Anurag Saha Sells 836 Shares of CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) Stock

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) CAO Anurag Saha sold 836 shares of CrowdStrike stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, December 24th. The shares were sold at an average price of $476.83, for a total value of $398,629.88. Following the sale, the chief accounting officer owned 43,726 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $20,849,868.58. This trade represents a 1.88% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website.

Anurag Saha also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Monday, December 22nd, Anurag Saha sold 1,530 shares of CrowdStrike stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $479.78, for a total transaction of $734,063.40.

CrowdStrike Trading Down 0.1%

Shares of CrowdStrike stock opened at $475.63 on Wednesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.18, a current ratio of 1.81 and a quick ratio of 1.81. CrowdStrike has a 1 year low of $298.00 and a 1 year high of $566.90. The firm has a market cap of $119.91 billion, a PE ratio of -377.48, a PEG ratio of 114.47 and a beta of 1.09. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $513.16 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $482.71.

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, December 2nd. The company reported $0.96 earnings per share for the quarter, beating 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 firm had revenue of $1.23 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.22 billion. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $0.93 EPS. The business’s quarterly revenue 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. Analysts expect that CrowdStrike will post 0.55 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

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

Trending Headlines about CrowdStrike

Here are the key news stories impacting CrowdStrike this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Broader AI/cyber momentum — Wedbush and other strategists are pushing AI-themed portfolios into 2026, reinforcing demand for security vendors like CrowdStrike as AI adoption drives enterprise spend. Microsoft and Palantir Lead Wedbush’s Top AI Picks for 2026
• Positive Sentiment: Wall Street spotlight on AI winners — several analyst roundups name CrowdStrike among key cyber‑AI beneficiaries for 2026, supporting analyst upgrades and higher price targets that underlie bullish investor positioning. Top Wall Street analyst picks 5 AI stocks for 2026
• Positive Sentiment: MarketBeat / analyst upgrade momentum — MarketBeat lists CRWD among the most‑upgraded names, citing AI‑enabled product strength, acquisitions and improving margins as catalysts for mid‑teens upside consensus. The 5 Most Upgraded Stocks from 2025: Double-Digit Upside in 2026
• Positive Sentiment: Fresh investor interest noted — coverage pieces (Zacks, MSN commentary) highlight CrowdStrike as a top cyber‑AI exposure, which can attract momentum flows into CRWD. CrowdStrike (CRWD) is Attracting Investor Attention
• Neutral Sentiment: Unusual options activity — Benzinga flags notable options trades in CRWD, signaling elevated short‑term speculation or hedging; follow size/direction to infer whether bulls or bears are positioning. CrowdStrike Holdings Unusual Options Activity For December 30
• Neutral Sentiment: CEO performance award granted — CrowdStrike approved a new performance‑based equity grant for the CEO; intended to align incentives but could imply future dilution or model changes depending on vesting metrics. CrowdStrike Grants CEO New Performance-Based Equity Award
• Negative Sentiment: Insider selling — CAO Anurag Saha sold 836 shares (~$476.83 avg), trimming his stake; while not large, insider sales can prompt short‑term selling or signal liquidity needs to some investors. SEC Form 4: Anurag Saha sale

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several equities analysts have recently commented on CRWD shares. Zacks Research lowered CrowdStrike from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Wednesday, December 24th. Piper Sandler upped their target price on CrowdStrike from $450.00 to $520.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Wednesday, December 3rd. Arete Research set a $706.00 price target on shares of CrowdStrike in a research report on Tuesday, October 28th. Guggenheim restated a “neutral” rating on shares of CrowdStrike in a report on Monday, November 24th. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and issued a $621.00 price objective on shares of CrowdStrike in a research note on Wednesday, December 3rd. Thirty-two research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eighteen have given a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $555.10.

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.