CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) Given Average Recommendation of “Moderate Buy” by Analysts

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) has earned a consensus recommendation of “Moderate Buy” from the forty-nine ratings firms that are currently covering the company, Marketbeat Ratings reports. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, seventeen have given a hold rating, twenty-nine have given a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating on the company. The average 1-year target price among brokerages that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $505.7778.

CRWD has been the subject of several recent analyst reports. DZ Bank cut shares of CrowdStrike from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating and set a $440.00 target price for the company. in a research note on Wednesday, September 24th. New Street Research set a $460.00 target price on shares of CrowdStrike in a research note on Thursday, August 28th. Mizuho lifted their target price on shares of CrowdStrike from $430.00 to $450.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Wednesday, September 17th. Roth Capital reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a $510.00 target price (up from $410.00) on shares of CrowdStrike in a research note on Thursday, September 18th. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada lifted their target price on shares of CrowdStrike from $510.00 to $540.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Monday, October 13th.

CrowdStrike Trading Up 3.3%

Shares of CRWD opened at $546.94 on Friday. 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 $467.99 and a 200-day simple moving average of $458.06. CrowdStrike has a 1-year low of $294.68 and a 1-year high of $553.64. The stock has a market cap of $137.26 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -459.61, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 124.48 and a beta of 1.19.

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

Insider Activity at CrowdStrike

In other news, Director Sameer K. Gandhi sold 5,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Friday, October 24th. The shares were sold at an average price of $528.77, for a total transaction of $2,643,850.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 770,456 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $407,394,019.12. The trade was a 0.64% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Also, CEO George Kurtz sold 17,830 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Monday, September 22nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $494.53, for a total transaction of $8,817,469.90. Following the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 2,115,057 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,045,959,138.21. This represents a 0.84% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Over the last three months, insiders sold 163,090 shares of company stock worth $78,144,499. 3.32% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional Trading of CrowdStrike

Several institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in CRWD. Cloud Capital Management LLC acquired a new position in shares of CrowdStrike during the 1st quarter valued at $25,000. Asset Planning Inc acquired a new position in shares of CrowdStrike during the 3rd quarter valued at $25,000. Atlantic Edge Private Wealth Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of 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 acquiring an additional 40 shares in the last quarter. Vision Financial Markets LLC acquired a new position in shares of CrowdStrike during the 1st quarter valued at $26,000. Finally, AlphaQuest LLC acquired a new position in shares of CrowdStrike during the 2nd quarter valued at $26,000. 71.16% of the stock is 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.