CrowdStrike $CRWD Shares Sold by Stephens Investment Management Group LLC

Stephens Investment Management Group LLC decreased its position in shares of CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) by 25.1% during the 3rd quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The fund owned 14,951 shares of the company’s stock after selling 5,006 shares during the quarter. Stephens Investment Management Group LLC’s holdings in CrowdStrike were worth $7,332,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in CrowdStrike by 54,635.9% in the 2nd quarter. Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 4,293,484 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,186,714,000 after purchasing an additional 4,285,640 shares during the last quarter. Norges Bank acquired a new position in CrowdStrike in the second quarter valued at approximately $1,638,365,000. Vestor Capital LLC grew its position in CrowdStrike by 269,840.3% in the second quarter. Vestor Capital LLC now owns 977,184 shares of the company’s stock worth $497,690,000 after acquiring an additional 976,822 shares during the period. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its position in CrowdStrike by 2.6% in the second quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 23,430,572 shares of the company’s stock worth $11,933,425,000 after acquiring an additional 596,007 shares during the period. Finally, State Street Corp increased its stake in CrowdStrike by 3.6% during the second quarter. State Street Corp now owns 10,804,651 shares of the company’s stock worth $5,502,917,000 after acquiring an additional 370,965 shares during the last quarter. 71.16% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Key Stories Impacting CrowdStrike

Here are the key news stories impacting CrowdStrike this week:

• Positive Sentiment: CRWD announced a $740M deal to buy SGNL (Continuous Identity), which extends Falcon into real‑time, risk‑based access control — a strategic fit for securing AI agents and non‑human identities and strengthens the platform narrative. Why CrowdStrike’s SGNL Acquisition Matters for CRWD Stock
• Positive Sentiment: CrowdStrike is also acquiring Seraphic to add browser‑session protection (AI‑driven risks in browsers), broadening Falcon’s coverage and supporting growth avenues beyond endpoints. CRWD to Acquire Seraphic
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst sentiment is increasingly constructive: MarketBeat highlights that a major bear has turned bullish and technical momentum looks to be stabilizing — this supports a potential upside if momentum continues. CrowdStrike: A Major Bear Throws in the Towel—Upside Ahead
• Positive Sentiment: BTIG reiterated its Buy and a $640 target recently, and Capital One trimmed its target only slightly (from $600 to $590) while keeping an Overweight rating — both moves keep meaningful upside visible to investors. Capital One / MarketScreener TickerReport BTIG Reiterates Buy
• Neutral Sentiment: CEO commentary: management warns AI agents can be unpredictable while continuing M&A to bolt on capabilities — underscores both opportunity and execution risk but is not a direct near‑term earnings driver. AOL: CEO says AI agents are unpredictable Yahoo Finance: CEO on M&A
• Neutral Sentiment: KeyCorp published updated quarterly and full‑year EPS estimates (various quarters) and maintains a Sector Weight — useful for modeling but not a directional catalyst by itself. MarketBeat CRWD page
• Negative Sentiment: Despite strategic M&A, investors are focused on valuation: MarketBeat notes the SGNL deal hasn’t changed sentiment much and the stock has been testing support levels; separate coverage flagged that CRWD recently fell more than the broader market — near‑term pressure remains. SGNL acquisition analysis Zacks: Here’s Why CRWD Fell

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several analysts recently weighed in on the stock. Bank of America lifted their target price on shares of CrowdStrike from $470.00 to $535.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Monday, October 20th. Stifel Nicolaus lifted their price objective on CrowdStrike from $515.00 to $600.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, November 17th. TD Cowen increased their target price on CrowdStrike from $500.00 to $580.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, October 3rd. Susquehanna boosted their price target on shares of CrowdStrike from $530.00 to $600.00 and gave the stock a “positive” rating in a research note on Wednesday, December 3rd. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their target price on shares of CrowdStrike from $500.00 to $580.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Monday, December 1st. Thirty-two research 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, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $555.21.

Insider Activity at CrowdStrike

In other CrowdStrike news, CFO Burt W. Podbere sold 10,516 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, December 22nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $483.33, for a total value of $5,082,698.28. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 179,114 shares in the company, valued at $86,571,169.62. This represents a 5.55% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, CAO Anurag Saha sold 836 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, December 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of $476.83, for a total transaction of $398,629.88. Following the sale, the chief accounting officer directly owned 43,726 shares in the company, valued at approximately $20,849,868.58. The trade was a 1.88% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders sold 74,048 shares of company stock worth $37,153,707 over the last three months. Company insiders own 3.32% of the company’s stock.

CrowdStrike Stock Down 0.2%

Shares of CrowdStrike stock opened at $453.88 on Friday. The company has a quick ratio of 1.81, a current ratio of 1.81 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.18. CrowdStrike has a 52-week low of $298.00 and a 52-week high of $566.90. The company has a market capitalization of $114.42 billion, a P/E ratio of -360.22, a P/E/G ratio of 110.19 and a beta of 1.03. The company has a 50 day moving average of $494.73 and a 200 day moving average of $480.23.

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, December 2nd. The company reported $0.96 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.94 by $0.02. The business had revenue of $1.23 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.22 billion. CrowdStrike had a negative net margin of 6.88% and a negative return on equity of 2.12%. The company’s revenue was up 21.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business 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, research analysts forecast that CrowdStrike will post 0.55 EPS for the current fiscal year.

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.