CrowdStrike $CRWD Shares Acquired by Ausdal Financial Partners Inc.

Ausdal Financial Partners Inc. lifted its stake in shares of CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) by 55.0% during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 6,626 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 2,351 shares during the period. Ausdal Financial Partners Inc.’s holdings in CrowdStrike were worth $3,249,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of the company. Asset Planning Inc acquired a new stake in CrowdStrike during the third quarter worth about $25,000. Pilgrim Partners Asia Pte Ltd acquired a new position in CrowdStrike in the 3rd quarter valued at about $25,000. Anchor Investment Management LLC purchased a new stake in shares of CrowdStrike in the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $25,000. Logan Capital Management Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of CrowdStrike in the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $26,000. Finally, Howard Hughes Medical Institute acquired a new stake in shares of CrowdStrike during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $27,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 71.16% of the company’s stock.

More CrowdStrike News

Here are the key news stories impacting CrowdStrike this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Analyst upgrades lift sentiment — DZ Bank and Morgan Stanley raised ratings or reiterated bullish views this week, and market commentary notes Morgan Stanley is “doubling down” on CrowdStrike, supporting near-term demand for the stock. CrowdStrike Stock Rating Upgraded by DZ Bank Morgan Stanley Is Doubling Down on CrowdStrike
• Positive Sentiment: Strategic product integration with AI browser providers — CrowdStrike announced Falcon Cyber Shield integration into Perplexity’s Comet AI browser (Comet Enterprise), expanding Falcon’s addressable market in AI-native tooling and addressing AI-enabled threat vectors. That partnership is a tangible revenue/expansion catalyst as enterprises adopt AI. CrowdStrike and Perplexity Partner
• Positive Sentiment: Positive media/analyst narratives on momentum and AI leadership — several outlets (Zacks, MSN, The Motley Fool) profile CrowdStrike as a top momentum/AI-security name vs. peers (e.g., Palo Alto Networks), which can attract growth-oriented flows. Why CrowdStrike is a Top Momentum Stock (MSN) CrowdStrike vs. Palo Alto Networks (Fool)
• Neutral Sentiment: Short-interest data reported this week appears inconsistent or erroneous (sources show zero shares/NaN changes and 0.0 days to cover), so there’s no clear short-squeeze signal to factor into near-term price moves. (Data anomaly noted 3/11–3/12.)
• Negative Sentiment: Valuation and profitability remain potential headwinds — CrowdStrike trades at a very high market cap and currently shows negative trailing P/E metrics, which could temper upside if growth slows or guidance disappoints. (Investors should weigh upgrades/partnerships against valuation risk.)

Analysts Set New Price Targets

CRWD has been the topic of several analyst reports. Berenberg Bank set a $600.00 price target on shares of CrowdStrike and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, January 9th. BNP Paribas Exane lowered their price objective on CrowdStrike from $450.00 to $400.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, March 4th. Weiss Ratings reissued a “sell (d+)” rating on shares of CrowdStrike in a research note on Monday, December 29th. BTIG Research reduced their target price on CrowdStrike from $640.00 to $499.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, March 2nd. Finally, KeyCorp reaffirmed a “sector weight” rating on shares of CrowdStrike in a research note on Monday, January 12th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty-two have assigned a Buy rating, fifteen have assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, CrowdStrike presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $506.26.

Insider Activity

In related news, CAO Anurag Saha sold 1,530 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, December 22nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $479.78, for a total value of $734,063.40. Following the transaction, the chief accounting officer owned 44,562 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $21,379,956.36. This represents a 3.32% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, President Michael Sentonas sold 11,461 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Monday, December 22nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $479.78, for a total value of $5,498,758.58. Following the completion of the sale, the president owned 342,655 shares in the company, valued at approximately $164,399,015.90. This represents a 3.24% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. In the last quarter, insiders have sold 90,024 shares of company stock valued at $40,424,241. Insiders own 3.32% of the company’s stock.

CrowdStrike Stock Up 0.1%

CrowdStrike stock opened at $441.78 on Monday. The company has a market capitalization of $112.04 billion, a PE ratio of -596.99, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 19.38 and a beta of 1.07. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.17, a quick ratio of 1.77 and a current ratio of 1.77. CrowdStrike has a fifty-two week low of $298.00 and a fifty-two week high of $566.90. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $428.62 and a 200 day moving average price of $470.00.

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, March 3rd. The company reported $1.12 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.10 by $0.02. CrowdStrike had a negative net margin of 3.81% and a negative return on equity of 0.14%. The business had revenue of $1.31 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.30 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $1.03 earnings per share. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 23.8% on a year-over-year basis. Research analysts expect that CrowdStrike will post 0.55 earnings per share 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.