Moloney Securities Asset Management LLC Acquires 1,483 Shares of CrowdStrike $CRWD

Moloney Securities Asset Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) by 153.5% during the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 2,449 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 1,483 shares during the period. Moloney Securities Asset Management LLC’s holdings in CrowdStrike were worth $1,247,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the business. Catalyst Capital Advisors LLC boosted its position in shares of CrowdStrike by 8.2% during the 2nd quarter. Catalyst Capital Advisors LLC now owns 8,822 shares of the company’s stock valued at $4,493,000 after purchasing an additional 667 shares in the last quarter. AlTi Global Inc. bought a new stake in shares of CrowdStrike during the 2nd quarter valued at about $220,000. Draper Asset Management LLC boosted its position in shares of CrowdStrike by 59.1% during the 2nd quarter. Draper Asset Management LLC now owns 4,358 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,176,000 after purchasing an additional 1,619 shares in the last quarter. Opes Wealth Management LLC bought a new stake in shares of CrowdStrike during the 2nd quarter valued at about $288,000. Finally, 180 Wealth Advisors LLC boosted its position in shares of CrowdStrike by 11.2% during the 2nd quarter. 180 Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 4,277 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,178,000 after purchasing an additional 430 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 71.16% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several analysts have recently commented on CRWD shares. Jefferies Financial Group raised their target price on CrowdStrike from $500.00 to $515.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, September 18th. TD Cowen raised their target price on CrowdStrike from $500.00 to $580.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, October 3rd. The Goldman Sachs Group raised their target price on CrowdStrike from $492.00 to $535.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, September 19th. New Street Research set a $460.00 target price on CrowdStrike in a research note on Thursday, August 28th. Finally, Morgan Stanley raised their target price on CrowdStrike from $460.00 to $475.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Thursday, September 18th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-eight have given a Buy rating, seventeen have issued a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, CrowdStrike presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $496.47.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other CrowdStrike news, Director Sameer K. Gandhi sold 6,250 shares of CrowdStrike stock in a transaction dated Thursday, September 4th. The stock was 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 owned 768,511 shares in the company, valued at approximately $315,335,433.52. The trade was a 0.81% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, President Michael Sentonas sold 20,000 shares of the business’s 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 completion of the transaction, the president owned 379,116 shares in the company, valued at $189,558,000. The trade was a 5.01% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold a total of 158,090 shares of company stock worth $75,500,649 over the last 90 days. Company insiders own 3.32% of the company’s stock.

CrowdStrike Price Performance

CRWD stock opened at $527.32 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $132.34 billion, a P/E ratio of -443.12, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 122.66 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. CrowdStrike has a 52-week low of $294.68 and a 52-week high of $535.52. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $463.35 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $454.32.

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) last released its quarterly earnings results 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. The business had revenue of $1.17 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.15 billion. CrowdStrike had a negative return on equity of 1.53% and a negative net margin of 6.84%.The company’s quarterly revenue was up 21.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $1.04 EPS. CrowdStrike has set its FY 2026 guidance at 3.600-3.72 EPS. Q3 2026 guidance at 0.930-0.95 EPS. Research analysts expect that CrowdStrike will post 0.55 EPS for the current fiscal 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.