Q1 Earnings Forecast for CrowdStrike Issued By William Blair

CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:CRWD) – Stock analysts at William Blair decreased their Q1 2026 EPS estimates for CrowdStrike in a research report issued to clients and investors on Wednesday, March 5th. William Blair analyst J. Ho now anticipates that the company will earn ($0.30) per share for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $0.07. The consensus estimate for CrowdStrike’s current full-year earnings is $0.55 per share. William Blair also issued estimates for CrowdStrike’s Q2 2026 earnings at ($0.20) EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at ($0.05) EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $0.15 EPS, FY2026 earnings at ($0.39) EPS, Q1 2027 earnings at ($0.19) EPS, Q2 2027 earnings at ($0.11) EPS, Q3 2027 earnings at ($0.03) EPS, Q4 2027 earnings at $0.09 EPS and FY2027 earnings at ($0.23) EPS.

Other research analysts have also recently issued reports about the stock. Citigroup reissued a “buy” rating on shares of CrowdStrike in a report on Wednesday, February 5th. KeyCorp dropped their target price on shares of CrowdStrike from $480.00 to $450.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, March 5th. Raymond James reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and issued a $390.00 target price (up from $360.00) on shares of CrowdStrike in a report on Wednesday, March 5th. Needham & Company LLC reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a $420.00 target price on shares of CrowdStrike in a report on Wednesday, March 5th. Finally, Westpark Capital reaffirmed a “hold” rating on shares of CrowdStrike in a report on Wednesday, March 5th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, eleven have given a hold rating, thirty-one have assigned a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $400.10.

CrowdStrike Trading Down 4.1 %

NASDAQ CRWD opened at $333.50 on Monday. The stock has a market capitalization of $82.14 billion, a P/E ratio of 653.93, a P/E/G ratio of 17.86 and a beta of 1.19. CrowdStrike has a 52-week low of $200.81 and a 52-week high of $455.59. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $387.07 and a 200 day moving average price of $339.51. The company has a quick ratio of 1.86, a current ratio of 1.86 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.24.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On CrowdStrike

A number of hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in CRWD. Berbice Capital Management LLC purchased a new position in shares of CrowdStrike in the 4th quarter valued at $27,000. Fortitude Family Office LLC raised its stake in shares of CrowdStrike by 112.8% in the 4th quarter. Fortitude Family Office LLC now owns 83 shares of the company’s stock valued at $28,000 after acquiring an additional 44 shares during the period. FPC Investment Advisory Inc. raised its stake in shares of CrowdStrike by 811.1% in the 4th quarter. FPC Investment Advisory Inc. now owns 82 shares of the company’s stock valued at $28,000 after acquiring an additional 73 shares during the period. Luken Investment Analytics LLC purchased a new position in shares of CrowdStrike in the 4th quarter valued at $34,000. Finally, Crowley Wealth Management Inc. purchased a new position in shares of CrowdStrike in the 4th quarter valued at $34,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 71.16% of the company’s stock.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other CrowdStrike news, President Michael Sentonas sold 10,801 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, December 23rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $358.47, for a total transaction of $3,871,834.47. Following the transaction, the president now owns 389,589 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $139,655,968.83. This trade represents a 2.70 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, insider Shawn Henry sold 4,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, February 18th. The stock was sold at an average price of $450.67, for a total transaction of $1,802,680.00. Following the transaction, the insider now directly owns 94,214 shares in the company, valued at approximately $42,459,423.38. This represents a 4.07 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold a total of 100,315 shares of company stock valued at $38,387,254 over the last quarter. 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.