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

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) had its price objective lifted by investment analysts at Stifel Nicolaus from $515.00 to $600.00 in a research note issued on Monday, MarketBeat.com reports. The brokerage presently has a “buy” rating on the stock. Stifel Nicolaus’ target price would suggest a potential upside of 16.81% from the company’s previous close.

Other equities analysts also recently issued reports about the stock. Roth Capital reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a $510.00 price target (up from $410.00) on shares of CrowdStrike in a research note on Thursday, September 18th. Royal Bank Of Canada upped their target price on CrowdStrike from $540.00 to $621.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, November 12th. Evercore ISI lifted their price target on CrowdStrike from $405.00 to $430.00 in a report on Thursday, September 18th. TD Cowen increased their price objective on CrowdStrike from $500.00 to $580.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, October 3rd. Finally, DA Davidson raised their price objective on shares of CrowdStrike from $490.00 to $515.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, September 18th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-nine have issued a Buy rating, eighteen have issued a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $535.60.

CrowdStrike Price Performance

NASDAQ CRWD opened at $513.67 on Monday. 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 has a market capitalization of $128.91 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -431.65, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 124.49 and a beta of 1.16. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $503.58 and a 200-day simple moving average of $473.25. CrowdStrike has a 52-week low of $298.00 and a 52-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 for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate 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 firm had revenue of $1.17 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.15 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $1.04 EPS. The company’s revenue for the quarter 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. Equities research analysts predict that CrowdStrike will post 0.55 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Activity

In related news, President Michael Sentonas sold 20,000 shares of CrowdStrike stock in a transaction on Wednesday, October 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $500.00, for a total value of $10,000,000.00. Following the transaction, the president owned 379,116 shares in the company, valued at $189,558,000. This trade represents a 5.01% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. Also, Director Sameer K. Gandhi sold 6,250 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction 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 directly owned 768,511 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $315,335,433.52. This represents a 0.81% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. In the last ninety days, insiders sold 116,622 shares of company stock worth $58,561,456. 3.32% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On CrowdStrike

A number of institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in CRWD. Advisory Services Network LLC boosted its stake in CrowdStrike by 0.5% during the 3rd quarter. Advisory Services Network LLC now owns 42,087 shares of the company’s stock valued at $20,639,000 after purchasing an additional 204 shares during the period. Integrated Investment Consultants LLC increased its position in CrowdStrike by 372.7% in the 3rd quarter. Integrated Investment Consultants LLC now owns 1,867 shares of the company’s stock worth $916,000 after buying an additional 1,472 shares during the period. Jasper Ridge Partners L.P. lifted its holdings in shares of CrowdStrike by 10.6% during the third quarter. Jasper Ridge Partners L.P. now owns 3,871 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,898,000 after buying an additional 370 shares during the last quarter. Abel Hall LLC bought a new stake in shares of CrowdStrike in the third quarter valued at approximately $207,000. Finally, Keystone Financial Group boosted its position in shares of CrowdStrike by 32.3% in the third quarter. Keystone Financial Group now owns 4,783 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,347,000 after acquiring an additional 1,167 shares during the period. 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.