CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) CFO Burt Podbere Sells 1,957 Shares

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) CFO Burt Podbere sold 1,957 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, November 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $550.41, for a total transaction of $1,077,152.37. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 218,467 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $120,246,421.47. The trade was a 0.89% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website.

CrowdStrike Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:CRWD traded down $18.00 during midday trading on Tuesday, reaching $533.92. 2,436,138 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 2,361,102. The firm has a market capitalization of $133.99 billion, a PE ratio of -448.67, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 129.70 and a beta of 1.16. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.20, a quick ratio of 1.88 and a current ratio of 1.88. CrowdStrike has a 12 month low of $298.00 and a 12 month high of $555.81. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is $480.44 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $464.34.

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, August 27th. The company reported $0.93 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.83 by $0.10. The business had revenue of $1.17 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.15 billion. CrowdStrike had a negative return on equity of 1.53% and a negative net margin of 6.84%.CrowdStrike’s revenue was up 21.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $1.04 EPS. CrowdStrike has set its FY 2026 guidance at 3.600-3.72 EPS. Q3 2026 guidance at 0.930-0.95 EPS. Equities research analysts expect that CrowdStrike will post 0.55 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

CRWD has been the subject of a number of analyst reports. DA Davidson lifted their price objective on CrowdStrike from $490.00 to $515.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, September 18th. KeyCorp lifted their price target on shares of CrowdStrike from $495.00 to $510.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, September 18th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft lifted their price target on shares of CrowdStrike from $430.00 to $435.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a report on Thursday, September 18th. Roth Capital reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $510.00 target price (up previously from $410.00) on shares of CrowdStrike in a research note on Thursday, September 18th. Finally, Scotiabank upgraded shares of CrowdStrike from a “sector perform” rating to a “sector outperform” rating and lifted their target price for the company from $440.00 to $600.00 in a research note on Thursday, September 25th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-nine have given a Buy rating, eighteen have issued a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, CrowdStrike currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $510.80.

Institutional Trading of CrowdStrike

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Cloud Capital Management LLC bought a new stake in shares of CrowdStrike during the first quarter worth approximately $25,000. Asset Planning Inc bought a new stake in shares of CrowdStrike during the 3rd quarter valued at $25,000. Pilgrim Partners Asia Pte Ltd bought a new stake in shares of CrowdStrike during the 3rd quarter valued at $25,000. Vision Financial Markets LLC bought a new stake in shares of CrowdStrike during the 1st quarter valued at $26,000. Finally, AlphaQuest LLC bought a new stake in shares of CrowdStrike during the 2nd quarter valued at $26,000. 71.16% of the stock is 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.