CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) Issues Earnings Results

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD - Get Free Report) posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday. The company reported $0.73 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.66 by $0.07, RTT News reports. CrowdStrike had a net margin of 3.39% and a return on equity of 7.11%. The business had revenue of $1.10 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.11 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $0.93 earnings per share. CrowdStrike's revenue for the quarter was up 19.8% compared to the same quarter last year. CrowdStrike updated its FY 2026 guidance to 3.440-3.560 EPS and its Q2 2026 guidance to 0.820-0.840 EPS.

CrowdStrike Stock Down 0.7%

Shares of CRWD traded down $3.20 during trading hours on Thursday, reaching $457.37. 821,776 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 5,139,155. The company has a market cap of $113.37 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 897.31, a PEG 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. CrowdStrike has a 52 week low of $200.81 and a 52 week high of $491.20. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $410.85 and a 200 day simple moving average of $386.40.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, CAO Anurag Saha sold 1,496 shares of CrowdStrike stock in a transaction dated Friday, March 21st. The shares were sold at an average price of $358.62, for a total value of $536,495.52. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief accounting officer now owns 36,165 shares in the company, valued at $12,969,492.30. This trade represents a 3.97% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, Director Sameer K. Gandhi sold 6,250 shares of the business's stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, April 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $324.16, for a total transaction of $2,026,000.00. Following the transaction, the director now directly owns 768,092 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $248,984,702.72. This represents a 0.81% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last 90 days, insiders have sold 211,681 shares of company stock valued at $87,081,236. Company insiders own 3.32% of the company's stock.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On CrowdStrike

A hedge fund recently raised its stake in CrowdStrike stock. Brighton Jones LLC raised its stake in shares of CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:CRWD - Free Report) by 44.9% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 7,803 shares of the company's stock after purchasing an additional 2,417 shares during the quarter. Brighton Jones LLC's holdings in CrowdStrike were worth $2,670,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period. 71.16% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of brokerages have recently commented on CRWD. Evercore ISI reissued an "in-line" rating and issued a $440.00 price target (down previously from $450.00) on shares of CrowdStrike in a research report on Wednesday. Guggenheim reaffirmed a "neutral" rating on shares of CrowdStrike in a report on Wednesday, March 5th. Bank of America reaffirmed a "neutral" rating and set a $470.00 target price (up previously from $420.00) on shares of CrowdStrike in a report on Wednesday. Citigroup reissued an "outperform" rating on shares of CrowdStrike in a report on Monday, May 5th. Finally, Barclays set a $500.00 price target on shares of CrowdStrike in a research report on Tuesday. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, fourteen have issued a hold rating, twenty-nine have assigned a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, CrowdStrike presently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $449.38.

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.