Wedbush Has Pessimistic Outlook of CrowdStrike Q1 Earnings

CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:CRWD) – Investment analysts at Wedbush reduced their Q1 2026 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of CrowdStrike in a note issued to investors on Wednesday, November 27th. Wedbush analyst D. Ives now expects that the company will earn $0.16 per share for the quarter, down from their prior forecast of $0.17. The consensus estimate for CrowdStrike’s current full-year earnings is $0.50 per share. Wedbush also issued estimates for CrowdStrike’s Q2 2026 earnings at $0.23 EPS.

A number of other equities analysts have also issued reports on the company. Citigroup increased their price objective on CrowdStrike from $300.00 to $400.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, November 27th. Cantor Fitzgerald increased their price objective on CrowdStrike from $350.00 to $370.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, November 21st. Morgan Stanley increased their price objective on CrowdStrike from $325.00 to $355.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Monday, November 18th. Robert W. Baird increased their price target on CrowdStrike from $375.00 to $390.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, November 27th. Finally, Susquehanna increased their price target on CrowdStrike from $310.00 to $400.00 and gave the company a “positive” rating in a research note on Wednesday, November 27th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, nine have issued a hold rating, thirty have assigned a buy rating and three have given a strong buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, CrowdStrike currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $355.80.

CrowdStrike Stock Performance

Shares of CRWD stock opened at $345.97 on Monday. CrowdStrike has a 12-month low of $200.81 and a 12-month high of $398.33. The firm has a market capitalization of $84.81 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 678.39, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 25.05 and a beta of 1.10. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $315.80 and a 200 day simple moving average of $312.87. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.24, a current ratio of 1.86 and a quick ratio of 1.90.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Jennison Associates LLC boosted its position in shares of CrowdStrike by 25.0% during the 3rd quarter. Jennison Associates LLC now owns 5,068,800 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,421,646,000 after acquiring an additional 1,013,161 shares in the last quarter. International Assets Investment Management LLC boosted its position in shares of CrowdStrike by 17,926.3% during the 3rd quarter. International Assets Investment Management LLC now owns 925,831 shares of the company’s stock worth $259,668,000 after acquiring an additional 920,695 shares in the last quarter. Daiwa Securities Group Inc. boosted its position in shares of CrowdStrike by 1,655.9% during the 3rd quarter. Daiwa Securities Group Inc. now owns 755,951 shares of the company’s stock worth $212,021,000 after acquiring an additional 712,900 shares in the last quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp boosted its position in shares of CrowdStrike by 47.5% during the 2nd quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 1,753,252 shares of the company’s stock worth $671,828,000 after acquiring an additional 564,662 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Assenagon Asset Management S.A. boosted its position in shares of CrowdStrike by 248.6% during the 3rd quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. now owns 521,198 shares of the company’s stock worth $146,180,000 after acquiring an additional 371,695 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 71.16% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity at CrowdStrike

In other CrowdStrike news, CEO George Kurtz sold 55,325 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, September 23rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $296.62, for a total transaction of $16,410,501.50. Following the sale, the chief executive officer now directly owns 1,109,746 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $329,172,858.52. The trade was a 4.75 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. Also, insider Shawn Henry sold 4,500 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, September 16th. The stock was sold at an average price of $260.73, for a total transaction of $1,173,285.00. Following the sale, the insider now directly owns 174,591 shares in the company, valued at $45,521,111.43. This trade represents a 2.51 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last ninety days, insiders have sold 108,248 shares of company stock valued at $32,465,110. 4.34% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

About CrowdStrike

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.