CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) Trading Down 9.8% After Analyst Downgrade

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD)’s share price dropped 9.8% during mid-day trading on Monday after TD Cowen lowered their price target on the stock from $580.00 to $480.00. TD Cowen currently has a buy rating on the stock. CrowdStrike traded as low as $342.72 and last traded at $350.33. Approximately 15,003,649 shares were traded during mid-day trading, an increase of 318% from the average daily volume of 3,588,301 shares. The stock had previously closed at $388.60.

Other equities analysts have also recently issued reports about the company. Guggenheim restated a “neutral” rating on shares of CrowdStrike in a report on Monday, November 24th. Stifel Nicolaus reduced their price target on shares of CrowdStrike from $600.00 to $480.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Monday. Sanford C. Bernstein reiterated a “market perform” rating and set a $353.00 price target on shares of CrowdStrike in a report on Wednesday, December 3rd. Mizuho cut their target price on shares of CrowdStrike from $540.00 to $490.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, February 17th. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft raised their price objective on shares of CrowdStrike from $435.00 to $475.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research report on Wednesday, December 3rd. Thirty investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, sixteen have given a Hold rating and three have given a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, CrowdStrike currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $540.94.

Insider Buying and Selling at CrowdStrike

In other CrowdStrike news, CAO Anurag Saha sold 836 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, December 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of $476.83, for a total transaction of $398,629.88. Following the transaction, the chief accounting officer owned 43,726 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $20,849,868.58. This represents a 1.88% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, CFO Burt W. Podbere sold 7,871 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, February 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $415.78, for a total transaction of $3,272,604.38. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 169,613 shares in the company, valued at $70,521,693.14. This represents a 4.43% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders sold 100,247 shares of company stock worth $45,722,274 over the last 90 days. Company insiders own 3.32% of the company’s stock.

Key Stories Impacting CrowdStrike

Here are the key news stories impacting CrowdStrike this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Several major analysts lowered price targets but kept bullish ratings, implying continued Wall Street conviction and sizable upside despite the pullback. Oppenheimer cuts price target on CrowdStrike to $500 from $580, keeps outperform rating
• Positive Sentiment: Market writeups and upgrades argue the selloff is overdone and put upside estimates near ~40%, supporting a buy‑on‑weakness case for long‑term investors. Wall Street Gives CrowdStrike 40% Upside While AI Fears Drive the Selloff
• Positive Sentiment: CrowdStrike released its 2026 Global Threat Report showing AI is accelerating attacks and expanding the enterprise attack surface — a fundamental driver for continued demand for Falcon and managed services. 2026 CrowdStrike Global Threat Report: AI Accelerates Adversaries and Reshapes the Attack Surface
• Neutral Sentiment: Industry pieces compare CrowdStrike’s acquisitive, Falcon‑driven strategy with peers (e.g., Palo Alto) — useful context for investors but not an immediate catalyst. Cybersecurity Showdown: CrowdStrike’s Acquisition Spree vs Palo Alto’s Platform Play
• Negative Sentiment: Anthropic’s launch of Claude Code Security triggered an indiscriminate selloff in cybersecurity stocks, with investors fearing AI could automate parts of code and app security — the immediate technical driver of today’s weakness. CrowdStrike, Datadog and other cybersecurity stocks slide after Anthropic’s AI tool launch
• Negative Sentiment: Coverage warns the correction may not be over as investors rotate away from high‑multiple software names and reassess risk in an evolving AI + rates backdrop. Why The CrowdStrike Stock Correction Isn’t Over Yet

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its holdings in shares of CrowdStrike by 1.4% in the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 24,216,545 shares of the company’s stock valued at $11,351,748,000 after purchasing an additional 340,047 shares during the last quarter. State Street Corp increased its stake in shares of CrowdStrike by 2.2% during the fourth quarter. State Street Corp now owns 11,161,718 shares of the company’s stock worth $5,232,167,000 after purchasing an additional 239,428 shares during the period. Geode Capital Management LLC lifted its holdings in CrowdStrike by 2.4% during the 4th quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 5,947,969 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,777,227,000 after purchasing an additional 137,224 shares during the last quarter. Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC boosted its position in shares of CrowdStrike by 54,635.9% in the second quarter. Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 4,293,484 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,186,714,000 after acquiring an additional 4,285,640 shares during the period. Finally, Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD boosted its holdings in CrowdStrike by 1.3% in the 4th quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 4,271,691 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,002,398,000 after purchasing an additional 53,813 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 71.16% of the company’s stock.

CrowdStrike Price Performance

The company has a quick ratio of 1.81, a current ratio of 1.81 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.18. The company’s fifty day moving average price is $444.94 and its 200 day moving average price is $471.09. The company has a market capitalization of $88.30 billion, a P/E ratio of -277.98, a PEG ratio of 19.71 and a beta of 1.03.

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, December 3rd. The company reported $0.96 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.94 by $0.02. The firm had revenue of $1.23 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.22 billion. CrowdStrike had a negative return on equity of 2.12% and a negative net margin of 6.88%.The company’s revenue was up 21.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $0.93 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts forecast that CrowdStrike will post 0.55 EPS for the current year.

About CrowdStrike

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.