Asset Management One Co. Ltd. Has $69.13 Million Stock Position in CrowdStrike $CRWD

Key Points

• Asset Management One Co. Ltd. reduced its stake in CrowdStrike by 0.7% in Q2, holding 135,737 shares valued at approximately $69.13 million.
• Institutional investors currently own approximately 71.16% of CrowdStrike's stock, with several firms significantly increasing their positions in the first quarter.
• CrowdStrike reported a quarterly EPS of $0.93, beating estimates and reflecting a year-over-year revenue growth of 21.4%, amounting to $1.17 billion.

Asset Management One Co. Ltd. trimmed its position in CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD - Free Report) by 0.7% in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 135,737 shares of the company's stock after selling 949 shares during the quarter. Asset Management One Co. Ltd. owned approximately 0.05% of CrowdStrike worth $69,132,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of CRWD. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its stake in CrowdStrike by 4.1% in the first quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 22,834,565 shares of the company's stock valued at $8,051,011,000 after purchasing an additional 908,554 shares in the last quarter. Jennison Associates LLC raised its holdings in CrowdStrike by 21.1% in the first quarter. Jennison Associates LLC now owns 6,565,275 shares of the company's stock worth $2,314,785,000 after purchasing an additional 1,144,295 shares during the period. UBS AM A Distinct Business Unit of UBS Asset Management Americas LLC raised its holdings in CrowdStrike by 52.6% in 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 during the period. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. raised its holdings in CrowdStrike by 39.9% in the first quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 2,665,344 shares of the company's stock worth $939,747,000 after purchasing an additional 760,222 shares during the period. Finally, Invesco Ltd. grew its position in shares of CrowdStrike by 16.4% in the 1st quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 2,506,418 shares of the company's stock valued at $883,713,000 after purchasing an additional 352,473 shares during the period. 71.16% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

CrowdStrike Trading Up 4.4%

Shares of CrowdStrike stock opened at $521.98 on Friday. CrowdStrike has a 12-month low of $294.68 and a 12-month high of $522.43. The stock has a market cap of $131.00 billion, a P/E ratio of -438.63, a P/E/G ratio of 117.52 and a beta of 1.19. 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 business's 50 day moving average is $461.36 and its 200-day moving average is $452.92.

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, August 27th. The company reported $0.93 earnings per share 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 business had revenue of $1.17 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.15 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $1.04 EPS. The firm'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. Equities research analysts predict that CrowdStrike will post 0.55 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, Director Johanna Flower sold 2,347 shares of the stock in a transaction 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 sale, the director owned 79,057 shares in the company, valued at approximately $38,815,405.86. This represents a 2.88% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, CAO Anurag Saha sold 1,762 shares of the company's stock in a transaction on Wednesday, September 24th. The shares were sold at an average price of $482.41, for a total value of $850,006.42. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief accounting officer directly owned 37,255 shares in the company, valued at approximately $17,972,184.55. This represents a 4.52% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 158,090 shares of company stock worth $75,500,649 in the last quarter. Company insiders own 3.32% of the company's stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities analysts recently issued reports on CRWD shares. BTIG Research reiterated a "buy" rating and issued a $489.00 price objective on shares of CrowdStrike in a research report on Thursday, September 18th. UBS Group decreased their price objective on CrowdStrike from $545.00 to $500.00 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, August 28th. Stifel Nicolaus boosted their target price on CrowdStrike from $495.00 to $515.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Thursday, September 18th. DA Davidson boosted their target price on CrowdStrike from $490.00 to $515.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Thursday, September 18th. Finally, Westpark Capital restated a "hold" rating on shares of CrowdStrike in a research note on Wednesday, October 15th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-eight have given a Buy rating, seventeen have assigned a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $496.47.

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.

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