CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) Trading Up 1.5% - Should You Buy?

Key Points

• CrowdStrike's shares increased by 1.5%, with recent trading prices hovering around $490, despite a 41% decline in daily trading volume from the average.
• Multiple analysts have raised their price targets for CrowdStrike, with the highest now at $555, indicating overall analyst support with a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy."
• The company reported a 21.4% year-over-year revenue growth, achieving $1.17 billion in revenue and exceeding analyst expectations for both earnings and revenue in the last quarter.

Shares of CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD - Get Free Report) were up 1.5% during trading on Monday . The stock traded as high as $490.50 and last traded at $488.45. Approximately 2,175,980 shares were traded during trading, a decline of 41% from the average daily volume of 3,695,980 shares. The stock had previously closed at $481.42.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several analysts recently commented on CRWD shares. 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. Barclays increased their price objective on shares of CrowdStrike from $500.00 to $515.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a report on Thursday, September 18th. Robert W. Baird increased their price objective on shares of CrowdStrike from $460.00 to $490.00 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a report on Friday, September 19th. Evercore ISI increased their price objective on shares of CrowdStrike from $405.00 to $430.00 in a report on Thursday, September 18th. Finally, BTIG Research reaffirmed a "buy" rating and set a $489.00 price objective on shares of CrowdStrike in a report on Thursday, September 18th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-seven have assigned a Buy rating, seventeen have issued a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $483.79.

CrowdStrike Stock Up 1.5%

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's 50 day simple moving average is $443.79 and its 200 day simple moving average is $436.03. The company has a market capitalization of $122.58 billion, a PE ratio of -410.46, a P/E/G ratio of 113.13 and a beta of 1.12.

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD - Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, August 27th. The company reported $0.93 EPS for the quarter, topping 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 company had revenue of $1.17 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.15 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $1.04 earnings per share. CrowdStrike's quarterly revenue was up 21.4% compared to the same quarter last year. CrowdStrike has set its FY 2026 guidance at 3.600-3.72 EPS. Q3 2026 guidance at 0.930-0.95 EPS. As a group, analysts anticipate that CrowdStrike will post 0.55 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, President Michael Sentonas sold 11,561 shares of the business's stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, September 22nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $495.69, for a total value of $5,730,672.09. Following the sale, the president directly owned 399,116 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $197,837,810.04. The trade was a 2.82% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, CAO Anurag Saha sold 1,762 shares of the business's stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, September 24th. The shares were sold at an average price of $482.41, for a total transaction of $850,006.42. Following the completion of the sale, the chief accounting officer directly owned 37,255 shares in the company, valued at $17,972,184.55. This trade represents a 4.52% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last ninety days, insiders sold 128,513 shares of company stock worth $60,652,048. Insiders own 3.32% of the company's stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Patron Partners LLC grew its holdings in shares of CrowdStrike by 2.1% in the second quarter. Patron Partners LLC now owns 1,076 shares of the company's stock valued at $548,000 after purchasing an additional 22 shares in the last quarter. Real Talk Capital LLC grew its holdings in shares of CrowdStrike by 0.9% in the first quarter. Real Talk Capital LLC now owns 2,732 shares of the company's stock valued at $963,000 after purchasing an additional 24 shares in the last quarter. Tradewinds Capital Management LLC grew its holdings in CrowdStrike by 20.8% during the 1st quarter. Tradewinds Capital Management LLC now owns 145 shares of the company's stock worth $51,000 after acquiring an additional 25 shares in the last quarter. Close Asset Management Ltd grew its holdings in CrowdStrike by 23.8% during the 1st quarter. Close Asset Management Ltd now owns 130 shares of the company's stock worth $46,000 after acquiring an additional 25 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Ramirez Asset Management Inc. raised its holdings in shares of CrowdStrike by 5.9% in the 1st quarter. Ramirez Asset Management Inc. now owns 450 shares of the company's stock valued at $159,000 after purchasing an additional 25 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 71.16% of the company's stock.

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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