CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) Given New $560.00 Price Target at Daiwa Capital Markets

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) had its price objective hoisted by Daiwa Capital Markets from $530.00 to $560.00 in a research note published on Tuesday,MarketScreener reports. The firm currently has an outperform rating on the stock.

Other equities analysts have also recently issued reports about the stock. Mizuho lifted their price target on shares of CrowdStrike from $475.00 to $540.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday, November 17th. DZ Bank lowered CrowdStrike from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating and set a $440.00 target price on the stock. in a report on Wednesday, September 24th. The Goldman Sachs Group increased their price target on CrowdStrike from $535.00 to $564.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, December 3rd. HSBC raised their price target on CrowdStrike from $417.00 to $446.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research report on Thursday, December 4th. Finally, Rosenblatt Securities reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $630.00 price objective on shares of CrowdStrike in a research report on Wednesday, December 3rd. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty-two have assigned a Buy rating, seventeen have given a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $554.74.

CrowdStrike Price Performance

Shares of CRWD opened at $517.98 on Tuesday. The stock has a market cap of $129.99 billion, a P/E ratio of -411.10, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 124.70 and a beta of 1.09. CrowdStrike has a 1 year low of $298.00 and a 1 year high of $566.90. The stock’s 50-day moving average price is $516.10 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $481.00. The company has a current ratio of 1.81, a quick ratio of 1.81 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.18.

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, December 2nd. The company reported $0.96 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.94 by $0.02. The company had revenue of $1.23 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.22 billion. CrowdStrike had a negative return on equity of 2.12% and a negative net margin of 6.88%.CrowdStrike’s revenue was up 21.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $0.93 EPS. CrowdStrike has set its FY 2026 guidance at 3.700-3.720 EPS and its Q4 2026 guidance at 1.090-1.110 EPS. On average, equities analysts predict that CrowdStrike will post 0.55 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Buying and Selling at CrowdStrike

In related news, President Michael Sentonas sold 20,000 shares of the firm’s 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 completion of the transaction, the president owned 379,116 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $189,558,000. This trade represents a 5.01% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, Director Denis Oleary sold 7,750 shares of CrowdStrike stock in a transaction on Friday, December 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $515.44, for a total transaction of $3,994,660.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 10,816 shares in the company, valued at $5,574,999.04. The trade was a 41.74% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders have sold a total of 118,672 shares of company stock valued at $60,280,613 in the last three months. 3.32% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Institutional Trading of CrowdStrike

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of CRWD. Advyzon Investment Management LLC grew its holdings in CrowdStrike by 142.9% in the 2nd quarter. Advyzon Investment Management LLC now owns 906 shares of the company’s stock valued at $461,000 after buying an additional 533 shares in the last quarter. Draper Asset Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of CrowdStrike by 59.1% during the second quarter. Draper Asset Management LLC now owns 4,358 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,176,000 after buying an additional 1,619 shares in the last quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. boosted its position in shares of CrowdStrike by 33.2% in the first quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. now owns 24,059 shares of the company’s stock valued at $8,483,000 after acquiring an additional 5,998 shares during the period. Drucker Wealth 3.0 LLC acquired a new position in shares of CrowdStrike in the second quarter valued at about $397,000. Finally, Accel Wealth Management bought a new position in CrowdStrike during the second quarter worth about $269,000. 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.