CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) Price Target Raised to $600.00 at Capital One Financial

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) had its target price hoisted by analysts at Capital One Financial from $599.00 to $600.00 in a report released on Wednesday,MarketScreener reports. The brokerage presently has an “overweight” rating on the stock. Capital One Financial‘s price target suggests a potential upside of 19.16% from the stock’s previous close.

CRWD has been the topic of a number of other reports. Piper Sandler reissued a “neutral” rating and set a $520.00 price objective on shares of CrowdStrike in a research report on Wednesday. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “sell (d)” rating on shares of CrowdStrike in a research note on Wednesday, October 8th. Westpark Capital reiterated a “hold” rating on shares of CrowdStrike in a research report on Wednesday, October 15th. Stephens increased their price target on shares of CrowdStrike from $525.00 to $590.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, October 9th. Finally, BTIG Research restated a “buy” rating and issued a $640.00 price objective on shares of CrowdStrike in a report on Wednesday. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty have issued a Buy rating, fifteen have assigned a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, CrowdStrike currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $555.29.

CrowdStrike Trading Down 2.5%

NASDAQ:CRWD traded down $13.04 during mid-day trading on Wednesday, reaching $503.51. 1,963,435 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 3,415,534. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $512.64 and a 200-day moving average price of $478.46. The firm has a market capitalization of $126.36 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -423.58, a PEG ratio of 118.84 and a beta of 1.09. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.20, a current ratio of 1.88 and a quick ratio of 1.88. CrowdStrike has a 12-month low of $298.00 and a 12-month high of $566.90.

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, December 2nd. The company reported $0.96 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.94 by $0.02. CrowdStrike had a negative return on equity of 1.53% and a negative net margin of 6.84%.The business had revenue of $1.23 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.22 billion. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $0.93 EPS. The business’s 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, sell-side analysts predict that CrowdStrike will post 0.55 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other CrowdStrike news, CEO George Kurtz sold 6,975 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Monday, November 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $549.89, for a total value of $3,835,482.75. Following the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 2,108,082 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,159,213,210.98. The trade was a 0.33% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Also, Director Johanna Flower sold 2,347 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, October 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $490.98, for a total value of $1,152,330.06. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 79,057 shares in the company, valued at approximately $38,815,405.86. This represents a 2.88% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders have sold a total of 116,622 shares of company stock worth $58,561,456 over the last three months. Corporate insiders own 3.32% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of CrowdStrike

Several institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of CRWD. Brighton Jones LLC raised its holdings in CrowdStrike by 44.9% in the fourth quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 7,803 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,670,000 after buying an additional 2,417 shares during the last quarter. New Age Alpha Advisors LLC increased its position in shares of CrowdStrike by 100.0% during the first quarter. New Age Alpha Advisors LLC now owns 12,000 shares of the company’s stock valued at $4,231,000 after acquiring an additional 6,000 shares in the last quarter. Advyzon Investment Management LLC purchased a new position in CrowdStrike in the 1st quarter worth approximately $132,000. Cary Street Partners Investment Advisory LLC raised its holdings in CrowdStrike by 292.9% in the 1st quarter. Cary Street Partners Investment Advisory LLC now owns 220 shares of the company’s stock worth $78,000 after acquiring an additional 164 shares during the last quarter. Finally, iA Global Asset Management Inc. lifted its position in CrowdStrike by 2.1% in the 1st quarter. iA Global Asset Management Inc. now owns 25,741 shares of the company’s stock valued at $9,076,000 after acquiring an additional 536 shares in the last quarter. 71.16% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

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.