CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) Releases FY 2026 Earnings Guidance

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) updated its FY 2026 earnings guidance on Tuesday. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 3.440-3.560 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of 3.450. The company issued revenue guidance of $4.7 billion-$4.8 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $4.8 billion. CrowdStrike also updated its Q2 2026 guidance to 0.820-0.840 EPS.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several research firms have recently commented on CRWD. Jefferies Financial Group reiterated a “buy” rating on shares of CrowdStrike in a research note on Wednesday, May 7th. Raymond James downgraded shares of CrowdStrike from an “outperform” rating to a “cautious” rating in a research note on Monday, March 10th. Citigroup restated an “outperform” rating on shares of CrowdStrike in a research report on Monday, May 5th. Cantor Fitzgerald boosted their target price on shares of CrowdStrike from $440.00 to $475.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Friday, May 30th. Finally, KeyCorp decreased their target price on shares of CrowdStrike from $480.00 to $450.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, March 5th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, eleven have assigned a hold rating, twenty-nine have issued a buy rating and three have given a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $415.62.

CrowdStrike Stock Up 2.0%

Shares of NASDAQ CRWD opened at $488.76 on Wednesday. CrowdStrike has a 12-month low of $200.81 and a 12-month high of $491.20. The stock has a market cap of $121.15 billion, a PE ratio of 958.37, a P/E/G ratio of 17.86 and a beta of 1.22. The company has a current ratio of 1.86, a quick ratio of 1.86 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.24. The company has a 50-day moving average of $408.78 and a 200 day moving average of $385.89.

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, June 3rd. The company reported $0.73 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.66 by $0.07. The company had revenue of $1.10 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.11 billion. CrowdStrike had a net margin of 3.39% and a return on equity of 7.11%. CrowdStrike’s revenue was up 19.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $0.93 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts predict that CrowdStrike will post 0.55 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling at CrowdStrike

In other news, Director Gerhard Watzinger sold 10,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, May 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of $469.00, for a total value of $4,690,000.00. Following the transaction, the director now directly owns 39,500 shares in the company, valued at approximately $18,525,500. This represents a 20.20% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, CAO Anurag Saha sold 1,496 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, March 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $358.62, for a total transaction of $536,495.52. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief accounting officer now owns 36,165 shares in the company, valued at approximately $12,969,492.30. This represents a 3.97% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 195,431 shares of company stock worth $79,162,548 in the last ninety days. 3.32% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On CrowdStrike

An institutional investor recently raised its position in CrowdStrike stock. Empowered Funds LLC boosted its holdings in shares of CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:CRWD) by 3.6% during the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 4,812 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 169 shares during the quarter. Empowered Funds LLC’s holdings in CrowdStrike were worth $1,697,000 as of its most recent SEC filing. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 71.16% of the company’s stock.

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.