Yousif Capital Management LLC Has $15.24 Million Stake in CrowdStrike $CRWD

Yousif Capital Management LLC decreased its position in shares of CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) by 0.1% in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 29,916 shares of the company’s stock after selling 38 shares during the period. Yousif Capital Management LLC’s holdings in CrowdStrike were worth $15,237,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Patron Partners LLC grew its stake in 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 buying an additional 22 shares during the last quarter. Real Talk Capital LLC grew its stake in CrowdStrike by 0.9% during the first quarter. Real Talk Capital LLC now owns 2,732 shares of the company’s stock worth $963,000 after buying an additional 24 shares during the last quarter. Tradewinds Capital Management LLC grew its stake in CrowdStrike by 20.8% during the first quarter. Tradewinds Capital Management LLC now owns 145 shares of the company’s stock worth $51,000 after buying an additional 25 shares during the last quarter. Close Asset Management Ltd grew its stake in CrowdStrike by 23.8% during the first quarter. Close Asset Management Ltd now owns 130 shares of the company’s stock worth $46,000 after buying an additional 25 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Ramirez Asset Management Inc. grew its stake in CrowdStrike by 5.9% during the first quarter. Ramirez Asset Management Inc. now owns 450 shares of the company’s stock worth $159,000 after buying an additional 25 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 71.16% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several analysts have weighed in on the stock. Macquarie upped their price objective on shares of CrowdStrike from $465.00 to $485.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Friday, September 19th. BTIG Research reissued a “buy” rating and set a $489.00 price target on shares of CrowdStrike in a research note on Thursday, September 18th. Royal Bank Of Canada reissued an “outperform” rating and set a $510.00 price target on shares of CrowdStrike in a research note on Thursday, September 18th. New Street Research set a $460.00 price target on shares of CrowdStrike in a research note on Thursday, August 28th. Finally, Cantor Fitzgerald increased their price target on shares of CrowdStrike from $475.00 to $500.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, September 18th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-eight have assigned a Buy rating, seventeen have issued a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, CrowdStrike currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $493.33.

Insider Buying and Selling at CrowdStrike

In other CrowdStrike news, 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 transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 2,132,887 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $960,801,606.89. This trade represents a 1.94% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, Director Sameer K. Gandhi sold 6,250 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, September 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $410.32, for a total transaction of $2,564,500.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 768,511 shares in the company, valued at approximately $315,335,433.52. The trade was a 0.81% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 157,816 shares of company stock valued at $75,331,356 in the last three months. Insiders own 3.32% of the company’s stock.

CrowdStrike Price Performance

Shares of CRWD stock opened at $493.66 on Monday. CrowdStrike has a 52-week low of $294.68 and a 52-week high of $517.98. The stock has a market cap of $123.89 billion, a PE ratio of -414.84, a PEG ratio of 116.01 and a beta of 1.19. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.20, a quick ratio of 1.88 and a current ratio of 1.88. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $450.04 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $444.95.

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, August 27th. The company reported $0.93 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates 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 period last year, the firm earned $1.04 earnings per share. The business’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. As a group, analysts forecast that CrowdStrike will post 0.55 EPS for the current year.

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.