997 Shares in CrowdStrike $CRWD Purchased by Alamea Verwaltungs GmbH

Key Points

• Alamea Verwaltungs GmbH has acquired 997 shares of CrowdStrike, valued at approximately $352,000, marking its entry as a new institutional investor in the first quarter.
• Several major institutional investors, including Vanguard Group and Goldman Sachs, have significantly increased their stakes in CrowdStrike, indicating strong institutional confidence, with institutional ownership now at 71.16%.
• Analysts have varied price targets for CrowdStrike, with a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $460.10, reflecting differing views on the company's future performance.

Alamea Verwaltungs GmbH acquired a new stake in CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD - Free Report) during the first quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm acquired 997 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $352,000.

A number of other hedge funds have also modified their holdings of CRWD. Cloud Capital Management LLC bought a new stake in shares of CrowdStrike in the first quarter worth about $25,000. Atlantic Edge Private Wealth Management LLC lifted its position in shares of CrowdStrike by 114.3% in the first quarter. Atlantic Edge Private Wealth Management LLC now owns 75 shares of the company's stock worth $26,000 after purchasing an additional 40 shares in the last quarter. Vision Financial Markets LLC bought a new stake in shares of CrowdStrike in the first quarter worth $26,000. E Fund Management Hong Kong Co. Ltd. raised its stake in shares of CrowdStrike by 305.3% during the 1st quarter. E Fund Management Hong Kong Co. Ltd. now owns 77 shares of the company's stock worth $27,000 after purchasing an additional 58 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Neo Ivy Capital Management bought a new stake in CrowdStrike during the first quarter worth $30,000. 71.16% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several research firms have issued reports on CRWD. Stifel Nicolaus upped their price target on shares of CrowdStrike from $480.00 to $495.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research report on Wednesday, June 4th. Macquarie reissued a "neutral" rating and set a $465.00 target price on shares of CrowdStrike in a report on Friday. UBS Group reduced their target price on CrowdStrike from $545.00 to $500.00 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, August 28th. Oppenheimer reaffirmed an "outperform" rating and issued a $520.00 target price on shares of CrowdStrike in a report on Thursday, August 28th. Finally, Evercore ISI reduced their target price on CrowdStrike from $425.00 to $405.00 and set an "in-line" rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, August 28th. Twenty-four analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and nineteen have issued a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, CrowdStrike presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $460.10.

CrowdStrike Stock Down 2.4%

Shares of CRWD stock traded down $10.20 on Tuesday, hitting $413.50. The stock had a trading volume of 3,756,360 shares, compared to its average volume of 3,368,027. CrowdStrike has a 12-month low of $242.25 and a 12-month high of $517.98. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.20, a quick ratio of 1.85 and a current ratio of 1.88. The business has a 50 day moving average of $460.11 and a 200 day moving average of $427.09.

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, August 27th. The company reported $0.93 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate 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 company had revenue of $1.17 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.15 billion. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $1.04 earnings per share. The firm's quarterly revenue 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. Equities research analysts anticipate that CrowdStrike will post 0.55 EPS for the current year.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other CrowdStrike news, CEO George Kurtz sold 42,267 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction on Tuesday, August 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $450.47, for a total value of $19,040,015.49. Following the sale, the chief executive officer owned 2,132,887 shares of the company's stock, valued at $960,801,606.89. This trade represents a 1.94% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, CFO Burt W. Podbere sold 11,883 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, August 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $455.47, for a total transaction of $5,412,350.01. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer owned 231,130 shares in the company, valued at approximately $105,272,781.10. This trade represents a 4.89% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last 90 days, insiders have sold 188,164 shares of company stock worth $88,876,050. 3.32% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

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.