Daiwa Capital Markets Boosts CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) Price Target to $530.00

Key Points

• Daiwa Capital Markets has raised its price target for CrowdStrike from $475.00 to $530.00, reflecting a potential upside of 9.48% from the company's last close.
• The overall analyst consensus rating for CrowdStrike is "Moderate Buy," with an average price target of $480.07 following updates from several firms.
• CrowdStrike reported a quarterly revenue of $1.17 billion, exceeding analyst estimates, and has set guidance for FY 2026 EPS between 3.600 and 3.72.

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD - Get Free Report) had its price objective boosted by analysts at Daiwa Capital Markets from $475.00 to $530.00 in a research report issued to clients and investors on Wednesday,MarketScreener reports. The brokerage presently has an "outperform" rating on the stock. Daiwa Capital Markets' target price would suggest a potential upside of 9.48% from the company's previous close.

Several other equities research analysts have also issued reports on CRWD. BMO Capital Markets lifted their target price on shares of CrowdStrike from $450.00 to $500.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research report on Thursday, September 18th. Rosenblatt Securities restated a "buy" rating and issued a $490.00 target price on shares of CrowdStrike in a research report on Thursday, September 18th. JMP Securities raised their price objective on CrowdStrike from $500.00 to $550.00 and gave the company a "market outperform" rating in a research note on Tuesday. DZ Bank cut CrowdStrike from a "hold" rating to a "sell" rating and set a $440.00 target price for the company. in a report on Wednesday. Finally, Zacks Research upgraded shares of CrowdStrike from a "hold" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a report on Friday, August 29th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-six have given a Buy rating, nineteen have issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat, CrowdStrike presently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $480.07.

CrowdStrike Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:CRWD opened at $484.10 on Wednesday. The company has a current ratio of 1.88, a quick ratio of 1.88 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.20. The stock's fifty day simple moving average is $443.50 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $432.22. CrowdStrike has a 1-year low of $272.67 and a 1-year high of $517.98. The stock has a market cap of $121.49 billion, a PE ratio of -406.80, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 115.88 and a beta of 1.12.

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD - Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, August 27th. The company reported $0.93 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.83 by $0.10. CrowdStrike had a negative return on equity of 1.53% and a negative net margin of 6.84%.The company had revenue of $1.17 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.15 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the company 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. As a group, analysts forecast that CrowdStrike will post 0.55 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Transactions at CrowdStrike

In related news, Director Sameer K. Gandhi sold 6,250 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, September 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $410.32, for a total transaction of $2,564,500.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 768,511 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $315,335,433.52. This represents a 0.81% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Also, CFO Burt W. Podbere sold 11,883 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction on Tuesday, August 5th. The shares were 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 directly owned 231,130 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $105,272,781.10. This trade represents a 4.89% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last ninety days, insiders sold 84,973 shares of company stock valued at $39,121,937. 3.32% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On CrowdStrike

Several hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of CRWD. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its holdings in shares of CrowdStrike by 2.6% in the second quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 23,430,572 shares of the company's stock worth $11,933,425,000 after purchasing an additional 596,007 shares during the last quarter. State Street Corp lifted its holdings in CrowdStrike by 3.6% during the 2nd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 10,804,651 shares of the company's stock valued at $5,502,917,000 after buying an additional 370,965 shares in the last quarter. Jennison Associates LLC boosted its position in CrowdStrike by 21.1% in the 1st quarter. Jennison Associates LLC now owns 6,565,275 shares of the company's stock valued at $2,314,785,000 after buying an additional 1,144,295 shares during the period. Geode Capital Management LLC grew its stake in CrowdStrike by 5.0% in the 2nd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 5,728,167 shares of the company's stock worth $2,903,752,000 after acquiring an additional 273,922 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC increased its position in shares of CrowdStrike by 54,635.9% during the second quarter. Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 4,293,484 shares of the company's stock worth $2,186,714,000 after acquiring an additional 4,285,640 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 71.16% of the company's stock.

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.

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