FY2025 EPS Estimate for CrowdStrike Increased by Analyst

CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:CRWD) – Analysts at DA Davidson increased their FY2025 earnings estimates for CrowdStrike in a research note issued on Wednesday, November 27th. DA Davidson analyst R. Kessinger now anticipates that the company will post earnings per share of $0.55 for the year, up from their prior forecast of $0.48. DA Davidson has a “Buy” rating and a $310.00 price objective on the stock. The consensus estimate for CrowdStrike’s current full-year earnings is $0.50 per share. DA Davidson also issued estimates for CrowdStrike’s FY2026 earnings at $0.87 EPS.

Other analysts also recently issued research reports about the stock. Raymond James cut their price objective on shares of CrowdStrike from $380.00 to $275.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, August 29th. Jefferies Financial Group upped their price objective on CrowdStrike from $315.00 to $345.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, September 24th. Westpark Capital reiterated a “hold” rating on shares of CrowdStrike in a research report on Monday, November 25th. Morgan Stanley increased their target price on CrowdStrike from $325.00 to $355.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Monday, November 18th. Finally, Evercore ISI boosted their target price on shares of CrowdStrike from $325.00 to $400.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Monday, November 25th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, nine have given a hold rating, thirty have assigned a buy rating and three have given a strong buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $355.80.

CrowdStrike Price Performance

CrowdStrike stock opened at $346.80 on Monday. The company has a current ratio of 1.86, a quick ratio of 1.90 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.24. The stock’s 50 day moving average is $315.80 and its 200-day moving average is $312.87. CrowdStrike has a 12 month low of $200.81 and a 12 month high of $398.33. The company has a market capitalization of $85.01 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 680.01, a PEG ratio of 25.05 and a beta of 1.10.

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, November 26th. The company reported $0.93 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.82 by $0.11. CrowdStrike had a net margin of 3.39% and a return on equity of 7.11%. The firm had revenue of $1.01 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $982.80 million. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $0.16 earnings per share. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 28.5% on a year-over-year basis.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On CrowdStrike

Institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Abich Financial Wealth Management LLC bought a new position in shares of CrowdStrike in the second quarter worth $25,000. Family Firm Inc. bought a new stake in CrowdStrike in the second quarter valued at approximately $30,000. Itau Unibanco Holding S.A. purchased a new stake in shares of CrowdStrike during the second quarter valued at approximately $33,000. Unique Wealth Strategies LLC bought a new stake in CrowdStrike in the 2nd quarter worth $36,000. Finally, Hobbs Group Advisors LLC bought a new stake in shares of CrowdStrike in the second quarter worth about $38,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 71.16% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, CAO Anurag Saha sold 1,683 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Monday, September 23rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $297.28, for a total transaction of $500,322.24. Following the transaction, the chief accounting officer now owns 38,962 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $11,582,623.36. This represents a 4.14 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, Director Gerhard Watzinger sold 30,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, November 29th. The stock was sold at an average price of $348.93, for a total transaction of $10,467,900.00. Following the transaction, the director now owns 42,391 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $14,791,491.63. This represents a 41.44 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last ninety days, insiders have sold 138,248 shares of company stock worth $42,933,010. 4.34% of the stock is owned by insiders.

CrowdStrike Company Profile

CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc provides cybersecurity solutions in the United States and internationally. Its unified platform offers cloud-delivered protection of endpoints, cloud workloads, identity, and data. The company offers corporate endpoint and cloud workload security, managed security, security and vulnerability management, IT operations management, identity protection, SIEM and log management, threat intelligence, data protection, security orchestration, automation and response and AI powered workflow automation, and securing generative AI workload services.