NASDAQ: CRWD

CrowdStrike (CRWD) Stock Analysis & Forecast

CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. Technology services sector, packaged software industry. Market cap $242.0B.

$237.65−8.05 (−3.3%)

Close on Sep 18, 2026. Page updated Sep 19, 9:14 pm ET.

Gekko Brief

AI summary

CrowdStrike closed at $237.65, down 3.3%, but remains well above its 50-day average of $207.08 and its 200-day average of $146.97, with the shorter average sitting above the longer one. The GekkoIndex reads 51.1, placing the stock in the Neutral zone, down 9.7 points over the last five sessions. Price sits 19% above Gekko Fair Value of $199.66.

Cybersecurity names including CrowdStrike, Palo Alto Networks and Okta posted strong weekly gains this week tied to AI safety warnings from industry leaders, which shifted investor attention toward infrastructure protection spending, though the stock slid on Friday amid profit-taking after its multi-week rally. Bernstein raised its price target on the stock, and CrowdStrike was named a Leader in a Forrester threat intelligence report, ranking highest among vendors in both Current Offering and Strategy categories. A director's affiliated entities sold 120,000 shares on 16 September under a Rule 10b5-1 plan at weighted average prices between $235.79 and $241.47, a detail cited alongside valuation concerns in some coverage.

The next earnings report is scheduled for 1 December, 72 days out, beyond a typical 20-trading-day holding window; the prior quarter saw a 23% reaction after EPS of $0.01 against a $0.05 estimate, with 7 beats in the last 8 quarters. Over the last 90 days, Congress recorded 5 buys and 0 sells, while the last 30 days show 1 unusual options signal with call premium of $4,429,100 against put premium of $1,089,481. Seasonally, the next 20 trading days from this point averaged +4.3% over 5 years, rising in 3 of them. The gap to Gekko Fair Value bears watching given the 19% premium.

Written by AI and checked automatically against the figures on this page. Generated Sep 20, 2026 from the data above.

Price vs fair value

Close $237.65200-day averageGekko Fair Value $199.66

Key stats

Market cap
$242.0B
P/E ratio
4914
Forward P/E
192.3
EPS, TTM
$0.05
Revenue, TTM
$5.40B
Profit margin
0.8%
Dividend yield
Beta
1.25
Volume
18.48M avg 12.41M
1-year return
+113.4%
Typical daily move
±5.5%
Typical 20-day move
±9.6%
50-day average
$207.08
200-day average
$146.97
Next earnings
Dec 1 after close
Shares outstanding
1.02B
52-week range
$85.68$250.32

CrowdStrike swing-trade checklist

CrowdStrike scores 4 supportive, 1 mixed and 1 headwind across the 6 checklist items with data.

Six things swing traders check before a 20-day hold, read from the latest data.

4 supportive1 mixed1 headwind

  • Trendsupportive

    Above 50 and 200-day

    Close $237.65 is above the 50-day ($207.08) and 200-day ($146.97) averages, and the 50-day is above the 200-day.

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  • GekkoIndexmixed

    51.1, Neutral

    Reading 51.1 is in the Neutral zone.

    See the GekkoIndex
  • Fair valueheadwind

    19.0% above

    Price is 19% above Gekko Fair Value (more than 5% above).

    See fair value
  • Smart moneysupportive

    Leans bullish

    Last 90 days: Congress 5 buys / 0 sales. Last 30 days: 1 unusual options signal.

    See smart money
  • Earnings risksupportive

    Reports in 72 days

    Next report Dec 1, 2026, 72 days away — outside a typical 20-trading-day hold.

    See earnings
  • Seasonalitysupportive

    +4.3% on average

    From this point in the calendar, the next 20 trading days averaged +4.3% over 5 years, rising in 3 of them.

    See seasonality

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CrowdStrike stock chart and price history

CrowdStrike closed at $237.65 on Sep 18, 2026, +113.4% over the past year, inside a 52-week range of $85.68 to $250.32.

