Whipplewood Advisors LLC Purchases 186 Shares of CrowdStrike $CRWD

Whipplewood Advisors LLC increased its position in shares of CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) by 84.2% in the second quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 407 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 186 shares during the period. Whipplewood Advisors LLC’s holdings in CrowdStrike were worth $207,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the company. Interchange Capital Partners LLC raised its stake in CrowdStrike by 1.8% during the second quarter. Interchange Capital Partners LLC now owns 3,985 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,030,000 after buying an additional 71 shares during the last quarter. Brighton Jones LLC raised its stake in CrowdStrike by 566.2% during the second quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 7,754 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,949,000 after buying an additional 6,590 shares during the last quarter. Linden Thomas Advisory Services LLC raised its stake in CrowdStrike by 2.4% during the second quarter. Linden Thomas Advisory Services LLC now owns 7,126 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,629,000 after buying an additional 168 shares during the last quarter. Leavell Investment Management Inc. bought a new position in CrowdStrike during the second quarter worth $275,000. Finally, CVA Family Office LLC raised its stake in CrowdStrike by 53.6% during the second quarter. CVA Family Office LLC now owns 358 shares of the company’s stock worth $182,000 after buying an additional 125 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 71.16% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity at CrowdStrike

In other news, CFO Burt W. Podbere sold 10,706 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, September 22nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $495.67, for a total transaction of $5,306,643.02. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 220,424 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $109,257,564.08. The trade was a 4.63% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, President Michael Sentonas sold 10,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, October 10th. The stock was sold at an average price of $515.00, for a total transaction of $5,150,000.00. Following the sale, the president directly owned 354,116 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $182,369,740. The trade was a 2.75% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 158,090 shares of company stock valued at $75,500,649 over the last quarter. 3.32% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

CRWD has been the subject of a number of analyst reports. Oppenheimer lifted their target price on shares of CrowdStrike from $520.00 to $560.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday, October 17th. Daiwa Capital Markets lifted their price target on shares of CrowdStrike from $475.00 to $530.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, September 24th. Macquarie lifted their price target on shares of CrowdStrike from $465.00 to $485.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Friday, September 19th. Wedbush reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of CrowdStrike in a research note on Thursday, August 28th. Finally, Barclays lifted their price target on shares of CrowdStrike from $500.00 to $515.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, September 18th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-eight have given a Buy rating, seventeen have issued a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $496.47.

CrowdStrike Trading Up 1.0%

NASDAQ:CRWD opened at $527.32 on Monday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.20, a current ratio of 1.88 and a quick ratio of 1.88. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $463.35 and a 200-day moving average of $455.76. The company has a market cap of $132.34 billion, a PE ratio of -443.12, a PEG ratio of 123.92 and a beta of 1.19. CrowdStrike has a one year low of $294.68 and a one year high of $535.52.

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, August 27th. The company reported $0.93 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.83 by $0.10. The company had revenue of $1.17 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.15 billion. CrowdStrike had a negative net margin of 6.84% and a negative return on equity of 1.53%. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 21.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $1.04 earnings per share. CrowdStrike has set its FY 2026 guidance at 3.600-3.72 EPS. Q3 2026 guidance at 0.930-0.95 EPS. As a group, equities research analysts expect that CrowdStrike will post 0.55 EPS for the current fiscal year.

CrowdStrike Company Profile

CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc provides cybersecurity solutions in the United States and internationally. Its unified platform offers cloud-delivered protection of endpoints, cloud workloads, identity, and data. The company offers corporate endpoint and cloud workload security, managed security, security and vulnerability management, IT operations management, identity protection, SIEM and log management, threat intelligence, data protection, security orchestration, automation and response and AI powered workflow automation, and securing generative AI workload services.