Vontobel Holding Ltd. Decreases Stake in CrowdStrike $CRWD

Vontobel Holding Ltd. lowered its position in shares of CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) by 19.8% in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 51,278 shares of the company’s stock after selling 12,665 shares during the period. Vontobel Holding Ltd.’s holdings in CrowdStrike were worth $25,146,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in CRWD. AlphaQuest LLC bought a new position in shares of CrowdStrike during the second quarter valued at about $26,000. Howard Hughes Medical Institute bought a new position in shares of CrowdStrike during the second quarter valued at approximately $27,000. Financial Gravity Companies Inc. purchased a new stake in CrowdStrike in the second quarter worth $33,000. Financial Management Professionals Inc. raised its holdings in CrowdStrike by 91.9% in the 2nd quarter. Financial Management Professionals Inc. now owns 71 shares of the company’s stock worth $36,000 after purchasing an additional 34 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Loomis Sayles & Co. L P bought a new stake in shares of CrowdStrike during the 2nd quarter valued at about $36,000. 71.16% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling at CrowdStrike

In other news, President Michael Sentonas sold 20,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, October 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $500.00, for a total transaction of $10,000,000.00. Following the transaction, the president owned 379,116 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $189,558,000. This represents a 5.01% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Also, CFO Burt W. Podbere sold 10,516 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, December 22nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $483.33, for a total value of $5,082,698.28. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer owned 179,114 shares in the company, valued at approximately $86,571,169.62. The trade was a 5.55% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Over the last ninety days, insiders have sold 117,559 shares of company stock valued at $59,246,587. 3.32% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Trending Headlines about CrowdStrike

Here are the key news stories impacting CrowdStrike this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Strong operational results and guidance: CrowdStrike reported continued ARR acceleration and raised FY guidance earlier in December, supporting the company’s subscription growth thesis and long?term revenue visibility. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Partnerships and go?to?market expansion: Expanded AWS integration and system?integrator deals (Deloitte, Wipro) should accelerate Falcon adoption and convert trials into recurring revenue, reinforcing the growth runway. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Sector tailwinds / analyst support: Industry writeups (Zacks and others) continue to list CrowdStrike among top cybersecurity picks as enterprises boost cloud/AI security spending — a structural demand driver. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: Valuation and consolidation debate: Multiple pieces note CrowdStrike’s premium valuation and that the stock has been consolidating after November highs — this is a mixed factor (positive for long run, but may limit near?term upside). Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: Short interest report appears non?informative: A December short interest entry in the feed shows zero or malformed data (no meaningful days?to?cover signal), so it’s not driving moves.
• Negative Sentiment: Material insider selling by top executives: CEO George Kurtz, CFO Burt Podbere, President Michael Sentonas and CAO Anurag Saha disclosed sizable sales on Dec. 22 (large dollar amounts). Investors often view clustered executive sales as profit?taking, which can pressure sentiment. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Technical weakness: The stock recently slipped below its 50?day moving average and is consolidating — with stretched valuation this technical break amplifies near?term downside risk until buyers return. Read More.

CrowdStrike Trading Down 0.5%

CrowdStrike stock opened at $476.35 on Thursday. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $514.47 and its 200-day moving average price is $482.56. CrowdStrike has a 1 year low of $298.00 and a 1 year high of $566.90. The stock has a market cap of $120.09 billion, a P/E ratio of -378.06, a PEG ratio of 115.17 and a beta of 1.09. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.18, a current ratio of 1.81 and a quick ratio of 1.81.

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, December 2nd. The company reported $0.96 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.94 by $0.02. CrowdStrike had a negative return on equity of 2.12% and a negative net margin of 6.88%.The business had revenue of $1.23 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.22 billion. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 21.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $0.93 EPS. CrowdStrike has set its FY 2026 guidance at 3.700-3.720 EPS and its Q4 2026 guidance at 1.090-1.110 EPS. On average, equities analysts predict that CrowdStrike will post 0.55 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities analysts recently issued reports on the stock. BNP Paribas Exane increased their price target on shares of CrowdStrike from $350.00 to $450.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Wednesday, December 3rd. Stifel Nicolaus increased their target price on CrowdStrike from $515.00 to $600.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, November 17th. Weiss Ratings restated a “sell (d+)” rating on shares of CrowdStrike in a research report on Tuesday. Cantor Fitzgerald reiterated an “overweight” rating and issued a $590.00 price target on shares of CrowdStrike in a research note on Wednesday, December 3rd. Finally, Rosenblatt Securities reiterated a “buy” rating and set a $630.00 price objective on shares of CrowdStrike in a research note on Wednesday, December 3rd. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty-two have given a Buy rating, seventeen have given a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $555.10.

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.