CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) Director Sells $3,994,660.00 in Stock

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) Director Denis Oleary sold 7,750 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated 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 directly owned 10,816 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $5,574,999.04. This trade represents a 41.74% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website.

CrowdStrike Price Performance

CRWD opened at $519.54 on Thursday. 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 simple moving average is $516.49 and its 200 day simple moving average is $481.27. The firm has a market cap of $130.38 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -412.33, a PEG ratio of 125.38 and a beta of 1.09. CrowdStrike has a 1 year low of $298.00 and a 1 year high of $566.90.

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, December 2nd. The company reported $0.96 earnings per share 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 during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.22 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $0.93 earnings per share. The business’s quarterly 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. As a group, analysts predict that CrowdStrike will post 0.55 earnings per share for the current year.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On CrowdStrike

Several hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Asset Planning Inc bought a new stake in shares of CrowdStrike during the 3rd quarter valued at $25,000. Pilgrim Partners Asia Pte Ltd purchased a new position in CrowdStrike during the third quarter valued at $25,000. Anchor Investment Management LLC purchased a new position in CrowdStrike during the third quarter valued at $25,000. AlphaQuest LLC bought a new stake in CrowdStrike in the second quarter worth $26,000. Finally, Logan Capital Management Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of CrowdStrike in the third quarter worth $26,000. 71.16% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities research analysts have issued reports on the stock. Capital One Financial raised their price target on shares of CrowdStrike from $599.00 to $600.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday, December 3rd. Needham & Company LLC increased their target price on shares of CrowdStrike from $535.00 to $575.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, December 3rd. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft boosted their price target on CrowdStrike from $435.00 to $475.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a report on Wednesday, December 3rd. JMP Securities upped their price target on CrowdStrike from $500.00 to $550.00 and gave the company a “market outperform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, September 23rd. Finally, Daiwa Capital Markets lifted their price objective on CrowdStrike from $530.00 to $560.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Tuesday. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty-two have assigned a Buy rating, seventeen have given a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, CrowdStrike presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $554.74.

CrowdStrike Company Profile

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.