CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) Shares Up 3.5% – Still a Buy?

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD)’s share price traded up 3.5% during trading on Monday . The company traded as high as $387.15 and last traded at $384.86. 3,747,489 shares changed hands during trading, a decline of 2% from the average session volume of 3,839,430 shares. The stock had previously closed at $371.98.

CrowdStrike News Summary

Here are the key news stories impacting CrowdStrike this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Piper Sandler highlights AI as a demand accelerator and sees large upside, arguing the recent sell‑off is overdone — supports a bullish view into earnings. Why This Analyst Sees Nearly 40% Upside To CrowdStrike Stock Despite High Valuation?
• Positive Sentiment: An analyst upgrade ahead of earnings argues CrowdStrike has been overly punished by the software selloff and sees limited risk to guidance — a catalyst for short‑term buying. Why CrowdStrike’s stock just got an upgrade ahead of earnings
• Positive Sentiment: JPMorgan flags Falcon Flex adoption as a material growth driver and maintains a constructive stance, reinforcing the company’s product‑led growth story. JPMorgan Highlights Falcon Flex Adoption as Key Driver for CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. (CRWD) Growth
• Neutral Sentiment: Earnings previews and consensus KPI guides (TipRanks, Yahoo Finance) highlight revenue, subscription ARR growth and guidance as the items to watch — results and forward commentary will move the stock. CrowdStrike Q4 Earnings on Deck – Consensus Expectations and Key KPIs to Watch
• Neutral Sentiment: Yahoo Finance and other previews reiterate that Q4 results (after the close) and commentary on AI impact and customer wins will be the primary catalysts for intra‑day moves. Earnings To Watch: CrowdStrike (CRWD) Reports Q4 Results Tomorrow
• Neutral Sentiment: Benzinga cautions that AI‑driven disruption has roiled the stock and expects volatility around the print — underscores earnings risk even as long‑term narratives persist. CrowdStrike Q4 Preview: ‘Expect Volatility’ As AI Disruption Trade Roils Shares, Expert Says
• Negative Sentiment: Robert W. Baird cut its price target to $450 and moved to a neutral rating — reduces near‑term upside expectations and may pressure sentiment. Baird Price Target Change
• Negative Sentiment: Jefferies trimmed its price target to $500 and other shops have reduced targets — multiple PT cuts reflect valuation concerns and cap short‑term gains. Jefferies Financial Group Cuts CrowdStrike Price Target
• Negative Sentiment: Recent analyst downgrades and headline flow have previously driven intraday weakness (reported 2.4% drop on a prior downgrade) — highlights sensitivity to analyst revisions. CrowdStrike Stock Price Down on Analyst Downgrade

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

CRWD has been the subject of a number of recent analyst reports. Citizens Jmp reaffirmed a “market outperform” rating and issued a $500.00 price objective on shares of CrowdStrike in a research report on Wednesday, December 3rd. Truist Financial dropped their price target on CrowdStrike from $600.00 to $550.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, February 17th. DA Davidson set a $425.00 price target on CrowdStrike in a report on Thursday. Evercore reduced their price objective on shares of CrowdStrike from $460.00 to $375.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, February 25th. Finally, Zacks Research downgraded shares of CrowdStrike from a “hold” rating to a “strong sell” rating in a report on Monday, February 2nd. Thirty-one investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, fifteen have assigned a Hold rating and three have assigned a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $523.62.

CrowdStrike Trading Up 3.5%

The firm has a market capitalization of $97.02 billion, a P/E ratio of -305.44, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 20.93 and a beta of 1.03. The business’s 50-day moving average is $438.69 and its 200 day moving average is $469.83. 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 (NASDAQ:CRWD) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, December 3rd. The company reported $0.96 earnings per share (EPS) 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 firm had revenue of $1.23 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.22 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $0.93 EPS. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 21.8% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, analysts anticipate that CrowdStrike will post 0.55 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling at CrowdStrike

In other CrowdStrike news, CFO Burt W. Podbere sold 7,871 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, February 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $415.78, for a total transaction of $3,272,604.38. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 169,613 shares in the company, valued at $70,521,693.14. This trade represents a 4.43% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, CEO George Kurtz sold 28,853 shares of CrowdStrike stock in a transaction on Wednesday, February 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $413.01, for a total value of $11,916,577.53. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 2,054,902 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $848,695,075.02. This represents a 1.38% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders have sold a total of 100,247 shares of company stock valued at $45,722,274 over the last ninety days. 3.32% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of CRWD. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its holdings in CrowdStrike by 1.4% in the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 24,216,545 shares of the company’s stock valued at $11,351,748,000 after buying an additional 340,047 shares during the period. State Street Corp lifted its holdings in shares of CrowdStrike by 2.2% during the 4th quarter. State Street Corp now owns 11,161,718 shares of the company’s stock worth $5,232,167,000 after acquiring an additional 239,428 shares during the period. Geode Capital Management LLC boosted its position in shares of CrowdStrike by 2.4% during the 4th quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 5,947,969 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,777,227,000 after acquiring an additional 137,224 shares in the last quarter. Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC increased its stake in CrowdStrike by 54,635.9% in the second quarter. Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 4,293,484 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,186,714,000 after acquiring an additional 4,285,640 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD raised its position in CrowdStrike by 1.3% during the fourth quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 4,271,691 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,002,398,000 after purchasing an additional 53,813 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 71.16% of the company’s stock.

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.