CrowdStrike $CRWD Shares Purchased by Nwam LLC

Nwam LLC boosted its position in CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) by 14.4% during the second quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 3,851 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 484 shares during the period. Nwam LLC’s holdings in CrowdStrike were worth $1,783,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of CRWD. Nuveen LLC purchased a new stake in shares of CrowdStrike in the 1st quarter valued at $595,766,000. Jennison Associates LLC raised its holdings in shares of CrowdStrike by 21.1% during the first quarter. Jennison Associates LLC now owns 6,565,275 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,314,785,000 after purchasing an additional 1,144,295 shares during the last quarter. UBS AM A Distinct Business Unit of UBS Asset Management Americas LLC raised its holdings in shares of CrowdStrike by 52.6% during the first quarter. UBS AM A Distinct Business Unit of UBS Asset Management Americas LLC now owns 2,771,424 shares of the company’s stock worth $977,149,000 after purchasing an additional 955,529 shares during the last quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its position in CrowdStrike by 4.1% during the first quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 22,834,565 shares of the company’s stock valued at $8,051,011,000 after purchasing an additional 908,554 shares during the period. Finally, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. boosted its holdings in CrowdStrike by 39.9% in the first quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 2,665,344 shares of the company’s stock valued at $939,747,000 after purchasing an additional 760,222 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 71.16% of the company’s stock.

CrowdStrike Stock Performance

Shares of CRWD stock opened at $556.73 on Wednesday. The company has a current ratio of 1.88, a quick ratio of 1.88 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.20. CrowdStrike has a 12-month low of $298.00 and a 12-month high of $558.98. The business’s 50 day moving average is $492.35 and its two-hundred day moving average is $469.72. The company has a market capitalization of $139.72 billion, a P/E ratio of -467.84, a P/E/G ratio of 131.02 and a beta of 1.16.

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, August 27th. The company reported $0.93 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates 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 during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.15 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $1.04 earnings per share. The business’s revenue 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. Analysts expect that CrowdStrike will post 0.55 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other CrowdStrike news, CFO Burt W. Podbere sold 1,957 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Monday, November 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $550.41, for a total transaction of $1,077,152.37. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 218,467 shares in the company, valued at approximately $120,246,421.47. This represents a 0.89% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, CEO George Kurtz sold 6,975 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, November 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $549.89, for a total transaction of $3,835,482.75. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 2,108,082 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,159,213,210.98. The trade was a 0.33% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders have sold 116,622 shares of company stock worth $58,561,456 in the last 90 days. 3.32% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities research analysts have weighed in on the company. Piper Sandler cut their price target on CrowdStrike from $505.00 to $450.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, August 28th. KeyCorp upped their target price on CrowdStrike from $495.00 to $510.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, September 18th. BMO Capital Markets raised their target price on CrowdStrike from $450.00 to $500.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, September 18th. Stephens boosted their price target on CrowdStrike from $525.00 to $590.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, October 9th. Finally, Arete upgraded CrowdStrike from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $706.00 price objective on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, October 28th. One research 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 issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $510.80.

About CrowdStrike

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.