Brokers Issue Forecasts for CrowdStrike Q1 Earnings

CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:CRWD) – Investment analysts at Capital One Financial issued their Q1 2027 earnings estimates for shares of CrowdStrike in a note issued to investors on Tuesday, April 15th. Capital One Financial analyst C. Murphy forecasts that the company will earn ($0.15) per share 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 research analysts also recently issued reports on the company. Baird R W downgraded CrowdStrike from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, February 3rd. Rosenblatt Securities reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $450.00 target price on shares of CrowdStrike in a report on Wednesday, March 5th. BMO Capital Markets boosted their price target on shares of CrowdStrike from $380.00 to $405.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday, March 5th. Stifel Nicolaus decreased their price objective on shares of CrowdStrike from $475.00 to $435.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, March 5th. Finally, BTIG Research upgraded CrowdStrike from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $431.00 target price on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, March 25th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, ten have given a hold rating, thirty have given a buy rating and two have given a strong buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $400.53.

CrowdStrike Stock Performance

Shares of CRWD opened at $375.62 on Thursday. The firm has a market capitalization of $93.11 billion, a P/E ratio of 736.52, a P/E/G ratio of 17.86 and a beta of 1.28. CrowdStrike has a 52 week low of $200.81 and a 52 week high of $455.59. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $376.90 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $357.06. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.24, a quick ratio of 1.86 and a current ratio of 1.86.

Insider Activity at CrowdStrike

In other CrowdStrike news, insider Shawn Henry sold 4,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, February 18th. The shares were sold at an average price of $450.67, for a total value of $1,802,680.00. Following the transaction, the insider now owns 94,214 shares in the company, valued at approximately $42,459,423.38. The trade was a 4.07 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, Director Sameer K. Gandhi sold 17,120 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, February 10th. The stock was sold at an average price of $428.13, for a total transaction of $7,329,585.60. Following the sale, the director now owns 780,592 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $334,194,852.96. This represents a 2.15 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold 119,401 shares of company stock worth $45,119,220 in the last three months. 4.34% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On CrowdStrike

Several hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Berbice Capital Management LLC bought a new position in CrowdStrike in the 4th quarter worth $27,000. Fortitude Family Office LLC raised its stake in CrowdStrike by 112.8% in the fourth quarter. Fortitude Family Office LLC now owns 83 shares of the company’s stock worth $28,000 after buying an additional 44 shares in the last quarter. FPC Investment Advisory Inc. lifted its holdings in CrowdStrike by 811.1% in the fourth quarter. FPC Investment Advisory Inc. now owns 82 shares of the company’s stock worth $28,000 after buying an additional 73 shares during the period. Sound Income Strategies LLC boosted its position in CrowdStrike by 77.6% during the 1st quarter. Sound Income Strategies LLC now owns 87 shares of the company’s stock valued at $31,000 after acquiring an additional 38 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Luken Investment Analytics LLC purchased a new position in shares of CrowdStrike during the 4th quarter worth approximately $34,000. 71.16% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

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.