CrowdStrike $CRWD is Lynch Asset Management Inc.’s 8th Largest Position

Lynch Asset Management Inc. raised its position in shares of CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) by 19.6% during the 3rd quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 18,950 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 3,100 shares during the quarter. CrowdStrike comprises 3.0% of Lynch Asset Management Inc.’s portfolio, making the stock its 8th largest holding. Lynch Asset Management Inc.’s holdings in CrowdStrike were worth $9,293,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Disciplined Equity Management Inc. boosted its holdings in CrowdStrike by 0.8% in the third quarter. Disciplined Equity Management Inc. now owns 2,405 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,179,000 after purchasing an additional 20 shares during the last quarter. Fire Capital Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of CrowdStrike by 1.7% in the 3rd quarter. Fire Capital Management LLC now owns 1,239 shares of the company’s stock valued at $608,000 after buying an additional 21 shares during the period. Patron Partners LLC boosted its stake in shares of CrowdStrike by 2.1% in the second quarter. Patron Partners LLC now owns 1,076 shares of the company’s stock worth $548,000 after buying an additional 22 shares during the last quarter. Nova Wealth Management Inc. raised its position in CrowdStrike by 5.4% during the third quarter. Nova Wealth Management Inc. now owns 428 shares of the company’s stock valued at $210,000 after acquiring an additional 22 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Brighton Jones LLC lifted its holdings in CrowdStrike by 0.3% in the third quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 7,776 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,813,000 after acquiring an additional 22 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 71.16% of the company’s stock.

CrowdStrike Price Performance

CRWD stock opened at $470.61 on Monday. The business’s 50-day moving average is $502.48 and its two-hundred day moving average is $481.51. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.18, a current ratio of 1.81 and a quick ratio of 1.81. The firm has a market capitalization of $118.64 billion, a P/E ratio of -373.50, a P/E/G ratio of 113.19 and a beta of 1.03. CrowdStrike has a 1 year low of $298.00 and a 1 year high of $566.90.

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, December 2nd. The company reported $0.96 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.94 by $0.02. CrowdStrike had a negative net margin of 6.88% and a negative return on equity of 2.12%. The firm had revenue of $1.23 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.22 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $0.93 earnings per share. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 21.8% compared to the same quarter last year. CrowdStrike has set its FY 2026 guidance at 3.700-3.720 EPS and its Q4 2026 guidance at 1.090-1.110 EPS. Analysts anticipate that CrowdStrike will post 0.55 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

CRWD has been the subject of a number of analyst reports. Cowen reiterated a “buy” rating on shares of CrowdStrike in a research report on Thursday. KeyCorp cut shares of CrowdStrike from an “overweight” rating to a “sector weight” rating in a research report on Monday. Citigroup reaffirmed a “market outperform” rating on shares of CrowdStrike in a research note on Monday, December 15th. Morgan Stanley raised their target price on shares of CrowdStrike from $515.00 to $537.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Thursday, December 18th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group boosted their target price on CrowdStrike from $535.00 to $564.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, December 3rd. Thirty-two research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eighteen have issued a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $555.10.

Insider Activity

In related news, Director Sameer K. Gandhi sold 5,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, November 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $550.20, for a total value of $2,751,000.00. Following the transaction, the director owned 765,456 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $421,153,891.20. This represents a 0.65% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, President Michael Sentonas sold 11,461 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, December 22nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $479.78, for a total transaction of $5,498,758.58. Following the sale, the president directly owned 342,655 shares in the company, valued at approximately $164,399,015.90. The trade was a 3.24% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. In the last quarter, insiders have sold 73,395 shares of company stock valued at $36,920,217. Insiders own 3.32% of the company’s stock.

About CrowdStrike

CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc (NASDAQ: CRWD) is a cybersecurity company founded in 2011 and headquartered in Sunnyvale, California. The firm was co-founded by George Kurtz and Dmitri Alperovitch and became a publicly traded company following its initial public offering in 2019. CrowdStrike positions itself as a provider of cloud-native security solutions designed to protect endpoints, cloud workloads, identities and data against sophisticated cyber threats.

The company’s core offering is the CrowdStrike Falcon platform, a modular, cloud-delivered security architecture that combines endpoint protection (EPP), endpoint detection and response (EDR), threat intelligence, and device control through lightweight agents and centralized telemetry.