Q1 Earnings Estimate for CrowdStrike Issued By William Blair

CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:CRWD) – Analysts at William Blair lowered their Q1 2026 earnings estimates for CrowdStrike in a research note issued on Wednesday, March 5th. William Blair analyst J. Ho now forecasts that the company will post earnings of ($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.

CRWD has been the topic of a number of other research reports. Guggenheim restated a “neutral” rating on shares of CrowdStrike in a research report on Wednesday, March 5th. Susquehanna raised their price objective on CrowdStrike from $400.00 to $425.00 and gave the company a “positive” rating in a report on Wednesday, March 5th. Robert W. Baird cut their target price on CrowdStrike from $440.00 to $405.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, March 5th. Wedbush lifted their price target on shares of CrowdStrike from $390.00 to $395.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, March 5th. Finally, Bank of America boosted their price objective on shares of CrowdStrike from $400.00 to $420.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, February 26th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, eleven have assigned a hold rating, thirty have issued a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $398.78.

CrowdStrike Stock Performance

CrowdStrike stock opened at $308.86 on Monday. CrowdStrike has a fifty-two week low of $200.81 and a fifty-two week high of $455.59. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $386.26 and its 200-day moving average price is $339.80. The stock has a market cap of $76.08 billion, a P/E ratio of 605.62, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 17.86 and a beta of 1.19. 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 Buying and Selling

In related news, CAO Anurag Saha sold 1,863 shares of CrowdStrike stock in a transaction dated Monday, December 23rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $358.46, for a total transaction of $667,810.98. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief accounting officer now directly owns 41,059 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $14,718,009.14. This trade represents a 4.34 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, CEO George Kurtz sold 18,071 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, December 23rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $359.70, for a total transaction of $6,500,138.70. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer now owns 2,159,935 shares in the company, valued at approximately $776,928,619.50. This trade represents a 0.83 % 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 ninety days. Company insiders own 4.34% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Siemens Fonds Invest GmbH grew its stake in shares of CrowdStrike by 37.3% in the fourth quarter. Siemens Fonds Invest GmbH now owns 6,967 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,384,000 after acquiring an additional 1,893 shares during the last quarter. Park Square Financial Group LLC purchased a new stake in CrowdStrike during the 4th quarter valued at about $151,000. Total Wealth Planning & Management Inc. purchased a new stake in CrowdStrike during the 4th quarter valued at about $315,000. Universal Beteiligungs und Servicegesellschaft mbH bought a new stake in CrowdStrike during the 4th quarter valued at about $59,596,000. Finally, Brooklyn FI LLC purchased a new position in CrowdStrike in the fourth quarter worth about $3,927,000. Hedge funds and other 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.