CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) Shares Down 1.2% After Analyst Downgrade

Shares of CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) traded down 1.2% on Thursday after Capital One Financial lowered their price target on the stock from $600.00 to $590.00. Capital One Financial currently has an overweight rating on the stock. CrowdStrike traded as low as $450.00 and last traded at $455.00. 2,795,559 shares traded hands during trading, a decline of 1% from the average session volume of 2,827,872 shares. The stock had previously closed at $460.70.

Other analysts also recently issued reports about the stock. Truist Financial lifted their price objective on shares of CrowdStrike from $550.00 to $600.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, November 18th. Wells Fargo & Company lifted their price target on CrowdStrike from $550.00 to $600.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday, October 1st. Evercore ISI increased their price objective on CrowdStrike from $430.00 to $460.00 and gave the stock an “in-line” rating in a report on Wednesday, December 3rd. DZ Bank cut CrowdStrike from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating and set a $440.00 target price on the stock. in a research report on Wednesday, September 24th. Finally, Scotiabank reiterated an “outperform” rating on shares of CrowdStrike in a research report on Wednesday, December 3rd. Thirty-two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eighteen have assigned a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $555.21.

Insider Activity

In other news, CAO Anurag Saha sold 836 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, December 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of $476.83, for a total transaction of $398,629.88. Following the sale, the chief accounting officer directly owned 43,726 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $20,849,868.58. The trade was a 1.88% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Also, Director Sameer K. Gandhi sold 1,879 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, December 9th. The stock was sold at an average price of $527.51, for a total value of $991,191.29. Following the sale, the director owned 763,027 shares in the company, valued at approximately $402,504,372.77. The trade was a 0.25% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders sold a total of 71,048 shares of company stock valued at $35,767,887 in the last ninety days. 3.32% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Key Stories Impacting CrowdStrike

Here are the key news stories impacting CrowdStrike this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Acquisition of SGNL (continuous identity) for $740M strengthens CrowdStrike’s identity strategy and extends Falcon into real?time, risk?based access control — a direct play on securing AI agents and non?human identities; strategic rationale and potential revenue cross?sell are bullish catalysts. Why CrowdStrike’s SGNL Acquisition Matters for CRWD Stock
• Positive Sentiment: CrowdStrike agreed to buy Seraphic to add browser security (AI?driven risks inside browser sessions), expanding product scope and creating another cross?sell opportunity inside Falcon. CRWD to Acquire Seraphic: Is Browser Security the Next Growth Engine?
• Positive Sentiment: Legal overhang reduced after a federal judge dismissed the shareholder lawsuit tied to the 2024 outage — removes a risk factor that had weighed on the stock. CrowdStrike defeats shareholder lawsuit over huge software outage
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst support is firming: Berenberg upgraded to Buy and firms like BTIG reiterated bullish stances (some price targets as high as $640) — signals that some sell?side skeptics are turning more constructive. CrowdStrike: A Major Bear Throws in the Towel—Upside Ahead BTIG Research Reiterates “Buy” Rating for CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD)
• Neutral Sentiment: CEO George Kurtz is publicly cautious about giving AI agents too much autonomy (“drunken intern” phrasing) even as CrowdStrike accelerates acquisitions — signals active risk management but also highlights execution challenges in securing agentic AI. CrowdStrike CEO says AI agents are unpredictable as company snaps up more cybersecurity startups
• Neutral Sentiment: KeyCorp published detailed quarterly and FY estimates (Sector Weight) for FY2027 — updates provide guidance context but are not a firm vote of confidence or alarm by themselves.
• Negative Sentiment: KeyBanc downgraded CrowdStrike to Sector Weight, citing valuation concerns and a more cautious near?term view on security budgets — a notable analyst headwind that can pressure sentiment and shares. KeyBanc downgrades CrowdStrike Holdings (CRWD)
• Negative Sentiment: Near?term technical/flow pressure and profit?taking: commentary notes the stock fell more than the market in recent sessions and remains below its November peak — elevates the risk of short?term consolidation. Here’s Why CrowdStrike Holdings (CRWD) Fell More Than Broader Market

Institutional Trading of CrowdStrike

A number of hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of CRWD. Brighton Jones LLC raised its position in CrowdStrike by 44.9% during the fourth quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 7,803 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,670,000 after buying an additional 2,417 shares during the period. Empowered Funds LLC grew its stake in CrowdStrike by 3.6% during the 1st quarter. Empowered Funds LLC now owns 4,812 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,697,000 after acquiring an additional 169 shares in the last quarter. Beacon Financial Group acquired a new position in shares of CrowdStrike in the 2nd quarter valued at about $201,000. Woodstock Corp purchased a new stake in shares of CrowdStrike in the second quarter worth approximately $204,000. Finally, Post Resch Tallon Group Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of CrowdStrike in the second quarter worth approximately $231,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 71.16% of the company’s stock.

CrowdStrike Stock Performance

The firm’s fifty day moving average is $498.00 and its 200 day moving average is $480.88. The firm has a market capitalization of $114.70 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -361.11, a PEG ratio of 112.57 and a beta of 1.03. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.18, a current ratio of 1.81 and a quick ratio of 1.81.

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, December 2nd. The company reported $0.96 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.94 by $0.02. The company had revenue of $1.23 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.22 billion. CrowdStrike had a negative net margin of 6.88% and a negative return on equity of 2.12%. The company’s revenue was up 21.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $0.93 EPS. CrowdStrike has set its FY 2026 guidance at 3.700-3.720 EPS and its Q4 2026 guidance at 1.090-1.110 EPS. On average, analysts predict that CrowdStrike will post 0.55 EPS for the current fiscal year.

About CrowdStrike

CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc (NASDAQ: CRWD) is a cybersecurity company founded in 2011 and headquartered in Sunnyvale, California. The firm was co-founded by George Kurtz and Dmitri Alperovitch and became a publicly traded company following its initial public offering in 2019. CrowdStrike positions itself as a provider of cloud-native security solutions designed to protect endpoints, cloud workloads, identities and data against sophisticated cyber threats.

The company’s core offering is the CrowdStrike Falcon platform, a modular, cloud-delivered security architecture that combines endpoint protection (EPP), endpoint detection and response (EDR), threat intelligence, and device control through lightweight agents and centralized telemetry.