CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) Stock Price Down 1.6% – Should You Sell?

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) shares fell 1.6% on Wednesday . The company traded as low as $468.91 and last traded at $469.19. 2,320,587 shares traded hands during mid-day trading, a decline of 12% from the average session volume of 2,652,033 shares. The stock had previously closed at $476.66.

CrowdStrike News Roundup

Here are the key news stories impacting CrowdStrike this week:

• Positive Sentiment: CrowdStrike was named a Customers’ Choice in Gartner Peer Insights’ 2026 “Voice of the Customer” for Endpoint Protection Platforms, earning the most 5‑star ratings and a 97% Willingness to Recommend based on ~800 responses — a strong signal of customer satisfaction and competitive positioning. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: CEO George Kurtz said hundreds of North Korean operatives used AI‑generated credentials to infiltrate U.S. companies — an example of evolving threats that tends to drive demand for endpoint, identity and detection solutions like CrowdStrike’s offerings. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: Macquarie reiterated a “neutral” rating and $485 price target (about mid-single-digit upside vs. recent levels), signaling analysts are not currently turning more bullish despite the company’s strong customer feedback. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: Recent media coverage and data reports noted short-term outperformance (stock has risen in recent sessions), reflecting momentum but not necessarily a sustained catalyst. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: A January short‑interest report shows anomalous/zero values (0 shares, 0 days‑to‑cover), which appears to be data noise rather than a meaningful increase in bearish positioning; treat with caution.

Analyst Ratings Changes

CRWD has been the topic of several recent analyst reports. Wedbush reissued an “outperform” rating and issued a $600.00 target price on shares of CrowdStrike in a report on Monday, December 1st. Truist Financial increased their price objective on CrowdStrike from $550.00 to $600.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, November 18th. Wells Fargo & Company raised their target price on CrowdStrike from $550.00 to $600.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 1st. Oppenheimer upped their price target on CrowdStrike from $560.00 to $580.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Friday, November 21st. Finally, Sanford C. Bernstein reiterated a “market perform” rating and issued a $353.00 price target on shares of CrowdStrike in a research note on Wednesday, December 3rd. Thirty-one investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seventeen have assigned a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $555.21.

CrowdStrike Stock Performance

The company has a market cap of $118.28 billion, a PE ratio of -372.37, a PEG ratio of 113.70 and a beta of 1.03. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $483.18 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $477.82. 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 announced its earnings results on Wednesday, December 3rd. The company reported $0.96 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.94 by $0.02. The business had revenue of $1.23 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.22 billion. CrowdStrike had a negative net margin of 6.88% and a negative return on equity of 2.12%. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 21.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $0.93 EPS. Equities analysts predict that CrowdStrike will post 0.55 EPS for the current year.

Insider Buying and Selling at CrowdStrike

In other CrowdStrike news, President Michael Sentonas sold 11,461 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, December 22nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $479.78, for a total transaction of $5,498,758.58. Following the completion of the sale, the president directly owned 342,655 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $164,399,015.90. This trade represents a 3.24% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, Director Johanna Flower sold 3,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, January 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $461.94, for a total value of $1,385,820.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 76,082 shares in the company, valued at approximately $35,145,319.08. The trade was a 3.79% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. In the last ninety days, insiders have sold 69,048 shares of company stock valued at $34,509,857. Corporate insiders own 3.32% of the company’s stock.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On CrowdStrike

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of CRWD. Asset Planning Inc acquired a new position in shares of CrowdStrike during the third quarter worth about $25,000. Pilgrim Partners Asia Pte Ltd acquired a new position in CrowdStrike during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $25,000. Anchor Investment Management LLC purchased a new position in shares of CrowdStrike during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $25,000. AlphaQuest LLC acquired a new stake in shares of CrowdStrike in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $26,000. Finally, Logan Capital Management Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of CrowdStrike in the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $26,000. 71.16% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

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.