CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) Issues Earnings Results

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday. The company reported ($0.05) earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.85 by ($0.90), Zacks reports. CrowdStrike had a net margin of 3.39% and a return on equity of 7.11%. CrowdStrike updated its FY 2026 guidance to 3.330-3.450 EPS and its Q1 2026 guidance to 0.640-0.660 EPS.

CrowdStrike Stock Up 1.9 %

Shares of CRWD traded up $7.43 during mid-day trading on Tuesday, hitting $390.16. 7,030,793 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 3,451,723. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $387.36 and a 200 day simple moving average of $336.92. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.24, a current ratio of 1.86 and a quick ratio of 1.86. The company has a market cap of $96.10 billion, a PE ratio of 765.03, a P/E/G ratio of 17.86 and a beta of 1.16. CrowdStrike has a 52 week low of $200.81 and a 52 week high of $455.59.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, insider Shawn Henry sold 4,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, January 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $354.91, for a total value of $1,419,640.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider now directly owns 98,214 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $34,857,130.74. This trade represents a 3.91 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. 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 company’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, January 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $345.65, for a total transaction of $2,160,312.50. Following the sale, the director now directly owns 811,842 shares in the company, valued at $280,613,187.30. This trade represents a 0.76 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last 90 days, insiders sold 100,315 shares of company stock worth $38,387,254. 4.34% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On CrowdStrike

A hedge fund recently raised its stake in CrowdStrike stock. Brighton Jones LLC lifted its holdings in shares of CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:CRWD) by 44.9% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 7,803 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 2,417 shares during the quarter. Brighton Jones LLC’s holdings in CrowdStrike were worth $2,670,000 as of its most recent SEC filing. Institutional investors own 71.16% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of analysts have weighed in on the company. Mizuho upped their price target on CrowdStrike from $385.00 to $450.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, February 12th. Evercore ISI increased their target price on shares of CrowdStrike from $325.00 to $400.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Monday, November 25th. JMP Securities restated a “market outperform” rating and issued a $400.00 price target on shares of CrowdStrike in a research report on Monday, November 4th. Oppenheimer raised their price objective on shares of CrowdStrike from $365.00 to $410.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday, November 27th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group increased their target price on CrowdStrike from $415.00 to $450.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, December 19th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, eleven have assigned a hold rating, twenty-nine have given a buy rating and three have assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $391.75.

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.