GraniteShares Advisors LLC Has $220,000 Stake in CrowdStrike $CRWD

GraniteShares Advisors LLC trimmed its position in CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) by 82.2% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 469 shares of the company’s stock after selling 2,173 shares during the period. GraniteShares Advisors LLC’s holdings in CrowdStrike were worth $220,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of CRWD. Asset Planning Inc acquired a new position in CrowdStrike during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $25,000. Pilgrim Partners Asia Pte Ltd acquired a new stake in shares of CrowdStrike in the third quarter valued at approximately $25,000. Anchor Investment Management LLC bought a new stake in shares of CrowdStrike in the third quarter worth $25,000. Hanson & Doremus Investment Management lifted its position in shares of CrowdStrike by 170.0% in the fourth quarter. Hanson & Doremus Investment Management now owns 54 shares of the company’s stock worth $25,000 after purchasing an additional 34 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Miller Global Investments LLC acquired a new position in CrowdStrike during the fourth quarter worth $26,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 71.16% of the company’s stock.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, CEO George Kurtz sold 28,853 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, February 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $413.01, for a total value of $11,916,577.53. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 2,054,902 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $848,695,075.02. This represents a 1.38% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Also, President Michael Sentonas sold 19,367 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, March 23rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $411.06, for a total transaction of $7,960,999.02. Following the sale, the president owned 406,944 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $167,278,400.64. This represents a 4.54% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders have sold 68,636 shares of company stock worth $28,690,657 in the last quarter. Company insiders own 3.32% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several equities research analysts have issued reports on the stock. TD Cowen lowered their price target on shares of CrowdStrike from $580.00 to $480.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, February 24th. Wells Fargo & Company started coverage on CrowdStrike in a research report on Tuesday, March 3rd. They issued an “overweight” rating and a $450.00 target price on the stock. JPMorgan Chase & Co. dropped their target price on CrowdStrike from $582.00 to $472.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, February 25th. Berenberg Bank set a $600.00 price target on CrowdStrike and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, January 9th. Finally, BNP Paribas Exane lowered their price target on CrowdStrike from $450.00 to $400.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, March 4th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty-four have assigned a Buy rating, fifteen have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, CrowdStrike presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $504.98.

CrowdStrike News Roundup

Here are the key news stories impacting CrowdStrike this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Analyst upgrades and continued bullish coverage — several firms have issued buy/outperform calls and a recent upgrade pushed shares higher, providing support after the pullback. Coverage Initiated / Upgrade
• Positive Sentiment: Partnership expansion with HCLTech (CTEM service) broadens CrowdStrike’s go-to-market and could help drive recurring revenue from large enterprise customers. CRWD, HCLTech Launch CTEM
• Positive Sentiment: GovCloud platform expansion targets public-sector demand — diversifies addressable market and supports steady ARR growth. GovCloud Expansion
• Positive Sentiment: Solid recent fundamentals — Q4 revenue beat and strong year-over-year ARR growth remain a bullish base for the business despite valuation debate. Zacks Coverage / Fundamentals
• Neutral Sentiment: Coverage/attention is elevated — Zacks and other outlets flag rising investor interest, which can amplify moves in either direction but doesn’t change fundamentals immediately. Investor Attention
• Neutral Sentiment: Market commentary (buy-the-dip vs. re-rating debate) suggests mixed investor views — some see the pullback as an entry; others want proof that AI risks won’t erode margins. MarketBeat Analysis
• Negative Sentiment: Anthropic Claude leaks sparked a sector-wide selloff, with concerns that advanced AI tools could replace some security tasks — this headline risk has driven sharp near-term downside and higher volatility. Anthropic Leak / Selloff
• Negative Sentiment: Extensive insider selling reported over recent months raises governance/optics concerns for some investors—even if sales may be tax- or liquidity-driven. Insider Trading Data
• Negative Sentiment: Analyst price-target resets and valuation debate persist — some targets have been trimmed from 600s to 400s–500s, keeping upside contingent on execution and clarity around AI-driven risk. Analyst Targets

CrowdStrike Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:CRWD opened at $399.12 on Friday. CrowdStrike has a 52-week low of $298.00 and a 52-week high of $566.90. The company has a market capitalization of $101.22 billion, a P/E ratio of -539.34, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 17.51 and a beta of 1.07. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $411.92 and a 200 day simple moving average of $467.17. 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 (NASDAQ:CRWD) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, March 3rd. The company reported $1.12 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.10 by $0.02. The business had revenue of $1.31 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.30 billion. CrowdStrike had a negative return on equity of 0.14% and a negative net margin of 3.81%.CrowdStrike’s quarterly revenue was up 23.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $1.03 earnings per share. Sell-side analysts forecast that CrowdStrike will post 0.55 earnings per share for the current year.

CrowdStrike 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.