What is DA Davidson's Forecast for CrowdStrike Q3 Earnings?

Key Points

• DA Davidson forecasts CrowdStrike's Q3 2026 earnings per share at $0.18 and maintains a "Buy" rating with a target price of $490.00.
• Goldman Sachs upgraded CrowdStrike's target price from $389.00 to $530.00, reflecting strong confidence in the company's performance.
• CrowdStrike's recent quarterly earnings report revealed a revenue increase of 21.4% year-over-year, with earnings per share surpassing consensus estimates.

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD - Free Report) - Research analysts at DA Davidson issued their Q3 2026 EPS estimates for CrowdStrike in a note issued to investors on Thursday, August 28th. DA Davidson analyst R. Kessinger anticipates that the company will earn $0.18 per share for the quarter. DA Davidson has a "Buy" rating and a $490.00 price target on the stock. The consensus estimate for CrowdStrike's current full-year earnings is $0.55 per share. DA Davidson also issued estimates for CrowdStrike's FY2026 earnings at $0.21 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $0.87 EPS.

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD - Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, August 27th. The company reported $0.93 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates 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 firm had revenue of $1.17 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.15 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $1.04 EPS. The business's revenue for the quarter 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.

A number of other analysts have also recently commented on CRWD. Westpark Capital restated a "hold" rating on shares of CrowdStrike in a report on Thursday, August 28th. Oppenheimer reissued an "outperform" rating and set a $520.00 price target on shares of CrowdStrike in a research report on Thursday, August 28th. Sanford C. Bernstein cut their price objective on shares of CrowdStrike from $371.00 to $343.00 and set a "market perform" rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, August 28th. Roth Capital raised their target price on shares of CrowdStrike from $410.00 to $420.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Wednesday, June 4th. Finally, Canaccord Genuity Group dropped their price target on CrowdStrike from $475.00 to $430.00 and set a "hold" rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, August 28th. Twenty-four analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and nineteen have assigned a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $460.10.

CrowdStrike Stock Down 2.4%

CRWD stock traded down $10.20 during midday trading on Monday, hitting $413.50. The stock had a trading volume of 3,752,882 shares, compared to its average volume of 3,739,097. The business has a 50-day moving average of $460.11 and a two-hundred day moving average of $427.09. 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 firm has a market cap of $103.06 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -347.48 and a beta of 1.12. CrowdStrike has a 52-week low of $242.25 and a 52-week high of $517.98.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, Director Roxanne S. Austin sold 9,447 shares of CrowdStrike stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, July 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $512.65, for a total value of $4,843,004.55. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 18,858 shares in the company, valued at approximately $9,667,553.70. This trade represents a 33.38% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, Director Sameer K. Gandhi sold 6,250 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Friday, August 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $447.09, for a total value of $2,794,312.50. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 774,761 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $346,387,895.49. This trade represents a 0.80% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last quarter, insiders have sold 188,164 shares of company stock worth $88,876,050. 3.32% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional Trading of CrowdStrike

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

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.