CrowdStrike Stock Rises After Wolfe Upgrade as Anthropic AI Fears Turn Into Cybersecurity Spending Bet
CrowdStrike shares rose about 3% premarket Monday after Wolfe Research upgraded the stock to Outperform, citing expected higher security spending tied to Anthropic’s upcoming AI model. Wolfe set a $450 price target and said the new AI could trigger a “machine speed cyberwar.” CrowdStrike reported $5.25 billion in annual recurring revenue earlier this month. Friday’s AI-driven selloff hit other cybersecurity stocks, including Palo Alto Networks and Zscaler.