CrowdStrike $CRWD Shares Bought by Freestone Capital Holdings LLC

Key Points

• Freestone Capital Holdings LLC increased its stake in CrowdStrike by 37.6% in Q1, now holding shares worth approximately $1,026,000.
• Institutional investors own 71.16% of CrowdStrike, with Vanguard Group increasing its stake by 4.1% during the same quarter.
• CrowdStrike's stock has a market capitalization of $106.65 billion and a recent share price of $427.90, with earnings per share recorded at $0.73 for the last quarter.

Freestone Capital Holdings LLC boosted its stake in CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD - Free Report) by 37.6% in the first quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 2,911 shares of the company's stock after purchasing an additional 795 shares during the period. Freestone Capital Holdings LLC's holdings in CrowdStrike were worth $1,026,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the stock. Brighton Jones LLC grew its holdings in CrowdStrike by 44.9% during the 4th 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 during the period. Jump Financial LLC grew its holdings in CrowdStrike by 53.2% during the 4th quarter. Jump Financial LLC now owns 1,924 shares of the company's stock worth $658,000 after acquiring an additional 668 shares during the period. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP boosted its position in shares of CrowdStrike by 3.8% during the 4th quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 281,215 shares of the company's stock worth $96,234,000 after purchasing an additional 10,271 shares in the last quarter. Capital Research Global Investors bought a new position in shares of CrowdStrike during the 4th quarter worth about $118,888,000. Finally, Natixis boosted its position in shares of CrowdStrike by 251.1% during the 4th quarter. Natixis now owns 34,547 shares of the company's stock worth $11,821,000 after purchasing an additional 24,708 shares in the last quarter. 71.16% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several equities research analysts have recently issued reports on CRWD shares. JMP Securities restated a "market outperform" rating and set a $500.00 price target on shares of CrowdStrike in a research note on Wednesday, June 4th. Westpark Capital reaffirmed a "hold" rating on shares of CrowdStrike in a report on Thursday, June 5th. Morgan Stanley reissued an "equal weight" rating and issued a $495.00 price target (up from $490.00) on shares of CrowdStrike in a research note on Monday, July 14th. Wells Fargo & Company boosted their price target on shares of CrowdStrike from $430.00 to $550.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a research note on Monday, June 2nd. Finally, Piper Sandler downgraded shares of CrowdStrike from an "overweight" rating to a "neutral" rating and set a $505.00 price target for the company. in a research note on Monday, July 7th. Twenty-six equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, nineteen have given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, CrowdStrike currently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $460.81.

CrowdStrike Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ CRWD traded down $5.26 during trading on Thursday, hitting $413.91. The company had a trading volume of 767,166 shares, compared to its average volume of 3,676,167. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $469.89 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $427.29. CrowdStrike has a fifty-two week low of $242.25 and a fifty-two week high of $517.98. The firm has a market capitalization of $103.17 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -599.92 and a beta of 1.13. The company has a quick ratio of 1.85, a current ratio of 1.85 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.21.

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD - Get Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Tuesday, June 3rd. The company reported $0.73 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.66 by $0.07. CrowdStrike had a negative net margin of 4.17% and a positive return on equity of 0.43%. The business had revenue of $1.10 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.11 billion. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $0.93 earnings per share. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 19.8% compared to the same quarter last year. CrowdStrike has set its FY 2026 guidance at 3.440-3.560 EPS. Q2 2026 guidance at 0.820-0.840 EPS. On average, research analysts expect that CrowdStrike will post 0.55 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other CrowdStrike news, 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 in the company, valued at approximately $960,801,606.89. This represents a 1.94% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, Director Roxanne S. Austin sold 9,447 shares of CrowdStrike stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, July 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $512.65, for a total transaction of $4,843,004.55. Following the transaction, the director owned 18,858 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $9,667,553.70. The trade was a 33.38% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last 90 days, insiders sold 214,414 shares of company stock worth $101,484,738. Corporate insiders own 3.32% of the company's stock.

CrowdStrike 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.