CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) Shares Down 2.5% – Should You Sell?

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) shares traded down 2.5% during mid-day trading on Tuesday . The stock traded as low as $440.23 and last traded at $442.73. 3,220,258 shares changed hands during trading, an increase of 10% from the average session volume of 2,914,979 shares. The stock had previously closed at $453.88.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities research analysts have recently issued reports on CRWD shares. DZ Bank cut shares of CrowdStrike from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating and set a $440.00 price objective on the stock. in a research report on Wednesday, September 24th. Barclays raised their target price on shares of CrowdStrike from $515.00 to $610.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday, November 14th. Wedbush reiterated an “outperform” rating and issued a $600.00 price target on shares of CrowdStrike in a research note on Monday, December 1st. BTIG Research restated a “buy” rating and set a $640.00 price objective on shares of CrowdStrike in a research report on Tuesday, January 13th. Finally, Argus lifted their target price on CrowdStrike from $540.00 to $600.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, December 5th. Thirty-two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eighteen have given a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $555.21.

CrowdStrike Trading Down 2.5%

The stock has a market cap of $111.61 billion, a PE ratio of -351.37, a PEG ratio of 110.19 and a beta of 1.03. 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 fifty day moving average price of $492.65 and a 200 day moving average price of $479.70.

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) last released its quarterly earnings results 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. The company had revenue of $1.23 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.22 billion. CrowdStrike had a negative return on equity of 2.12% and a negative net margin of 6.88%.CrowdStrike’s quarterly revenue was up 21.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $0.93 EPS. CrowdStrike has set its FY 2026 guidance at 3.700-3.720 EPS and its Q4 2026 guidance at 1.090-1.110 EPS. Equities analysts expect that CrowdStrike will post 0.55 EPS for the current year.

Insider Activity

In other CrowdStrike news, CFO Burt W. Podbere sold 10,516 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, December 22nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $483.33, for a total value of $5,082,698.28. Following the sale, the chief financial officer owned 179,114 shares in the company, valued at $86,571,169.62. This trade represents a 5.55% 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, Director Denis Oleary sold 7,750 shares of CrowdStrike stock in a transaction on Friday, December 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $515.44, for a total value of $3,994,660.00. Following the sale, the director 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 ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. In the last 90 days, insiders have sold 74,048 shares of company stock valued at $37,153,707. 3.32% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Brighton Jones LLC increased its position in shares of CrowdStrike by 44.9% during the fourth quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 7,803 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,670,000 after acquiring an additional 2,417 shares during the period. Empowered Funds LLC grew its stake in CrowdStrike by 3.6% in the first quarter. Empowered Funds LLC now owns 4,812 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,697,000 after purchasing an additional 169 shares in the last quarter. Perpetual Ltd purchased a new position in CrowdStrike during the 2nd quarter worth $259,000. Diversified Trust Co raised its position in CrowdStrike by 78.5% during the 2nd quarter. Diversified Trust Co now owns 1,169 shares of the company’s stock valued at $595,000 after purchasing an additional 514 shares in the last quarter. Finally, UMB Bank n.a. raised its position in CrowdStrike by 38.0% during the 2nd quarter. UMB Bank n.a. now owns 1,435 shares of the company’s stock valued at $731,000 after purchasing an additional 395 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 71.16% of the company’s stock.

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.