Potential Stake Sale: Toto Wolff, CEO of Mercedes F1, is in advanced talks to sell a 5% stake in the team to CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz, valuing the team at $6 billion, one of the highest valuations in F1 history.
Ownership Structure: Wolff currently owns 33% of the team through a holding company, and the governance structure will remain unchanged, with all partners committed to the team's success.
Longstanding Partnership: CrowdStrike has been a long-term partner of Mercedes F1, with Kurtz being a motorsport enthusiast and competitor, which adds to the significance of the potential deal.
Stock Performance: Mercedes' stock (MBGAF) has a Moderate Buy consensus rating, with a target price suggesting a growth rate of over 6% from its current trading level.
Wall Street analysts forecast CRWD stock price to rise over the next 12 months. According to Wall Street analysts, the average 1-year price target for CRWD is 562.25 USD with a low forecast of 353.00 USD and a high forecast of 640.00 USD. However, analyst price targets are subjective and often lag stock prices, so investors should focus on the objective reasons behind analyst rating changes, which better reflect the company's fundamentals.
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Wall Street analysts forecast CRWD stock price to rise over the next 12 months. According to Wall Street analysts, the average 1-year price target for CRWD is 562.25 USD with a low forecast of 353.00 USD and a high forecast of 640.00 USD. However, analyst price targets are subjective and often lag stock prices, so investors should focus on the objective reasons behind analyst rating changes, which better reflect the company's fundamentals.
23 Buy
11 Hold
0 Sell
Moderate Buy
Current: 453.770
Low
353.00
Averages
562.25
High
640.00
Current: 453.770
Low
353.00
Averages
562.25
High
640.00
Berenberg
Rahul Chopra
Hold
to
Buy
upgrade
$600
2026-01-09
Reason
Berenberg
Rahul Chopra
Price Target
$600
AI Analysis
2026-01-09
upgrade
Hold
to
Buy
Reason
Berenberg analyst Rahul Chopra upgraded CrowdStrike to Buy from Hold with an unchanged price target of $600. The firm cites valuation for the upgrade following the stock's recent underperformance. CrowdStrike "stands out" as one of the few software vendors "capable of sustaining sector-leading growth, supported by its unified architecture," the analyst tells investors in a research note. Berenberg views current share levels as an attractive entry point.
TD Cowen
Shaul Eyal
Buy
maintain
$580
2026-01-08
Reason
TD Cowen
Shaul Eyal
Price Target
$580
2026-01-08
maintain
Buy
Reason
TD Cowen analyst Shaul Eyal reiterates a Buy rating on CrowdStrike (CRWD) with a $580 price target following the company's acquisition of SGNL. The firm views the transaction positively. The deal builds on recent strategic trends in artificial intelligence and further exemplifies CrowdStrike's growing identity focus as it continues to expand its platform, the analyst tells investors in a research note. TD says competition within the mission-critical identity and access management arena is intensifying as Palo Alto (PANW) is set to complete the Cyberark (CYBR) acquisition.
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Morgan Stanley
Meta Marshall
Equal Weight
maintain
$515 -> $537
2025-12-18
Reason
Morgan Stanley
Meta Marshall
Price Target
$515 -> $537
2025-12-18
maintain
Equal Weight
Reason
Morgan Stanley analyst Meta Marshall raised the firm's price target on CrowdStrike to $537 from $515 and keeps an Equal Weight rating on the shares. Cybersecurity names were largely flat on the year, with platforms being up about 30%, on average, and the rest of the space being down about 12%, the analyst tells investors. The firm continues to see platforms as the "easiest way to play cyber" and expects them to continue to outperform, but believes other opportunities remain, the analyst tells investors in a year-ahead note for the group.
Freedom Capital
Hold
to
Buy
upgrade
$430 -> $550
2025-12-11
Reason
Freedom Capital
Price Target
$430 -> $550
2025-12-11
upgrade
Hold
to
Buy
Reason
Freedom Capital upgraded CrowdStrike to Buy from Hold with a price target of $550, up from $430.
About CRWD
CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. is a global cybersecurity company that provides cloud-delivered protection of endpoints, cloud workloads, identity and data. Its Falcon platform is designed for cybersecurity consolidation, purpose-built to stop breaches. The platforms collect and integrate data from across the enterprise, including endpoints, cloud workloads, identities, and third-party sources. It offers 29 cloud modules on its Falcon platform via a software as a service (SaaS) subscription-based model that spans multiple large markets, including corporate endpoint and cloud workload security, managed security services, security and vulnerability management, information technology (IT) operations management, identity protection, next-generation security information and event management (SIEM) and log management, threat intelligence services, data protection, SaaS security posture management, automation and response (SOAR) and artificial intelligence powered workflow automation, and others.
About the author
Emily J. Thompson
Emily J. Thompson, a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) with 12 years in investment research, graduated with honors from the Wharton School. Specializing in industrial and technology stocks, she provides in-depth analysis for Intellectia’s earnings and market brief reports.
