Macquarie Reiterates “Neutral” Rating for CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD)

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD)‘s stock had its “neutral” rating reissued by stock analysts at Macquarie in a research note issued to investors on Wednesday,Benzinga reports. They currently have a $485.00 price objective on the stock. Macquarie’s price objective suggests a potential downside of 5.48% from the stock’s previous close.

A number of other equities research analysts have also recently commented on CRWD. Robert W. Baird raised their target price on CrowdStrike from $490.00 to $550.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Friday, November 14th. Morgan Stanley raised their price objective on CrowdStrike from $475.00 to $515.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a report on Thursday, November 13th. BTIG Research restated a “buy” rating and issued a $640.00 price objective on shares of CrowdStrike in a research report on Wednesday. BMO Capital Markets increased their target price on CrowdStrike from $500.00 to $555.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday. Finally, TD Cowen lifted their price target on shares of CrowdStrike from $500.00 to $580.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, October 3rd. Two investment 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 issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $555.51.

CrowdStrike Price Performance

NASDAQ:CRWD opened at $513.12 on Wednesday. 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 company has a 50 day moving average price of $514.40 and a 200-day moving average price of $479.02. CrowdStrike has a 1-year low of $298.00 and a 1-year high of $566.90. The firm has a market cap of $128.77 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -407.24, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 123.56 and a beta of 1.09.

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

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other CrowdStrike news, Director Johanna Flower sold 2,347 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, October 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $490.98, for a total value of $1,152,330.06. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 79,057 shares in the company, valued at approximately $38,815,405.86. This represents a 2.88% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, CFO Burt W. Podbere sold 1,957 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, November 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $550.41, for a total transaction of $1,077,152.37. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 218,467 shares in the company, valued at $120,246,421.47. This trade represents a 0.89% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Over the last three months, insiders sold 110,372 shares of company stock valued at $55,996,956. Corporate insiders own 3.32% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On CrowdStrike

A number of large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Brighton Jones LLC raised its holdings in shares of CrowdStrike by 44.9% during the 4th quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 7,803 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,670,000 after acquiring an additional 2,417 shares during the period. New Age Alpha Advisors LLC grew its holdings in shares of CrowdStrike by 100.0% in the first quarter. New Age Alpha Advisors LLC now owns 12,000 shares of the company’s stock valued at $4,231,000 after purchasing an additional 6,000 shares during the period. Advyzon Investment Management LLC acquired a new stake in CrowdStrike during the first quarter worth about $132,000. Cary Street Partners Investment Advisory LLC raised its stake in CrowdStrike by 292.9% during the first quarter. Cary Street Partners Investment Advisory LLC now owns 220 shares of the company’s stock worth $78,000 after purchasing an additional 164 shares during the period. Finally, iA Global Asset Management Inc. raised its stake in CrowdStrike by 2.1% during the first quarter. iA Global Asset Management Inc. now owns 25,741 shares of the company’s stock worth $9,076,000 after purchasing an additional 536 shares during the period. 71.16% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

About CrowdStrike

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.