CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. (CRWD) shares plummeted 5.05% during intraday trading on Tuesday, extending recent losses for the cybersecurity firm.

The decline reflects continued selling pressure following a rating downgrade by Berenberg, which moved its recommendation on CrowdStrike from Buy to Hold. Analysts cited the stock's significant rally ahead of its recent earnings report, which had pushed valuations to elevated levels, as a reason for taking profits.

Despite reporting fiscal first-quarter results that beat expectations, CrowdStrike's second-quarter revenue guidance only modestly exceeded analyst forecasts, failing to provide the upside surprise that investors sought after the stock's approximately 98% surge in the three months leading up to the earnings release. The combination of the downgrade and ongoing profit-taking from the pre-earnings rally contributed to the sharp intraday decline.