Cantor Fitzgerald Forecasts Strong Price Appreciation for CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) Stock

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) had its target price raised by analysts at Cantor Fitzgerald from $500.00 to $590.00 in a note issued to investors on Monday,MarketScreener reports. The firm currently has an “overweight” rating on the stock. Cantor Fitzgerald’s target price would indicate a potential upside of 14.86% from the stock’s current price.

A number of other analysts have also recently commented on CRWD. Jefferies Financial Group upped their price target on shares of CrowdStrike from $500.00 to $515.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, September 18th. Oppenheimer upped their target price on CrowdStrike from $520.00 to $560.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Friday, October 17th. Royal Bank Of Canada raised their target price on CrowdStrike from $540.00 to $621.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, November 12th. Rosenblatt Securities reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $490.00 price target on shares of CrowdStrike in a research note on Thursday, September 18th. Finally, Robert W. Baird increased their price target on CrowdStrike from $490.00 to $550.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Friday, November 14th. 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 given a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $535.60.

CrowdStrike Stock Performance

Shares of CrowdStrike stock opened at $513.67 on Monday. The company’s 50 day moving average price is $503.58 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $473.25. The firm has a market capitalization of $128.91 billion, a P/E ratio of -431.65, a P/E/G ratio of 124.49 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. CrowdStrike has a fifty-two week low of $298.00 and a fifty-two week high of $566.90.

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, August 27th. The company reported $0.93 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.83 by $0.10. The company 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%.The firm’s revenue was up 21.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $1.04 earnings per share. CrowdStrike has set its FY 2026 guidance at 3.600-3.72 EPS. Q3 2026 guidance at 0.930-0.95 EPS. On average, equities analysts forecast that CrowdStrike will post 0.55 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling at CrowdStrike

In related news, CFO Burt W. Podbere sold 1,957 shares of the company’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 sale, the chief financial officer owned 218,467 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $120,246,421.47. This represents a 0.89% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, President Michael Sentonas sold 10,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, October 10th. The stock was sold at an average price of $515.00, for a total transaction of $5,150,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the president owned 354,116 shares in the company, valued at $182,369,740. This represents a 2.75% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Over the last three months, insiders have sold 116,622 shares of company stock worth $58,561,456. Company insiders own 3.32% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in CRWD. Brighton Jones LLC boosted its stake in CrowdStrike by 44.9% during the fourth quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 7,803 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,670,000 after buying an additional 2,417 shares during the period. Csenge Advisory Group purchased a new stake in shares of CrowdStrike in the 1st quarter valued at about $227,000. OneAscent Financial Services LLC raised its holdings in shares of CrowdStrike by 48.9% in the 1st quarter. OneAscent Financial Services LLC now owns 920 shares of the company’s stock valued at $327,000 after acquiring an additional 302 shares in the last quarter. IFP Advisors Inc raised its holdings in shares of CrowdStrike by 119.1% in the 1st quarter. IFP Advisors Inc now owns 15,314 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,399,000 after acquiring an additional 8,324 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Montag A & Associates Inc. boosted its position in shares of CrowdStrike by 55.6% during the 1st quarter. Montag A & Associates Inc. now owns 168 shares of the company’s stock valued at $59,000 after acquiring an additional 60 shares during the last quarter. 71.16% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other 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.