Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co. Ltd. Grows Position in CrowdStrike $CRWD

Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co. Ltd. lifted its holdings in shares of CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) by 4.0% in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 527,229 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 20,373 shares during the quarter. Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co. Ltd.’s holdings in CrowdStrike were worth $258,543,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of the stock. Brighton Jones LLC raised its position in shares of CrowdStrike by 44.9% during the 4th quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 7,803 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,670,000 after buying an additional 2,417 shares in the last quarter. Empowered Funds LLC increased its stake in CrowdStrike by 3.6% in the first quarter. Empowered Funds LLC now owns 4,812 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,697,000 after acquiring an additional 169 shares during the last quarter. Hunter Associates Investment Management LLC purchased a new stake in CrowdStrike during the second quarter valued at about $284,000. AlphaQuest LLC bought a new stake in CrowdStrike during the second quarter worth about $26,000. Finally, SYM FINANCIAL Corp bought a new stake in CrowdStrike during the second quarter worth about $213,000. 71.16% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

CrowdStrike Stock Up 3.7%

Shares of NASDAQ CRWD opened at $363.31 on Thursday. The firm’s fifty day moving average is $442.81 and its 200 day moving average is $470.33. CrowdStrike has a 52 week low of $298.00 and a 52 week high of $566.90. The company has a quick ratio of 1.81, a current ratio of 1.81 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.18. The company has a market cap of $91.59 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -288.34, a PEG ratio of 19.70 and a beta of 1.03.

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) last announced 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. CrowdStrike had a negative net margin of 6.88% and a negative return on equity of 2.12%. The business had revenue of $1.23 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.22 billion. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $0.93 EPS. The company’s revenue was up 21.8% on a year-over-year basis. On average, equities research analysts expect that CrowdStrike will post 0.55 earnings per share for the current year.

Key Headlines Impacting CrowdStrike

Here are the key news stories impacting CrowdStrike this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Strategic partnership with VAST Data to build a unified security model for the AI lifecycle — strengthens CrowdStrike’s position in AI-era enterprise security by combining data governance with Falcon telemetry. VAST Data and CrowdStrike Partner
• Positive Sentiment: Splashtop announced integration with the Falcon platform to simplify endpoint deployments and visibility in Windows environments — operational partnerships can help adoption and reduce friction for customers. Splashtop Integration
• Positive Sentiment: Brokerage consensus remains constructive — CRWD still carries a “Moderate Buy” consensus from analysts, supporting the view some investors see further upside after the pullback. Consensus Rating
• Neutral Sentiment: Several independent bullish writeups (Seeking Alpha, TipRanks) argue the AI-driven selloff is overdone, noting CrowdStrike’s Falcon data flywheel, network effects and high switching costs — these are opinion pieces that support a buying case but don’t change fundamentals immediately. Seeking Alpha Upgrade
• Neutral Sentiment: TipRanks coverage highlights CrowdStrike widening its moat even as “Claude” (Anthropic) raises investor anxiety — useful context for longer‑term holders but mixed for short‑term price action. TipRanks Moat Piece
• Negative Sentiment: Oppenheimer cut its price target (from $580 to $500) and flagged a more cautious near‑term outlook — a visible analyst PT cut that can pressure sentiment. Oppenheimer Forecast
• Negative Sentiment: TD Cowen lowered its target (to $480 from $580) while maintaining a buy rating — another PT reduction that feeds the near‑term selloff narrative. TD Cowen Forecast
• Negative Sentiment: Market reaction to Anthropic’s Claude Code Security (and other AI tools) sparked an indiscriminate selloff in cybersecurity names; CrowdStrike was reported trading down after an analyst action — AI‑tool announcements are the proximate cause of the drop in sentiment. Anthropic Selloff
• Negative Sentiment: Stifel trimmed its price target to $480 and at least one report notes CRWD traded down ~9.8% after an analyst downgrade — analyst actions and downward PT revisions are amplifying intraday losses. Stifel PT Cut / Trading Down

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several brokerages have recently commented on CRWD. Loop Capital set a $550.00 price objective on CrowdStrike in a research report on Thursday, December 11th. DA Davidson reiterated a “buy” rating and set a $580.00 price target on shares of CrowdStrike in a research report on Wednesday, December 3rd. Zacks Research lowered shares of CrowdStrike from a “hold” rating to a “strong sell” rating in a report on Monday, February 2nd. Evercore upped their price objective on shares of CrowdStrike from $430.00 to $460.00 and gave the company an “in-line” rating in a research note on Wednesday, December 3rd. Finally, Wedbush reiterated an “outperform” rating and issued a $600.00 target price on shares of CrowdStrike in a research report on Monday, December 1st. Thirty analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, sixteen have assigned a Hold rating and three have issued a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $538.28.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other CrowdStrike news, CFO Burt W. Podbere sold 7,871 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on 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 completion of the sale, the chief financial officer owned 169,613 shares in the company, valued at approximately $70,521,693.14. This trade represents a 4.43% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, CEO George Kurtz sold 28,853 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on 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 owned 2,054,902 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $848,695,075.02. This represents a 1.38% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders sold 100,247 shares of company stock valued at $45,722,274 over the last ninety days. Corporate insiders own 3.32% of the company’s stock.

About CrowdStrike

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.