CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) Shares Down 3.6% After Analyst Downgrade

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD)’s stock price fell 3.6% during trading on Tuesday after Truist Financial lowered their price target on the stock from $600.00 to $550.00. Truist Financial currently has a buy rating on the stock. CrowdStrike traded as low as $400.02 and last traded at $414.29. 4,391,726 shares changed hands during trading, an increase of 40% from the average session volume of 3,142,753 shares. The stock had previously closed at $429.64.

CRWD has been the topic of a number of other reports. Evercore increased their price target on CrowdStrike from $430.00 to $460.00 and gave the stock an “in-line” rating in a research report on Wednesday, December 3rd. BTIG Research restated a “buy” rating and issued a $640.00 target price on shares of CrowdStrike in a research note on Tuesday, January 13th. TD Cowen reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of CrowdStrike in a report on Thursday, January 8th. Scotiabank reiterated an “outperform” rating on shares of CrowdStrike in a research report on Wednesday, December 3rd. Finally, Arete Research set a $706.00 price objective on shares of CrowdStrike in a research report on Tuesday, October 28th. Thirty investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, sixteen have given a Hold rating and three have issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $550.09.

Insider Transactions at CrowdStrike

In other CrowdStrike news, CEO George Kurtz sold 28,853 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, February 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $413.01, for a total transaction of $11,916,577.53. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer owned 2,054,902 shares in the company, valued at approximately $848,695,075.02. The trade was a 1.38% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, Director Denis Oleary sold 7,750 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, December 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $515.44, for a total value of $3,994,660.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 10,816 shares in the company, valued at approximately $5,574,999.04. This trade represents a 41.74% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. In the last quarter, insiders sold 100,247 shares of company stock valued at $45,722,274. 3.32% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Key Stories Impacting CrowdStrike

Here are the key news stories impacting CrowdStrike this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Expanded go‑to‑market with Microsoft — CrowdStrike’s Falcon platform is now purchasable on Microsoft Marketplace using Azure Consumption Commitment, which should simplify procurement for customers and can accelerate net new sales and deployments. Microsoft and CrowdStrike Announce the Falcon Platform Now Available on Microsoft Marketplace
• Positive Sentiment: Consumer channel expansion via NordVPN — NordVPN will use CrowdStrike Threat Intelligence in its Threat Protection Pro, extending CrowdStrike’s reach into consumer security and creating a new distribution/brand tailwind. NordVPN Partners With CrowdStrike (CRWD) to Boost Consumer Threat Protection
• Positive Sentiment: Industry recognition — CrowdStrike was named Frost & Sullivan’s Company of the Year for Modern Cloud Security, a credibility boost that supports enterprise sales momentum. CrowdStrike Named Frost & Sullivan’s Company of the Year for Modern Cloud Security
• Positive Sentiment: High‑profile endorsement — Jim Cramer publicly argued CrowdStrike shouldn’t fear AI competitors like Anthropic, which may calm investor fears about AI competition. Jim Cramer Believes Crowdstrike (CRWD) Shouldn’t Be Afraid of Anthropic
• Neutral Sentiment: Valuation and earnings watch — Analysts and MarketBeat flag a “prove‑it” earnings report on March 3: strong ARR/usage trends help but valuation remains elevated, so results must show continued platform consolidation to sustain momentum. CRWD Stock: Buy the Dip or Beware the Valuation?
• Negative Sentiment: Analyst downgrades and target cuts are pressuring the stock — several firms trimmed price targets (Truist cut to $550 but kept a Buy; Mizuho trimmed its target and stance), prompting near‑term selling and heightened sensitivity to the upcoming quarter. CrowdStrike Stock Is Falling: What’s Going On Today?
• Negative Sentiment: Competitive/momentum concerns — comparative analysis (e.g., Zacks) highlights peers like Allot outpacing CrowdStrike on SECaaS growth and a lower valuation, underscoring fears of slowing revenue momentum and intensifying competition. CrowdStrike vs. Allot: Which Cybersecurity Stock Has an Edge Right Now?

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of CRWD. Disciplined Equity Management Inc. increased its position in shares of CrowdStrike by 0.8% in the 3rd quarter. Disciplined Equity Management Inc. now owns 2,405 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,179,000 after buying an additional 20 shares in the last quarter. TD Private Client Wealth LLC grew its stake in CrowdStrike by 6.4% in the third quarter. TD Private Client Wealth LLC now owns 334 shares of the company’s stock valued at $164,000 after acquiring an additional 20 shares during the period. Financially Speaking Inc increased its holdings in shares of CrowdStrike by 26.7% in the third quarter. Financially Speaking Inc now owns 95 shares of the company’s stock worth $47,000 after acquiring an additional 20 shares in the last quarter. Catalyst Financial Partners LLC raised its position in shares of CrowdStrike by 1.6% during the third quarter. Catalyst Financial Partners LLC now owns 1,246 shares of the company’s stock worth $611,000 after purchasing an additional 20 shares during the period. Finally, Fire Capital Management LLC raised its position in shares of CrowdStrike by 1.7% during the third quarter. Fire Capital Management LLC now owns 1,239 shares of the company’s stock worth $608,000 after purchasing an additional 21 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 71.16% of the company’s stock.

CrowdStrike Price Performance

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 fifty day moving average price of $454.68 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $472.59. The firm has a market cap of $104.81 billion, a P/E ratio of -329.97, a PEG ratio of 23.71 and a beta of 1.03.

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, December 3rd. The company reported $0.96 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.94 by $0.02. The firm had revenue of $1.23 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.22 billion. CrowdStrike had a negative net margin of 6.88% and a negative return on equity of 2.12%. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 21.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company posted $0.93 EPS. Equities analysts anticipate that CrowdStrike will post 0.55 earnings per share for the current year.

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.