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

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD)’s stock price traded down 3.6% 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 were traded during trading, an increase of 40% from the average session volume of 3,142,753 shares. The stock had previously closed at $429.64.

Other analysts also recently issued research reports about the stock. Royal Bank Of Canada set a $550.00 target price on shares of CrowdStrike in a report on Wednesday, February 11th. Bank of America raised their price objective on shares of CrowdStrike from $470.00 to $535.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Monday, October 20th. Arete Research set a $706.00 target price on CrowdStrike in a research report on Tuesday, October 28th. Cantor Fitzgerald reissued an “overweight” rating on shares of CrowdStrike in a report on Monday, February 9th. Finally, TD Cowen restated a “buy” rating on shares of CrowdStrike in a research note on Thursday, January 8th. Thirty-one research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, sixteen have given a Hold rating and three have given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, CrowdStrike presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $550.08.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other CrowdStrike news, Director Denis Oleary sold 7,750 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated 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 transaction, the director directly owned 10,816 shares in the company, valued at approximately $5,574,999.04. This represents a 41.74% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Also, CEO George Kurtz sold 28,853 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred 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 transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 2,054,902 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $848,695,075.02. This represents a 1.38% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Over the last 90 days, insiders sold 100,247 shares of company stock valued at $45,722,274. Company insiders own 3.32% of the company’s stock.

CrowdStrike News Summary

Here are the key news stories impacting CrowdStrike this week:

• Positive Sentiment: NordVPN selected CrowdStrike to power its Threat Protection Pro offering, extending CrowdStrike’s reach into consumer threat protection and validating its threat‑intelligence footprint. This is a business development that supports incremental ARR and platform adoption. NordVPN Partners With CrowdStrike
• Positive Sentiment: Analysts and Wall Street commentary continue to highlight AI as a secular tailwind for cybersecurity — helping CrowdStrike’s pipeline and platform consolidation narrative as enterprises look to protect AI stacks. That cyclical strength supports longer‑term demand. Cybersecurity stocks are pulling away from the software sell-off
• Neutral Sentiment: MarketBeat’s writeup frames CRWD as a “buy the dip vs. valuation” dilemma: ARR growth and multi‑module adoption argue for upside, but the elevated valuation and recent technical weakness (50/200‑day moving averages) mean earnings must be strong to sustain gains. Watch the March earnings print for guidance and ARR trends. CRWD Stock: Buy the Dip or Beware the Valuation?
• Negative Sentiment: Truist lowered its price target from $600 to $550 but kept a Buy rating — a signal that some upside has been trimmed and that expectations were modestly tempered, which helped drive selling pressure. CrowdStrike Stock Is Falling: What’s Going On Today?
• Negative Sentiment: Mizuho cut its price target to $490 and moved to a Neutral rating, reducing analyst conviction and adding to near‑term downside risk from earnings or guidance that disappoint expectations. CRWD Price Target Lowered at Mizuho
• Negative Sentiment: Coverage pieces note the stock fell ~5% after multiple target cuts — a momentum effect as algos and short‑term traders react to the fresh analyst adjustments. That magnifies intraday moves even absent material operational news. CrowdStrike Stock Plunges on Target Cuts

Institutional Investors Weigh In On CrowdStrike

Several hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Asset Planning Inc acquired a new position in shares of CrowdStrike in the 3rd quarter valued at $25,000. Pilgrim Partners Asia Pte Ltd acquired a new position in CrowdStrike in the third quarter valued at $25,000. Anchor Investment Management LLC acquired a new position in CrowdStrike in the third quarter valued at $25,000. AlphaQuest LLC purchased a new stake in CrowdStrike during the second quarter valued at about $26,000. Finally, Logan Capital Management Inc. acquired a new stake in CrowdStrike during the third quarter worth about $26,000. 71.16% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

CrowdStrike Trading Down 3.6%

The company has a market capitalization of $104.44 billion, a PE ratio of -328.80, a P/E/G ratio of 24.59 and a beta of 1.03. 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 has a fifty day moving average price of $458.83 and a 200 day moving average price of $473.22.

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, December 3rd. The company reported $0.96 earnings per share (EPS) 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 during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.22 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $0.93 EPS. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 21.8% on a year-over-year basis. Analysts expect that CrowdStrike will post 0.55 EPS for the current fiscal 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.