CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) Given New $530.00 Price Target at Daiwa Capital Markets

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) had its price target increased by Daiwa Capital Markets from $475.00 to $530.00 in a research report sent to investors on Wednesday,MarketScreener reports. They currently have an outperform rating on the stock.

Other equities analysts also recently issued reports about the stock. Sanford C. Bernstein reduced their target price on shares of CrowdStrike from $371.00 to $343.00 and set a “market perform” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, August 28th. Truist Financial boosted their price target on shares of CrowdStrike from $500.00 to $550.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, September 18th. Capital One Financial boosted their price target on shares of CrowdStrike from $495.00 to $519.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, September 18th. Evercore ISI boosted their price target on shares of CrowdStrike from $405.00 to $430.00 in a research note on Thursday, September 18th. Finally, KeyCorp boosted their price target on shares of CrowdStrike from $495.00 to $510.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, September 18th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-six have assigned a Buy rating, nineteen have issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, CrowdStrike has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $480.07.

CrowdStrike Price Performance

Shares of CRWD stock opened at $476.33 on Wednesday. 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 moving average is $443.62 and its two-hundred day moving average is $432.52. CrowdStrike has a 12 month low of $272.67 and a 12 month high of $517.98. The company has a market capitalization of $119.54 billion, a PE ratio of -400.27, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 113.76 and a beta of 1.12.

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, August 27th. The company reported $0.93 EPS for the quarter, topping 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 for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.15 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $1.04 earnings per share. CrowdStrike’s quarterly 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. Analysts predict that CrowdStrike will post 0.55 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Activity

In other CrowdStrike news, CAO Anurag Saha sold 1,762 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, September 24th. The shares were sold at an average price of $482.41, for a total transaction of $850,006.42. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief accounting officer owned 37,255 shares in the company, valued at $17,972,184.55. The trade was a 4.52% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, Director Sameer K. Gandhi sold 6,250 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, September 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $410.32, for a total transaction of $2,564,500.00. Following the transaction, the director owned 768,511 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $315,335,433.52. This trade represents a 0.81% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold 129,066 shares of company stock worth $60,934,078 over the last 90 days. Company insiders own 3.32% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in CRWD. Cloud Capital Management LLC acquired a new position in CrowdStrike during the 1st quarter worth approximately $25,000. Atlantic Edge Private Wealth Management LLC grew its holdings in CrowdStrike by 114.3% during the 1st quarter. Atlantic Edge Private Wealth Management LLC now owns 75 shares of the company’s stock worth $26,000 after acquiring an additional 40 shares in the last quarter. Vision Financial Markets LLC acquired a new position in CrowdStrike during the 1st quarter worth approximately $26,000. AlphaQuest LLC acquired a new position in shares of CrowdStrike in the 2nd quarter valued at $26,000. Finally, E Fund Management Hong Kong Co. Ltd. boosted its holdings in shares of CrowdStrike by 305.3% in the 1st quarter. E Fund Management Hong Kong Co. Ltd. now owns 77 shares of the company’s stock valued at $27,000 after buying an additional 58 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 71.16% of the company’s stock.

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.