CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) Trading 1.4% Higher – Still a Buy?

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD)’s share price was up 1.4% on Friday . The company traded as high as $542.26 and last traded at $539.81. Approximately 2,402,636 shares traded hands during mid-day trading, a decline of 32% from the average daily volume of 3,513,959 shares. The stock had previously closed at $532.52.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of research analysts have recently commented on the stock. Canaccord Genuity Group boosted their price target on shares of CrowdStrike from $430.00 to $500.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday, September 22nd. Guggenheim restated a “neutral” rating on shares of CrowdStrike in a research report on Thursday, September 18th. Westpark Capital reaffirmed a “hold” rating on shares of CrowdStrike in a report on Wednesday, October 15th. Evercore ISI lifted their price target on CrowdStrike from $405.00 to $430.00 in a research report on Thursday, September 18th. Finally, BTIG Research upped their price objective on shares of CrowdStrike from $489.00 to $640.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-nine have issued a Buy rating, eighteen have assigned a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $510.80.

CrowdStrike Price Performance

The stock has a market capitalization of $135.47 billion, a PE ratio of -453.62, a P/E/G ratio of 125.52 and a beta of 1.16. 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’s 50 day simple moving average is $484.48 and its 200 day simple moving average is $465.29.

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, August 27th. The company reported $0.93 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.83 by $0.10. CrowdStrike had a negative net margin of 6.84% and a negative return on equity of 1.53%. 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 business posted $1.04 EPS. The firm’s revenue was up 21.4% compared to the same quarter last year. 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, equities analysts forecast that CrowdStrike will post 0.55 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, Director Sameer K. Gandhi sold 5,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, November 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $550.20, for a total transaction of $2,751,000.00. Following the transaction, the director owned 765,456 shares in the company, valued at $421,153,891.20. The trade was a 0.65% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, CEO George Kurtz sold 6,975 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, November 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $549.89, for a total transaction of $3,835,482.75. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 2,108,082 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,159,213,210.98. The trade was a 0.33% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders sold 116,622 shares of company stock valued at $58,561,456 over the last ninety days. Corporate insiders own 3.32% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. Asset Planning Inc bought a new stake in CrowdStrike in the third quarter worth $25,000. Pilgrim Partners Asia Pte Ltd purchased a new position in shares of CrowdStrike during the third quarter valued at approximately $25,000. Vision Financial Markets LLC bought a new position in shares of CrowdStrike during the 1st quarter valued at $26,000. AlphaQuest LLC bought a new stake in shares of CrowdStrike during the 2nd quarter valued at about $26,000. Finally, Howard Hughes Medical Institute purchased a new stake in shares of CrowdStrike during the 2nd quarter valued at about $27,000. 71.16% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

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.