CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) Shares Down 2.5% – Time to Sell?

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD)’s share price fell 2.5% during trading on Tuesday . The stock traded as low as $440.23 and last traded at $442.73. 3,220,258 shares changed hands during trading, an increase of 10% from the average session volume of 2,914,979 shares. The stock had previously closed at $453.88.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

CRWD has been the topic of several recent research reports. Susquehanna increased their target price on shares of CrowdStrike from $530.00 to $600.00 and gave the stock a “positive” rating in a report on Wednesday, December 3rd. Macquarie reaffirmed a “neutral” rating and issued a $485.00 price target on shares of CrowdStrike in a research report on Wednesday, December 3rd. Wells Fargo & Company increased their price objective on shares of CrowdStrike from $550.00 to $600.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 1st. Daiwa Capital Markets boosted their price objective on shares of CrowdStrike from $530.00 to $560.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Tuesday, December 9th. Finally, Needham & Company LLC upped 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. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $555.21.

CrowdStrike Price Performance

The company has a market cap of $111.61 billion, a PE ratio of -351.37, a PEG ratio of 110.19 and a beta of 1.03. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.18, a current ratio of 1.81 and a quick ratio of 1.81. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $492.65 and its 200 day moving average is $479.70.

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, December 2nd. The company reported $0.96 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.94 by $0.02. CrowdStrike had a negative net margin of 6.88% and a negative return on equity of 2.12%. The business had revenue of $1.23 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.22 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $0.93 earnings per share. The business’s revenue for the quarter 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, equities analysts anticipate that CrowdStrike will post 0.55 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, CFO Burt W. Podbere sold 10,516 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, December 22nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $483.33, for a total transaction of $5,082,698.28. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 179,114 shares in the company, valued at $86,571,169.62. This represents a 5.55% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, CAO Anurag Saha sold 836 shares of CrowdStrike stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, December 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of $476.83, for a total transaction of $398,629.88. Following the completion of the sale, the chief accounting officer owned 43,726 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $20,849,868.58. This trade represents a 1.88% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders sold a total of 74,048 shares of company stock valued at $37,153,707 in the last 90 days. 3.32% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Institutional Trading of CrowdStrike

Large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC boosted its position in CrowdStrike by 54,635.9% in the second quarter. Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 4,293,484 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,186,714,000 after buying an additional 4,285,640 shares during the last quarter. Norges Bank acquired a new stake in CrowdStrike during the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $1,638,365,000. Vestor Capital LLC lifted its stake in CrowdStrike by 269,840.3% during the 2nd quarter. Vestor Capital LLC now owns 977,184 shares of the company’s stock valued at $497,690,000 after acquiring an additional 976,822 shares during the period. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of CrowdStrike by 2.6% in the 2nd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 23,430,572 shares of the company’s stock valued at $11,933,425,000 after acquiring an additional 596,007 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Assenagon Asset Management S.A. increased its stake in shares of CrowdStrike by 232.5% in the fourth quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. now owns 714,165 shares of the company’s stock worth $334,772,000 after acquiring an additional 499,353 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 71.16% of the company’s stock.

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.