CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) Shares Down 1.1% on Insider Selling

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD)’s stock price traded down 1.1% during trading on Monday after an insider sold shares in the company. The stock traded as low as $474.63 and last traded at $475.91. 1,232,986 shares were traded during mid-day trading, a decline of 63% from the average session volume of 3,343,606 shares. The stock had previously closed at $481.19.

Specifically, CAO Anurag Saha sold 836 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, December 24th. The shares were sold at an average price of $476.83, for a total value of $398,629.88. Following the sale, the chief accounting officer directly owned 43,726 shares in the company, valued at approximately $20,849,868.58. This trade represents a 1.88% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, CFO Burt W. Podbere sold 10,516 shares of CrowdStrike stock in a transaction on Monday, December 22nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $483.33, for a total transaction of $5,082,698.28. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 179,114 shares in the company, valued at approximately $86,571,169.62. This represents a 5.55% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. In related news, CEO George Kurtz sold 17,550 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Monday, December 22nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $481.38, for a total value of $8,448,219.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer owned 2,090,532 shares in the company, valued at $1,006,340,294.16. This represents a 0.83% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several research firms have weighed in on CRWD. Canaccord Genuity Group lifted their target price on CrowdStrike from $500.00 to $515.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a report on Wednesday, December 3rd. Stephens reaffirmed an “overweight” rating and set a $590.00 price target on shares of CrowdStrike in a research report on Thursday, December 18th. Susquehanna boosted their price objective on CrowdStrike from $530.00 to $600.00 and gave the company a “positive” rating in a research report on Wednesday, December 3rd. Morgan Stanley increased their target price on CrowdStrike from $515.00 to $537.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Thursday, December 18th. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus raised their target price on shares of CrowdStrike from $515.00 to $600.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, November 17th. Thirty-two research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eighteen have given a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, CrowdStrike currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $555.10.

Key Headlines Impacting CrowdStrike

Here are the key news stories impacting CrowdStrike this week:

• Positive Sentiment: J.P. Morgan reaffirmed a bullish view (Buy/Overweight) and a high price target, supporting demand from institutional and momentum buyers. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Broad analyst upgrade flow and rising price targets (multiple firms raising targets and coverage) prop up sentiment that CRWD benefits from AI-enabled security demand and could see further price-target increases. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Macro theme tailwind — commentators and some analysts name cyber + AI as a core 2026 theme, positioning CrowdStrike as a beneficiary of AI-driven product adoption for Falcon. This narrative attracts thematic flows. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: CrowdStrike granted a new performance‑based equity award for the CEO tied to a $20B ARR goal — aligns long‑term incentives but could be viewed as potential dilution or a model item; impact depends on vesting metrics and accounting. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: Unusual options activity was flagged recently — can amplify intraday moves but is ambiguous for direction without strike/volume context. Traders may interpret it as positioning ahead of catalysts. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Insider selling continues to show up in filings (CAO Anurag Saha and multiple executive sales noted by data aggregators), which can sap confidence and trigger short‑term selling despite being routine liquidity. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Valuation and momentum concerns: recent commentary warns CRWD trades at a premium (high sales multiple) and has lost short‑term momentum, meaning even small growth misses or market rotation into lower‑multiple stocks could put pressure on the share price. Read More.

CrowdStrike Stock Performance

The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.18, a current ratio of 1.81 and a quick ratio of 1.81. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $513.16 and a 200-day moving average price of $482.71. The company has a market capitalization of $118.17 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -372.03, a PEG ratio of 114.47 and a beta of 1.09.

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, December 2nd. The company reported $0.96 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.94 by $0.02. CrowdStrike had a negative return on equity of 2.12% and a negative net margin of 6.88%.The business had revenue of $1.23 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.22 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $0.93 EPS. The firm’s revenue was up 21.8% compared to the same quarter last year. CrowdStrike has set its FY 2026 guidance at 3.700-3.720 EPS and its Q4 2026 guidance at 1.090-1.110 EPS. As a group, analysts forecast that CrowdStrike will post 0.55 earnings per share for the current year.

Institutional Trading of CrowdStrike

A number of hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of CRWD. Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC raised its holdings in CrowdStrike by 54,635.9% in the 2nd 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. Norges Bank acquired a new position in shares of CrowdStrike in the second quarter valued at approximately $1,638,365,000. Vestor Capital LLC grew its position in shares of CrowdStrike by 269,840.3% in the second quarter. Vestor Capital LLC now owns 977,184 shares of the company’s stock valued at $497,690,000 after purchasing an additional 976,822 shares during the last quarter. UBS AM A Distinct Business Unit of UBS Asset Management Americas LLC increased its stake in shares of CrowdStrike by 52.6% during the first quarter. UBS AM A Distinct Business Unit of UBS Asset Management Americas LLC now owns 2,771,424 shares of the company’s stock worth $977,149,000 after purchasing an additional 955,529 shares during the period. Finally, Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its holdings in CrowdStrike by 2.6% during the 2nd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 23,430,572 shares of the company’s stock worth $11,933,425,000 after purchasing an additional 596,007 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 71.16% of the company’s stock.

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.