CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) CAO Anurag Saha Sells 836 Shares

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) CAO Anurag Saha sold 836 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, December 24th. The shares were sold at an average price of $476.83, for a total transaction of $398,629.88. Following the completion of the sale, the chief accounting officer owned 43,726 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $20,849,868.58. This trade represents a 1.88% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website.

Anurag Saha also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Monday, December 22nd, Anurag Saha sold 1,530 shares of CrowdStrike stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $479.78, for a total transaction of $734,063.40.

CrowdStrike Trading Down 1.1%

Shares of CrowdStrike stock opened at $475.91 on Tuesday. The company has a 50-day moving average of $513.73 and a two-hundred day moving average of $482.74. CrowdStrike has a 12-month low of $298.00 and a 12-month high of $566.90. The company has a current ratio of 1.81, a quick ratio of 1.81 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.18. The stock has a market cap of $119.98 billion, a PE ratio of -377.71, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 115.74 and a beta of 1.09.

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, December 2nd. The company reported $0.96 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.94 by $0.02. CrowdStrike had a negative return on equity of 2.12% and a negative net margin of 6.88%.The business 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 company earned $0.93 EPS. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 21.8% on a year-over-year basis. 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, research analysts anticipate that CrowdStrike will post 0.55 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On CrowdStrike

Several hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in CRWD. Mirabella Financial Services LLP increased its stake in CrowdStrike by 157.4% in the third quarter. Mirabella Financial Services LLP now owns 3,336 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,633,000 after purchasing an additional 2,040 shares during the last quarter. New Mexico Educational Retirement Board increased its stake in shares of CrowdStrike by 3.7% during the 3rd quarter. New Mexico Educational Retirement Board now owns 11,300 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,541,000 after acquiring an additional 400 shares during the last quarter. Strategic Investment Solutions Inc. IL lifted its holdings in shares of CrowdStrike by 12.4% during the 3rd quarter. Strategic Investment Solutions Inc. IL now owns 199 shares of the company’s stock worth $98,000 after acquiring an additional 22 shares during the period. Severin Investments LLC lifted its holdings in shares of CrowdStrike by 4.3% during the 3rd quarter. Severin Investments LLC now owns 1,101 shares of the company’s stock worth $540,000 after acquiring an additional 45 shares during the period. Finally, Allworth Financial LP boosted its position in shares of CrowdStrike by 24.7% in the third 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. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 71.16% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

CRWD has been the topic of a number of research reports. Weiss Ratings reissued a “sell (d+)” rating on shares of CrowdStrike in a research note on Tuesday, December 23rd. The Goldman Sachs Group increased their price target on shares of CrowdStrike from $535.00 to $564.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, December 3rd. Robert W. Baird lifted their price objective on CrowdStrike from $490.00 to $550.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Friday, November 14th. Sanford C. Bernstein reaffirmed a “market perform” rating and issued a $353.00 target price on shares of CrowdStrike in a research note on Wednesday, December 3rd. Finally, Citizens Jmp reissued a “market outperform” rating and set a $500.00 price target on shares of CrowdStrike in a research report on Wednesday, December 3rd. Thirty-two research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eighteen have given a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $555.10.

Trending Headlines about CrowdStrike

Here are the key news stories impacting CrowdStrike this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Broader analyst and media bullishness around CrowdStrike’s AI-enabled platform and 2026 outlook supports upside — MarketBeat lists CRWD among the “Most Upgraded” stocks, citing AI-driven growth, aggressive M&A and analyst revisions pointing to mid‑teens consensus upside. The 5 Most Upgraded Stocks from 2025: Double-Digit Upside in 2026
• Positive Sentiment: Sell‑side and pundit support for cyber/AI exposure: Wedbush/Dan Ives and other commentators are highlighting cyber‑AI as a 2026 theme and naming CrowdStrike among key beneficiaries — this fuels investor interest in CRWD as an AI/cyber growth play. The 5 AI stocks Dan Ives thinks will define 2026 Dan Ives Is Betting on Cyber-AI for 2026. 1 Stock to Load Up on Now.
• Positive Sentiment: Mainstream endorsements — Jim Cramer and other commentators have cited CrowdStrike as a “best of breed” cybersecurity pick, which can attract momentum buyers and institutional interest. Jim Cramer Considers CrowdStrike One of the “Best of Breed” in Cybersecurity
• Neutral Sentiment: CrowdStrike granted a new performance-based equity award to the CEO — this is intended to align long-term incentives but may be viewed as incremental dilution or a cost in near-term models; monitor filing/details for vesting metrics and potential accounting impact. CrowdStrike Grants CEO New Performance-Based Equity Award
• Negative Sentiment: Insider selling: CAO Anurag Saha sold 836 shares at ~$476.83 (total ~$398.6k), reducing his stake by ~1.9% — while not large relative to executive holdings, such filings can trigger short‑term selling or signal liquidity needs to some investors. SEC Form 4: Anurag Saha sale

About CrowdStrike

CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc (NASDAQ: CRWD) is a cybersecurity company founded in 2011 and headquartered in Sunnyvale, California. The firm was co-founded by George Kurtz and Dmitri Alperovitch and became a publicly traded company following its initial public offering in 2019. CrowdStrike positions itself as a provider of cloud-native security solutions designed to protect endpoints, cloud workloads, identities and data against sophisticated cyber threats.

The company’s core offering is the CrowdStrike Falcon platform, a modular, cloud-delivered security architecture that combines endpoint protection (EPP), endpoint detection and response (EDR), threat intelligence, and device control through lightweight agents and centralized telemetry.