Capital One Financial Forecasts Strong Price Appreciation for CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) Stock

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) had its price target upped by investment analysts at Capital One Financial from $599.00 to $600.00 in a research note issued on Wednesday,MarketScreener reports. The firm currently has an “overweight” rating on the stock. Capital One Financial‘s price objective would indicate a potential upside of 16.93% from the company’s current price.

CRWD has been the subject of several other research reports. Daiwa Capital Markets raised their price objective on shares of CrowdStrike from $475.00 to $530.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, September 24th. Arete raised shares of CrowdStrike from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $706.00 target price on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, October 28th. Stifel Nicolaus lifted their price target on shares of CrowdStrike from $515.00 to $600.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, November 17th. Needham & Company LLC upped their price objective on shares of CrowdStrike from $535.00 to $575.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday. Finally, Zacks Research raised shares of CrowdStrike from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, November 25th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty-one have assigned a Buy rating, seventeen have issued a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, CrowdStrike presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $555.51.

CrowdStrike Stock Down 2.1%

Shares of NASDAQ:CRWD opened at $513.12 on Wednesday. CrowdStrike has a 1 year low of $298.00 and a 1 year high of $566.90. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.18, a current ratio of 1.81 and a quick ratio of 1.88. The business’s 50-day moving average is $514.40 and its 200-day moving average is $479.02. The company has a market capitalization of $128.77 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -407.24, a P/E/G ratio of 123.56 and a beta of 1.09.

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, December 2nd. The company reported $0.96 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.94 by $0.02. The business had revenue of $1.23 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.22 billion. CrowdStrike had a negative return on equity of 2.12% and a negative net margin of 6.88%.The firm’s revenue was up 21.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $0.93 earnings per share. 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 research analysts predict that CrowdStrike will post 0.55 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, President Michael Sentonas sold 20,000 shares of CrowdStrike stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, October 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $500.00, for a total transaction of $10,000,000.00. Following the transaction, the president owned 379,116 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $189,558,000. The trade was a 5.01% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Also, CEO George Kurtz sold 17,830 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, September 22nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $494.53, for a total value of $8,817,469.90. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 2,115,057 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,045,959,138.21. The trade was a 0.84% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Over the last ninety days, insiders have sold 110,372 shares of company stock valued at $55,996,956. 3.32% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of large investors have recently made changes to their positions in CRWD. Asset Planning Inc purchased a new stake in CrowdStrike in the 3rd quarter valued at about $25,000. Pilgrim Partners Asia Pte Ltd bought a new position in shares of CrowdStrike in the third quarter valued at approximately $25,000. Anchor Investment Management LLC purchased a new stake in shares of CrowdStrike during the third quarter valued at approximately $25,000. AlphaQuest LLC bought a new stake in CrowdStrike during the second quarter worth $26,000. Finally, Logan Capital Management Inc. bought a new stake in CrowdStrike during the third quarter worth $26,000. 71.16% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

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.