CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) Trading Down 3.8% – Time to Sell?

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) traded down 3.8% during mid-day trading on Wednesday . The stock traded as low as $469.84 and last traded at $470.02. 2,295,603 shares were traded during mid-day trading, a decline of 32% from the average session volume of 3,382,547 shares. The stock had previously closed at $488.53.

Key CrowdStrike News

Here are the key news stories impacting CrowdStrike this week:

• Positive Sentiment: J.P. Morgan reaffirmed a Buy rating, citing CrowdStrike’s structural advantages, SIEM displacement opportunity, and continued platform momentum — a catalyst for investor confidence in growth and market share gains. Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: Citizens (reported via InsiderMonkey) maintained a “Market Outperform” stance and a $550 price target, defending CrowdStrike’s premium valuation on the strength of its endpoint leadership — supports upside expectations. Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: Stephens & Co. reiterated an Overweight recommendation and a $590 price target (reported across outlets), signaling significant upside from current levels and reinforcing institutional buy-side interest. Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: Coverage highlights CrowdStrike’s AI/security moat and recent Amazon integrations, which investors view as strengthening its platform differentiation and long-term recurring-revenue profile. Product/partner news like this can support a re-rating of the multiple. Article Title
• Neutral Sentiment: Zacks flagged CrowdStrike as a “trending” stock among its users — increased attention can boost volume and short-term volatility but isn’t a direct fundamental catalyst. Article Title
• Neutral Sentiment: Morgan Stanley reaffirmed a Hold rating — a reminder that some strategists view the valuation as already pricing in significant growth; this can temper a unanimous bullish narrative. Article Title
• Neutral Sentiment: Coverage of options activity and recent intraday outperformance suggests elevated trading interest and positioning by derivatives traders — can amplify moves but doesn’t change fundamentals. Article Title
• Neutral Sentiment: MarketWatch noted the stock’s recent outperformance versus the broader market — reflects the combined effect of analyst notes, product/partnership news, and retail interest rather than a single new fundamental event. Article Title

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of research analysts have weighed in on CRWD shares. BTIG Research reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a $640.00 price objective on shares of CrowdStrike in a research note on Wednesday, December 3rd. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their target price on shares of CrowdStrike from $500.00 to $580.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Monday, December 1st. Sanford C. Bernstein reiterated a “market perform” rating and set a $353.00 price target on shares of CrowdStrike in a research note on Wednesday, December 3rd. Wedbush restated an “outperform” rating and issued a $600.00 target price on shares of CrowdStrike in a report on Monday, December 1st. Finally, Berenberg Bank began coverage on CrowdStrike in a report on Tuesday, November 18th. They set a “hold” rating and a $600.00 price target for the company. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty-two have issued a Buy rating, seventeen have issued a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $555.10.

CrowdStrike Stock Up 0.9%

The stock has a 50-day moving average of $515.43 and a 200 day moving average of $482.28. The company has a market capitalization of $121.35 billion, a PE ratio of -382.03, a P/E/G ratio of 114.79 and a beta of 1.09. The company has a quick ratio of 1.81, a current ratio of 1.81 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.18.

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, December 2nd. The company reported $0.96 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.94 by $0.02. The firm had revenue of $1.23 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.22 billion. CrowdStrike had a negative return on equity of 2.12% and a negative net margin of 6.88%.The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 21.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $0.93 EPS. CrowdStrike has set its FY 2026 guidance at 3.700-3.720 EPS and its Q4 2026 guidance at 1.090-1.110 EPS. Sell-side analysts anticipate that CrowdStrike will post 0.55 EPS for the current year.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, CFO Burt W. Podbere sold 1,957 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, November 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $550.41, for a total transaction of $1,077,152.37. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer owned 218,467 shares in the company, valued at $120,246,421.47. This trade represents a 0.89% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, Director Denis Oleary sold 7,750 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, December 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $515.44, for a total value of $3,994,660.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 10,816 shares in the company, valued at approximately $5,574,999.04. The trade was a 41.74% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. In the last quarter, insiders have sold 120,595 shares of company stock valued at $61,294,989. Company insiders own 3.32% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of CRWD. Advyzon Investment Management LLC grew its holdings in CrowdStrike by 142.9% during the 2nd quarter. Advyzon Investment Management LLC now owns 906 shares of the company’s stock worth $461,000 after acquiring an additional 533 shares in the last quarter. Draper Asset Management LLC lifted its position in shares of CrowdStrike by 59.1% in the 2nd quarter. Draper Asset Management LLC now owns 4,358 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,176,000 after purchasing an additional 1,619 shares during the period. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. lifted its position in shares of CrowdStrike by 33.2% in the 1st quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. now owns 24,059 shares of the company’s stock worth $8,483,000 after purchasing an additional 5,998 shares during the period. Drucker Wealth 3.0 LLC bought a new position in shares of CrowdStrike during the second quarter valued at approximately $397,000. Finally, Grant Private Wealth Management Inc bought a new position in shares of CrowdStrike during the third quarter valued at approximately $1,690,000. 71.16% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

About CrowdStrike

CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc (NASDAQ: CRWD) is a cybersecurity company founded in 2011 and headquartered in Sunnyvale, California. The firm was co-founded by George Kurtz and Dmitri Alperovitch and became a publicly traded company following its initial public offering in 2019. CrowdStrike positions itself as a provider of cloud-native security solutions designed to protect endpoints, cloud workloads, identities and data against sophisticated cyber threats.

The company’s core offering is the CrowdStrike Falcon platform, a modular, cloud-delivered security architecture that combines endpoint protection (EPP), endpoint detection and response (EDR), threat intelligence, and device control through lightweight agents and centralized telemetry.