CrowdStrike $CRWD Shares Bought by Prudential PLC

Prudential PLC grew its position in CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) by 14.5% in the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 35,938 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 4,548 shares during the period. Prudential PLC’s holdings in CrowdStrike were worth $18,304,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other large investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Nuveen LLC acquired a new position in CrowdStrike during the first quarter worth $595,766,000. UBS AM A Distinct Business Unit of UBS Asset Management Americas LLC raised its holdings in 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 purchasing an additional 955,529 shares in the last quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its stake in CrowdStrike by 4.1% during the 1st quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 22,834,565 shares of the company’s stock worth $8,051,011,000 after acquiring an additional 908,554 shares in the last quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. increased its position in 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 buying an additional 760,222 shares during the period. Finally, AGF Management Ltd. raised its position in CrowdStrike by 41,011.0% in the 1st quarter. AGF Management Ltd. now owns 492,921 shares of the company’s stock valued at $173,794,000 after purchasing an additional 491,722 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 71.16% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity at CrowdStrike

In related news, CFO Burt W. Podbere sold 1,957 shares of CrowdStrike stock in a transaction on Monday, November 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $550.41, for a total value of $1,077,152.37. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer owned 218,467 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $120,246,421.47. The trade was a 0.89% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Also, President Michael Sentonas sold 10,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, October 10th. The shares were sold at an average price of $515.00, for a total value of $5,150,000.00. Following the transaction, the president owned 354,116 shares in the company, valued at approximately $182,369,740. This trade represents a 2.75% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Over the last 90 days, insiders sold 116,622 shares of company stock worth $58,561,456. Insiders own 3.32% of the company’s stock.

CrowdStrike Trading Up 1.3%

Shares of NASDAQ:CRWD opened at $520.59 on Thursday. CrowdStrike has a fifty-two week low of $298.00 and a fifty-two week high of $566.90. The company has a market cap of $130.65 billion, a PE ratio of -437.47, a P/E/G ratio of 120.71 and a beta of 1.16. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $505.50 and its 200 day moving average price 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.

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, August 27th. The company reported $0.93 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.83 by $0.10. The business had revenue of $1.17 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.15 billion. CrowdStrike had a negative net margin of 6.84% and a negative return on equity of 1.53%. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 21.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $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. Sell-side analysts anticipate that CrowdStrike will post 0.55 earnings per share for the current year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several equities analysts have issued reports on the stock. Robert W. Baird boosted their price objective on shares of CrowdStrike from $490.00 to $550.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Friday, November 14th. Royal Bank Of Canada lifted their target price on shares of CrowdStrike from $540.00 to $621.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, November 12th. Evercore ISI upped their target price on shares of CrowdStrike from $405.00 to $430.00 in a report on Thursday, September 18th. Wells Fargo & Company raised their price objective on CrowdStrike from $550.00 to $600.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday, October 1st. Finally, Canaccord Genuity Group boosted their target price on shares of CrowdStrike from $430.00 to $500.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, September 22nd. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-nine have issued a Buy rating, eighteen have given a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $537.49.

About CrowdStrike

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.