Wedbush Comments on CrowdStrike’s Q1 Earnings (NASDAQ:CRWD)

CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:CRWD) – Research analysts at Wedbush dropped their Q1 2026 earnings per share estimates for shares of CrowdStrike in a research note issued to investors on Wednesday, November 27th. Wedbush analyst D. Ives now forecasts that the company will post earnings of $0.16 per share for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $0.17. The consensus estimate for CrowdStrike’s current full-year earnings is $0.54 per share. Wedbush also issued estimates for CrowdStrike’s Q2 2026 earnings at $0.23 EPS.

Several other research firms have also recently weighed in on CRWD. Westpark Capital restated a “hold” rating on shares of CrowdStrike in a report on Monday, November 25th. Barclays lifted their target price on shares of CrowdStrike from $295.00 to $372.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Monday, November 18th. CICC Research began coverage on shares of CrowdStrike in a research note on Monday, November 18th. They set a “market perform” rating and a $295.00 price objective for the company. BMO Capital Markets boosted their price target on shares of CrowdStrike from $315.00 to $380.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday, November 27th. Finally, KeyCorp upped their target price on shares of CrowdStrike from $345.00 to $395.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Friday, November 22nd. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, nine have given a hold rating, thirty have given a buy rating and three have assigned a strong buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $355.80.

CrowdStrike Stock Performance

CRWD stock opened at $349.95 on Monday. The stock has a market capitalization of $85.78 billion, a PE ratio of 686.19, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 18.62 and a beta of 1.11. CrowdStrike has a 12-month low of $200.81 and a 12-month high of $398.33. 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 simple moving average is $318.10 and its 200 day simple moving average is $312.95.

Insider Transactions at CrowdStrike

In related news, Director Sameer K. Gandhi sold 6,250 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Friday, October 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $320.38, for a total transaction of $2,002,375.00. Following the transaction, the director now directly owns 821,766 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $263,277,391.08. The trade was a 0.75 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, insider Shawn Henry sold 4,500 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, September 16th. The stock was sold at an average price of $260.73, for a total value of $1,173,285.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider now directly owns 174,591 shares in the company, valued at approximately $45,521,111.43. The trade was a 2.51 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 138,248 shares of company stock valued at $42,933,010 over the last three months. Company insiders own 4.34% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Abich Financial Wealth Management LLC bought a new position in shares of CrowdStrike in the second quarter valued at approximately $25,000. Oakworth Capital Inc. bought a new stake in CrowdStrike during the third quarter valued at about $28,000. Tsfg LLC grew its position in shares of CrowdStrike by 593.3% in the third quarter. Tsfg LLC now owns 104 shares of the company’s stock valued at $29,000 after purchasing an additional 89 shares during the last quarter. Family Firm Inc. acquired a new position in shares of CrowdStrike during the 2nd quarter worth about $30,000. Finally, Castleview Partners LLC bought a new stake in CrowdStrike during the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $32,000. 71.16% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

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.