CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) Issues Q2 2026 Earnings Guidance

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD - Get Free Report) updated its second quarter 2026 earnings guidance on Tuesday. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 0.820-0.840 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 0.810. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.1 billion-$1.2 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.2 billion. CrowdStrike also updated its FY 2026 guidance to 3.440-3.560 EPS.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

CRWD has been the topic of a number of analyst reports. Guggenheim reaffirmed a "neutral" rating on shares of CrowdStrike in a research note on Wednesday, March 5th. Royal Bank of Canada raised their price objective on shares of CrowdStrike from $500.00 to $510.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research report on Wednesday. Truist Financial reiterated a "buy" rating and set a $500.00 price target (up from $450.00) on shares of CrowdStrike in a research report on Wednesday. Needham & Company LLC lifted their price target on shares of CrowdStrike from $420.00 to $530.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research report on Wednesday. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company lifted their price objective on shares of CrowdStrike from $430.00 to $550.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a report on Monday. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, fourteen have given a hold rating, twenty-nine have given a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, CrowdStrike has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $449.38.

CrowdStrike Stock Down 0.7%

Shares of CRWD traded down $3.20 during mid-day trading on Thursday, reaching $457.37. The company had a trading volume of 821,776 shares, compared to its average volume of 5,139,155. The company has a market capitalization of $113.37 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 897.31, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 17.86 and a beta of 1.22. CrowdStrike has a 52 week low of $200.81 and a 52 week high of $491.20. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.24, a quick ratio of 1.86 and a current ratio of 1.86. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $410.85 and a 200 day moving average price of $386.40.

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, June 3rd. The company reported $0.73 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.66 by $0.07. CrowdStrike had a return on equity of 7.11% and a net margin of 3.39%. The business had revenue of $1.10 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.11 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $0.93 EPS. CrowdStrike's revenue for the quarter was up 19.8% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, sell-side analysts forecast that CrowdStrike will post 0.55 EPS for the current year.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, Director Sameer K. Gandhi sold 6,250 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, June 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $484.59, for a total transaction of $3,028,687.50. Following the completion of the sale, the director now owns 755,592 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $366,152,327.28. This represents a 0.82% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, insider Shawn Henry sold 4,500 shares of the company's stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, March 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $353.00, for a total transaction of $1,588,500.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider now owns 89,714 shares in the company, valued at approximately $31,669,042. This represents a 4.78% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last three months, insiders have sold 211,681 shares of company stock valued at $87,081,236. 3.32% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

An institutional investor recently raised its position in CrowdStrike stock. Brighton Jones LLC increased its holdings in shares of CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:CRWD - Free Report) by 44.9% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent 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 period. Brighton Jones LLC's holdings in CrowdStrike were worth $2,670,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. 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.