Close50-day average200-day averageVolume

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Performance Breakdown

1 month
+17.9%
3 months
+38.8%
6 months
+122.0%
1 year
+113.4%
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About CrowdStrike

CrowdStrike provides cybersecurity protection built for cloud environments. Its tools are designed to guard endpoints, workloads running in the cloud, user logins, and sensitive data from attack. The company is known for a broad set of security capabilities that include tracking threats, hunting for intrusions before they spread, managing IT operations, applying Zero Trust identity checks, handling log data, and offering managed security services to clients who need extra support.

Most of its income comes from subscriptions to its Falcon platform, along with the additional cloud-based modules built around it. CrowdStrike reaches customers worldwide, selling through its own sales teams as well as a wide network of partner organizations that resell and support its products.

The company was founded in 2011 and runs its headquarters out of Austin, Texas. Its shares are listed on the NASDAQ under the ticker CRWD.

Listed
NASDAQ
Sector
Technology services
Industry
Packaged software
Website
crowdstrike.com

CrowdStrike GekkoIndex: the smart money zone

CrowdStrike’s GekkoIndex — Gekko’s 0 to 100 smart money score — reads 51.1, in the Neutral zone, down 9.7 points over five sessions.

010051.1Neutral

Down 9.7 points over five sessions, from the Accumulation zone.

Reading for Sep 18, 2026

What followed past readings in each zone

ZoneReadings5 days10 days20 days50 days
Buying38+5.3%+6.5%+7.8%+25.0%
Accumulation135+0.6%+1.3%+2.9%+15.1%
Neutral (current zone)270+1.6%+3.6%+7.9%+15.0%
Distribution76+1.8%+2.6%+2.7%+9.8%
Selling6Too few readings yet

Average CRWD share-price change over the trading days after each daily reading in its GekkoIndex history. Across every stock Gekko tracks, Neutral readings averaged +1.2% over 20 days. Past behaviour doesn’t guarantee future results.

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Is CrowdStrike stock overvalued? Gekko Fair Value

CrowdStrike trades 19.0% above Gekko Fair Value of $199.66, so the shares are overvalued on Gekko’s estimate.

Gekko’s own estimate of what CrowdStrike shares are worth, recalculated every trading day.

$199.66

Gekko Fair Value, Sep 19, 2026

19.0% Overvalued

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CrowdStrike insider and Congress trading

No open-market insider purchases were filed for CrowdStrike, and members of Congress disclosed 5 purchases and 0 sales, in the last 90 days.

Plus buybacks, unusual options and fund positions, each dated to when it became public.

Insider buying last 90 days

No open-market insider purchases were filed for CRWD in the last 90 days.

From Form 4 filings, dated to when each was filed.

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Congress trades last 90 days

5trades disclosed: 5 purchases and 0 sales.

MemberTypeAmountDisclosed
Gilbert Cisneros
House, CA, purchase
Purchase$1,001 - $15,000Sep 11
traded Aug 7
Gilbert Ray Cisneros
House, CA, purchase
Purchase$1,001 - $15,000Sep 7
traded Jul 17
Gilbert Ray Cisneros
House, CA, purchase
Purchase$1,001 - $15,000Sep 7
traded Jul 16
Josh S. Gottheimer
House, NJ, purchase
Purchase$1,001 - $15,000Aug 11
traded Jul 15
Josh S. Gottheimer
House, NJ, purchase
Purchase$1,001 - $15,000Aug 11
traded Jul 14

From congressional disclosures, which report amounts as ranges.

Buybacks

CrowdStrike has been buying back its own shares.

Latest authorization
$500.0M, Apr 6, 2026
Bought back, quarter ended Apr 30, 2026
$175.6M
As a share of market cap
0.07%

From company filings.

Unusual options activity last 30 days

1signal, 80% of the flagged premium in calls.

