CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) Updates FY25 Earnings Guidance

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) updated its FY25 earnings guidance on Wednesday. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $3.61-3.65 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.90. The company issued revenue guidance of $3.890-3.902 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $3.95 billion. CrowdStrike also updated its FY 2025 guidance to 3.610-3.650 EPS.

CrowdStrike Stock Performance

NASDAQ:CRWD opened at $277.28 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $67.48 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 523.17, a PEG ratio of 11.79 and a beta of 1.10. The business has a 50 day moving average of $303.94 and a 200 day moving average of $318.50. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.29, a current ratio of 1.80 and a quick ratio of 1.80. CrowdStrike has a 1-year low of $145.38 and a 1-year high of $398.33.

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, August 28th. The company reported $1.04 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.97 by $0.07. CrowdStrike had a net margin of 4.01% and a return on equity of 7.39%. The firm had revenue of $963.87 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $958.27 million. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $0.06 EPS. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 31.7% on a year-over-year basis. On average, sell-side analysts predict that CrowdStrike will post 0.87 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several research firms have recently commented on CRWD. JPMorgan Chase & Co. decreased their price objective on CrowdStrike from $400.00 to $330.00 and set an overweight rating on the stock in a report on Monday, July 29th. Jefferies Financial Group decreased their price target on CrowdStrike from $400.00 to $300.00 and set a buy rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, July 31st. Rosenblatt Securities dropped their price objective on CrowdStrike from $350.00 to $330.00 and set a buy rating for the company in a research note on Monday, August 26th. Wells Fargo & Company decreased their target price on shares of CrowdStrike from $435.00 to $350.00 and set an overweight rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, July 22nd. Finally, DA Davidson increased their price target on shares of CrowdStrike from $290.00 to $310.00 and gave the company a buy rating in a research report on Thursday. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, five have issued a hold rating, thirty-four have issued a buy rating and two have given a strong buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, CrowdStrike presently has an average rating of Moderate Buy and a consensus price target of $326.15.

Insider Buying and Selling at CrowdStrike

In other news, CAO Anurag Saha sold 1,662 shares of CrowdStrike stock in a transaction dated Friday, June 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $380.63, for a total value of $632,607.06. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief accounting officer now owns 40,645 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $15,470,706.35. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. In related news, insider Shawn Henry sold 4,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, August 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $260.00, for a total value of $1,040,000.00. Following the transaction, the insider now directly owns 179,091 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $46,563,660. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, CAO Anurag Saha sold 1,662 shares of CrowdStrike stock in a transaction on Friday, June 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $380.63, for a total value of $632,607.06. Following the completion of the sale, the chief accounting officer now directly owns 40,645 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $15,470,706.35. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last 90 days, insiders sold 130,219 shares of company stock worth $48,856,294. 4.34% of the stock is owned by 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.