Ensign Peak Advisors Inc Has $113.85 Million Stake in CrowdStrike $CRWD

Ensign Peak Advisors Inc lowered its stake in shares of CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) by 30.3% during the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 223,528 shares of the company’s stock after selling 97,087 shares during the period. Ensign Peak Advisors Inc’s holdings in CrowdStrike were worth $113,845,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

A number of other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its position in shares of CrowdStrike by 2.6% during the second quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 23,430,572 shares of the company’s stock worth $11,933,425,000 after purchasing an additional 596,007 shares in the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC raised its position in shares of CrowdStrike by 5.0% during the second quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 5,728,167 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,903,752,000 after purchasing an additional 273,922 shares during the period. UBS AM A Distinct Business Unit of UBS Asset Management Americas LLC increased its position in shares of CrowdStrike by 52.6% during the first quarter. UBS AM A Distinct Business Unit of UBS Asset Management Americas LLC now owns 2,771,424 shares of the company’s stock worth $977,149,000 after acquiring an additional 955,529 shares in the last quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. raised its holdings in shares of CrowdStrike by 39.9% during the first quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 2,665,344 shares of the company’s stock worth $939,747,000 after acquiring an additional 760,222 shares during the period. Finally, Invesco Ltd. boosted its stake in CrowdStrike by 16.4% in the 1st quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 2,506,418 shares of the company’s stock worth $883,713,000 after purchasing an additional 352,473 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 71.16% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, Director Johanna Flower sold 2,347 shares of CrowdStrike stock in a transaction that occurred on 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 transaction, the director directly 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 transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, President Michael Sentonas sold 10,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, October 10th. The stock was sold at an average price of $515.00, for a total transaction of $5,150,000.00. Following the transaction, the president owned 354,116 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $182,369,740. The trade was a 2.75% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. In the last quarter, insiders have sold 116,622 shares of company stock valued at $58,561,456. Corporate insiders own 3.32% of the company’s stock.

CrowdStrike Trading Up 1.3%

NASDAQ CRWD opened at $520.59 on Thursday. CrowdStrike has a twelve month low of $298.00 and a twelve month high of $566.90. The business’s fifty day moving average is $505.50 and its 200 day moving average is $473.58. The company has a quick ratio of 1.88, a current ratio of 1.88 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.20. The company has a market cap of $130.65 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -437.47, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 120.71 and a beta of 1.16.

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

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several research analysts have recently weighed in on the company. Macquarie upped their price objective on CrowdStrike from $465.00 to $485.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Friday, September 19th. Truist Financial boosted their price objective on shares of CrowdStrike from $550.00 to $600.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday. Citigroup reaffirmed an “outperform” rating on shares of CrowdStrike in a research report on Tuesday, September 23rd. Piper Sandler reduced their price target on CrowdStrike from $505.00 to $450.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, August 28th. Finally, Arete raised shares of CrowdStrike from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $706.00 price objective for the company in a research report on Tuesday, October 28th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-nine have given a Buy rating, eighteen have given a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, CrowdStrike has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $537.49.

CrowdStrike Company 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.