Game Plan Financial Advisors LLC Makes New $2.87 Million Investment in CrowdStrike $CRWD

Game Plan Financial Advisors LLC bought a new position in shares of CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD - Free Report) during the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor bought 5,637 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $2,871,000. CrowdStrike comprises 1.3% of Game Plan Financial Advisors LLC's investment portfolio, making the stock its 28th largest position.

Several other large investors also recently made changes to their positions in CRWD. Patron Partners LLC raised its position in shares of CrowdStrike by 2.1% during the second quarter. Patron Partners LLC now owns 1,076 shares of the company's stock worth $548,000 after purchasing an additional 22 shares during the period. Real Talk Capital LLC raised its position in CrowdStrike by 0.9% in the 1st quarter. Real Talk Capital LLC now owns 2,732 shares of the company's stock valued at $963,000 after buying an additional 24 shares during the last quarter. Tradewinds Capital Management LLC raised its position in CrowdStrike by 20.8% in the 1st quarter. Tradewinds Capital Management LLC now owns 145 shares of the company's stock valued at $51,000 after buying an additional 25 shares during the last quarter. Close Asset Management Ltd raised its position in CrowdStrike by 23.8% in the 1st quarter. Close Asset Management Ltd now owns 130 shares of the company's stock valued at $46,000 after buying an additional 25 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Ramirez Asset Management Inc. raised its position in CrowdStrike by 5.9% in the 1st quarter. Ramirez Asset Management Inc. now owns 450 shares of the company's stock valued at $159,000 after buying an additional 25 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 71.16% of the company's stock.

CrowdStrike Stock Up 5.2%

CRWD stock opened at $509.95 on Thursday. 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 has a 50 day moving average price of $448.01 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $442.21. The company has a market cap of $127.98 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -428.53, a P/E/G ratio of 113.88 and a beta of 1.19. CrowdStrike has a twelve month low of $292.50 and a twelve month high of $517.98.

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 firm had revenue of $1.17 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.15 billion. During the same period last year, the company earned $1.04 earnings per share. The business's revenue was up 21.4% compared to the same quarter last year. CrowdStrike has set its FY 2026 guidance at 3.600-3.72 EPS. Q3 2026 guidance at 0.930-0.95 EPS. Analysts anticipate that CrowdStrike will post 0.55 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Activity at CrowdStrike

In other news, CAO Anurag Saha sold 2,234 shares of CrowdStrike stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, September 22nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $495.68, for a total transaction of $1,107,349.12. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief accounting officer directly owned 39,017 shares in the company, valued at approximately $19,339,946.56. The trade was a 5.42% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Also, President Michael Sentonas sold 20,000 shares of CrowdStrike stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, October 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $500.00, for a total value of $10,000,000.00. Following the transaction, the president owned 379,116 shares of the company's stock, valued at $189,558,000. This represents a 5.01% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 132,816 shares of company stock worth $62,606,356 in the last three months. 3.32% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of equities research analysts recently issued reports on CRWD shares. Cfra reissued a "hold" rating and issued a $555.00 target price (up previously from $517.00) on shares of CrowdStrike in a research report on Thursday, July 10th. Macquarie lifted their target price on CrowdStrike from $465.00 to $485.00 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a research report on Friday, September 19th. BMO Capital Markets lifted their target price on CrowdStrike from $450.00 to $500.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research report on Thursday, September 18th. Jefferies Financial Group lifted their target price on CrowdStrike from $500.00 to $515.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research report on Thursday, September 18th. Finally, Citigroup reissued an "outperform" rating on shares of CrowdStrike in a research report on Tuesday, September 23rd. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-eight have issued a Buy rating, seventeen have assigned a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, CrowdStrike presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $491.81.

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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