BMO Capital Markets Issues Pessimistic Forecast for CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) Stock Price

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) had its target price lowered by research analysts at BMO Capital Markets from $555.00 to $500.00 in a research report issued on Wednesday,Benzinga reports. The brokerage presently has an “outperform” rating on the stock. BMO Capital Markets’ price objective would suggest a potential upside of 27.74% from the company’s current price.

Several other brokerages have also issued reports on CRWD. Capital One Financial dropped their price objective on CrowdStrike from $600.00 to $590.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, January 14th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. decreased their target price on CrowdStrike from $582.00 to $472.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, February 25th. Royal Bank Of Canada set a $550.00 price target on CrowdStrike in a research report on Wednesday, February 11th. Sanford C. Bernstein boosted their price objective on CrowdStrike from $353.00 to $368.00 and gave the company a “market perform” rating in a research note on Wednesday. Finally, Macquarie Infrastructure reaffirmed a “neutral” rating and set a $485.00 price objective on shares of CrowdStrike in a research report on Tuesday, January 27th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty have given a Buy rating, fifteen have issued a Hold rating and three have assigned a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $513.94.

CrowdStrike Stock Up 1.7%

CRWD stock opened at $391.42 on Wednesday. The stock has a market cap of $98.68 billion, a P/E ratio of -310.65, a PEG ratio of 21.65 and a beta of 1.06. The company has a current ratio of 1.81, a quick ratio of 1.81 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.18. CrowdStrike has a twelve month low of $298.00 and a twelve month high of $566.90. The company’s 50 day moving average is $434.98 and its two-hundred day moving average is $469.29.

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, March 3rd. The company reported $1.12 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.10 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 $1.31 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.30 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $1.03 EPS. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 23.8% on a year-over-year basis. Research analysts expect that CrowdStrike will post 0.55 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling

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

Institutional Trading of CrowdStrike

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in shares of 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. Norges Bank purchased a new position in CrowdStrike during the fourth quarter worth about $1,699,545,000. Vestor Capital LLC boosted its stake in CrowdStrike by 269,840.3% in the 2nd quarter. Vestor Capital LLC now owns 977,184 shares of the company’s stock worth $497,690,000 after buying an additional 976,822 shares during the last quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. boosted its stake in CrowdStrike by 310.0% in the 4th quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 872,491 shares of the company’s stock worth $408,989,000 after buying an additional 659,705 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Vanguard Group Inc. grew its holdings in CrowdStrike by 2.6% in the 2nd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 23,430,572 shares of the company’s stock valued at $11,933,425,000 after buying an additional 596,007 shares during the period. 71.16% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Key CrowdStrike News

Here are the key news stories impacting CrowdStrike this week:

• Positive Sentiment: CrowdStrike reported Q4 results that beat consensus (≈$1.31B revenue, $1.12 EPS), disclosed ARR topping ~$5.25B and highlighted a record net new ARR — news that underpins upside to subscription growth and recurring revenue. BusinessWire: Q4 & FY26 Results
• Positive Sentiment: CrowdStrike issued very strong forward guidance: Q1 FY27 EPS guide ~1.06–1.07 vs. consensus ~0.68, and FY27 EPS ~4.78–4.90 vs. consensus ~3.26 — a material beat on outlook that supports margin and cash‑flow upside. (Guidance included in the company release above.) BusinessWire: Guidance
• Positive Sentiment: Wells Fargo initiated coverage / upgraded CrowdStrike to an overweight / strong‑buy with a ~$450 price target, signaling institutional confidence that the company can navigate AI‑era security demand and recover from the recent AI‑related sell‑off. Seeking Alpha: Wells Fargo Coverage
• Neutral Sentiment: Some buy‑side analysts reiterated bullish stances (e.g., TD Cowen kept a Buy / $480 target), reflecting confidence in product road‑map and Falcon adoption but not changing near‑term narrative materially. TipRanks: TD Cowen Note
• Neutral Sentiment: BTIG adjusted its price target (to $499) while keeping a buy stance, showing some divergence across brokerages on upside magnitude even as they acknowledge strong execution. AmericanBankingNews: BTIG PT
• Negative Sentiment: Several firms flagged valuation as a concern and left or moved to Hold/neutral (e.g., Bernstein maintained a Hold citing rich multiples; Robert W. Baird cut its target to $450 and kept a neutral view) — that pressurizes upside despite strong numbers. TipRanks: Bernstein Hold AmericanBankingNews: Baird PT Cut
• Negative Sentiment: Investor caution from heavy insider selling disclosures and some third‑party data feeds that reported conflicting metrics (an outlier QuiverQuant piece showing a large EPS discrepancy) add near‑term noise and can amplify volatility. QuiverQuant: Data/Reporting Note

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.