CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) Stock Price Down 1.6% on Analyst Downgrade

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) shares dropped 1.6% during mid-day trading on Wednesday after Capital One Financial lowered their price target on the stock from $600.00 to $590.00. Capital One Financial currently has an overweight rating on the stock. CrowdStrike traded as low as $451.76 and last traded at $460.70. Approximately 3,744,845 shares traded hands during mid-day trading, an increase of 37% from the average daily volume of 2,738,371 shares. The stock had previously closed at $468.02.

CRWD has been the topic of several other reports. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their price target on shares of CrowdStrike from $500.00 to $580.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Monday, December 1st. DA Davidson reissued a “buy” rating and set a $580.00 price target on shares of CrowdStrike in a research report on Wednesday, December 3rd. Rosenblatt Securities restated a “buy” rating and issued a $630.00 price objective on shares of CrowdStrike in a research report on Wednesday, December 3rd. Sanford C. Bernstein reiterated a “market perform” rating and set a $353.00 price objective on shares of CrowdStrike in a research report on Wednesday, December 3rd. Finally, BMO Capital Markets boosted their price objective on shares of CrowdStrike from $500.00 to $555.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, December 3rd. Thirty-two analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eighteen 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 a consensus price target of $555.21.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, Director Sameer K. Gandhi sold 5,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated 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 completion of the sale, the director owned 765,456 shares in the company, valued at approximately $421,153,891.20. The trade was a 0.65% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Also, CEO George Kurtz sold 17,550 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, December 22nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $481.38, for a total transaction of $8,448,219.00. Following the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 2,090,532 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,006,340,294.16. This trade represents a 0.83% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Over the last ninety days, insiders sold 74,048 shares of company stock worth $37,153,707. 3.32% of the stock is owned by insiders.

CrowdStrike News Roundup

Here are the key news stories impacting CrowdStrike this week:

• Positive Sentiment: CRWD announced a $740M deal to buy SGNL (Continuous Identity), which extends Falcon into real‑time, risk‑based access control — a strategic fit for securing AI agents and non‑human identities and strengthens the platform narrative. Why CrowdStrike’s SGNL Acquisition Matters for CRWD Stock
• Positive Sentiment: CrowdStrike is also acquiring Seraphic to add browser‑session protection (AI‑driven risks in browsers), broadening Falcon’s coverage and supporting growth avenues beyond endpoints. CRWD to Acquire Seraphic
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst sentiment is increasingly constructive: MarketBeat highlights that a major bear has turned bullish and technical momentum looks to be stabilizing — this supports a potential upside if momentum continues. CrowdStrike: A Major Bear Throws in the Towel—Upside Ahead
• Positive Sentiment: BTIG reiterated its Buy and a $640 target recently, and Capital One trimmed its target only slightly (from $600 to $590) while keeping an Overweight rating — both moves keep meaningful upside visible to investors. Capital One / MarketScreener TickerReport BTIG Reiterates Buy
• Neutral Sentiment: CEO commentary: management warns AI agents can be unpredictable while continuing M&A to bolt on capabilities — underscores both opportunity and execution risk but is not a direct near‑term earnings driver. AOL: CEO says AI agents are unpredictable Yahoo Finance: CEO on M&A
• Neutral Sentiment: KeyCorp published updated quarterly and full‑year EPS estimates (various quarters) and maintains a Sector Weight — useful for modeling but not a directional catalyst by itself. MarketBeat CRWD page
• Negative Sentiment: Despite strategic M&A, investors are focused on valuation: MarketBeat notes the SGNL deal hasn’t changed sentiment much and the stock has been testing support levels; separate coverage flagged that CRWD recently fell more than the broader market — near‑term pressure remains. SGNL acquisition analysis Zacks: Here’s Why CRWD Fell

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

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

CrowdStrike Price Performance

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 business’s fifty day simple moving average is $494.73 and its 200 day simple moving average is $480.31. The stock has a market cap of $114.42 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -360.22, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 110.46 and a beta of 1.03.

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, December 2nd. 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 during 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%.CrowdStrike’s quarterly revenue was up 21.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $0.93 EPS. CrowdStrike has set its FY 2026 guidance at 3.700-3.720 EPS and its Q4 2026 guidance at 1.090-1.110 EPS. Research analysts predict that CrowdStrike will post 0.55 EPS for the current fiscal 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.