CrowdStrike $CRWD Shares Sold by Hudson Value Partners LLC

Key Points

• Hudson Value Partners LLC reduced its holdings in CrowdStrike by 9.5%, owning 4,995 shares post-sale, valued at approximately $2.54 million.
• Several institutional investors, including Vanguard Group and Goldman Sachs, increased their stakes in CrowdStrike during the first quarter, with 71.16% of the stock now owned by institutions.
• CrowdStrike's latest earnings report showed $1.17 billion in revenue, beating consensus estimates, with an EPS of $0.93, surpassing expectations of $0.83.

Hudson Value Partners LLC cut its position in shares of CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD - Free Report) by 9.5% during the second quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 4,995 shares of the company's stock after selling 525 shares during the period. Hudson Value Partners LLC's holdings in CrowdStrike were worth $2,544,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its stake in CrowdStrike by 4.1% during the first quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 22,834,565 shares of the company's stock worth $8,051,011,000 after purchasing an additional 908,554 shares during the period. Jennison Associates LLC raised its stake in CrowdStrike by 21.1% during 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 stake 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 during the period. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. raised its stake 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 purchasing an additional 760,222 shares during the period. Finally, Invesco Ltd. raised its stake in CrowdStrike by 16.4% during the first quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 2,506,418 shares of the company's stock worth $883,713,000 after purchasing an additional 352,473 shares during the period. 71.16% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities research analysts have recently issued reports on the stock. BTIG Research reissued a "buy" rating and issued a $489.00 price target on shares of CrowdStrike in a research note on Thursday, September 18th. Piper Sandler reduced their price target on shares of CrowdStrike from $505.00 to $450.00 and set a "neutral" rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, August 28th. DZ Bank downgraded shares of CrowdStrike from a "hold" rating to a "sell" rating and set a $440.00 price target on the stock. in a research note on Wednesday, September 24th. Robert W. Baird boosted their price target on shares of CrowdStrike from $460.00 to $490.00 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a research note on Friday, September 19th. Finally, JMP Securities boosted their price target on shares of CrowdStrike from $500.00 to $550.00 and gave the company a "market outperform" rating in a research note on Tuesday, September 23rd. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-seven have assigned a Buy rating, eighteen have given a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat, CrowdStrike has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $484.95.

CrowdStrike Trading Up 2.0%

Shares of CrowdStrike stock opened at $499.96 on Thursday. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $445.08 and a 200-day simple moving average of $437.78. CrowdStrike has a 12-month low of $274.86 and a 12-month high of $517.98. The company has a current ratio of 1.88, a quick ratio of 1.88 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.20. The stock has a market cap of $125.47 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -420.13, a PEG ratio of 115.24 and a beta of 1.19.

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD - Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results 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 net margin of 6.84% and a negative return on equity of 1.53%. The business had revenue of $1.17 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.15 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $1.04 EPS. The company'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. On average, equities analysts forecast that CrowdStrike will post 0.55 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, President Michael Sentonas sold 11,561 shares of the company's stock in a transaction on Monday, September 22nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $495.69, for a total value of $5,730,672.09. Following the completion of the transaction, the president owned 399,116 shares in the company, valued at approximately $197,837,810.04. This represents a 2.82% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Also, CEO George Kurtz sold 42,267 shares of the company's stock in a transaction on Tuesday, August 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $450.47, for a total transaction of $19,040,015.49. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 2,132,887 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $960,801,606.89. The trade was a 1.94% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last 90 days, insiders have sold 112,816 shares of company stock worth $52,606,356. 3.32% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

CrowdStrike Company Profile

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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