Sameer Gandhi Sells 44 Shares of CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) Stock

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) Director Sameer Gandhi sold 44 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, December 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $526.91, for a total transaction of $23,184.04. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 762,983 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $402,023,372.53. The trade was a 0.01% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this link.

CrowdStrike Stock Down 2.5%

CrowdStrike stock traded down $12.87 during trading on Friday, hitting $504.78. 2,633,474 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 2,318,488. The company has a current ratio of 1.81, a quick ratio of 1.81 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.18. The company has a market capitalization of $127.26 billion, a P/E ratio of -400.62, a PEG ratio of 125.30 and a beta of 1.09. CrowdStrike has a 52 week low of $298.00 and a 52 week high of $566.90. The business’s 50 day moving average is $516.91 and its 200 day moving average is $481.53.

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) last announced its earnings results on Tuesday, December 2nd. The company reported $0.96 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.94 by $0.02. CrowdStrike had a negative return on equity of 2.12% and a negative net margin of 6.88%.The firm had revenue of $1.23 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.22 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $0.93 EPS. The company’s revenue was up 21.8% compared to the same quarter last year. CrowdStrike has set its FY 2026 guidance at 3.700-3.720 EPS and its Q4 2026 guidance at 1.090-1.110 EPS. Analysts predict that CrowdStrike will post 0.55 earnings per share for the current year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several research firms recently issued reports on CRWD. Sanford C. Bernstein restated a “market perform” rating and set a $353.00 price target on shares of CrowdStrike in a research report on Wednesday, December 3rd. Wells Fargo & Company upped their target price on shares of CrowdStrike from $550.00 to $600.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 1st. Citizens Jmp reiterated a “market outperform” rating and issued a $500.00 price target on shares of CrowdStrike in a research report on Wednesday, December 3rd. BTIG Research reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a $640.00 target price on shares of CrowdStrike in a report on Wednesday, December 3rd. Finally, Macquarie reissued a “neutral” rating and set a $485.00 price objective on shares of CrowdStrike in a report on Wednesday, December 3rd. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty-two have given a Buy rating, seventeen have issued a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, CrowdStrike has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $554.65.

Institutional Trading of CrowdStrike

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of CRWD. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its position in CrowdStrike by 1.9% during the third quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 23,876,498 shares of the company’s stock worth $11,708,557,000 after purchasing an additional 445,926 shares in the last quarter. State Street Corp boosted its stake in shares of CrowdStrike by 1.1% in the third quarter. State Street Corp now owns 10,922,290 shares of the company’s stock worth $5,356,073,000 after acquiring an additional 117,639 shares during the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC increased its position in shares of CrowdStrike by 5.0% during the second quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 5,728,167 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,903,752,000 after purchasing an additional 273,922 shares in the last quarter. Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC raised its stake in CrowdStrike by 54,635.9% in the 2nd quarter. Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 4,293,484 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,186,714,000 after purchasing an additional 4,285,640 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Norges Bank purchased a new position in CrowdStrike in the 2nd quarter valued at $1,638,365,000. 71.16% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

CrowdStrike Company Profile

CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc provides cybersecurity solutions in the United States and internationally. Its unified platform offers cloud-delivered protection of endpoints, cloud workloads, identity, and data. The company offers corporate endpoint and cloud workload security, managed security, security and vulnerability management, IT operations management, identity protection, SIEM and log management, threat intelligence, data protection, security orchestration, automation and response and AI powered workflow automation, and securing generative AI workload services.