CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) Releases FY 2026 Earnings Guidance

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD - Get Free Report) issued an update on its FY 2026 earnings guidance on Tuesday morning. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 3.440-3.560 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share 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.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

CRWD has been the topic of a number of research analyst reports. Stifel Nicolaus lifted their target price on CrowdStrike from $480.00 to $495.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research report on Wednesday. Scotiabank raised their price objective on CrowdStrike from $370.00 to $480.00 and gave the stock a "sector perform" rating in a research report on Wednesday. Jefferies Financial Group boosted their price objective on shares of CrowdStrike from $410.00 to $520.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a report on Wednesday. UBS Group reaffirmed a "buy" rating on shares of CrowdStrike in a research report on Tuesday. Finally, Roth Capital lifted their price target on shares of CrowdStrike from $410.00 to $420.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research report on Wednesday. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, fifteen have assigned a hold rating and twenty-eight have assigned a buy rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $450.43.

CrowdStrike Stock Up 1.2%

CrowdStrike stock traded up $5.47 during trading on Friday, reaching $468.41. The stock had a trading volume of 4,338,578 shares, compared to its average volume of 5,112,453. The company has a quick ratio of 1.86, a current 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 market cap of $116.11 billion, a PE ratio of 918.47, a P/E/G ratio of 17.86 and a beta of 1.22. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $413.06 and a 200 day moving average price of $387.23.

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, June 3rd. The company reported $0.73 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.66 by $0.07. The business 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%. The company's revenue was up 19.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business earned $0.93 EPS. On average, analysts predict that CrowdStrike will post 0.55 EPS for the current year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other CrowdStrike news, CAO Anurag Saha sold 1,496 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction dated Friday, March 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $358.62, for a total transaction of $536,495.52. Following the transaction, the chief accounting officer now owns 36,165 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $12,969,492.30. This trade represents a 3.97% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, Director Gerhard Watzinger sold 10,000 shares of CrowdStrike stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, June 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $489.00, for a total value of $4,890,000.00. Following the sale, the director now owns 29,500 shares in the company, valued at $14,425,500. This trade represents a 25.32% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 211,681 shares of company stock worth $87,081,236 over the last 90 days. 3.32% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Institutional Trading of CrowdStrike

A hedge fund recently raised its stake in CrowdStrike stock. Empowered Funds LLC raised its position in CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:CRWD - Free Report) by 3.6% in the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund 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 filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. 71.16% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other 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.