CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) Updates FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) issued an update on its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Tuesday morning. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 3.740-3.760 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of 3.630. The company issued revenue guidance of $3.9 billion-$3.9 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $3.9 billion. CrowdStrike also updated its Q4 guidance to $0.84-0.86 EPS.

CrowdStrike Trading Up 0.2 %

Shares of CRWD stock opened at $364.30 on Wednesday. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $311.86 and a 200 day simple moving average of $312.52. CrowdStrike has a 1 year low of $200.81 and a 1 year high of $398.33. The company has a current ratio of 1.90, a quick ratio of 1.90 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.26. The stock has a market cap of $89.30 billion, a P/E ratio of 527.97, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 26.33 and a beta of 1.10.

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, August 28th. The company reported $1.04 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.97 by $0.07. The company had revenue of $963.87 million for 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%. CrowdStrike’s quarterly revenue was up 31.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $0.06 EPS. On average, research analysts predict that CrowdStrike will post 0.49 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

CRWD has been the subject of several analyst reports. Westpark Capital restated a “hold” rating on shares of CrowdStrike in a research report on Monday. Hsbc Global Res raised CrowdStrike from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Friday, August 30th. Susquehanna reissued a “positive” rating and set a $310.00 price target on shares of CrowdStrike in a report on Thursday, September 19th. Rosenblatt Securities raised their price objective on CrowdStrike from $325.00 to $385.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada lowered their target price on CrowdStrike from $345.00 to $335.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, August 29th. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, eight have issued a hold rating, twenty-nine have given a buy rating and four have given a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $340.82.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other CrowdStrike news, President Michael Sentonas sold 10,776 shares of CrowdStrike stock in a transaction dated Monday, September 23rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $297.28, for a total transaction of $3,203,489.28. Following the completion of the transaction, 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 position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Also, insider Shawn Henry sold 4,500 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, September 16th. The stock was sold at an average price of $260.73, for a total transaction of $1,173,285.00. Following the completion of the sale, the insider now directly owns 174,591 shares in the company, valued at approximately $45,521,111.43. The trade was a 2.51 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold 108,248 shares of company stock worth $32,465,110 over the last quarter. 4.34% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

CrowdStrike Company Profile

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.