Venture Visionary Partners LLC Buys 6,643 Shares of CrowdStrike $CRWD

Key Points

• Venture Visionary Partners LLC increased its stake in CrowdStrike by 35.1% during the second quarter, acquiring an additional 6,643 shares for a total of 25,562 shares, valued at approximately $13 million.
• CrowdStrike reported $1.17 billion in revenue for the last quarter, exceeding analyst expectations, and the company provided positive guidance for FY 2026 with EPS forecasts of $3.600-3.720.
• A number of research analysts have raised their price targets for CrowdStrike, with DA Davidson and Stifel Nicolaus both setting new targets of $515, indicating strong support among analysts with a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy".

Venture Visionary Partners LLC increased its stake in CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD - Free Report) by 35.1% during the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 25,562 shares of the company's stock after purchasing an additional 6,643 shares during the period. Venture Visionary Partners LLC's holdings in CrowdStrike were worth $13,019,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. Cloud Capital Management LLC bought a new position in shares of CrowdStrike in the first quarter worth approximately $25,000. Atlantic Edge Private Wealth Management LLC increased its position in shares of CrowdStrike by 114.3% in the first quarter. Atlantic Edge Private Wealth Management LLC now owns 75 shares of the company's stock worth $26,000 after purchasing an additional 40 shares during the last quarter. Vision Financial Markets LLC bought a new position in shares of CrowdStrike in the first quarter worth approximately $26,000. E Fund Management Hong Kong Co. Ltd. grew its position in CrowdStrike by 305.3% during the first quarter. E Fund Management Hong Kong Co. Ltd. now owns 77 shares of the company's stock valued at $27,000 after acquiring an additional 58 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Neo Ivy Capital Management bought a new position in CrowdStrike during the first quarter valued at approximately $30,000. 71.16% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

CrowdStrike Stock Up 1.8%

Shares of CrowdStrike stock opened at $481.42 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 $272.67 and a 52-week high of $517.98. The stock has a market capitalization of $120.82 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -404.55, a P/E/G ratio of 113.13 and a beta of 1.12. The company's 50 day moving average price is $443.79 and its 200-day moving average price is $436.03.

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, topping 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 firm had revenue of $1.17 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.15 billion. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $1.04 earnings per share. The business's revenue 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 forecast that CrowdStrike will post 0.55 EPS for the current year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of research analysts have commented on CRWD shares. DA Davidson increased their price target on shares of CrowdStrike from $490.00 to $515.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research report on Thursday, September 18th. Stephens increased their price target on shares of CrowdStrike from $510.00 to $525.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a research report on Thursday, September 18th. New Street Research set a $460.00 price target on shares of CrowdStrike in a research report on Thursday, August 28th. Stifel Nicolaus increased their price target on shares of CrowdStrike from $495.00 to $515.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research report on Thursday, September 18th. Finally, Morgan Stanley increased their price target on shares of CrowdStrike from $460.00 to $475.00 and gave the company an "equal weight" rating in a research report on Thursday, September 18th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-seven have given a Buy rating, seventeen have issued a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $483.79.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, President Michael Sentonas sold 11,561 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction on Monday, September 22nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $495.69, for a total value of $5,730,672.09. Following the completion of the sale, the president owned 399,116 shares of the company's stock, valued at $197,837,810.04. This trade represents a 2.82% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. Also, Director Sameer K. Gandhi sold 6,250 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction on Thursday, September 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $410.32, for a total value of $2,564,500.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 768,511 shares of the company's stock, valued at $315,335,433.52. The trade was a 0.81% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold a total of 128,513 shares of company stock valued at $60,652,048 over the last three months. Insiders own 3.32% of the company's stock.

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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