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CRWD Stock Forecast: CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. Price Predictions for 2026-2027

Last close, 18 Sept 2026
$238
−3.28% on the day

The 53 Wall Street analysts covering CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. hold a median 12-month price target of $240 — +1.0% from the last close. Ticker Nerd's systematic factor model, run across ~4,600 US stocks, ranks it 60 of 100 as at 19 Sept 2026 — in the upper half.

Market cap
$243.3B
Ticker Nerd rank
60 / 100
Median analyst target
$240
Analysts covering
53
Revenue$1.5B+25.8% y/y
Operating income−$33.2M
Net income$5.3M
Free cash flow$376.3M
Quarterly, 8 quarters to 31 July 2026 · latest quarter's figure shown
Total return, dividends reinvested
1W
+15.0%
1M
+11.6%
YTD
+102.8%
1Y
+89.1%
From 52W high
−3.3%
From 52W low
+171.4%
$88
$246
52-week range, adjusted closes · the dot is the last close
Ticker Nerd rank

CRWD stock analysis: one number for the whole business

Consensus tells you what everyone already believes. The model scores CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. on its factor families — the same systematic rank behind the Ticker Nerd portfolio.

Where the model ranks itAs at 19 Sept 2026
60 / 100

Percentile across ~4,600 US stocks on Ticker Nerd’s systematic factor model. Higher is better. How the model is built and tested

Momentum
95
Revisions
91
Accruals
67
Quality
65
Volatility
45
Issuance
45
Growth
44
Value
25
Size
1

Momentum (95): The shares have been drifting up relative to others.

Value (25): The shares cost a lot relative to the profits and assets behind them.

Size (1): Larger than most of the companies we track — more scrutinised, less often mispriced.

Built and run by Aslam Ghouse, an ex-Goldman Sachs quant trader with fourteen years in markets.

Wall Street

CRWD stock forecast 2026-2027: analyst price targets & predictions

The bullish and bearish analyst opinions on CRWD, reported as data — targets and ratings, the market's view beside the model's.

Share price and the analyst range, 12 monthsAdjusted close, US dollars
$100$150$200$250$300Oct 25Jan 26Apr 26Jul 26CRWDHigh $300Median $240Low $132

Price targets and ratings are third-party analyst estimates, reported here as data. They are not Ticker Nerd forecasts, and they are frequently wrong.

Data provided by Twelve Data

What Wall Street says53 analysts
40 Buy12 Hold1 Sell
Low $132Median $240High $300

The green dot is the last close — the median target sits +1.0% from it.

Recent analyst actionsNewest first

Of the 20 most recent actions, 4 moved their price target up and 0 moved it down.

DateFirmActionRatingTarget
11 Sept 2026WedbushAssumesOutperform$250
4 Sept 2026MacquarieMaintainsNeutral$200
4 Sept 2026RosenblattMaintainsBuy$250
4 Sept 2026Roth CapitalMaintainsBuy$200$220
4 Sept 2026ScotiabankMaintainsSector Outperform$250$265
3 Sept 2026BairdMaintainsNeutral$230$235
3 Sept 2026BairdMaintainsNeutral
3 Sept 2026BTIGReiteratesBuy
3 Sept 2026BTIGReiteratesBuy$245
3 Sept 2026NeedhamReiteratesBuy
3 Sept 2026NeedhamReiteratesBuy$250
3 Sept 2026Raymond JamesMaintainsOutperform
3 Sept 2026Raymond JamesMaintainsOutperform$240$250
3 Sept 2026RBC CapitalReiteratesOutperform
3 Sept 2026RBC CapitalReiteratesOutperform$260
3 Sept 2026TD CowenReiteratesBuy$250
3 Sept 2026TD CowenReiteratesBuy
2 Sept 2026DA DavidsonMaintainsBuy
2 Sept 2026DA DavidsonMaintainsBuy$245
1 Sept 2026Truist SecuritiesMaintainsBuy

Price targets and ratings are third-party analyst estimates, reported here as data. They are not Ticker Nerd forecasts, and they are frequently wrong.

Market Radar

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Computed off the Friday close and sent before the US open.

Market Radar reports the week’s largest rank changes across roughly 4,600 US stocks, the factor behind each one, and where the market went. CRWD appears on the weeks it earns a place.

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Performance

CRWD vs the S&P 500

Both lines are total return — dividends reinvested — so the comparison is honest on both sides.

