CrowdStrike $CRWD Shares Acquired by Ashton Thomas Private Wealth LLC

Ashton Thomas Private Wealth LLC increased its stake in CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) by 5.4% during the second quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 13,101 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 670 shares during the quarter. Ashton Thomas Private Wealth LLC’s holdings in CrowdStrike were worth $6,672,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds have also modified their holdings of the company. Cloud Capital Management LLC acquired a new position in shares of CrowdStrike in the 1st quarter worth $25,000. Atlantic Edge Private Wealth Management LLC grew its holdings in shares of CrowdStrike by 114.3% during the first quarter. Atlantic Edge Private Wealth Management LLC now owns 75 shares of the company’s stock valued at $26,000 after buying an additional 40 shares in the last quarter. Vision Financial Markets LLC purchased a new position in shares of CrowdStrike during the first quarter valued at $26,000. AlphaQuest LLC purchased a new position in shares of CrowdStrike during the second quarter valued at $26,000. Finally, Neo Ivy Capital Management purchased a new position in shares of CrowdStrike during the first quarter valued at $30,000. 71.16% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Activity

In other CrowdStrike news, Director Johanna Flower sold 2,347 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, October 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $490.98, for a total value of $1,152,330.06. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 79,057 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $38,815,405.86. The trade was a 2.88% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, President Michael Sentonas sold 10,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, October 10th. The stock was sold at an average price of $515.00, for a total value of $5,150,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the president directly owned 354,116 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $182,369,740. This represents a 2.75% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last quarter, insiders have sold 158,090 shares of company stock valued at $75,500,649. 3.32% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of brokerages have recently weighed in on CRWD. Zacks Research upgraded CrowdStrike from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Friday, August 29th. Morgan Stanley lifted their price target on CrowdStrike from $460.00 to $475.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a report on Thursday, September 18th. Piper Sandler lowered their price target on CrowdStrike from $505.00 to $450.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, August 28th. JMP Securities lifted their price target on CrowdStrike from $500.00 to $550.00 and gave the company a “market outperform” rating in a report on Tuesday, September 23rd. Finally, Robert W. Baird lifted their price target on CrowdStrike from $460.00 to $490.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Friday, September 19th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-eight have issued a Buy rating, seventeen have issued a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, CrowdStrike presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $496.47.

CrowdStrike Price Performance

CRWD opened at $527.32 on Monday. The stock has a market cap of $132.34 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -443.12, a PEG ratio of 123.92 and a beta of 1.19. CrowdStrike has a 1 year low of $294.68 and a 1 year high of $535.52. The company has a current ratio of 1.88, a quick ratio of 1.88 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.20. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $463.35 and a 200 day moving average price of $455.76.

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, August 27th. The company reported $0.93 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.83 by $0.10. The firm had revenue of $1.17 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.15 billion. CrowdStrike had a negative return on equity of 1.53% and a negative net margin of 6.84%.The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 21.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $1.04 earnings per share. CrowdStrike has set its FY 2026 guidance at 3.600-3.72 EPS. Q3 2026 guidance at 0.930-0.95 EPS. Analysts forecast that CrowdStrike will post 0.55 EPS for the current fiscal year.

CrowdStrike Profile

CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc provides cybersecurity solutions in the United States and internationally. Its unified platform offers cloud-delivered protection of endpoints, cloud workloads, identity, and data. The company offers corporate endpoint and cloud workload security, managed security, security and vulnerability management, IT operations management, identity protection, SIEM and log management, threat intelligence, data protection, security orchestration, automation and response and AI powered workflow automation, and securing generative AI workload services.