CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) CAO Anurag Saha Sells 836 Shares

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) CAO Anurag Saha sold 836 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, December 24th. The shares were sold at an average price of $476.83, for a total transaction of $398,629.88. Following the sale, the chief accounting officer directly 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 filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink.

Anurag Saha also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Monday, December 22nd, Anurag Saha sold 1,530 shares of CrowdStrike stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $479.78, for a total transaction of $734,063.40.

CrowdStrike Stock Down 1.1%

Shares of CrowdStrike stock traded down $5.28 during trading hours on Monday, hitting $475.91. 1,273,482 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 2,377,242. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $514.28 and a 200-day simple moving average of $482.78. 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 market cap of $119.98 billion, a PE ratio of -377.71, a PEG ratio of 115.74 and a beta of 1.09. CrowdStrike has a twelve month low of $298.00 and a twelve month high of $566.90.

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, December 2nd. The company reported $0.96 EPS for the quarter, topping 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 business had revenue of $1.23 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.22 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $0.93 earnings per share. The company’s 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. Equities research analysts anticipate that CrowdStrike will post 0.55 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Trading of CrowdStrike

Hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Brighton Jones LLC boosted its holdings in shares of CrowdStrike by 44.9% during the fourth quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 7,803 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,670,000 after acquiring an additional 2,417 shares during the period. Canada Pension Plan Investment Board increased its holdings in shares of CrowdStrike by 555.1% in the 1st quarter. Canada Pension Plan Investment Board now owns 33,144 shares of the company’s stock worth $11,686,000 after acquiring an additional 28,085 shares during the period. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company lifted its position in CrowdStrike by 5.0% in the 1st quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company now owns 166,448 shares of the company’s stock valued at $58,686,000 after purchasing an additional 7,933 shares during the last quarter. Evergreen Capital Management LLC boosted its stake in CrowdStrike by 29.7% during the 1st quarter. Evergreen Capital Management LLC now owns 1,501 shares of the company’s stock valued at $529,000 after purchasing an additional 344 shares during the period. Finally, Activest Wealth Management grew its position in CrowdStrike by 53.0% in the 1st quarter. Activest Wealth Management now owns 176 shares of the company’s stock worth $62,000 after purchasing an additional 61 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 71.16% of the company’s stock.

Key Stores Impacting CrowdStrike

Here are the key news stories impacting CrowdStrike this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Broader analyst and media bullishness around CrowdStrike’s AI-enabled platform and 2026 outlook supports upside — MarketBeat lists CRWD among the “Most Upgraded” stocks, citing AI-driven growth, aggressive M&A and analyst revisions pointing to mid‑teens consensus upside. The 5 Most Upgraded Stocks from 2025: Double-Digit Upside in 2026
• Positive Sentiment: Sell‑side and pundit support for cyber/AI exposure: Wedbush/Dan Ives and other commentators are highlighting cyber‑AI as a 2026 theme and naming CrowdStrike among key beneficiaries — this fuels investor interest in CRWD as an AI/cyber growth play. The 5 AI stocks Dan Ives thinks will define 2026 Dan Ives Is Betting on Cyber-AI for 2026. 1 Stock to Load Up on Now.
• Positive Sentiment: Mainstream endorsements — Jim Cramer and other commentators have cited CrowdStrike as a “best of breed” cybersecurity pick, which can attract momentum buyers and institutional interest. Jim Cramer Considers CrowdStrike One of the “Best of Breed” in Cybersecurity
• Neutral Sentiment: CrowdStrike granted a new performance-based equity award to the CEO — this is intended to align long-term incentives but may be viewed as incremental dilution or a cost in near-term models; monitor filing/details for vesting metrics and potential accounting impact. CrowdStrike Grants CEO New Performance-Based Equity Award
• Negative Sentiment: Insider selling: CAO Anurag Saha sold 836 shares at ~$476.83 (total ~$398.6k), reducing his stake by ~1.9% — while not large relative to executive holdings, such filings can trigger short‑term selling or signal liquidity needs to some investors. SEC Form 4: Anurag Saha sale

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several analysts recently issued reports on the stock. Bank of America upped their price target on shares of CrowdStrike from $470.00 to $535.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Monday, October 20th. Cowen restated a “buy” rating on shares of CrowdStrike in a research note on Wednesday, December 3rd. Zacks Research cut shares of CrowdStrike from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Wednesday, December 24th. Arete Research set a $706.00 price objective on CrowdStrike in a report on Tuesday, October 28th. Finally, Needham & Company LLC increased their target price on CrowdStrike from $535.00 to $575.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, December 3rd. Thirty-two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eighteen have issued a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, CrowdStrike has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $555.10.

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.