Capital One Financial Weighs in on CrowdStrike Q1 Earnings

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) – Investment analysts at Capital One Financial reduced their Q1 2027 earnings per share estimates for shares of CrowdStrike in a report released on Tuesday, June 17th. Capital One Financial analyst C. Murphy now expects that the company will post earnings per share of ($0.13) for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of ($0.12). The consensus estimate for CrowdStrike’s current full-year earnings is $0.55 per share. Capital One Financial also issued estimates for CrowdStrike’s Q2 2027 earnings at ($0.06) EPS, Q3 2027 earnings at $0.04 EPS, Q4 2027 earnings at $0.16 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $0.01 EPS.

Several other research firms also recently weighed in on CRWD. Needham & Company LLC lifted their target price on CrowdStrike from $420.00 to $530.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, June 4th. The Goldman Sachs Group boosted their price objective on CrowdStrike from $389.00 to $530.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, June 10th. Oppenheimer boosted their price objective on CrowdStrike from $410.00 to $520.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, June 4th. Jefferies Financial Group boosted their price objective on CrowdStrike from $410.00 to $520.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, June 4th. Finally, Roth Capital boosted their price objective on CrowdStrike from $410.00 to $420.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, June 4th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, fifteen have given a hold rating and twenty-eight have given a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, CrowdStrike currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $453.17.

CrowdStrike Price Performance

NASDAQ CRWD opened at $476.30 on Thursday. The company has a market capitalization of $118.72 billion, a PE ratio of -690.29 and a beta of 1.16. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.21, a quick ratio of 1.85 and a current ratio of 1.85. The business’s fifty day moving average is $440.62 and its 200 day moving average is $396.60. CrowdStrike has a fifty-two week low of $200.81 and a fifty-two week high of $493.20.

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, June 3rd. The company reported $0.73 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.66 by $0.07. CrowdStrike had a positive return on equity of 0.43% and a negative net margin of 4.17%. The company had revenue of $1.10 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.11 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.93 earnings per share. CrowdStrike’s revenue was up 19.8% compared to the same quarter last year.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On CrowdStrike

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in CRWD. Cloud Capital Management LLC purchased a new position in CrowdStrike during the first quarter worth about $25,000. Vision Financial Markets LLC purchased a new position in CrowdStrike during the first quarter worth about $26,000. Atlantic Edge Private Wealth Management LLC raised its holdings in CrowdStrike by 114.3% during the first quarter. Atlantic Edge Private Wealth Management LLC now owns 75 shares of the company’s stock worth $26,000 after purchasing an additional 40 shares in the last quarter. E Fund Management Hong Kong Co. Ltd. raised its holdings in CrowdStrike by 305.3% during the first quarter. E Fund Management Hong Kong Co. Ltd. now owns 77 shares of the company’s stock worth $27,000 after purchasing an additional 58 shares in the last quarter. Finally, FPC Investment Advisory Inc. raised its holdings in CrowdStrike by 811.1% during the fourth quarter. FPC Investment Advisory Inc. now owns 82 shares of the company’s stock worth $28,000 after purchasing an additional 73 shares in the last quarter. 71.16% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, CAO Anurag Saha sold 2,141 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Monday, March 24th. The shares were sold at an average price of $371.79, for a total transaction of $796,002.39. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief accounting officer now owns 34,024 shares in the company, valued at approximately $12,649,782.96. The trade was a 5.92% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, Director Roxanne S. Austin sold 10,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, June 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $482.50, for a total transaction of $4,825,000.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now owns 18,297 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $8,828,302.50. This represents a 35.34% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 201,748 shares of company stock worth $89,478,971 over the last 90 days. Corporate insiders own 3.32% of the company’s stock.

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.