Over the twelve months to 18 Sept 2026, CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. returned +89.1% against +16.3% for the S&P 500, dividends included.

CRWD vs S&P 500, last 12 monthsTotal return, rebased to 100
100150200Oct 25Jan 26Apr 26Jul 26CRWDS&P 500

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Data provided by Twelve Data

Estimates

CRWD analyst estimate revisions

Not the forecast itself — the direction analysts are revising it. Revision direction is one of the model's factor families.

Which way the estimates are movingNext fiscal year
EPS revision, 90 days
−1.8%
Analysts raising
45
Analysts cutting
0
Fundamentals

CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. (CRWD) financial data

A margin means little on its own. Each bar marks where the figure sits across the whole US universe we score.

Valuation
Trailing P/E
4753.0×

Cheaper than 1% of US stocks

Price / sales
45.1×

Cheaper than 6% of US stocks

Price / book
47.7×

Cheaper than 2% of US stocks

EV / EBITDA
2238.3×

Cheaper than 1% of US stocks

Growth & margins
Revenue growth (YoY)
25.8%

Higher than 75% of US stocks

Earnings growth (YoY)
25.8%

Higher than 63% of US stocks

Gross margin
74.6%

Higher than 87% of US stocks

Operating margin
−2.3%

Higher than 30% of US stocks

Net margin
0.8%

Higher than 49% of US stocks

Returns & dividend
Return on equity
1.5%

Higher than 46% of US stocks

Return on assets
−0.8%

Higher than 40% of US stocks

Dividend yield

Bars mark the percentile across the ~4,600 US stocks Ticker Nerd covers, among those reporting the figure.

Key statistics

CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. (CRWD) statistics: revenue, profit & scale

The headline figures, each with its date. Every row carries its own link — cite it straight from here.

  • CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. has a market value of $243.3B and an enterprise value of $239.2B.

  • Revenue in the twelve months to 31 July 2026: $5.4B. The latest quarter grew 25.8% year on year.

  • Net income over the same four quarters: $78.7M, a 1.5% net margin.

  • Diluted earnings per share, trailing twelve months: $0.04.

  • Free cash flow in the twelve months to 31 July 2026: $1.5B, after $83.1M of capital spending.

  • Shares outstanding: 1.0B.

  • Trailing P/E: 4753.0×; forward P/E: 148.0× — the forward figure prices analyst consensus estimates, not reported earnings.

  • CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. employs 11,706 people $461K of revenue per employee.

Statement figures: company filings via Twelve Data, four quarters to 31 July 2026 · market figures as at 19 Sept 2026

Data provided by Twelve Data

Peers

CRWD vs competitors

The nearest names by industry and size, scored by the same model — like for like.

Its peer group, ranked by the same modelSoftware - Infrastructure
CompanyMarket capTKN rank
CRWDCrowdStrike Holdings, Inc.$243.3B
60
PANWPalo Alto Networks, Inc.$296.7B
50
PLTRPalantir Technologies, Inc.$424.9B
65
ORCLOracle Corp.$425.2B
37
FTNTFortinet, Inc.$124.4B
96
NETCloudflare, Inc.$113.4B
69
SNPSSynopsys, Inc.$73.7B
53

Look up any of the roughly 4,600 stocks we score.

The rank is the raw material. Whether the rules would actually own CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. — and when they’d sell — is the membership. See the Ticker Nerd 20 →

News

Latest CRWD news & analysis

Why CrowdStrike, Palo Alto Networks, SentinelOne, and Other Cybersecurity Stocks Surged This Week

The Motley Fool · 20 Sept 2026positive

Cybersecurity stocks including CrowdStrike surged this week following increased attention on risks associated with advances in artificial intelligence. Cyber watchdogs are expected to see growing demand for their services as these risks are highlighted.

Why it matters — For CRWD watchers, this suggests heightened awareness of AI-related cyber threats could support demand for CrowdStrike's security offerings.

These 3 Stocks Sit at the Center of NVIDIA's Cybersecurity Push

MarketBeat · 20 Sept 2026positive

NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang has endorsed cybersecurity as the next major growth market, citing AI-driven automation's exponential increase in code that needs to be scanned, along with the need to secure AI infrastructure, data, and agents that can hallucinate and run amok. The piece highlights vendors positioned at the center of this cybersecurity push, including CrowdStrike.

Why it matters — A CRWD watcher would care because it signals growing demand for AI-era cybersecurity solutions, which aligns with CrowdStrike's core business in threat detection and response.

