Bridgewater Advisors Inc. Increases Holdings in CrowdStrike $CRWD

Bridgewater Advisors Inc. lifted its position in shares of CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) by 12.2% during the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 2,128 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 231 shares during the period. Bridgewater Advisors Inc.’s holdings in CrowdStrike were worth $991,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other large investors also recently modified their holdings of CRWD. Brighton Jones LLC raised its holdings in shares of CrowdStrike by 44.9% during the 4th quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 7,803 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,670,000 after buying an additional 2,417 shares in the last quarter. DAVENPORT & Co LLC grew its position in CrowdStrike by 9.1% during the 1st quarter. DAVENPORT & Co LLC now owns 2,911 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,026,000 after acquiring an additional 243 shares during the last quarter. Checchi Capital Advisers LLC bought a new position in CrowdStrike during the 1st quarter worth approximately $203,000. Strategic Blueprint LLC grew its position in CrowdStrike by 19.7% during the 1st quarter. Strategic Blueprint LLC now owns 2,981 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,051,000 after acquiring an additional 490 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Wayfinding Financial LLC bought a new position in CrowdStrike during the 1st quarter worth approximately $63,000. 71.16% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several equities analysts recently issued reports on the company. DZ Bank lowered CrowdStrike from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating and set a $440.00 price target on the stock. in a research report on Wednesday, September 24th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft raised their price target on CrowdStrike from $430.00 to $435.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research report on Thursday, September 18th. Roth Capital restated a “buy” rating and set a $510.00 price target (up from $410.00) on shares of CrowdStrike in a research report on Thursday, September 18th. Evercore ISI raised their price target on CrowdStrike from $405.00 to $430.00 in a research report on Thursday, September 18th. Finally, Needham & Company LLC raised their price target on CrowdStrike from $475.00 to $535.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, September 18th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-nine have assigned a Buy rating, eighteen have issued a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, CrowdStrike has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $505.78.

CrowdStrike Trading Up 0.8%

NASDAQ CRWD opened at $543.01 on Monday. The company has a quick ratio of 1.88, a current ratio of 1.88 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.20. CrowdStrike has a twelve month low of $294.68 and a twelve month high of $553.64. The firm has a market capitalization of $136.27 billion, a PE ratio of -456.31, a P/E/G ratio of 127.60 and a beta of 1.16. The stock’s 50 day moving average is $475.45 and its 200 day moving average is $461.98.

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) last released 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. CrowdStrike had a negative return on equity of 1.53% and a negative net margin of 6.84%.The business had revenue of $1.17 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.15 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $1.04 earnings per share. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 21.4% compared to the same quarter last year. CrowdStrike has set its FY 2026 guidance at 3.600-3.72 EPS. Q3 2026 guidance at 0.930-0.95 EPS. Research analysts forecast that CrowdStrike will post 0.55 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other CrowdStrike news, Director Johanna Flower sold 2,347 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, October 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $490.98, for a total value of $1,152,330.06. Following the sale, the director directly owned 79,057 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $38,815,405.86. The trade was a 2.88% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Also, President Michael Sentonas sold 10,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Friday, October 10th. The shares were sold at an average price of $515.00, for a total value of $5,150,000.00. Following the transaction, the president directly owned 354,116 shares in the company, valued at approximately $182,369,740. The trade was a 2.75% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. In the last ninety days, insiders sold 156,840 shares of company stock valued at $75,350,186. Company insiders own 3.32% of the company’s stock.

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.