter worth $25,000. Atlantic Edge Private Wealth Management LLC increased its stake in CrowdStrike by 114.3% in the first quarter. Atlantic Edge Private Wealth Management LLC now owns 75 shares of the company’s stock valued at $26,000 after purchasing an additional 40 shares in the last quarter. Vision Financial Markets LLC bought a new stake in CrowdStrike in the first quarter valued at $26,000. AlphaQuest LLC bought a new stake in CrowdStrike in the second quarter valued at $26,000. Finally, E Fund Management Hong Kong Co. Ltd. increased its stake in CrowdStrike by 305.3% in the first quarter. E Fund Management Hong Kong Co. Ltd. now owns 77 shares of the company’s stock valued at $27,000 after purchasing an additional 58 shares in the last quarter. 71.16% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

CrowdStrike Company Profile

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.