Latest: Bullish flow on Aug 29, $5.52M in unusual premium.

Hedge funds and billionaires quarter ended Jun 30

4of the funds Gekko tracks hold CRWD.

1added1opened2trimmed1sold out
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CrowdStrike earnings: next date and track record

CrowdStrike reports on Dec 1, 2026, after the close (72 days away), and beat the EPS estimate in 7 of its last 8 reports.

7 of 8reports beat the EPS estimate
±7.2%average move across the report
4 of 8reports followed by a gain

Share-price move across each report

−4.4%Nov ’24−4.5%Mar ’25−3.9%Jun ’25+5.8%Aug ’25+4.0%Dec ’25+5.9%Mar ’26−6.5%Jun ’26+23.0%Aug ’26

Last earnings call, Aug 26, 2026 AI summary

What they said
CrowdStrike reported its best quarter in company history for Q2 FY27, with record net new ARR of $333M (+51% YoY), ending ARR of $5.84B (+25% YoY), and total revenue of $1.47B (+26% YoY). Free cash flow reached $377M (26% margin, +33% YoY) and operating income hit $372M (25% margin, +46% YoY). FalconFlex ARR surpassed $2.29B (+101% YoY). AI-driven threat expansion is accelerating platform adoption.
Guidance
FY2027 net new ARR guidance raised, now expecting 34% YoY growth at midpoint—a 1,150 basis point increase from initial outlook. Management raised full-year guidance by 630 basis points and beat Q2 net new ARR guidance high end by over $45M.
ReportedEPSSurpriseRevenueSurpriseMove
Aug 26, 2026$0.01
est $0.05
−80.0%$1.47B
est $1.44B
+2.1%+23.0%
Jun 3, 2026$1.10
est $1.07
+2.8%$1.39B
est $1.36B
+1.7%−6.5%
Mar 3, 2026$1.12
est $1.10
+1.8%$1.31B
est $1.30B
+0.6%+5.9%
Dec 2, 2025$0.96
est $0.94
+2.2%$1.23B
est $1.21B
+1.6%+4.0%
Aug 27, 2025$0.93
est $0.83
+11.8%$1.17B
est $1.15B
+1.6%+5.8%
Jun 3, 2025$0.73
est $0.66
+10.6%$1.10B
est $1.10B
−0.1%−3.9%
Mar 4, 2025$1.03
est $0.86
+19.8%$1.06B
est $1.03B
+2.3%−4.5%
Nov 26, 2024$0.93
est $0.81
+14.8%$1.01B
est $982.8M
+2.8%−4.4%

“Move” is the close of the first session after the report compared with the close of the last session before it, so it reads the same whether the company reported before the open or after the close.

CrowdStrike stock forecast and analyst price targets

Analysts’ average 12-month price target for CrowdStrike is $234.35, −1.4% from the last close, from 37 firms rating the stock in the last 90 days.

$234.35consensus 12-month target, −1.4% from the last close
Low $132High $425
Buy31
Hold6
Sell0

Each firm’s latest rating in the last 90 days: 37 firms.

Latest analyst actions

DateFirmRatingTargetvs price
Sep 18Bank of America SecuritiesHold, maintained$260+9.4%
Sep 18Morgan StanleyBuy, reiterated$238+0.1%
Sep 18StephensBuy, maintained$280+17.8%
Sep 17BernsteinHold, maintained$132−44.5%
Sep 15WedbushBuy, reiterated$250+5.2%
+7.9%average 20-day move after past Neutral readings
+4.3%average move over the next 20 trading days in the last 5 years
±5.5%typical daily move, from the 14-day average range

Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions. These are analyst targets and historical base rates, which don’t guarantee future results.

CrowdStrike seasonality: the next 20 trading days

Over the next 20 trading days from Sep 19, CrowdStrike averaged +4.3% across the last 5 years, rising in 3 of them.

