Brokers Issue Forecasts for CrowdStrike Q1 Earnings

CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:CRWD - Free Report) - Equities researchers at Capital One Financial issued their Q1 2027 earnings estimates for CrowdStrike in a note issued to investors on Tuesday, April 15th. Capital One Financial analyst C. Murphy anticipates that the company will post earnings per share of ($0.15) for the quarter. The consensus estimate for CrowdStrike's current full-year earnings is $0.55 per share. Capital One Financial also issued estimates for CrowdStrike's Q2 2027 earnings at ($0.10) EPS, Q3 2027 earnings at $0.05 EPS and Q4 2027 earnings at $0.19 EPS.

Several other equities analysts have also issued reports on CRWD. Jefferies Financial Group dropped their price objective on CrowdStrike from $425.00 to $410.00 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a report on Monday, March 31st. Mizuho lifted their price target on CrowdStrike from $385.00 to $450.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research report on Wednesday, February 12th. Evercore ISI increased their price objective on CrowdStrike from $400.00 to $450.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a report on Wednesday, March 5th. KeyCorp cut their target price on shares of CrowdStrike from $480.00 to $450.00 and set an "overweight" rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, March 5th. Finally, BMO Capital Markets increased their price target on shares of CrowdStrike from $380.00 to $405.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research note on Wednesday, March 5th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, ten have assigned a hold rating, thirty have issued a buy rating and two have given a strong buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, CrowdStrike has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $400.53.

CrowdStrike Stock Down 1.1 %

NASDAQ:CRWD traded down $4.22 during midday trading on Thursday, hitting $375.62. 2,091,665 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 5,033,186. CrowdStrike has a fifty-two week low of $200.81 and a fifty-two week high of $455.59. The company has a market capitalization of $93.11 billion, a PE ratio of 736.52, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 17.86 and a beta of 1.28. The company has a current ratio of 1.86, a quick ratio of 1.86 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.24. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $375.78 and a 200 day simple moving average of $357.75.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On CrowdStrike

A number of institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in CRWD. FSA Wealth Management LLC increased its position in shares of CrowdStrike by 11.2% during the fourth quarter. FSA Wealth Management LLC now owns 228 shares of the company's stock worth $78,000 after acquiring an additional 23 shares during the last quarter. Jacobi Capital Management LLC grew its stake in CrowdStrike by 1.9% during the 4th quarter. Jacobi Capital Management LLC now owns 1,309 shares of the company's stock valued at $448,000 after purchasing an additional 25 shares in the last quarter. Dorsey & Whitney Trust CO LLC increased its holdings in CrowdStrike by 1.4% during the 4th quarter. Dorsey & Whitney Trust CO LLC now owns 1,974 shares of the company's stock worth $675,000 after purchasing an additional 27 shares during the last quarter. Wintrust Investments LLC raised its position in shares of CrowdStrike by 4.2% in the 4th quarter. Wintrust Investments LLC now owns 719 shares of the company's stock valued at $246,000 after purchasing an additional 29 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Greenwich Wealth Management LLC boosted its stake in shares of CrowdStrike by 4.0% during the 4th quarter. Greenwich Wealth Management LLC now owns 776 shares of the company's stock valued at $265,000 after buying an additional 30 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 71.16% of the company's stock.

Insider Activity at CrowdStrike

In related news, Director Gerhard Watzinger sold 2,600 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction dated Monday, April 14th. The stock was sold at an average price of $378.93, for a total transaction of $985,218.00. Following the sale, the director now directly owns 60,291 shares in the company, valued at approximately $22,846,068.63. This trade represents a 4.13 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Also, Director Sameer K. Gandhi sold 6,250 shares of the company's stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, April 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $324.16, for a total value of $2,026,000.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now owns 768,092 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $248,984,702.72. This represents a 0.81 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last quarter, insiders have sold 119,401 shares of company stock worth $45,119,220. Company insiders own 4.34% of the company's stock.

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.