CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) CAO Anurag Saha Sells 1,530 Shares of Stock

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) CAO Anurag Saha sold 1,530 shares of CrowdStrike stock in a transaction dated Monday, December 22nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $479.78, for a total value of $734,063.40. Following the transaction, the chief accounting officer owned 44,562 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $21,379,956.36. The trade was a 3.32% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this link.

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

• On Wednesday, September 24th, Anurag Saha sold 1,762 shares of CrowdStrike stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $482.41, for a total transaction of $850,006.42.

CrowdStrike Price Performance

Shares of CRWD stock traded down $4.30 during trading on Tuesday, hitting $478.84. The company had a trading volume of 1,995,918 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,424,052. The firm has a market capitalization of $120.72 billion, a P/E ratio of -380.03, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 116.21 and a beta of 1.09. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.18, a quick ratio of 1.81 and a current ratio of 1.81. CrowdStrike has a one year low of $298.00 and a one year high of $566.90. The stock’s 50-day moving average price is $514.92 and its 200 day moving average price is $482.53.

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) last posted its quarterly 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. The company had revenue of $1.23 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.22 billion. CrowdStrike had a negative net margin of 6.88% and a negative return on equity of 2.12%. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 21.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company 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 fiscal year.

Key CrowdStrike News

Here are the key news stories impacting CrowdStrike this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Company momentum: Recent coverage and analyst write-ups highlight exceptional ARR and Net New ARR growth (including large improvements from Falcon Flex) and raised ARR guidance that underline durable subscription expansion. CrowdStrike: My Cybersecurity Pick For 2026
• Positive Sentiment: Partnerships as growth levers: Expanded AWS integration and deals with system integrators (Deloitte, Wipro) should speed Falcon adoption, which can convert trials into recurring revenue and larger, stickier deals. CrowdStrike Looks Unstoppable—But Has the Market Priced It In?
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst/sector bullishness: Industry pieces (Zacks, others) place CrowdStrike among top cybersecurity picks as enterprises lift spending to protect cloud/AI systems — a structural tailwind for CRWD. 3 Cybersecurity Stocks to Protect the Digital World in 2026
• Neutral Sentiment: Valuation debate / consolidation: Multiple pieces note CrowdStrike’s strong results but caution that much of the company’s growth may already be priced in, and the stock is consolidating after recent highs. This is more of a mixed/market-perception factor than a direct operational problem. CrowdStrike Stock Can’t Catch a Break—Even After a Blowout Quarter
• Negative Sentiment: Insider selling by top executives: CEO George Kurtz, CFO Burt Podbere, President Michael Sentonas and CAO Anurag Saha disclosed sales totaling tens of thousands of shares on Dec. 22 — sizeable dollar amounts that can be perceived as profit-taking and may pressure sentiment. (CEO SEC filing) CEO Form 4 (CFO) CFO Form 4 (President) President Form 4 (CAO) CAO Form 4
• Negative Sentiment: Technical/market-pressure: The stock has slipped below the 50‑day moving average and faces near-term consolidation; with valuation already stretched, that technical break combined with profit-taking increases downside pressure until buyers reassert confidence. MarketBeat technical discussion

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the business. Mirabella Financial Services LLP boosted its position in shares of CrowdStrike by 157.4% in the third quarter. Mirabella Financial Services LLP now owns 3,336 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,633,000 after purchasing an additional 2,040 shares during the period. New Mexico Educational Retirement Board grew its position in shares of CrowdStrike by 3.7% during the third quarter. New Mexico Educational Retirement Board now owns 11,300 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,541,000 after purchasing an additional 400 shares in the last quarter. Strategic Investment Solutions Inc. IL grew its holdings in CrowdStrike by 12.4% during the 3rd quarter. Strategic Investment Solutions Inc. IL now owns 199 shares of the company’s stock valued at $98,000 after buying an additional 22 shares in the last quarter. Severin Investments LLC grew its holdings in shares of CrowdStrike by 4.3% in the third quarter. Severin Investments LLC now owns 1,101 shares of the company’s stock valued at $540,000 after purchasing an additional 45 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Allworth Financial LP increased its holdings in shares of CrowdStrike by 24.7% in the 3rd quarter. Allworth Financial LP now owns 11,588 shares of the company’s stock worth $5,682,000 after buying an additional 2,294 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 71.16% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities analysts recently commented on CRWD shares. Oppenheimer upped their price objective on CrowdStrike from $560.00 to $580.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday, November 21st. Stephens reaffirmed an “overweight” rating and set a $590.00 target price on shares of CrowdStrike in a report on Thursday, December 18th. Cantor Fitzgerald reaffirmed an “overweight” rating and issued a $590.00 price target on shares of CrowdStrike in a research note on Wednesday, December 3rd. Jefferies Financial Group upped their price objective on shares of CrowdStrike from $515.00 to $600.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, November 19th. Finally, Daiwa Capital Markets raised their price target on CrowdStrike from $530.00 to $560.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Tuesday, December 9th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty-two have issued a Buy rating, seventeen have issued a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average 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.