Capital One Financial Issues Positive Forecast for CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) Stock Price

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) had its target price increased by Capital One Financial from $599.00 to $600.00 in a research note published on Wednesday morning,MarketScreener reports. The firm currently has an overweight rating on the stock.

CRWD has been the subject of a number of other reports. Guggenheim reiterated a “neutral” rating on shares of CrowdStrike in a research report on Monday, November 24th. TD Cowen upped their price target on shares of CrowdStrike from $500.00 to $580.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, October 3rd. Berenberg Bank started coverage on CrowdStrike in a report on Tuesday, November 18th. They set a “hold” rating and a $600.00 price objective on the stock. Macquarie boosted their price objective on CrowdStrike from $465.00 to $485.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Friday, September 19th. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus increased their target price on CrowdStrike from $515.00 to $600.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, November 17th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty-one have given a Buy rating, sixteen have assigned a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $554.09.

CrowdStrike Stock Performance

Shares of CrowdStrike stock opened at $524.17 on Wednesday. The company has a 50 day moving average of $513.60 and a 200-day moving average of $478.78. CrowdStrike has a 1-year low of $298.00 and a 1-year 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 company has a market cap of $131.55 billion, a PE ratio of -416.01, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 121.77 and a beta of 1.09.

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, December 2nd. The company reported $0.96 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates 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 business had revenue of $1.23 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.22 billion. During the same period last year, the firm 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, equities research analysts forecast that CrowdStrike will post 0.55 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, CEO George Kurtz sold 17,830 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, September 22nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $494.53, for a total transaction of $8,817,469.90. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer owned 2,115,057 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,045,959,138.21. This trade represents a 0.84% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. Also, Director Johanna Flower sold 2,347 shares of the stock in a transaction 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 directly owned 79,057 shares in the company, valued at approximately $38,815,405.86. This represents a 2.88% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders have sold 110,372 shares of company stock valued at $55,996,956 over the last quarter. Company insiders own 3.32% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On CrowdStrike

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of CRWD. Strategic Investment Solutions Inc. IL raised its holdings in CrowdStrike by 12.4% during the third quarter. Strategic Investment Solutions Inc. IL now owns 199 shares of the company’s stock worth $98,000 after buying an additional 22 shares during the last quarter. Severin Investments LLC increased its position in shares of CrowdStrike by 4.3% during the third quarter. Severin Investments LLC now owns 1,101 shares of the company’s stock worth $540,000 after acquiring an additional 45 shares in the last quarter. Allworth Financial LP raised its holdings in shares of CrowdStrike by 24.7% in the 3rd quarter. Allworth Financial LP now owns 11,588 shares of the company’s stock worth $5,682,000 after acquiring an additional 2,294 shares during the last quarter. IFP Advisors Inc lifted its position in CrowdStrike by 2.7% in the 3rd quarter. IFP Advisors Inc now owns 17,694 shares of the company’s stock valued at $8,677,000 after acquiring an additional 461 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Swiss Life Asset Management Ltd lifted its position in CrowdStrike by 0.5% in the 3rd quarter. Swiss Life Asset Management Ltd now owns 86,834 shares of the company’s stock valued at $42,582,000 after acquiring an additional 463 shares in 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.