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

Shares of CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) have been assigned a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” from the fifty research firms that are currently covering the firm, MarketBeat reports. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, eighteen have given a hold rating, twenty-nine have issued a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company. The average 12 month price target among brokers that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $537.9333.

Several brokerages have recently weighed in on CRWD. Stephens upped their price target on shares of CrowdStrike from $525.00 to $590.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, October 9th. DA Davidson upped their target price on CrowdStrike from $490.00 to $515.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, September 18th. Capital One Financial boosted their price target on CrowdStrike from $519.00 to $599.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Tuesday, November 18th. Macquarie raised their price objective on CrowdStrike from $465.00 to $485.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Friday, September 19th. Finally, Zacks Research downgraded shares of CrowdStrike from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, October 27th.

CrowdStrike Trading Up 3.3%

Shares of NASDAQ CRWD opened at $506.82 on Tuesday. CrowdStrike has a twelve month low of $298.00 and a twelve month high of $566.90. The firm has a market cap of $127.19 billion, a PE ratio of -425.90, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 115.30 and a beta of 1.16. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $509.19 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $475.23. The company has a quick ratio of 1.88, a current ratio of 1.88 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.20.

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, August 27th. The company reported $0.93 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate 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 analyst estimates of $1.15 billion. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $1.04 earnings per share. The business’s revenue for the quarter 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. Analysts expect that CrowdStrike will post 0.55 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling at CrowdStrike

In related news, Director Sameer K. Gandhi sold 5,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, November 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $550.20, for a total value of $2,751,000.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 765,456 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $421,153,891.20. This trade represents a 0.65% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, President Michael Sentonas sold 10,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Friday, October 10th. The stock was sold at an average price of $515.00, for a total transaction of $5,150,000.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the president directly owned 354,116 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $182,369,740. This represents a 2.75% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. In the last three months, insiders have sold 116,622 shares of company stock valued at $58,561,456. Insiders own 3.32% of the company’s stock.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On CrowdStrike

A number of institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Asset Planning Inc acquired a new stake in shares of CrowdStrike during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $25,000. Pilgrim Partners Asia Pte Ltd acquired a new stake in shares of CrowdStrike during the 3rd quarter valued at about $25,000. Anchor Investment Management LLC purchased a new position in shares of CrowdStrike in the 3rd quarter valued at about $25,000. Vision Financial Markets LLC acquired a new position in CrowdStrike in the 1st quarter worth about $26,000. Finally, AlphaQuest LLC purchased a new position in CrowdStrike during the second quarter worth approximately $26,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 71.16% of the company’s stock.

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.