BNP Paribas Exane Issues Positive Forecast for CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) Stock Price

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) had its price target lifted by BNP Paribas Exane from $350.00 to $450.00 in a research note released on Wednesday,MarketScreener reports. BNP Paribas Exane currently has a neutral rating on the stock.

Several other research analysts also recently weighed in on CRWD. Bank of America lifted their target price on shares of CrowdStrike from $470.00 to $535.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Monday, October 20th. Rosenblatt Securities restated a “buy” rating and issued a $630.00 target price on shares of CrowdStrike in a report on Wednesday. BMO Capital Markets lifted their price target on CrowdStrike from $500.00 to $555.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday. JMP Securities upped their price target on CrowdStrike from $500.00 to $550.00 and gave the company a “market outperform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, September 23rd. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft raised their price target on shares of CrowdStrike from $430.00 to $435.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a report on Thursday, September 18th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty-one have assigned a Buy rating, sixteen have issued a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $554.09.

CrowdStrike Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ CRWD opened at $524.17 on Wednesday. CrowdStrike has a twelve month low of $298.00 and a twelve month high of $566.90. The company has a current ratio of 1.88, a quick ratio of 1.88 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.20. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $513.60 and a two-hundred day moving average of $478.78. The company has a market capitalization of $131.55 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -416.01, a PEG ratio of 121.77 and a beta of 1.09.

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, December 2nd. The company reported $0.96 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.94 by $0.02. CrowdStrike had a negative net margin of 6.88% and a negative return on equity of 2.20%. The firm had revenue of $1.23 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.22 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $0.93 earnings per share. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 21.8% compared to the same quarter last year. CrowdStrike has set its FY 2026 guidance at 3.700-3.720 EPS and its Q4 2026 guidance at 1.090-1.110 EPS. As a group, analysts expect that CrowdStrike will post 0.55 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Activity at CrowdStrike

In other CrowdStrike news, Director Johanna Flower sold 2,347 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, October 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $490.98, for a total transaction of $1,152,330.06. Following the transaction, the director owned 79,057 shares in the company, valued at $38,815,405.86. This trade represents a 2.88% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Also, CFO Burt W. Podbere sold 1,957 shares of CrowdStrike stock in a transaction on Monday, November 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $550.41, for a total transaction of $1,077,152.37. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 218,467 shares in the company, valued at $120,246,421.47. This trade represents a 0.89% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders have sold a total of 110,372 shares of company stock worth $55,996,956 in the last 90 days. Insiders own 3.32% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of CrowdStrike

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of CRWD. Disciplined Equity Management Inc. lifted its holdings in CrowdStrike by 0.8% during the 3rd quarter. Disciplined Equity Management Inc. now owns 2,405 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,179,000 after purchasing an additional 20 shares during the last quarter. TD Private Client Wealth LLC raised its stake in shares of CrowdStrike by 6.4% in the third quarter. TD Private Client Wealth LLC now owns 334 shares of the company’s stock valued at $164,000 after acquiring an additional 20 shares during the last quarter. Financially Speaking Inc boosted its holdings in shares of CrowdStrike by 26.7% in the 3rd quarter. Financially Speaking Inc now owns 95 shares of the company’s stock worth $47,000 after acquiring an additional 20 shares in the last quarter. Catalyst Financial Partners LLC grew its position in CrowdStrike by 1.6% during the 3rd quarter. Catalyst Financial Partners LLC now owns 1,246 shares of the company’s stock worth $611,000 after acquiring an additional 20 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Fire Capital Management LLC grew its position in CrowdStrike by 1.7% during the 3rd quarter. Fire Capital Management LLC now owns 1,239 shares of the company’s stock worth $608,000 after acquiring an additional 21 shares during the last quarter. 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.