Jefferies Financial Group Has Lowered Expectations for CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) Stock Price

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) had its price objective reduced by equities research analysts at Jefferies Financial Group from $600.00 to $500.00 in a research note issued on Friday,MarketScreener reports. The brokerage currently has a “buy” rating on the stock. Jefferies Financial Group’s price objective indicates a potential upside of 34.69% from the company’s current price.

CRWD has been the topic of a number of other reports. Wedbush restated an “outperform” rating and issued a $600.00 target price on shares of CrowdStrike in a report on Monday, December 1st. Barclays cut their price objective on shares of CrowdStrike from $610.00 to $550.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, February 20th. Morgan Stanley lifted their target price on shares of CrowdStrike from $515.00 to $537.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Thursday, December 18th. Stephens set a $465.00 price objective on CrowdStrike in a report on Wednesday. Finally, Evercore lowered their price objective on CrowdStrike from $460.00 to $375.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday. Thirty research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, sixteen have issued a Hold rating and three have assigned a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, CrowdStrike presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $528.74.

CrowdStrike Trading Down 2.6%

Shares of CRWD opened at $371.22 on Friday. CrowdStrike has a 1-year low of $298.00 and a 1-year high of $566.90. 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 firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $440.88 and a 200-day simple moving average of $469.71. The stock has a market cap of $93.58 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -294.62, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 20.44 and a beta of 1.03.

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, December 3rd. The company reported $0.96 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates 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 firm had revenue of $1.23 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.22 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $0.93 EPS. CrowdStrike’s quarterly revenue was up 21.8% on a year-over-year basis. Equities analysts forecast that CrowdStrike will post 0.55 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Activity

In other news, Director Denis Oleary sold 7,750 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, December 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $515.44, for a total value of $3,994,660.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 10,816 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $5,574,999.04. This represents a 41.74% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, President Michael Sentonas sold 11,461 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Monday, December 22nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $479.78, for a total transaction of $5,498,758.58. Following the sale, the president directly owned 342,655 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $164,399,015.90. This trade represents a 3.24% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders sold a total of 100,247 shares of company stock valued at $45,722,274 over the last quarter. 3.32% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Disciplined Equity Management Inc. increased its position in shares of CrowdStrike by 0.8% during the third quarter. Disciplined Equity Management Inc. now owns 2,405 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,179,000 after acquiring an additional 20 shares during the last quarter. TD Private Client Wealth LLC increased its stake in shares of CrowdStrike by 6.4% in the third quarter. TD Private Client Wealth LLC now owns 334 shares of the company’s stock worth $164,000 after buying an additional 20 shares during the last quarter. Financially Speaking Inc boosted its stake in CrowdStrike by 26.7% during the 3rd quarter. Financially Speaking Inc now owns 95 shares of the company’s stock valued at $47,000 after acquiring an additional 20 shares during the last quarter. Catalyst Financial Partners LLC increased its position in shares of CrowdStrike by 1.6% in the 3rd quarter. Catalyst Financial Partners LLC now owns 1,246 shares of the company’s stock worth $611,000 after purchasing an additional 20 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Fire Capital Management LLC grew its stake in CrowdStrike by 1.7% in the third quarter. Fire Capital Management LLC now owns 1,239 shares of the company’s stock worth $608,000 after purchasing an additional 21 shares in the last quarter. 71.16% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Key Stories Impacting CrowdStrike

Here are the key news stories impacting CrowdStrike this week:

• Positive Sentiment: CrowdStrike launched FalconID (phishing‑resistant, risk‑aware MFA) now generally available — strengthens identity security offering and helps monetize AI‑era demand for authentication protection. CrowdStrike FalconID Release
• Positive Sentiment: Strategic partnerships expanding Falcon platform in AI stacks — VAST Data integration and Splashtop integration broaden telemetry, governance and endpoint management touchpoints that can drive adoption and sticky revenue. VAST Data Partnership
• Positive Sentiment: Positive commentary from market influencers helped sentiment — Nvidia CEO remarks easing AI cannibalization fears and Jim Cramer spotlighting CrowdStrike supported the intraday bounce. These headlines can draw momentum buyers back into CRWD. Shares Skyrocket After Nvidia Comments
• Neutral Sentiment: Stock moved higher on above‑average volume, but analysts note recent earnings‑estimate revision trends could cap near‑term upside — the trade is now balancing product/partnership tailwinds against estimate momentum. Earnings Estimate Revision Note
• Neutral Sentiment: CrowdStrike will present at investor conferences and run Fal.Con Gov (March) — increased visibility to institutional and public‑sector buyers is a midterm positive but not an immediate revenue read. Investor Conference & Fal.Con Gov
• Negative Sentiment: Analyst price‑target adjustments and pessimistic notes. Evercore cut its PT to $375 and moved to equal weight; other shops (Oppenheimer, TD Cowen) issued cautious forecasts — these changes increase near‑term downside risk and can pressure sentiment. Evercore Price Target Cut
• Negative Sentiment: AI vendor moves (Anthropic/Claude headlines) have spooked parts of the cybersecurity group and amplified volatility; some investors view this as a near‑term risk despite CrowdStrike’s expanding moat. Claude Risk & Market Reaction

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.