Empirical Asset Management LLC Boosts Position in CrowdStrike $CRWD

Empirical Asset Management LLC raised its holdings in shares of CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) by 1,070.9% in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 9,086 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 8,310 shares during the period. CrowdStrike comprises 0.7% of Empirical Asset Management LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 29th largest holding. Empirical Asset Management LLC’s holdings in CrowdStrike were worth $4,456,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Disciplined Equity Management Inc. raised its stake in shares of CrowdStrike by 0.8% in the third quarter. Disciplined Equity Management Inc. now owns 2,405 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,179,000 after buying an additional 20 shares during the period. TD Private Client Wealth LLC lifted its holdings in CrowdStrike by 6.4% during the third quarter. TD Private Client Wealth LLC now owns 334 shares of the company’s stock valued at $164,000 after purchasing an additional 20 shares in the last quarter. Financially Speaking Inc increased its stake in shares of CrowdStrike by 26.7% in the third quarter. Financially Speaking Inc now owns 95 shares of the company’s stock worth $47,000 after purchasing an additional 20 shares in the last quarter. Fire Capital Management LLC raised its position in shares of CrowdStrike by 1.7% during the 3rd quarter. Fire Capital Management LLC now owns 1,239 shares of the company’s stock valued at $608,000 after purchasing an additional 21 shares during the period. Finally, One Wealth Management Investment & Advisory Services LLC boosted its holdings in CrowdStrike by 1.8% in the 3rd quarter. One Wealth Management Investment & Advisory Services LLC now owns 1,167 shares of the company’s stock worth $572,000 after buying an additional 21 shares during the period. 71.16% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Key Headlines Impacting CrowdStrike

Here are the key news stories impacting CrowdStrike this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Several major analysts lowered price targets but kept bullish ratings, implying continued Wall Street conviction and sizable upside despite the pullback. Oppenheimer cuts price target on CrowdStrike to $500 from $580, keeps outperform rating
• Positive Sentiment: Market writeups and upgrades argue the selloff is overdone and put upside estimates near ~40%, supporting a buy‑on‑weakness case for long‑term investors. Wall Street Gives CrowdStrike 40% Upside While AI Fears Drive the Selloff
• Positive Sentiment: CrowdStrike released its 2026 Global Threat Report showing AI is accelerating attacks and expanding the enterprise attack surface — a fundamental driver for continued demand for Falcon and managed services. 2026 CrowdStrike Global Threat Report: AI Accelerates Adversaries and Reshapes the Attack Surface
• Neutral Sentiment: Industry pieces compare CrowdStrike’s acquisitive, Falcon‑driven strategy with peers (e.g., Palo Alto) — useful context for investors but not an immediate catalyst. Cybersecurity Showdown: CrowdStrike’s Acquisition Spree vs Palo Alto’s Platform Play
• Negative Sentiment: Anthropic’s launch of Claude Code Security triggered an indiscriminate selloff in cybersecurity stocks, with investors fearing AI could automate parts of code and app security — the immediate technical driver of today’s weakness. CrowdStrike, Datadog and other cybersecurity stocks slide after Anthropic’s AI tool launch
• Negative Sentiment: Coverage warns the correction may not be over as investors rotate away from high‑multiple software names and reassess risk in an evolving AI + rates backdrop. Why The CrowdStrike Stock Correction Isn’t Over Yet

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several analysts recently issued reports on CRWD shares. DA Davidson reiterated a “buy” rating and set a $580.00 target price on shares of CrowdStrike in a research report on Wednesday, December 3rd. Capital One Financial dropped their price objective on shares of CrowdStrike from $600.00 to $590.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, January 14th. Mizuho cut their price target on CrowdStrike from $540.00 to $490.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, February 17th. Royal Bank Of Canada set a $550.00 price target on shares of CrowdStrike in a research report on Wednesday, February 11th. Finally, Citizens Jmp restated a “market outperform” rating and set a $500.00 target price on shares of CrowdStrike in a research report on Wednesday, December 3rd. Thirty investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, sixteen have assigned a Hold rating and three have assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $540.94.

Insider Activity at CrowdStrike

In other news, Director Johanna Flower sold 3,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, January 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $461.94, for a total value of $1,385,820.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 76,082 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $35,145,319.08. This trade represents a 3.79% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, CFO Burt W. Podbere sold 7,871 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, February 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $415.78, for a total value of $3,272,604.38. Following the sale, the chief financial officer owned 169,613 shares in the company, valued at $70,521,693.14. The trade was a 4.43% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders have sold 100,247 shares of company stock valued at $45,722,274 over the last 90 days. Company insiders own 3.32% of the company’s stock.

CrowdStrike Price Performance

Shares of CRWD stock opened at $350.25 on Wednesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.18, a current ratio of 1.81 and a quick ratio of 1.81. The company has a market capitalization of $88.30 billion, a P/E ratio of -277.98, a P/E/G ratio of 19.71 and a beta of 1.03. The company’s 50-day simple moving average is $444.94 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $471.09. CrowdStrike has a one year low of $298.00 and a one year high of $566.90.

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, December 3rd. The company reported $0.96 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.94 by $0.02. The business had revenue of $1.23 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.22 billion. CrowdStrike had a negative return on equity of 2.12% and a negative net margin of 6.88%.The business’s revenue was up 21.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $0.93 EPS. As a group, equities analysts anticipate that CrowdStrike will post 0.55 EPS for the current year.

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.