iA Global Asset Management Inc. Grows Stock Position in CrowdStrike $CRWD

iA Global Asset Management Inc. raised its holdings in shares of CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) by 5.4% in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 29,061 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 1,478 shares during the quarter. iA Global Asset Management Inc.’s holdings in CrowdStrike were worth $14,251,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in CRWD. Asset Planning Inc purchased a new position in shares of CrowdStrike during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $25,000. AlphaQuest LLC acquired a new stake in CrowdStrike during the 2nd quarter valued at $26,000. Howard Hughes Medical Institute purchased a new position in CrowdStrike during the second quarter worth $27,000. Pinnacle Bancorp Inc. acquired a new position in shares of CrowdStrike in the third quarter worth $27,000. Finally, Financial Gravity Companies Inc. acquired a new position in shares of CrowdStrike in the second quarter worth $33,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 71.16% of the company’s stock.

CrowdStrike Price Performance

CrowdStrike stock opened at $453.77 on Friday. CrowdStrike has a 1 year low of $298.00 and a 1 year high of $566.90. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.18, a quick ratio of 1.81 and a current ratio of 1.81. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $486.85 and a 200 day moving average price of $478.79. The company has a market cap of $114.40 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -360.13, a PEG ratio of 108.25 and a beta of 1.03.

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, December 2nd. The company reported $0.96 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.94 by $0.02. The company had revenue of $1.23 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.22 billion. CrowdStrike had a negative net margin of 6.88% and a negative return on equity of 2.12%. CrowdStrike’s revenue was up 21.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $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. Sell-side analysts predict that CrowdStrike will post 0.55 earnings per share for the current year.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, Director Denis Oleary sold 7,750 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, December 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $515.44, for a total value of $3,994,660.00. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 10,816 shares in the company, valued at $5,574,999.04. This trade represents a 41.74% 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 CrowdStrike stock in a transaction dated 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 transaction, the president directly owned 342,655 shares in the company, valued at $164,399,015.90. This represents a 3.24% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. In the last ninety days, insiders sold 69,048 shares of company stock worth $34,509,857. Corporate insiders own 3.32% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of analysts recently commented on CRWD shares. Zacks Research lowered CrowdStrike from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday, December 24th. Oppenheimer raised their price target on shares of CrowdStrike from $560.00 to $580.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday, November 21st. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “sell (d+)” rating on shares of CrowdStrike in a report on Monday, December 29th. TD Cowen reissued a “buy” rating on shares of CrowdStrike in a research note on Thursday, January 8th. Finally, Westpark Capital restated a “hold” rating on shares of CrowdStrike in a research report on Wednesday, October 15th. Thirty-one analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seventeen have given a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $555.21.

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.