Capital One Financial Issues Pessimistic Forecast for CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) Stock Price

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) had its price objective dropped by equities researchers at Capital One Financial from $600.00 to $590.00 in a report issued on Wednesday,MarketScreener reports. The firm presently has an “overweight” rating on the stock. Capital One Financial‘s price objective indicates a potential upside of 29.67% from the stock’s current price.

CRWD has been the subject of a number of other research reports. HSBC lifted their target price on shares of CrowdStrike from $417.00 to $446.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday, December 4th. Rosenblatt Securities reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $630.00 price objective on shares of CrowdStrike in a research note on Wednesday, December 3rd. Susquehanna raised their target price on CrowdStrike from $530.00 to $600.00 and gave the stock a “positive” rating in a research note on Wednesday, December 3rd. Citizens Jmp reiterated a “market outperform” rating and issued a $500.00 target price on shares of CrowdStrike in a report on Wednesday, December 3rd. Finally, Loop Capital set a $550.00 price target on CrowdStrike in a report on Thursday, December 11th. Thirty-two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eighteen have assigned a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, CrowdStrike currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $555.21.

CrowdStrike Trading Down 1.2%

Shares of CRWD traded down $5.70 during mid-day trading on Wednesday, reaching $455.00. 2,822,893 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 2,827,872. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $498.00 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $480.88. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.18, a quick ratio of 1.81 and a current ratio of 1.81. The stock has a market capitalization of $114.70 billion, a PE ratio of -361.11, a PEG ratio of 112.57 and a beta of 1.03. CrowdStrike has a 52 week low of $298.00 and a 52 week high of $566.90.

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) last released its earnings results 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 net margin of 6.88% and a negative return on equity of 2.12%. The business had revenue of $1.23 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.22 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $0.93 EPS. The company’s revenue for the quarter 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. On average, analysts predict that CrowdStrike will post 0.55 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Activity

In other news, President Michael Sentonas sold 11,461 shares of CrowdStrike stock in a transaction dated Monday, December 22nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $479.78, for a total transaction of $5,498,758.58. Following the completion of the transaction, the president directly owned 342,655 shares in the company, valued at $164,399,015.90. This trade represents a 3.24% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, Director Denis Oleary sold 7,750 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, December 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $515.44, for a total transaction of $3,994,660.00. Following the sale, the director directly owned 10,816 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $5,574,999.04. The trade was a 41.74% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. In the last 90 days, insiders have sold 71,048 shares of company stock valued at $35,767,887. 3.32% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of large investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its stake in CrowdStrike by 1.9% during the 3rd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 23,876,498 shares of the company’s stock valued at $11,708,557,000 after acquiring an additional 445,926 shares in the last quarter. State Street Corp raised its holdings in shares of CrowdStrike by 1.1% in the third quarter. State Street Corp now owns 10,922,290 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,356,073,000 after purchasing an additional 117,639 shares during the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC lifted its position in shares of CrowdStrike by 5.0% during the second quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 5,728,167 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,903,752,000 after purchasing an additional 273,922 shares in the last quarter. Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in CrowdStrike by 54,635.9% during the second quarter. Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 4,293,484 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,186,714,000 after purchasing an additional 4,285,640 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Norges Bank bought a new stake in CrowdStrike in the 2nd quarter worth about $1,638,365,000. Institutional investors own 71.16% of the company’s stock.

Key Stories Impacting CrowdStrike

Here are the key news stories impacting CrowdStrike this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Acquisition of SGNL (continuous identity) for $740M strengthens CrowdStrike’s identity strategy and extends Falcon into real‑time, risk‑based access control — a direct play on securing AI agents and non‑human identities; strategic rationale and potential revenue cross‑sell are bullish catalysts. Why CrowdStrike’s SGNL Acquisition Matters for CRWD Stock
• Positive Sentiment: CrowdStrike agreed to buy Seraphic to add browser security (AI‑driven risks inside browser sessions), expanding product scope and creating another cross‑sell opportunity inside Falcon. CRWD to Acquire Seraphic: Is Browser Security the Next Growth Engine?
• Positive Sentiment: Legal overhang reduced after a federal judge dismissed the shareholder lawsuit tied to the 2024 outage — removes a risk factor that had weighed on the stock. CrowdStrike defeats shareholder lawsuit over huge software outage
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst support is firming: Berenberg upgraded to Buy and firms like BTIG reiterated bullish stances (some price targets as high as $640) — signals that some sell‑side skeptics are turning more constructive. CrowdStrike: A Major Bear Throws in the Towel—Upside Ahead BTIG Research Reiterates “Buy” Rating for CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD)
• Neutral Sentiment: CEO George Kurtz is publicly cautious about giving AI agents too much autonomy (“drunken intern” phrasing) even as CrowdStrike accelerates acquisitions — signals active risk management but also highlights execution challenges in securing agentic AI. CrowdStrike CEO says AI agents are unpredictable as company snaps up more cybersecurity startups
• Neutral Sentiment: KeyCorp published detailed quarterly and FY estimates (Sector Weight) for FY2027 — updates provide guidance context but are not a firm vote of confidence or alarm by themselves.
• Negative Sentiment: KeyBanc downgraded CrowdStrike to Sector Weight, citing valuation concerns and a more cautious near‑term view on security budgets — a notable analyst headwind that can pressure sentiment and shares. KeyBanc downgrades CrowdStrike Holdings (CRWD)
• Negative Sentiment: Near‑term technical/flow pressure and profit‑taking: commentary notes the stock fell more than the market in recent sessions and remains below its November peak — elevates the risk of short‑term consolidation. Here’s Why CrowdStrike Holdings (CRWD) Fell More Than Broader Market

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.