Sameer Gandhi Sells 5,000 Shares of CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) Stock

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) Director Sameer Gandhi sold 5,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Monday, November 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $550.20, for a total transaction of $2,751,000.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 765,456 shares in the company, valued at $421,153,891.20. This trade represents a 0.65% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link.

CrowdStrike Stock Up 0.0%

CrowdStrike stock opened at $534.14 on Thursday. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $482.67 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $464.82. The firm has a market capitalization of $134.05 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -448.85, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 125.47 and a beta of 1.16. The company has a current ratio of 1.88, a quick ratio of 1.88 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.20. CrowdStrike has a 1-year low of $298.00 and a 1-year high of $555.81.

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) last announced its 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. The company had revenue of $1.17 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.15 billion. CrowdStrike had a negative net margin of 6.84% and a negative return on equity of 1.53%. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 21.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $1.04 earnings per share. CrowdStrike has set its FY 2026 guidance at 3.600-3.72 EPS. Q3 2026 guidance at 0.930-0.95 EPS. On average, equities research analysts predict that CrowdStrike will post 0.55 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several analysts have recently commented on CRWD shares. Needham & Company LLC increased their target price on shares of CrowdStrike from $475.00 to $535.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, September 18th. Roth Capital restated a “buy” rating and set a $510.00 price target (up previously from $410.00) on shares of CrowdStrike in a research report on Thursday, September 18th. New Street Research set a $460.00 price target on shares of CrowdStrike in a research report on Thursday, August 28th. Capital One Financial increased their price target on shares of CrowdStrike from $495.00 to $519.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, September 18th. Finally, Cfra restated a “hold” rating and set a $555.00 price target (up previously from $517.00) on shares of CrowdStrike in a research report on Thursday, July 10th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-nine have issued a Buy rating, eighteen have given a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $510.80.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On CrowdStrike

A number of large investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. Canvas Wealth Advisors LLC raised its stake in CrowdStrike by 0.4% in the third quarter. Canvas Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 9,831 shares of the company’s stock valued at $4,816,000 after purchasing an additional 38 shares in the last quarter. Palacios Wealth Management LLC raised its stake in CrowdStrike by 4.8% in the third quarter. Palacios Wealth Management LLC now owns 8,763 shares of the company’s stock valued at $4,297,000 after purchasing an additional 398 shares in the last quarter. Nikulski Financial Inc. raised its stake in CrowdStrike by 1.6% in the third quarter. Nikulski Financial Inc. now owns 6,379 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,128,000 after purchasing an additional 99 shares in the last quarter. Signature Estate & Investment Advisors LLC raised its stake in CrowdStrike by 2.2% in the third quarter. Signature Estate & Investment Advisors LLC now owns 18,933 shares of the company’s stock valued at $9,284,000 after purchasing an additional 405 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Correct Capital Wealth Management raised its stake in CrowdStrike by 8.5% in the third quarter. Correct Capital Wealth Management now owns 1,484 shares of the company’s stock valued at $728,000 after purchasing an additional 116 shares in the last quarter. 71.16% of the stock is currently owned by 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.