Wedbush Has Pessimistic Outlook of CrowdStrike Q1 Earnings

CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:CRWD) – Research analysts at Wedbush lowered their Q1 2026 earnings estimates for CrowdStrike in a research report issued to clients and investors on Wednesday, November 27th. Wedbush analyst D. Ives now anticipates that the company will post earnings per share of $0.16 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.

Other equities analysts have also issued research reports about the stock. Piper Sandler lifted their price target on shares of CrowdStrike from $290.00 to $375.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday, November 27th. Evercore ISI lifted their price target on shares of CrowdStrike from $325.00 to $400.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Monday, November 25th. Cantor Fitzgerald lifted their price target on shares of CrowdStrike from $350.00 to $370.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, November 21st. Hsbc Global Res lowered shares of CrowdStrike from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Wednesday, November 27th. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada cut their price target on shares of CrowdStrike from $370.00 to $365.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, November 27th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, nine have given a hold rating, thirty have assigned a buy rating and three have issued a strong buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $355.80.

CrowdStrike Stock Performance

Shares of CrowdStrike stock opened at $345.97 on Monday. The firm has a market capitalization of $84.81 billion, a P/E ratio of 678.39, a P/E/G ratio of 25.05 and a beta of 1.10. The company’s 50 day moving average price is $315.80 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $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. CrowdStrike has a fifty-two week low of $200.81 and a fifty-two week high of $398.33.

Insider Buying and Selling at CrowdStrike

In other news, President Michael Sentonas sold 10,776 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, September 23rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $297.28, for a total value of $3,203,489.28. Following the sale, the president now owns 400,390 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $119,027,939.20. The trade was a 2.62 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Also, insider Shawn Henry sold 4,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, November 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $340.44, for a total transaction of $1,361,760.00. Following the sale, the insider now directly owns 120,298 shares in the company, valued at $40,954,251.12. This trade represents a 3.22 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold a total of 108,248 shares of company stock worth $32,465,110 over the last three months. 4.34% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Institutional Trading of CrowdStrike

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Tri Ri Asset Management Corp bought a new stake in CrowdStrike during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $5,456,000. Peapack Gladstone Financial Corp bought a new stake in CrowdStrike during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $497,000. Tidal Investments LLC increased its holdings in shares of CrowdStrike by 7.5% in the 3rd quarter. Tidal Investments LLC now owns 24,813 shares of the company’s stock worth $6,959,000 after buying an additional 1,740 shares during the last quarter. Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB bought a new position in shares of CrowdStrike in the 3rd quarter worth $1,319,000. Finally, World Investment Advisors LLC increased its holdings in shares of CrowdStrike by 24.7% in the 3rd quarter. World Investment Advisors LLC now owns 2,514 shares of the company’s stock worth $705,000 after buying an additional 498 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 71.16% of the company’s stock.

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.