Milestone Asset Management LLC Reduces Holdings in CrowdStrike $CRWD

Milestone Asset Management LLC lowered its position in CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) by 38.7% in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the SEC. The fund owned 3,626 shares of the company’s stock after selling 2,285 shares during the quarter. Milestone Asset Management LLC’s holdings in CrowdStrike were worth $1,778,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Brighton Jones LLC lifted its position in shares of CrowdStrike by 44.9% during the fourth quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 7,803 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,670,000 after acquiring an additional 2,417 shares in the last quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP boosted its stake in CrowdStrike by 30.2% in the 1st quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP now owns 12,092 shares of the company’s stock worth $4,263,000 after purchasing an additional 2,807 shares during the period. Synovus Financial Corp grew its holdings in CrowdStrike by 6.4% during the 1st quarter. Synovus Financial Corp now owns 1,956 shares of the company’s stock valued at $690,000 after buying an additional 118 shares in the last quarter. Caisse DE Depot ET Placement DU Quebec purchased a new stake in shares of CrowdStrike in the first quarter worth about $12,199,000. Finally, Quadcap Wealth Management LLC bought a new position in shares of CrowdStrike in the first quarter valued at approximately $201,000. 71.16% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

CRWD has been the topic of a number of analyst reports. Scotiabank reaffirmed an “outperform” rating on shares of CrowdStrike in a report on Wednesday, December 3rd. Canaccord Genuity Group increased their price objective on CrowdStrike from $500.00 to $515.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research report on Wednesday, December 3rd. Bank of America lifted their price objective on CrowdStrike from $470.00 to $535.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Monday, October 20th. BTIG Research restated a “buy” rating and issued a $640.00 target price on shares of CrowdStrike in a research note on Wednesday, December 3rd. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group lifted their price target on CrowdStrike from $535.00 to $564.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, December 3rd. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty-two have assigned a Buy rating, seventeen have given a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $555.10.

CrowdStrike Trading Down 0.5%

CRWD stock opened at $476.35 on Thursday. CrowdStrike has a one year low of $298.00 and a one year high of $566.90. The company has a market capitalization of $120.09 billion, a PE ratio of -378.06, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 115.17 and a beta of 1.09. The company’s 50 day moving average price is $514.47 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $482.56. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.18, a quick ratio of 1.81 and a current ratio of 1.81.

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, December 2nd. The company reported $0.96 earnings per share for the quarter, beating 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 firm had revenue of $1.23 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.22 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.93 earnings per share. The business’s revenue was up 21.8% on a year-over-year basis. CrowdStrike has set its FY 2026 guidance at 3.700-3.720 EPS and its Q4 2026 guidance at 1.090-1.110 EPS. As a group, analysts predict that CrowdStrike will post 0.55 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling at CrowdStrike

In related news, President Michael Sentonas sold 11,461 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, December 22nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $479.78, for a total transaction of $5,498,758.58. Following the transaction, the president owned 342,655 shares in the company, valued at $164,399,015.90. The trade was a 3.24% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Also, CFO Burt W. Podbere sold 10,516 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, December 22nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $483.33, for a total transaction of $5,082,698.28. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 179,114 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $86,571,169.62. The trade was a 5.55% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders have sold a total of 117,559 shares of company stock worth $59,246,587 over the last ninety days. 3.32% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Key Headlines Impacting 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 Company Profile

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.