CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) Trading Up 4.4% – Here’s Why

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) was up 4.4% during trading on Friday . The stock traded as high as $432.85 and last traded at $429.64. Approximately 3,437,081 shares traded hands during trading, an increase of 11% from the average daily volume of 3,098,608 shares. The stock had previously closed at $411.54.

Key CrowdStrike News

Here are the key news stories impacting CrowdStrike this week:

• Positive Sentiment: CrowdStrike is expanding beyond enterprise into consumer and national cybersecurity deals, signaling TAM expansion and more diversified recurring-revenue opportunities. CrowdStrike Expands From Enterprise To Consumer And National Cybersecurity Deals
• Positive Sentiment: NordVPN selected CrowdStrike to power Threat Protection for millions of consumers — a material reseller/partner relationship that accelerates consumer revenue and brand reach. NordVPN Selects CrowdStrike
• Positive Sentiment: CrowdStrike was named a Customers’ Choice in Gartner Peer Insights for User Authentication—strong product validation that supports retention and enterprise upsell. Gartner Customers’ Choice
• Positive Sentiment: Benzinga highlights an analyst turning bullish on CrowdStrike among top upgrades, adding to positive coverage and buy-side interest. This CrowdStrike Analyst Turns Bullish
• Positive Sentiment: High-profile media endorsement (Jim Cramer) and equities write-ups naming CrowdStrike as an attractive long-term growth name are supporting retail/institutional sentiment. Jim Cramer: I love CrowdStrike
• Neutral Sentiment: Options flow shows significant speculative/“smart money” activity in CRWD options — could amplify moves but is ambiguous on direction until positions are revealed. Smart Money Is Betting Big In CRWD Options
• Neutral Sentiment: Short-interest reports in the feed show anomalous zero/NaN values — the data appears unreliable and shouldn’t be treated as evidence of meaningful short-pressure. (Market data note)
• Negative Sentiment: Rosenblatt lowered its price target from $630 to $555 while keeping a buy rating — a downgrade to upside expectations that can cap near-term upside despite the maintained positive view. Rosenblatt Lowers Price Target
• Negative Sentiment: Analysts and outlets note CrowdStrike is exposed to the broader software sell-off; sector rotation could pressure the stock even as company-specific signals remain constructive. CrowdStrike Caught in Software Sell-Off

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of research firms have recently weighed in on CRWD. Citigroup raised their target price on CrowdStrike from $595.00 to $610.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, January 12th. Morgan Stanley upped their price objective on shares of CrowdStrike from $515.00 to $537.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Thursday, December 18th. Bank of America increased their target price 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. Needham & Company LLC lifted their price target on shares of CrowdStrike from $535.00 to $575.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, December 3rd. Finally, BMO Capital Markets raised their target price on CrowdStrike from $500.00 to $555.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, December 3rd. Thirty-one analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, sixteen have issued a Hold rating and three have issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $552.17.

CrowdStrike Trading Up 4.4%

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 company has a market cap of $108.31 billion, a PE ratio of -340.98, a PEG ratio of 23.80 and a beta of 1.03. The firm’s 50 day moving average is $462.19 and its 200 day moving average is $473.57.

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, December 3rd. The company reported $0.96 EPS 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 net margin of 6.88% and a negative return on equity of 2.12%. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 21.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $0.93 EPS. On average, equities analysts anticipate that CrowdStrike will post 0.55 earnings per share for the current year.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, CFO Burt W. Podbere sold 10,516 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred 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 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 transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, President Michael Sentonas sold 11,461 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, December 22nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $479.78, for a total transaction of $5,498,758.58. Following the completion of the transaction, the president directly owned 342,655 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $164,399,015.90. This represents a 3.24% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Over the last three months, insiders sold 100,247 shares of company stock worth $45,722,274. 3.32% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On CrowdStrike

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. UMB Bank n.a. raised its holdings in shares of CrowdStrike by 2.3% during the 4th quarter. UMB Bank n.a. now owns 1,494 shares of the company’s stock valued at $700,000 after buying an additional 34 shares in the last quarter. Stifel Financial Corp grew its position in CrowdStrike by 3.2% during the fourth quarter. Stifel Financial Corp now owns 373,232 shares of the company’s stock valued at $174,957,000 after acquiring an additional 11,475 shares during the last quarter. Beacon Capital Management LLC raised its stake in shares of CrowdStrike by 13.5% during the fourth quarter. Beacon Capital Management LLC now owns 495 shares of the company’s stock worth $232,000 after acquiring an additional 59 shares in the last quarter. Quarry LP lifted its holdings in shares of CrowdStrike by 81.7% in the 4th quarter. Quarry LP now owns 129 shares of the company’s stock worth $60,000 after acquiring an additional 58 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Kirtland Hills Capital Management LLC boosted its stake in shares of CrowdStrike by 4.6% in the 4th quarter. Kirtland Hills Capital Management LLC now owns 5,397 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,530,000 after purchasing an additional 238 shares in the last quarter. 71.16% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

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.