CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) Director Sameer Gandhi Sells 44 Shares of Stock

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) Director Sameer Gandhi sold 44 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, December 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $526.91, for a total transaction of $23,184.04. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 762,983 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $402,023,372.53. This trade represents a 0.01% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink.

CrowdStrike Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:CRWD traded down $12.87 during trading on Friday, reaching $504.78. 2,633,474 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 2,318,488. The firm has a market cap of $126.68 billion, a PE ratio of -400.62, a P/E/G ratio of 125.30 and a beta of 1.09. CrowdStrike has a fifty-two week low of $298.00 and a fifty-two week high of $566.90. The company has a quick ratio of 1.81, a current ratio of 1.81 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.18. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $517.20 and a 200-day simple moving average of $481.87.

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, December 2nd. 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 company had revenue of $1.23 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.22 billion. During the same period last year, the company earned $0.93 earnings per share. CrowdStrike’s quarterly revenue was up 21.8% compared to the same quarter last year. CrowdStrike has set its FY 2026 guidance at 3.700-3.720 EPS and its Q4 2026 guidance at 1.090-1.110 EPS. As a group, analysts predict that CrowdStrike will post 0.55 earnings per share for the current year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

CRWD has been the topic of several research analyst reports. Mizuho lifted their target price on shares of CrowdStrike from $475.00 to $540.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday, November 17th. Argus boosted their price target on shares of CrowdStrike from $540.00 to $600.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, December 5th. Daiwa Capital Markets upped their price objective on shares of CrowdStrike from $530.00 to $560.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Tuesday. New Street Research set a $460.00 target price on shares of CrowdStrike in a research note on Thursday, August 28th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group upped their price target on CrowdStrike from $515.00 to $600.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, November 19th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty-two have given a Buy rating, seventeen have given a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $554.65.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On CrowdStrike

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Advyzon Investment Management LLC grew its stake in shares of CrowdStrike by 142.9% during the 2nd quarter. Advyzon Investment Management LLC now owns 906 shares of the company’s stock worth $461,000 after purchasing an additional 533 shares during the period. Draper Asset Management LLC boosted its holdings in CrowdStrike by 59.1% during the second quarter. Draper Asset Management LLC now owns 4,358 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,176,000 after buying an additional 1,619 shares in the last quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. grew its position in CrowdStrike by 33.2% during the first quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. now owns 24,059 shares of the company’s stock worth $8,483,000 after buying an additional 5,998 shares during the period. Drucker Wealth 3.0 LLC purchased a new position in CrowdStrike in the second quarter valued at about $397,000. Finally, Accel Wealth Management purchased a new stake in shares of CrowdStrike during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $269,000. 71.16% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

About CrowdStrike

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.