Scotiabank Issues Positive Forecast for CrowdStrike Earnings

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) – Investment analysts at Scotiabank boosted their FY2026 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for CrowdStrike in a research note issued on Thursday, December 4th. Scotiabank analyst P. Colville now expects that the company will earn $0.18 per share for the year, up from their previous forecast of $0.16. Scotiabank currently has a “Outperform” rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for CrowdStrike’s current full-year earnings is $0.55 per share.

CRWD has been the subject of several other reports. Wells Fargo & Company increased their target price 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. Truist Financial increased their price objective on CrowdStrike from $550.00 to $600.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, November 18th. Weiss Ratings reissued a “sell (d)” rating on shares of CrowdStrike in a research note on Wednesday, October 8th. Royal Bank Of Canada restated an “outperform” rating and issued a $621.00 target price on shares of CrowdStrike in a report on Wednesday, December 3rd. Finally, Bank of America upped their target price on CrowdStrike from $470.00 to $535.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Monday, October 20th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty-two have assigned a Buy rating, seventeen have assigned a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $554.74.

CrowdStrike Stock Performance

NASDAQ:CRWD opened at $517.98 on Monday. The company has a 50-day moving average of $516.10 and a 200-day moving average of $481.00. The firm has a market cap of $129.99 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -411.10, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 124.70 and a beta of 1.09. The company has a current ratio of 1.81, a quick ratio of 1.81 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.18. CrowdStrike has a twelve month low of $298.00 and a twelve month high of $566.90.

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, December 2nd. The company reported $0.96 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping 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 analyst estimates of $1.22 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $0.93 earnings per share. CrowdStrike’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.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On CrowdStrike

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Brighton Jones LLC boosted its position in 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 purchasing an additional 2,417 shares during the last quarter. Ontario Teachers Pension Plan Board purchased a new stake in shares of CrowdStrike during the 1st quarter worth about $595,000. Savvy Advisors Inc. raised its stake in shares of CrowdStrike by 6.7% during the 1st quarter. Savvy Advisors Inc. now owns 1,066 shares of the company’s stock worth $376,000 after purchasing an additional 67 shares in the last quarter. Townsquare Capital LLC lifted its holdings in shares of CrowdStrike by 22.6% during the 1st quarter. Townsquare Capital LLC now owns 8,864 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,125,000 after buying an additional 1,636 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Zions Bancorporation National Association UT bought a new stake in shares of CrowdStrike in the 1st quarter valued at approximately $106,000. 71.16% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Activity at CrowdStrike

In other news, CEO George Kurtz sold 17,830 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, September 22nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $494.53, for a total value of $8,817,469.90. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 2,115,057 shares in the company, valued at $1,045,959,138.21. This represents a 0.84% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Also, Director Sameer K. Gandhi sold 5,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, November 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $550.20, for a total transaction of $2,751,000.00. Following the sale, the director owned 765,456 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $421,153,891.20. This represents a 0.65% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Over the last quarter, insiders have sold 118,672 shares of company stock worth $60,280,613. Company insiders own 3.32% of the company’s stock.

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.