CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) Given Consensus Rating of "Moderate Buy" by Brokerages

Key Points

• CrowdStrike has received a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" from 48 research firms, with 28 analysts recommending a buy.
• The average 1-year price target for CrowdStrike shares is approximately $496.47, reflecting varying outlooks from analysts.
• Shareholders have seen notable insider trading, including a significant sale of shares by Director Sameer K. Gandhi and CFO Burt W. Podbere.

Shares of CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD - Get Free Report) have earned a consensus recommendation of "Moderate Buy" from the forty-eight research firms that are covering the firm, MarketBeat reports. Two analysts have rated the stock with a sell recommendation, seventeen have assigned a hold recommendation, twenty-eight have issued a buy recommendation and one has given a strong buy recommendation to the company. The average 1 year price target among brokers that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $496.4651.

Several research analysts have recently commented on CRWD shares. Robert W. Baird raised their price target on CrowdStrike from $460.00 to $490.00 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a research report on Friday, September 19th. Macquarie lifted their price objective on CrowdStrike from $465.00 to $485.00 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a research note on Friday, September 19th. Truist Financial raised their target price on CrowdStrike from $500.00 to $550.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a report on Thursday, September 18th. Oppenheimer raised their target price on CrowdStrike from $520.00 to $560.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a report on Friday, October 17th. Finally, Daiwa Capital Markets raised their target price on CrowdStrike from $475.00 to $530.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a report on Wednesday, September 24th.

CrowdStrike Price Performance

CRWD stock opened at $521.98 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 business has a 50 day simple moving average of $461.36 and a 200-day simple moving average of $452.92. The firm has a market capitalization of $131.00 billion, a PE ratio of -438.63, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 117.52 and a beta of 1.19. CrowdStrike has a 1 year low of $294.68 and a 1 year high of $522.43.

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, August 27th. The company reported $0.93 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating 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 firm had revenue of $1.17 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.15 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $1.04 earnings per share. CrowdStrike's quarterly 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 research analysts anticipate that CrowdStrike will post 0.55 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, Director Sameer K. Gandhi sold 6,250 shares of CrowdStrike stock in a transaction dated Thursday, September 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $410.32, for a total value of $2,564,500.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 768,511 shares in the company, valued at approximately $315,335,433.52. This trade represents a 0.81% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, CFO Burt W. Podbere sold 11,883 shares of CrowdStrike stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, August 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $455.47, for a total transaction of $5,412,350.01. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 231,130 shares of the company's stock, valued at $105,272,781.10. This represents a 4.89% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last ninety days, insiders have sold 158,090 shares of company stock valued at $75,500,649. 3.32% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Institutional Trading of CrowdStrike

Institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Asset Planning Inc purchased a new stake in CrowdStrike in the third quarter valued at $25,000. AlphaQuest LLC purchased a new stake in CrowdStrike in the second quarter valued at approximately $26,000. Howard Hughes Medical Institute acquired a new stake in shares of CrowdStrike in the second quarter valued at approximately $27,000. Financial Gravity Companies Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of CrowdStrike in the second quarter valued at approximately $33,000. Finally, Financial Management Professionals Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of CrowdStrike by 91.9% in the second quarter. Financial Management Professionals Inc. now owns 71 shares of the company's stock valued at $36,000 after acquiring an additional 34 shares during the period. 71.16% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

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.

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