Mizuho Securities Co. Ltd. Grows Stock Position in CrowdStrike $CRWD

Mizuho Securities Co. Ltd. increased its stake in shares of CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) by 1,550.0% in the third quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 1,650 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 1,550 shares during the quarter. CrowdStrike comprises approximately 5.5% of Mizuho Securities Co. Ltd.’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 4th biggest position. Mizuho Securities Co. Ltd.’s holdings in CrowdStrike were worth $809,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the company. Joel Isaacson & Co. LLC increased its stake in shares of CrowdStrike by 66.0% in the third quarter. Joel Isaacson & Co. LLC now owns 3,549 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,740,000 after buying an additional 1,411 shares during the period. Waldron Private Wealth LLC bought a new position in CrowdStrike during the third quarter worth $218,000. Canopy Partners LLC acquired a new position in shares of CrowdStrike in the 3rd quarter valued at about $244,000. McAdam LLC lifted its stake in CrowdStrike by 94.9% in the third quarter. McAdam LLC now owns 1,386 shares of the company’s stock valued at $680,000 after buying an additional 675 shares during the period. Finally, Dynasty Wealth Management LLC bought a new position in CrowdStrike during the third quarter worth $669,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 71.16% of the company’s stock.

CrowdStrike Stock Down 2.5%

Shares of NASDAQ CRWD opened at $442.73 on Wednesday. The stock has a market capitalization of $111.61 billion, a P/E ratio of -351.37, a PEG ratio of 110.19 and a beta of 1.03. CrowdStrike has a one year low of $298.00 and a one year high of $566.90. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is $490.37 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $479.20. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.18, a current ratio of 1.81 and a quick ratio of 1.81.

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

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of brokerages have commented on CRWD. Westpark Capital reissued a “hold” rating on shares of CrowdStrike in a research note on Wednesday, October 15th. Capital One Financial reduced their price objective on shares of CrowdStrike from $600.00 to $590.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, January 14th. Argus lifted their target price on CrowdStrike from $540.00 to $600.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, December 5th. Piper Sandler lifted their price target on shares of CrowdStrike from $450.00 to $520.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Wednesday, December 3rd. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and set a $621.00 price objective on shares of CrowdStrike in a research note on Wednesday, December 3rd. Thirty-two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eighteen have assigned a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $555.21.

Insider Transactions at CrowdStrike

In other news, CAO Anurag Saha sold 836 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, December 24th. The shares were sold at an average price of $476.83, for a total value of $398,629.88. Following the transaction, the chief accounting officer owned 43,726 shares in the company, valued at approximately $20,849,868.58. This trade represents a 1.88% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, President Michael Sentonas sold 11,461 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction 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 completion of the sale, the president directly owned 342,655 shares in the company, valued at approximately $164,399,015.90. This trade represents a 3.24% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. In the last ninety days, insiders have sold 74,048 shares of company stock valued at $37,153,707. Insiders own 3.32% of the company’s stock.

CrowdStrike Company Profile

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.