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

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) had its target price increased by equities researchers at Mizuho from $475.00 to $540.00 in a research report issued to clients and investors on Monday, Marketbeat reports. The brokerage currently has a “hold” rating on the stock. Mizuho’s price target would indicate a potential upside of 5.13% from the company’s previous close.

Several other equities analysts have also issued reports on CRWD. Rosenblatt Securities restated a “buy” rating and set a $490.00 target price on shares of CrowdStrike in a research report on Thursday, September 18th. Stephens boosted their price objective on shares of CrowdStrike from $525.00 to $590.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, October 9th. Stifel Nicolaus increased their target price on shares of CrowdStrike from $495.00 to $515.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, September 18th. Truist Financial lifted their price target on shares of CrowdStrike from $500.00 to $550.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, September 18th. Finally, New Street Research set a $460.00 price objective on shares of CrowdStrike in a research report on Thursday, August 28th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-nine have assigned a Buy rating, eighteen have assigned a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $535.60.

CrowdStrike Stock Performance

Shares of CrowdStrike stock opened at $513.67 on Monday. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $503.58 and a two-hundred day moving average of $473.25. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.20, a quick ratio of 1.88 and a current ratio of 1.88. The stock has a market capitalization of $128.91 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -431.65, a PEG ratio of 124.49 and a beta of 1.16. CrowdStrike has a 52 week low of $298.00 and a 52 week high of $566.90.

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, August 27th. The company reported $0.93 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.83 by $0.10. The business had revenue of $1.17 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations 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 quarterly revenue was up 21.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $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. As a group, equities research analysts predict that CrowdStrike will post 0.55 EPS for the current year.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other CrowdStrike news, CEO George Kurtz sold 6,975 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on 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 sale, the chief executive officer owned 2,108,082 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,159,213,210.98. This trade represents a 0.33% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, 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 value of $1,077,152.37. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 218,467 shares in the company, valued at $120,246,421.47. The trade was a 0.89% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders have sold a total of 116,622 shares of company stock valued at $58,561,456 over the last 90 days. 3.32% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On CrowdStrike

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of CRWD. Brighton Jones LLC lifted its stake in shares of CrowdStrike by 44.9% in the 4th quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 7,803 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,670,000 after acquiring an additional 2,417 shares during the last quarter. Csenge Advisory Group acquired a new position in CrowdStrike in the 1st quarter worth about $227,000. OneAscent Financial Services LLC raised its position in CrowdStrike by 48.9% in the first quarter. OneAscent Financial Services LLC now owns 920 shares of the company’s stock valued at $327,000 after purchasing an additional 302 shares during the last quarter. IFP Advisors Inc boosted its stake in shares of CrowdStrike by 119.1% during the first quarter. IFP Advisors Inc now owns 15,314 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,399,000 after purchasing an additional 8,324 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Montag A & Associates Inc. grew its holdings in shares of CrowdStrike by 55.6% during the first quarter. Montag A & Associates Inc. now owns 168 shares of the company’s stock worth $59,000 after purchasing an additional 60 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 71.16% of the company’s stock.

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.