CrowdStrike $CRWD Shares Acquired by Formidable Asset Management LLC

Formidable Asset Management LLC increased its stake in shares of CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) by 59.8% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 3,297 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 1,234 shares during the period. Formidable Asset Management LLC’s holdings in CrowdStrike were worth $1,679,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its position in shares of CrowdStrike by 2.6% during the second quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 23,430,572 shares of the company’s stock worth $11,933,425,000 after purchasing an additional 596,007 shares in the last quarter. State Street Corp grew its holdings in CrowdStrike by 3.6% during the 2nd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 10,804,651 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,502,917,000 after purchasing an additional 370,965 shares in the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC increased its stake in CrowdStrike by 5.0% during the 2nd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 5,728,167 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,903,752,000 after buying an additional 273,922 shares during the period. Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC lifted 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 worth $2,186,714,000 after buying an additional 4,285,640 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Norges Bank purchased a new position in CrowdStrike in the 2nd quarter valued at about $1,638,365,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 71.16% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of analysts have recently issued reports on CRWD shares. Morgan Stanley lifted their target price on CrowdStrike from $515.00 to $537.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Thursday, December 18th. KeyCorp restated a “sector weight” rating on shares of CrowdStrike in a research note on Monday, January 12th. Citigroup lifted their price objective on CrowdStrike from $595.00 to $610.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, January 12th. Scotiabank reiterated an “outperform” rating on shares of CrowdStrike in a research note on Wednesday, December 3rd. Finally, Westpark Capital reissued a “hold” rating on shares of CrowdStrike in a research report on Wednesday, October 15th. Thirty-two analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eighteen have given a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, CrowdStrike currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $555.21.

CrowdStrike News Summary

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

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, CFO Burt W. Podbere sold 10,516 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, December 22nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $483.33, for a total transaction of $5,082,698.28. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 179,114 shares in the company, valued at $86,571,169.62. The trade was a 5.55% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, President Michael Sentonas sold 11,461 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Monday, December 22nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $479.78, for a total value of $5,498,758.58. Following the transaction, the president owned 342,655 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $164,399,015.90. The trade was a 3.24% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders sold a total of 74,048 shares of company stock valued at $37,153,707 over the last 90 days. 3.32% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

CrowdStrike Stock Performance

CRWD stock opened at $453.88 on Monday. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $494.73 and its 200 day simple moving average is $480.12. CrowdStrike has a 12-month low of $298.00 and a 12-month high of $566.90. The firm has a market cap 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 current ratio of 1.81, a quick ratio of 1.81 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.18.

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, December 2nd. The company reported $0.96 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate 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 during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.22 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $0.93 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue for the quarter 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. As a group, equities research analysts predict that CrowdStrike will post 0.55 EPS for the current 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.