CrowdStrike’s (CRWD) “Outperform” Rating Reiterated at Royal Bank Of Canada

Royal Bank Of Canada restated their outperform rating on shares of CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) in a research report released on Tuesday morning,Benzinga reports. The firm currently has a $550.00 target price on the stock.

Several other equities analysts have also recently issued reports on the company. TD Cowen dropped their target price on shares of CrowdStrike from $580.00 to $480.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, February 24th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft cut their price objective on CrowdStrike from $475.00 to $440.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, March 4th. Macquarie Infrastructure reiterated a “neutral” rating and set a $485.00 target price on shares of CrowdStrike in a report on Tuesday, January 27th. Barclays cut their price target on CrowdStrike from $610.00 to $550.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a report on Friday, February 20th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group decreased their price objective on CrowdStrike from $564.00 to $500.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, March 4th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty-two have issued a Buy rating, fifteen have assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, CrowdStrike has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $506.26.

CrowdStrike Price Performance

CRWD stock opened at $428.18 on Tuesday. The business’s 50-day moving average is $425.89 and its two-hundred day moving average is $469.42. The firm has a market capitalization of $108.59 billion, a P/E ratio of -578.61, a P/E/G ratio of 19.12 and a beta of 1.06. 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 0.17, a current ratio of 1.77 and a quick ratio of 1.77.

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, March 3rd. The company reported $1.12 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.10 by $0.02. CrowdStrike had a negative net margin of 3.81% and a negative return on equity of 0.14%. The company had revenue of $1.31 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.30 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $1.03 earnings per share. CrowdStrike’s quarterly revenue was up 23.8% on a year-over-year basis. Analysts anticipate that CrowdStrike will post 0.55 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, CEO George Kurtz sold 28,853 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, February 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $413.01, for a total transaction of $11,916,577.53. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 2,054,902 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $848,695,075.02. The trade was a 1.38% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, CFO Burt W. Podbere sold 7,871 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, February 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $415.78, for a total transaction of $3,272,604.38. Following the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 169,613 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $70,521,693.14. The trade was a 4.43% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. In the last quarter, insiders have sold 90,024 shares of company stock valued at $40,424,241. Company insiders own 3.32% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On CrowdStrike

A number of hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its position in shares of CrowdStrike by 1.4% in the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 24,216,545 shares of the company’s stock worth $11,351,748,000 after purchasing an additional 340,047 shares during the last quarter. State Street Corp raised its stake in CrowdStrike by 2.2% during the fourth quarter. State Street Corp now owns 11,161,718 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,232,167,000 after buying an additional 239,428 shares in the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC lifted its holdings in CrowdStrike by 2.4% during the 4th quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 5,947,969 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,777,227,000 after buying an additional 137,224 shares during the last quarter. Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC grew its position in shares of CrowdStrike by 54,635.9% in the 2nd quarter. Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 4,293,484 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,186,714,000 after acquiring an additional 4,285,640 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD grew its position in shares of CrowdStrike by 1.3% in the 4th quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 4,271,691 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,002,398,000 after acquiring an additional 53,813 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 71.16% of the company’s stock.

More CrowdStrike News

Here are the key news stories impacting CrowdStrike this week:

• Positive Sentiment: FedRAMP High authorization for Falcon for XIoT and expanded GovCloud capabilities open mission‑critical federal opportunities, strengthening CrowdStrike’s public‑sector TAM and procurement pathways. Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: Strategic AI partnerships (NVIDIA, EY and others) and focus on Falcon AI Detection & Response position CrowdStrike to capture large AI‑security budgets as enterprises deploy agentic AI. Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: CrowdStrike was named a core platform for securing the emerging autonomous AI workforce alongside Okta, reinforcing a long‑term growth narrative tied to AI security demand. Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: CrowdStrike, AWS and NVIDIA announced startup accelerator finalists (RSAC 2026) — a visibility and partner‑ecosystem signal that can aid channel expansion and product integrations. Article Title
• Neutral Sentiment: Royal Bank of Canada issued an Outperform — supportive for sentiment but not a guaranteed catalyst without material guidance changes. Article Title
• Neutral Sentiment: Multiple bullish writeups (Zacks, Yahoo, Seeking Alpha summaries of bullish Substack posts) highlight strong ARR and Falcon adoption, but are commentary rather than new corporate developments. Article Title
• Neutral Sentiment: Reported short‑interest data for March appears to contain anomalies (0 shares / NaN change), so it is not a meaningful driver at present.
• Negative Sentiment: Valuation concerns persist: commentary and screens point to very high trailing/forward multiples (recent articles cite elevated P/E and premium forward P/S), which can amplify downside on any growth miss. Article Title
• Negative Sentiment: Technical/volume context: the stock is trading below its 200‑day moving average (resistance) and volume today is below average—factors that can pressure the share price when coupled with valuation concerns.

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.