CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) Shares Up 1% – Should You Buy?

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD)’s share price shot up 1% during trading on Friday . The company traded as high as $535.52 and last traded at $527.32. 2,544,380 shares changed hands during mid-day trading, a decline of 29% from the average session volume of 3,573,708 shares. The stock had previously closed at $521.98.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of equities research analysts recently issued reports on the company. Bank of America increased their price objective on CrowdStrike from $470.00 to $535.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Monday, October 20th. Stephens increased their price objective on CrowdStrike from $525.00 to $590.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, October 9th. DZ Bank downgraded CrowdStrike from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating and set a $440.00 price objective on the stock. in a research report on Wednesday, September 24th. DA Davidson increased their price objective on CrowdStrike from $490.00 to $515.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, September 18th. Finally, Weiss Ratings reiterated a “sell (d)” rating on shares of CrowdStrike in a research report on Friday. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-eight have issued a Buy rating, seventeen have assigned a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, CrowdStrike presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $496.47.

CrowdStrike Stock Up 1.0%

The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $463.35 and a 200-day moving average price of $455.22. The stock has a market capitalization of $132.34 billion, a P/E ratio of -443.12, a PEG ratio of 123.91 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.

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

Insider Activity

In related news, CEO George Kurtz sold 42,267 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, August 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $450.47, for a total value of $19,040,015.49. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 2,132,887 shares in the company, valued at $960,801,606.89. The trade was a 1.94% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, Director Sameer K. Gandhi sold 6,250 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, September 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $410.32, for a total transaction of $2,564,500.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 768,511 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $315,335,433.52. The trade was a 0.81% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 158,090 shares of company stock valued at $75,500,649 in the last quarter. Insiders own 3.32% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On CrowdStrike

A number of hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in CRWD. Cloud Capital Management LLC purchased a new stake in CrowdStrike during the 1st quarter valued at $25,000. Asset Planning Inc purchased a new stake in CrowdStrike during the 3rd quarter valued at $25,000. Atlantic Edge Private Wealth Management LLC raised its stake in CrowdStrike by 114.3% during the 1st quarter. Atlantic Edge Private Wealth Management LLC now owns 75 shares of the company’s stock valued at $26,000 after buying an additional 40 shares during the last quarter. Vision Financial Markets LLC purchased a new stake in CrowdStrike during the 1st quarter valued at $26,000. Finally, AlphaQuest LLC purchased a new stake in CrowdStrike during the 2nd quarter valued at $26,000. 71.16% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

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.