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

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD)‘s stock had its “neutral” rating reissued by investment analysts at Macquarie in a research report issued on Tuesday, Marketbeat.com reports. They presently have a $485.00 target price on the stock. Macquarie’s price objective suggests a potential upside of 3.37% from the stock’s current price.

Several other research firms have also commented on CRWD. Jefferies Financial Group raised their price target on shares of CrowdStrike from $515.00 to $600.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, November 19th. KeyCorp restated a “sector weight” rating on shares of CrowdStrike in a report on Monday, January 12th. Morgan Stanley increased their price target on CrowdStrike from $515.00 to $537.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a report on Thursday, December 18th. DA Davidson restated a “buy” rating and set a $580.00 price objective on shares of CrowdStrike in a research note on Wednesday, December 3rd. Finally, UBS Group upped their target price on CrowdStrike from $580.00 to $590.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, December 3rd. Thirty-one investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seventeen have issued a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $555.21.

CrowdStrike Stock Down 1.6%

Shares of NASDAQ CRWD opened at $469.19 on Tuesday. The stock has a market capitalization of $118.28 billion, a PE ratio of -372.37, a P/E/G ratio of 115.72 and a beta of 1.03. 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 firm has a fifty day moving average of $482.16 and a 200-day moving average of $477.76. CrowdStrike has a 52-week low of $298.00 and a 52-week high of $566.90.

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, December 3rd. The company reported $0.96 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.94 by $0.02. The firm had revenue of $1.23 billion for 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 for the quarter was up 21.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $0.93 earnings per share. On average, analysts anticipate that CrowdStrike will post 0.55 EPS for the current year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, CFO Burt W. Podbere sold 10,516 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Monday, December 22nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $483.33, for a total value of $5,082,698.28. Following the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 179,114 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $86,571,169.62. This represents a 5.55% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Also, Director Sameer K. Gandhi sold 5,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Monday, November 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $550.20, for a total transaction of $2,751,000.00. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 765,456 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $421,153,891.20. This represents a 0.65% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders sold a total of 69,048 shares of company stock worth $34,509,857 over the last 90 days. 3.32% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On CrowdStrike

Several large investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its holdings in CrowdStrike by 1.9% during the 3rd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 23,876,498 shares of the company’s stock worth $11,708,557,000 after buying an additional 445,926 shares during the last quarter. State Street Corp raised its position in shares of CrowdStrike by 1.1% during the 3rd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 10,922,290 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,356,073,000 after acquiring an additional 117,639 shares in the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC lifted its stake in CrowdStrike by 5.0% during the second quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 5,728,167 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,903,752,000 after purchasing an additional 273,922 shares during the last quarter. Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in CrowdStrike by 54,635.9% in the second quarter. Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 4,293,484 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,186,714,000 after purchasing an additional 4,285,640 shares during the period. Finally, Norges Bank bought a new stake in CrowdStrike during the second quarter valued at $1,638,365,000. Institutional investors own 71.16% of the company’s stock.

Key Headlines Impacting CrowdStrike

Here are the key news stories impacting CrowdStrike this week:

• Positive Sentiment: CrowdStrike was named a Customers’ Choice in Gartner Peer Insights’ 2026 “Voice of the Customer” for Endpoint Protection Platforms, receiving the most 5‑star ratings and a 97% willingness-to-recommend score based on ~800 responses — a strong credibility and competitive win that supports demand for its platform. Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: CEO George Kurtz disclosed that North Korean operatives used AI-generated credentials to infiltrate U.S. companies — a high-profile example of evolving cyber threats that can increase enterprise spending on identity, detection, and prevention tools where CrowdStrike competes. Article Title
• Neutral Sentiment: Analysts at Macquarie reiterated a “neutral” rating with a $485 price target — a modest upside to current levels that suggests limited near-term analyst-driven upward pressure. Article Title
• Neutral Sentiment: Recent media pieces and market summaries note the stock has recently outperformed on some sessions (MarketWatch, Zacks, MSN), reflecting continued investor interest but also higher intraday volatility. MarketWatch Coverage
• Neutral Sentiment: Reported short-interest data in late January appears to show effectively zero reported short shares (likely a data/ reporting oddity), so short-covering is not a clear near-term driver based on the available figures.

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.