CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) Shares Down 1.5% After Insider Selling

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) fell 1.5% on Wednesday after an insider sold shares in the company. The stock traded as low as $401.55 and last traded at $415.36. 4,714,408 shares traded hands during mid-day trading, an increase of 63% from the average session volume of 2,894,973 shares. The stock had previously closed at $421.73.

Specifically, CEO George Kurtz sold 6,777 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, February 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $438.60, for a total transaction of $2,972,392.20. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 2,083,755 shares in the company, valued at approximately $913,934,943. This represents a 0.32% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Also, CFO Burt W. Podbere sold 1,630 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, February 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $438.33, for a total value of $714,477.90. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer owned 177,484 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $77,796,561.72. This represents a 0.91% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities research analysts have commented on CRWD shares. Zacks Research cut CrowdStrike from a “hold” rating to a “strong sell” rating in a research note on Monday. Truist Financial raised their price objective on shares of CrowdStrike from $550.00 to $600.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, November 18th. BTIG Research reissued a “buy” rating and set a $640.00 price objective on shares of CrowdStrike in a report on Tuesday, January 13th. Barclays increased their price objective on CrowdStrike from $515.00 to $610.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday, November 14th. Finally, Morgan Stanley raised their target price on CrowdStrike from $515.00 to $537.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a report on Thursday, December 18th. Thirty-one analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, sixteen have assigned a Hold rating and three have given a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $555.21.

Key Headlines Impacting CrowdStrike

Here are the key news stories impacting CrowdStrike this week:

• Positive Sentiment: CrowdStrike signed a memorandum of understanding with Saudi Aramco to support cybersecurity transformation in Saudi Arabia — a potential multi-year commercial opportunity in a large market. CrowdStrike Enters into MoU with Aramco
• Positive Sentiment: CrowdStrike agreed to acquire SGNL for ~$740M to bolster identity security and counter AI-powered threats — strategic product expansion that supports cross-sell of identity and cloud security but could weigh on near-term cash/earnings. CrowdStrike Acquires SGNL
• Positive Sentiment: Some outlets (contrarian buys) are framing the pullback as an opportunity — CNBC highlighted CrowdStrike as unfairly caught in a broader software sell-off, which could attract value-minded buyers. We’re buying this name
• Neutral Sentiment: Coverage and analyst notes are debating valuation vs. growth — several pieces run a valuation check and outline why long-term ARR/cross-sell are supportive, but they also flag that multiples look rich versus near-term growth deceleration. Valuation Check
• Neutral Sentiment: Media mentions (Jim Cramer coverage) note institutional buying in some trusts and highlight both panic selling and long-term software demand — mixed signals for near-term flows. Jim Cramer Highlights Trust Holdings
• Negative Sentiment: Headline-driven selling: several wires note CrowdStrike is being sold harder than the market, contributing to today’s sharp down move as momentum and headline flows amplify price action. Seven Straight Sessions of Losses
• Negative Sentiment: Analyst downgrade and bearish takes: Zacks cut coverage to a more negative stance (cited in multiple feeds), and opinion pieces highlight a >20% pullback from the 52-week high and valuation risk, pressuring sentiment. Zacks Downgrade
• Negative Sentiment: Insider selling: filings show CEO and CFO stock sales (disclosed Form 4 filings), which investors often view negatively during a sell-off even if small relative to holdings. Insider Selling Alerts
• Negative Sentiment: Macro/sector pressure and technical signals: analyst write-ups argue a “floor test” after a competitor upgrade and a 3‑month ~22% slide reflect investor rotation out of high-multiple software names, adding selling momentum. Plunges 22% in 3 Months

CrowdStrike Stock Down 9.2%

The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $472.65 and a 200 day moving average price of $475.65. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.18, a quick ratio of 1.81 and a current ratio of 1.81. The company has a market capitalization of $95.08 billion, a P/E ratio of -299.33, a PEG ratio of 23.77 and a beta of 1.03.

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, December 3rd. The company reported $0.96 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates 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 business had revenue of $1.23 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.22 billion. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $0.93 earnings per share. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 21.8% compared to the same quarter last year. Equities research analysts forecast that CrowdStrike will post 0.55 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On CrowdStrike

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Asset Planning Inc purchased a new stake in CrowdStrike in the 3rd quarter worth about $25,000. Pilgrim Partners Asia Pte Ltd bought a new position in CrowdStrike during the third quarter worth about $25,000. Anchor Investment Management LLC purchased a new position in shares of CrowdStrike in the third quarter worth about $25,000. Hanson & Doremus Investment Management increased its stake in shares of CrowdStrike by 170.0% in the fourth quarter. Hanson & Doremus Investment Management now owns 54 shares of the company’s stock worth $25,000 after purchasing an additional 34 shares in the last quarter. Finally, AlphaQuest LLC bought a new stake in shares of CrowdStrike in the second quarter valued at approximately $26,000. 71.16% of the stock is owned by 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.