Intech Investment Management LLC Has $2.72 Million Stock Holdings in CrowdStrike $CRWD

Intech Investment Management LLC grew its stake in shares of CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD - Free Report) by 11.7% during the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 7,723 shares of the company's stock after buying an additional 808 shares during the period. Intech Investment Management LLC's holdings in CrowdStrike were worth $2,723,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Several other large investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Brighton Jones LLC increased its holdings in shares of CrowdStrike by 44.9% in the fourth 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 in the last quarter. Lazard Asset Management LLC boosted its position in CrowdStrike by 6.5% during the fourth quarter. Lazard Asset Management LLC now owns 6,919 shares of the company's stock worth $2,367,000 after purchasing an additional 424 shares during the period. Silvercrest Asset Management Group LLC bought a new position in CrowdStrike during the fourth quarter worth $240,000. Toronto Dominion Bank boosted its position in CrowdStrike by 106.0% during the fourth quarter. Toronto Dominion Bank now owns 183,033 shares of the company's stock worth $62,627,000 after purchasing an additional 94,197 shares during the period. Finally, Strive Asset Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of CrowdStrike during the fourth quarter worth $870,000. Institutional investors own 71.16% of the company's stock.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, CFO Burt W. Podbere sold 11,883 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, August 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $455.47, for a total value of $5,412,350.01. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 231,130 shares of the company's stock, valued at $105,272,781.10. This trade represents a 4.89% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Also, CEO George Kurtz sold 42,267 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction that occurred 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 completion of the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 2,132,887 shares of the company's stock, valued at $960,801,606.89. The trade was a 1.94% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last 90 days, insiders have sold 143,734 shares of company stock valued at $67,337,728. 3.32% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of research analysts recently commented on CRWD shares. Zacks Research raised CrowdStrike from a "hold" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a research note on Friday, August 29th. BMO Capital Markets set a $450.00 price target on CrowdStrike in a report on Thursday, August 28th. Scotiabank reduced their target price on CrowdStrike from $480.00 to $440.00 and set a "sector perform" rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, August 28th. BTIG Research dropped their price target on CrowdStrike from $520.00 to $489.00 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, August 28th. Finally, Wedbush reissued a "buy" rating on shares of CrowdStrike in a research note on Thursday, August 28th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-four have assigned a Buy rating and nineteen have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, CrowdStrike has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $460.10.

CrowdStrike Price Performance

CRWD opened at $436.10 on Monday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.20, a quick ratio of 1.88 and a current ratio of 1.88. CrowdStrike has a 52-week low of $256.00 and a 52-week high of $517.98. The stock has a market capitalization of $109.44 billion, a PE ratio of -366.47, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 136.48 and a beta of 1.12. The stock's 50 day moving average price is $445.98 and its 200-day moving average price is $427.49.

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD - Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, August 27th. The company reported $0.93 EPS for the quarter, topping 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 business had revenue of $1.17 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.15 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $1.04 earnings per share. The company's revenue for the quarter 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. On average, equities research analysts predict that CrowdStrike will post 0.55 EPS for the current year.

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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