Anurag Saha Sells 1,138 Shares of CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) Stock

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) CAO Anurag Saha sold 1,138 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, March 23rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $411.06, for a total value of $467,786.28. Following the completion of the sale, the chief accounting officer owned 42,588 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $17,506,223.28. The trade was a 2.60% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link.

CrowdStrike Trading Up 1.8%

CRWD stock opened at $392.62 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $99.57 billion, a PE ratio of -530.56, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 16.93 and a beta of 1.06. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.17, a quick ratio of 1.77 and a current ratio of 1.77. CrowdStrike has a one year low of $298.00 and a one year high of $566.90. The company’s 50 day moving average price is $419.34 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $468.81.

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, March 3rd. The company reported $1.12 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.10 by $0.02. The company had revenue of $1.31 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.30 billion. CrowdStrike had a negative net margin of 3.81% and a negative return on equity of 0.14%. The firm’s revenue was up 23.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $1.03 EPS. As a group, analysts predict that CrowdStrike will post 0.55 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On CrowdStrike

Several hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Brighton Jones LLC increased its stake in CrowdStrike by 44.9% during the 4th quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 7,803 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,670,000 after purchasing an additional 2,417 shares in the last quarter. Empowered Funds LLC boosted its stake in CrowdStrike by 3.6% during the 1st quarter. Empowered Funds LLC now owns 4,812 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,697,000 after purchasing an additional 169 shares during the last quarter. Global Retirement Partners LLC purchased a new stake in CrowdStrike during the 2nd quarter valued at $6,083,000. Maripau Wealth Management LLC bought a new stake in shares of CrowdStrike in the 2nd quarter worth $239,000. Finally, CreativeOne Wealth LLC increased its holdings in CrowdStrike by 4.3% in the 2nd quarter. CreativeOne Wealth LLC now owns 6,941 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,535,000 after buying an additional 287 shares in the last quarter. 71.16% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

CRWD has been the subject of a number of recent analyst reports. Mizuho lowered their price target on shares of CrowdStrike from $540.00 to $490.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, February 17th. Stifel Nicolaus lowered their price objective on shares of CrowdStrike from $600.00 to $480.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Monday, February 23rd. Wedbush restated an “outperform” rating and set a $550.00 price target on shares of CrowdStrike in a report on Wednesday, March 4th. HSBC lifted their price objective on CrowdStrike from $417.00 to $446.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research report on Thursday, December 4th. Finally, Zacks Research raised shares of CrowdStrike from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Tuesday, March 3rd. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty-two have given a Buy rating, fifteen have assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, CrowdStrike has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $506.26.

CrowdStrike News Roundup

Here are the key news stories impacting CrowdStrike this week:

• Positive Sentiment: CrowdStrike introduced the Charlotte AI AgentWorks ecosystem and several Falcon AI capabilities (Agentic MDR, Falcon Data Security) aimed at making Falcon an AI‑centric security OS — a potential revenue‑mix and retention uplift through higher‑value services and platform lock‑in. Charlotte AI AgentWorks
• Positive Sentiment: Expanded integrations with IBM (integrating Charlotte AI with IBM’s ATOM) should accelerate agentic SOC deployments and increase channel reach into large enterprise SOCs. CrowdStrike and IBM Expand Strategic Collaboration
• Positive Sentiment: Deeper collaboration with Intel to optimize Falcon for AI‑powered PCs broadens endpoint coverage as AI workloads shift to devices — helps address a growing attack surface and reinforces product relevance. CrowdStrike and Intel Collaboration
• Neutral Sentiment: CrowdStrike’s ecosystem moves (AWS, NVIDIA, OpenAI, Anthropic partners) and startup accelerator (winner: Jazz) add strategic validation and PR but are unlikely to move near‑term fundamentals materially. CrowdStrike and AWS Announce Jazz as the Winner
• Negative Sentiment: Significant insider selling was disclosed (CEO George Kurtz, CFO Burt Podbere, President Michael Sentonas and others sold stock on March 23). Large executive sales amplify headline risk and can pressure sentiment even if driven by personal liquidity needs. SEC Form 4 (Kurtz sale)
• Negative Sentiment: Valuation and technicals remain headwinds: CRWD still trades at a premium to peers on growth expectations and sits below short‑term moving averages, leaving the stock exposed to rotation out of high‑multiple software names and any analyst target cuts. CrowdStrike Stock Outlook

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.