Brokers Set Expectations for CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc.’s Q1 2026 Earnings (NASDAQ:CRWD)

CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:CRWD) – Analysts at Capital One Financial decreased their Q1 2026 EPS estimates for CrowdStrike in a research note issued on Wednesday, August 28th. Capital One Financial analyst C. Murphy now expects that the company will post earnings per share of $0.14 for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $0.17. The consensus estimate for CrowdStrike’s current full-year earnings is $0.81 per share. Capital One Financial also issued estimates for CrowdStrike’s Q2 2026 earnings at $0.19 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.25 EPS and Q4 2026 earnings at $0.42 EPS.

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, August 28th. The company reported $1.04 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.97 by $0.07. The business had revenue of $963.87 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $958.27 million. CrowdStrike had a return on equity of 8.44% and a net margin of 4.84%. The firm’s revenue was up 31.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $0.06 EPS.

A number of other analysts have also commented on CRWD. Cantor Fitzgerald decreased their price target on shares of CrowdStrike from $400.00 to $350.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, August 29th. Robert W. Baird lowered their target price on shares of CrowdStrike from $335.00 to $315.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, August 29th. BMO Capital Markets lifted their price target on CrowdStrike from $290.00 to $315.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, August 29th. Guggenheim downgraded CrowdStrike from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating in a research note on Monday, July 22nd. Finally, UBS Group cut their target price on CrowdStrike from $330.00 to $310.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, August 29th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, five have assigned a hold rating, thirty-three have given a buy rating and two have given a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, CrowdStrike currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $329.47.

CrowdStrike Trading Down 3.9 %

NASDAQ CRWD opened at $266.60 on Monday. CrowdStrike has a 52 week low of $157.59 and a 52 week high of $398.33. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $297.46 and a 200-day moving average price of $317.23. The company has a quick ratio of 1.80, a current ratio of 1.90 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.26. The company has a market cap of $64.88 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 503.03, a P/E/G ratio of 13.44 and a beta of 1.10.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Abich Financial Wealth Management LLC bought a new stake in CrowdStrike during the second quarter worth about $25,000. Family Firm Inc. bought a new stake in CrowdStrike in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $30,000. Itau Unibanco Holding S.A. purchased a new stake in CrowdStrike in the second quarter worth approximately $33,000. Unique Wealth Strategies LLC bought a new position in CrowdStrike during the second quarter valued at approximately $36,000. Finally, Trivant Custom Portfolio Group LLC purchased a new position in shares of CrowdStrike during the first quarter worth approximately $30,000. 71.16% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, insider Shawn Henry sold 4,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Thursday, August 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $260.00, for a total value of $1,040,000.00. Following the sale, the insider now directly owns 179,091 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $46,563,660. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. In other news, insider Shawn Henry sold 4,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, August 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $260.00, for a total value of $1,040,000.00. Following the transaction, the insider now owns 179,091 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $46,563,660. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Also, CEO George Kurtz sold 55,587 shares of CrowdStrike stock in a transaction on Friday, June 21st. The shares were sold at an average price of $376.45, for a total value of $20,925,726.15. Following the sale, the chief executive officer now directly owns 1,127,843 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $424,576,497.35. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 130,219 shares of company stock worth $48,856,294 in the last quarter. 4.34% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

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.