CrowdStrike and Palo Alto Networks Are Soaring, but Is the Rally Already Priced In?

24/7 Wall Street · 18 Sept 2026neutral

CrowdStrike and Palo Alto Networks have both roughly doubled this year, but an AI safety scare recently sent them in opposite directions relative to Wall Street's consensus targets, raising the question of which stock still has room to run versus one whose rally may already be priced in.

Why it matters — CRWD watchers can gauge how the company's performance is tracking against analyst expectations and whether its current valuation already reflects its gains.

AI trade rebound sparks flurry of unusually bullish options activity

CNBC · 18 Sept 2026positive

CNBC reports that the AI trade rebound, marked by the Nasdaq-100's best day in six weeks, has sparked unusually bullish options activity despite rising interest rates and warnings from AI leaders about regulation. Options traders are jumping in amid this momentum.

Why it matters — As a cybersecurity and AI-adjacent company, CrowdStrike could benefit from renewed investor enthusiasm and bullish options activity tied to the rebound in AI-related stocks.

CrowdStrike Stock Moves Higher Today: What's Happening?

Benzinga · 17 Sept 2026positive

CrowdStrike shares rose on Thursday after Bernstein raised its price target on the stock and the company was named a Leader in a Forrester threat intelligence report.

Why it matters — A raised price target from Bernstein and recognition as a Leader in a Forrester threat intelligence report reflect positive analyst and industry sentiment around CrowdStrike's competitive position.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions about CRWD stock

What is the CRWD stock price forecast for 2026-2027?

The 53 Wall Street analysts covering CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. have a median 12-month price target of $240, with estimates ranging from $132 to $300. These are third-party analyst estimates, not Ticker Nerd forecasts, and they are frequently wrong.

Is CRWD stock a buy right now?

Of the 53 analysts covering CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc., 40 rate it a Buy, 12 a Hold and 1 a Sell. Ticker Nerd's systematic factor model ranks CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. 60 out of 100 across roughly 4,600 US stocks as at 19 Sept 2026. None of this is personal advice — it does not consider your circumstances.

How does Ticker Nerd's model rank CRWD?

As at 19 Sept 2026, CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. ranks 60 out of 100 on Ticker Nerd's systematic factor model — a percentile across roughly 4,600 US stocks, built from its factor families. Its strongest factor family is Momentum (95 of 100).

Will CRWD stock go up?

No one can know that. What the data says: the median 12-month target from 53 analysts implies +1.0% from the last close, and Ticker Nerd's factor model ranks CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. 60 out of 100 as at 19 Sept 2026. Analyst targets are third-party estimates and frequently wrong; none of this is personal advice.

What is the CRWD stock forecast for 2030?

No analyst covering CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. publishes a 2030 price target — Wall Street targets run 12 to 18 months out. Sites quoting a 2030 price for CRWD are extrapolating price history, which says nothing about the business. The furthest attributed numbers are the current analyst targets: $132 to $300 over the next 12 months.

How has CRWD stock performed over the past year?

CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. returned +89.1% over the 12 months to 18 Sept 2026, with dividends reinvested. Past performance does not indicate future returns.

What does CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. do?

CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. is a cybersecurity company that provides cloud-native protection for endpoints, cloud workloads, identities, and data.

What is the latest news on CRWD?

The most recent item we track (The Motley Fool, 20 Sept 2026): "Why CrowdStrike, Palo Alto Networks, SentinelOne, and Other Cybersecurity Stocks Surged This Week". Cybersecurity stocks including CrowdStrike surged this week following increased attention on risks associated with advances in artificial intelligence. Cyber watchdogs are expected to see growing demand for their services as these risks are highlighted.

Company

About CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc.

CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. is a cybersecurity company that provides cloud-native protection for endpoints, cloud workloads, identities, and data. Its unified platform combines threat intelligence, managed security, vulnerability management, log management, security operations, and AI-powered workflow automation to help organizations detect, investigate, and respond to digital threats. The company serves enterprises across industries such as technology, finance, healthcare, retail, and government, supporting both large-scale and distributed IT environments. CrowdStrike’s subscription-based software model centers on modular security capabilities delivered through a single platform, making it a key provider in modern enterprise security architectures. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. focuses on helping customers secure critical systems and reduce operational complexity across their digital infrastructure.

CEO Mr. George R. Kurtz · 11,706 employees · United States · https://www.crowdstrike.com