Q1 Earnings Estimate for CrowdStrike Issued By William Blair

CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:CRWD) – Stock analysts at William Blair reduced their Q1 2026 EPS estimates for CrowdStrike in a research report issued on Wednesday, March 5th. William Blair analyst J. Ho now forecasts that the company will post earnings per share of ($0.30) 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.

A number of other analysts also recently commented on the company. Mizuho boosted their price objective on CrowdStrike from $385.00 to $450.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, February 12th. Oppenheimer upped their price target on shares of CrowdStrike from $365.00 to $410.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday, November 27th. Wells Fargo & Company raised their price objective on shares of CrowdStrike from $400.00 to $430.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, March 5th. Needham & Company LLC reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $420.00 target price on shares of CrowdStrike in a report on Wednesday, March 5th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their target price on shares of CrowdStrike from $418.00 to $450.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Friday, February 28th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, eleven have assigned a hold rating, thirty have assigned a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $398.78.

CrowdStrike Stock Performance

CRWD opened at $329.75 on Monday. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $386.01 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $340.21. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.24, a current ratio of 1.86 and a quick ratio of 1.86. The company has a market capitalization of $81.22 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 646.58, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 17.86 and a beta of 1.19. CrowdStrike has a 1-year low of $200.81 and a 1-year high of $455.59.

Insider Activity

In related news, CEO George Kurtz sold 18,071 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, December 23rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $359.70, for a total value of $6,500,138.70. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer now directly owns 2,159,935 shares in the company, valued at approximately $776,928,619.50. The trade was a 0.83 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Also, insider Shawn Henry sold 4,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on 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. This trade represents a 4.07 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last 90 days, insiders have sold 100,315 shares of company stock worth $38,387,254. 4.34% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional Trading of CrowdStrike

Several large investors have recently modified their holdings of CRWD. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its position in CrowdStrike by 1.6% during the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 21,926,011 shares of the company’s stock worth $7,502,204,000 after acquiring an additional 342,294 shares during the last quarter. State Street Corp lifted its position in shares of CrowdStrike by 2.9% during the 3rd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 9,630,776 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,701,144,000 after purchasing an additional 275,717 shares during the last quarter. Jennison Associates LLC boosted its stake in CrowdStrike by 6.9% during the 4th quarter. Jennison Associates LLC now owns 5,420,980 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,854,843,000 after purchasing an additional 352,180 shares during the period. Geode Capital Management LLC boosted its stake in CrowdStrike by 2.6% during the 4th quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 5,018,441 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,712,063,000 after purchasing an additional 124,984 shares during the period. Finally, Norges Bank acquired a new stake in CrowdStrike in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $1,111,542,000. 71.16% of the stock is owned by 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.