CW Advisors LLC Grows Stock Holdings in CrowdStrike $CRWD

CW Advisors LLC grew its stake in CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) by 23.2% in the second quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 13,436 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 2,532 shares during the period. CW Advisors LLC’s holdings in CrowdStrike were worth $6,844,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Sands Capital Management LLC boosted its stake in CrowdStrike by 1.4% during the second quarter. Sands Capital Management LLC now owns 45,021 shares of the company’s stock worth $22,930,000 after buying an additional 604 shares during the last quarter. Berbice Capital Management LLC boosted its position in shares of CrowdStrike by 36.4% during the 2nd quarter. Berbice Capital Management LLC now owns 150 shares of the company’s stock valued at $76,000 after acquiring an additional 40 shares during the last quarter. Pinkerton Wealth LLC purchased a new stake in shares of CrowdStrike in the second quarter valued at about $2,916,000. Beacon Pointe Advisors LLC raised its stake in CrowdStrike by 4.5% during the second quarter. Beacon Pointe Advisors LLC now owns 32,505 shares of the company’s stock worth $16,555,000 after purchasing an additional 1,408 shares during the period. Finally, Wellspring Financial Advisors LLC raised its stake in CrowdStrike by 12.9% during the second quarter. Wellspring Financial Advisors LLC now owns 935 shares of the company’s stock worth $476,000 after purchasing an additional 107 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 71.16% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other CrowdStrike news, CEO George Kurtz sold 17,830 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Monday, September 22nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $494.53, for a total value of $8,817,469.90. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 2,115,057 shares in the company, valued at $1,045,959,138.21. The trade was a 0.84% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Also, Director Johanna Flower sold 2,347 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, October 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $490.98, for a total value of $1,152,330.06. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 79,057 shares in the company, valued at approximately $38,815,405.86. The trade was a 2.88% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders have sold a total of 110,372 shares of company stock worth $55,996,956 over the last three months. 3.32% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of analysts have recently issued reports on the stock. Guggenheim restated a “neutral” rating on shares of CrowdStrike in a report on Monday, November 24th. DA Davidson reissued a “buy” rating and set a $580.00 target price on shares of CrowdStrike in a research note on Wednesday. Barclays increased their price target on CrowdStrike from $515.00 to $610.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Friday, November 14th. Needham & Company LLC raised their price objective on CrowdStrike from $535.00 to $575.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft upped their target price on shares of CrowdStrike from $430.00 to $435.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research report on Thursday, September 18th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty-two have given a Buy rating, seventeen have assigned a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $556.44.

CrowdStrike Stock Performance

Shares of CrowdStrike stock opened at $512.03 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $128.50 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -406.37, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 122.64 and a beta of 1.09. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.18, a current ratio of 1.81 and a quick ratio of 1.88. The business has a 50-day moving average of $515.01 and a 200 day moving average of $479.49. CrowdStrike has a 12 month low of $298.00 and a 12 month high of $566.90.

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, December 2nd. The company reported $0.96 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.94 by $0.02. The business had revenue of $1.23 billion for 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 business’s quarterly revenue was up 21.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $0.93 earnings per share. 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, sell-side analysts forecast that CrowdStrike will post 0.55 earnings per share for the current year.

CrowdStrike Profile

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.