Next 20 trading days, by year

+10.8%2021−13.6%2022+13.1%2023+11.9%2024−3.6%2025

Average move and hit rate

WindowAverageYears higher
Next 5 trading days−2.2%1 of 5
Next 10 trading days−2.1%1 of 5
Next 15 trading days+1.5%2 of 5
Next 20 trading days+4.3%3 of 5
Next 30 trading days+5.3%4 of 5

For scale, CRWD’s typical 20-trading-day move in either direction is about 9.6%.

CrowdStrike market cap and key statistics

CrowdStrike’s market cap is $242.0B, with a P/E ratio of 4914 and revenue of $5.40B over the last twelve months.

Valuation

Market cap
$242.0B
P/E ratio
4914
Forward P/E
192.3
EPS, TTM
$0.05
Gekko Fair Value
$199.66

Trading

Volume
18.48M
Avg volume, 20 days
12.41M
52-week high
$250.32
52-week low
$85.68
Shares outstanding
1.02B

Financials

Revenue, TTM
$5.40B
Profit margin
0.8%
Return on equity
1.5%
Quarterly earnings growth, YoY
+533.0%

Risk and income

Beta
1.25
Typical daily move
±5.5%
Typical 20-day move
±9.6%

CrowdStrike peers

CrowdStrike’s 6 largest industry peers by market value, with today’s move, GekkoIndex zone and gap to Gekko Fair Value.

StockTodayGekkoIndex zonevs Fair Value
MSFTMicrosoft−0.8%Neutral13.4% above
ORCLOracle−1.9%Neutral17.7% below
PLTRPalantir Technologies+0.3%Neutral11.3% above
PANWPalo Alto Networks−3.1%Neutral8.9% above
CRMSalesforce−2.6%Neutral1.3% below
NOWServiceNow−3.0%Neutral9.7% above

A peer links to its own page where one exists.

In the Buying zone today

Reporting earnings this week

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CrowdStrike stock FAQ

What is CrowdStrike’s market cap?

CrowdStrike’s market cap is $242.0B at the Sep 18, 2026 close of $237.65, with 1.02B shares outstanding. The shares trade on a P/E ratio of 4914.

What is the CrowdStrike stock forecast?

The consensus analyst 12-month price target for CrowdStrike is $234.35, −1.4% from the last close. Of the 37 firms that rated the stock in the last 90 days, 31 rate it a buy, 6 a hold and 0 a sell. Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions of its own.

Is CrowdStrike stock overvalued or undervalued?

On Gekko’s estimate CrowdStrike is overvalued: the Sep 18, 2026 close of $237.65 is 19.0% above Gekko Fair Value of $199.66. Gekko Fair Value is recalculated every trading day, and a gap inside 5% either way counts as about fair value.

When does CrowdStrike report earnings next?

CrowdStrike is expected to report on Dec 1, 2026, after the market closes (72 days away). Analysts expect earnings of $0.31 per share on revenue of $1.53B. CrowdStrike beat the earnings estimate in 7 of its last 8 reports, moving 7.2% on average across the report.

What is CrowdStrike’s 52-week high and low?

CrowdStrike’s 52-week high is $250.32 and its 52-week low is $85.68; it closed at $237.65 on Sep 18, 2026, +113.4% over the past year.

Is CrowdStrike stock a buy right now?

Gekko describes the data; it does not make buy or sell recommendations. On the swing-trade checklist, 4 of the 6 items with data read as supportive (trend, smart money, earnings risk and seasonality), 1 as mixed (gekkoindex) and 1 as a headwind (fair value). The checklist is a description of current data, not a recommendation.

Is there unusual options activity in CrowdStrike?

Gekko flagged 1 unusual options signal in CrowdStrike over the last 30 days, with $4.43M of flagged premium in calls and $1.09M in puts. The latest, bullish flow, was on Aug 29, 2026 with $5.52M in unusual premium. The signal-by-signal table is in Gekko.

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