Short interest on CRWD sees a significant increase on 2025-12-31

Daniel Torres

Investors can expect a company’s stock to rise or fall based on the buying and selling of stock by its insiders. Crowdstrike Holdings Inc shares valued at $398,630 were sold by Saha Anurag on Dec 24 ’25. At $476.83 per share, Saha Anurag sold 836 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 43,726 shares worth approximately $20.14 million following the completion of this transaction.

Also, Saha Anurag sold 1,530 shares, netting a total of over 734,063 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $479.78 each, the insider now holds 44,562 shares.

Before that, Sentonas Michael had sold 11,461 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $5,498,759, the PRESIDENT traded Crowdstrike Holdings Inc shares for $479.78 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 11,461 shares, worth approximately $157.86 million.

As published in a research note from KeyBanc Capital Markets on January 12, 2026, Crowdstrike Holdings Inc [CRWD] has been rated down from an Overweight to a Sector weight. Analysts at Berenberg upgraded the stock from ‘”a Hold”‘ to ‘”a Buy”‘ outlook in a report released in early January. As of December 03, 2025, Needham has reiterated its “Buy” rating for CRWD. Earlier on December 03, 2025, BMO Capital Markets resumed its rating. Their recommendation was “an Outperform” for CRWD stock.

Analyzing CRWD Stock Performance

On last trading session, Crowdstrike Holdings Inc [NASDAQ: CRWD] plunged -1.56% to $460.7. The stock’s lowest price that day was $451.76, but it reached a high of $476.9999 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -3.80%. Over the course of the year, Crowdstrike Holdings Inc shares have jumped approximately 34.92%.

Is Crowdstrike Holdings Inc subject to short interest?

Stocks of Crowdstrike Holdings Inc saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-12-31 jumping by 0.11 million shares to 6.6 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-11-28 was 6.48 million shares. A jump of 1.71% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 2.81 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 2.81.

Which companies own the most shares of Crowdstrike Holdings Inc (CRWD)?

In terms of Crowdstrike Holdings Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 559.5 in the next 12 months, up nearly 19.55% from the previous closing price of $468.02. Analysts anticipate Crowdstrike Holdings Inc stock to reach 706 by 2026, with the lowest price target being 353. In spite of this, 37 analysts ranked Crowdstrike Holdings Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2026. On November 18, 2025, Berenberg assigned a price target of “a Hold” to the stock and initiated coverage with a $600.

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