Crocs, Inc. $CROX Shares Acquired by AlphaQuest LLC

AlphaQuest LLC lifted its holdings in Crocs, Inc. (NASDAQ:CROX) by 9,436.6% in the second quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 7,820 shares of the textile maker’s stock after purchasing an additional 7,738 shares during the period. AlphaQuest LLC’s holdings in Crocs were worth $792,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the business. TLW Wealth Management LLC grew its holdings in Crocs by 0.6% during the 2nd quarter. TLW Wealth Management LLC now owns 100,329 shares of the textile maker’s stock worth $10,161,000 after acquiring an additional 578 shares in the last quarter. Aurora Investment Counsel lifted its position in shares of Crocs by 68.5% during the 2nd quarter. Aurora Investment Counsel now owns 14,426 shares of the textile maker’s stock worth $1,461,000 after buying an additional 5,865 shares during the last quarter. DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale raised its position in Crocs by 477.9% in the 2nd quarter. DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale now owns 11,246 shares of the textile maker’s stock valued at $1,162,000 after purchasing an additional 9,300 shares during the last quarter. VIRGINIA RETIREMENT SYSTEMS ET Al purchased a new stake in Crocs in the 2nd quarter valued at $2,145,000. Finally, Foster & Motley Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Crocs by 23.0% in the second quarter. Foster & Motley Inc. now owns 6,360 shares of the textile maker’s stock valued at $644,000 after purchasing an additional 1,190 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 93.44% of the company’s stock.

Insider Transactions at Crocs

In other Crocs news, Director John B. Replogle purchased 3,261 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Friday, August 8th. The stock was bought at an average cost of $76.69 per share, with a total value of $250,086.09. Following the acquisition, the director owned 15,417 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,182,329.73. The trade was a 26.83% increase in their ownership of the stock. The acquisition was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, EVP Susan L. Healy purchased 2,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, August 12th. The stock was acquired at an average cost of $76.56 per share, with a total value of $153,120.00. Following the completion of the acquisition, the executive vice president directly owned 50,078 shares in the company, valued at $3,833,971.68. The trade was a 4.16% increase in their position. The disclosure for this purchase can be found here. 2.72% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Crocs Stock Performance

CROX stock opened at $82.82 on Monday. The company has a market capitalization of $4.52 billion, a P/E ratio of 22.20, a PEG ratio of 1.93 and a beta of 1.43. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $82.89 and a 200 day simple moving average of $94.68. Crocs, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $73.76 and a fifty-two week high of $139.96. The company has a quick ratio of 0.97, a current ratio of 1.54 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.97.

Crocs (NASDAQ:CROX) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, August 7th. The textile maker reported $4.23 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $4.01 by $0.22. The business had revenue of $1.15 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.15 billion. Crocs had a net margin of 5.72% and a return on equity of 44.15%. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 3.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $4.01 earnings per share. Crocs has set its Q3 2025 guidance at EPS. Sell-side analysts predict that Crocs, Inc. will post 13.2 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of brokerages have commented on CROX. UBS Group cut their price objective on shares of Crocs from $110.00 to $85.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Monday, August 11th. Needham & Company LLC increased their price objective on shares of Crocs from $89.00 to $100.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, August 29th. Stifel Nicolaus reissued a “hold” rating and issued a $85.00 price objective (down from $127.00) on shares of Crocs in a research note on Friday, August 8th. Weiss Ratings cut shares of Crocs from a “hold (c-)” rating to a “sell (d+)” rating in a research note on Friday. Finally, Piper Sandler cut shares of Crocs from an “overweight” rating to a “neutral” rating and decreased their price target for the stock from $95.00 to $75.00 in a research note on Monday, September 22nd. Seven equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have issued a Hold rating and three have given a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $101.92.

Crocs Profile

Crocs, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, designs, develops, manufactures, markets, distributes, and sells casual lifestyle footwear and accessories for men, women, and children under Crocs and HEYDUDE Brand in the United States and internationally. The company offers various footwear products, including clogs, sandals, slides, flips, wedges, platforms, socks, boots, charms, flip flops, sneakers, and slippers.