ABN Amro Investment Solutions Invests $5.15 Million in CrowdStrike $CRWD

ABN Amro Investment Solutions acquired a new stake in shares of CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor acquired 10,113 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $5,151,000.

Several other hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the stock. Vision Financial Markets LLC acquired a new stake in shares of CrowdStrike during the 1st quarter worth approximately $26,000. AlphaQuest LLC acquired a new position in shares of CrowdStrike in the 2nd quarter valued at $26,000. Neo Ivy Capital Management bought a new position in shares of CrowdStrike during the 1st quarter worth about $30,000. Saudi Central Bank acquired a new stake in shares of CrowdStrike during the 1st quarter valued at about $34,000. Finally, Financial Management Professionals Inc. increased its stake in CrowdStrike by 91.9% in the second quarter. Financial Management Professionals Inc. now owns 71 shares of the company’s stock valued at $36,000 after acquiring an additional 34 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 71.16% of the company’s stock.

CrowdStrike Trading Down 2.9%

Shares of CRWD opened at $529.78 on Friday. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $497.35 and its 200-day simple moving average is $470.67. The firm has a market capitalization of $132.95 billion, a PE ratio of -445.19, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 128.27 and a beta of 1.16. CrowdStrike has a 12-month low of $298.00 and a 12-month high of $566.90. 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 (NASDAQ:CRWD) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, August 27th. The company reported $0.93 earnings per share 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 firm 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 posted $1.04 EPS. The company’s quarterly 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. As a group, research analysts predict that CrowdStrike will post 0.55 earnings per share for the current year.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of research analysts have commented on the stock. Daiwa Capital Markets raised their price target on shares of CrowdStrike from $475.00 to $530.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, September 24th. Robert W. Baird raised their target price on CrowdStrike from $460.00 to $490.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Friday, September 19th. Mizuho upped their price target on CrowdStrike from $430.00 to $450.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Wednesday, September 17th. Arete Research set a $706.00 price objective on CrowdStrike in a report on Tuesday, October 28th. Finally, Canaccord Genuity Group upped their target price on shares of CrowdStrike from $430.00 to $500.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, September 22nd. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-nine have issued a Buy rating, eighteen have given a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $513.49.

Insider Buying and Selling at CrowdStrike

In other CrowdStrike news, President Michael Sentonas sold 20,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, October 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $500.00, for a total transaction of $10,000,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the president owned 379,116 shares in the company, valued at approximately $189,558,000. The trade was a 5.01% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, Director Sameer K. Gandhi sold 6,250 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, September 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $410.32, for a total value of $2,564,500.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 768,511 shares in the company, valued at $315,335,433.52. This represents a 0.81% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders sold a total of 116,622 shares of company stock valued at $58,561,456 in the last three months. Insiders own 3.32% of the company’s stock.

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.