George Kurtz Sells 6,777 Shares of CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) Stock

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) CEO George Kurtz sold 6,777 shares of CrowdStrike stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, February 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $438.60, for a total transaction of $2,972,392.20. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 2,083,755 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $913,934,943. The trade was a 0.32% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website.

George Kurtz also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Monday, December 22nd, George Kurtz sold 17,550 shares of CrowdStrike stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $481.38, for a total value of $8,448,219.00.

CrowdStrike Price Performance

CRWD stock opened at $415.36 on Thursday. The stock has a market capitalization of $104.71 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -329.65, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 24.13 and a beta of 1.03. The company has a quick ratio of 1.81, a current ratio of 1.81 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.18. CrowdStrike has a 52-week low of $298.00 and a 52-week high of $566.90. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $475.14 and its 200-day simple moving average is $476.34.

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, December 3rd. The company reported $0.96 EPS for the quarter, beating 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 firm had revenue of $1.23 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.22 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $0.93 earnings per share. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 21.8% compared to the same quarter last year. Equities research analysts expect that CrowdStrike will post 0.55 EPS for the current year.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On CrowdStrike

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Disciplined Equity Management Inc. grew its position in CrowdStrike by 0.8% in 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 period. TD Private Client Wealth LLC lifted 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 buying an additional 20 shares in the last quarter. Financially Speaking Inc grew its holdings in shares of CrowdStrike by 26.7% during the third quarter. Financially Speaking Inc now owns 95 shares of the company’s stock valued at $47,000 after buying an additional 20 shares during the last quarter. Catalyst Financial Partners LLC increased its position in shares of CrowdStrike by 1.6% during the third quarter. Catalyst Financial Partners LLC now owns 1,246 shares of the company’s stock worth $611,000 after acquiring an additional 20 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Fire Capital Management LLC raised its holdings in shares of CrowdStrike by 1.7% in 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. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 71.16% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

CRWD has been the topic of a number of recent analyst reports. Stifel Nicolaus increased their price target on shares of CrowdStrike from $515.00 to $600.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, November 17th. Capital One Financial reduced their target price on CrowdStrike from $600.00 to $590.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, January 14th. Sanford C. Bernstein restated a “market perform” rating and set a $353.00 price target on shares of CrowdStrike in a research note on Wednesday, December 3rd. Mizuho set a $540.00 price objective on CrowdStrike in a report on Thursday, January 8th. Finally, Oppenheimer boosted their target price on CrowdStrike from $560.00 to $580.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Friday, November 21st. Thirty-one analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, sixteen have given a Hold rating and three have assigned a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $555.21.

Trending Headlines about CrowdStrike

Here are the key news stories impacting CrowdStrike this week:

• Positive Sentiment: CrowdStrike was named a Customers’ Choice in Gartner Peer Insights for Application Security Posture Management — a third‑party endorsement that supports product leadership and enterprise demand. CrowdStrike Named a Customers’ Choice
• Positive Sentiment: Coverage highlights CrowdStrike’s expansion into cloud security and identity protection, reinforcing recurring‑revenue durability and cross‑sell potential that underpin longer‑term ARR growth. Cloud Expansion & Recognition
• Neutral Sentiment: The company announced the date for its Q4 & FY2026 results call — a near‑term catalyst that can move the stock depending on guidance, ARR/renewal commentary and margin details. Conference Call Date Announced
• Neutral Sentiment: Jim Cramer highlighted the charitable trust’s new holdings and suggested some of the recent weakness looks like panic selling — commentary that can temper panic but is unlikely to reverse flows on its own. Jim Cramer Highlights Holdings
• Negative Sentiment: Zacks Research downgraded CRWD to a “strong sell” from “hold” — a formal analyst downgrade that can trigger additional selling by momentum and ETF flows sensitive to ratings. Zacks Downgrade
• Negative Sentiment: Insider sales: CEO George Kurtz and CFO Burt Podbere disclosed sales (multi‑hundred‑thousand to multi‑million dollar transactions) last week — not uncommon, but such high‑profile sales often amplify negative sentiment in a falling stock. CEO & CFO Insider Sales
• Negative Sentiment: Market commentary about a “floor test” after competitor upgrades and articles calling out stretched valuation are contributing to rotation out of high‑multiple cyber names and heavier intraday selling pressure. Floor Test After Fortinet Upgrade

CrowdStrike Company Profile

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.