CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) Trading Up 1.7% on Earnings Beat

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD)’s share price was up 1.7% during trading on Tuesday following a better than expected earnings announcement. The stock traded as high as $394.92 and last traded at $391.42. Approximately 7,102,871 shares changed hands during mid-day trading, an increase of 82% from the average daily volume of 3,905,647 shares. The stock had previously closed at $384.86.

The company reported $1.12 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.10 by $0.02. CrowdStrike had a negative net margin of 6.88% and a negative return on equity of 2.12%. The company had revenue of $1.31 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.30 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $1.03 earnings per share. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 23.8% compared to the same quarter last year.

Key Headlines Impacting CrowdStrike

Here are the key news stories impacting CrowdStrike this week:

• Positive Sentiment: CrowdStrike’s CEO said demand for the Falcon platform is “elevated” in the AI era and management gave an upbeat earnings outlook, signaling confidence in subscription growth and enterprise spending on cybersecurity. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Q4/FY26 results showed continued top-line strength: revenue roughly $1.31B (+~23% YoY) and management highlighted record milestones (ending ARR ~$5.25B and ~$1.01B net new ARR). The company reported adjusted EPS that topped consensus by a small margin. Those metrics reinforce subscription durability and ARR expansion. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Multiple sell‑side shops updated coverage ahead of results (including upgrades/overweight calls and new coverage from Wells Fargo and Piper Sandler), which supports constructive analyst sentiment and helped intraday buying. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: Options-implied volatility signaled a large expected post‑earnings move (~8% swing), so price action may continue to be choppy even with a beat. Traders should expect elevated volatility around the release. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: Some coverage and data aggregators emphasize different accounting views (adjusted vs. GAAP): while non‑GAAP metrics looked solid, at least one third‑party summary highlighted weaker GAAP operating results and a year‑over‑year EPS decline on a GAAP basis — important for interpreting headline beats. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Ongoing market concerns about AI‑driven disruption to cybersecurity incumbents have pressured CRWD shares in recent weeks; investors remain sensitive to any guidance that slows or fails to reaccelerate growth. Geopolitical risk and broader tech weakness also weighed on sentiment into the print. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Quiver/third‑party data flagged heavy insider selling and notable institutional trimming in recent quarters — a potential governance/positioning signal that can add selling pressure if macro or guidance disappoints. Read More.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of analysts have weighed in on the stock. Weiss Ratings reissued a “sell (d+)” rating on shares of CrowdStrike in a report on Monday, December 29th. Jefferies Financial Group cut their price objective on shares of CrowdStrike from $600.00 to $500.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, February 27th. KeyCorp reiterated a “sector weight” rating on shares of CrowdStrike in a research note on Monday, January 12th. Zacks Research lowered CrowdStrike from a “hold” rating to a “strong sell” rating in a research note on Monday, February 2nd. Finally, Cantor Fitzgerald cut their price target on CrowdStrike from $590.00 to $520.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, February 24th. Thirty-one research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, fifteen have given a Hold rating and three have assigned a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $520.43.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other CrowdStrike news, CAO Anurag Saha sold 836 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, December 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of $476.83, for a total value of $398,629.88. Following the transaction, the chief accounting officer owned 43,726 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $20,849,868.58. The trade was a 1.88% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, CFO Burt W. Podbere sold 7,871 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, February 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $415.78, for a total transaction of $3,272,604.38. Following the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 169,613 shares in the company, valued at approximately $70,521,693.14. This represents a 4.43% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders have sold 100,247 shares of company stock worth $45,722,274 in the last three months. Company insiders own 3.32% of the company’s stock.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On CrowdStrike

A number of large investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Asset Planning Inc bought a new position in CrowdStrike in the third quarter valued at about $25,000. Pilgrim Partners Asia Pte Ltd acquired a new position in CrowdStrike during the 3rd quarter valued at about $25,000. Anchor Investment Management LLC acquired a new position in CrowdStrike during the 3rd quarter valued at about $25,000. AlphaQuest LLC bought a new position in shares of CrowdStrike in the 2nd quarter valued at about $26,000. Finally, Logan Capital Management Inc. bought a new position in shares of CrowdStrike in the 3rd quarter valued at about $26,000. 71.16% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

CrowdStrike Stock Performance

The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.18, a quick ratio of 1.81 and a current ratio of 1.81. The company has a market cap of $98.68 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -310.65, a PEG ratio of 21.65 and a beta of 1.06. The firm’s 50-day moving average price is $434.98 and its 200 day moving average price is $469.29.

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.