498 Shares in CrowdStrike $CRWD Purchased by Mesirow Financial Investment Management Inc.

Mesirow Financial Investment Management Inc. acquired a new position in CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) in the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm acquired 498 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $254,000.

Several other large investors also recently bought and sold shares of CRWD. Nuveen LLC bought a new stake in CrowdStrike in the 1st quarter worth about $595,766,000. Jennison Associates LLC boosted its position in CrowdStrike by 21.1% in the first quarter. Jennison Associates LLC now owns 6,565,275 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,314,785,000 after purchasing an additional 1,144,295 shares during the last quarter. UBS AM A Distinct Business Unit of UBS Asset Management Americas LLC boosted its position in CrowdStrike by 52.6% in the first quarter. UBS AM A Distinct Business Unit of UBS Asset Management Americas LLC now owns 2,771,424 shares of the company’s stock worth $977,149,000 after purchasing an additional 955,529 shares during the last quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its position in CrowdStrike by 4.1% in the first quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 22,834,565 shares of the company’s stock worth $8,051,011,000 after purchasing an additional 908,554 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. boosted its position in CrowdStrike by 39.9% in the first quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 2,665,344 shares of the company’s stock worth $939,747,000 after purchasing an additional 760,222 shares during the last quarter. 71.16% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several research analysts have issued reports on CRWD shares. Needham & Company LLC raised their target price on CrowdStrike from $475.00 to $535.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, September 18th. Roth Capital reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $510.00 target price (up from $410.00) on shares of CrowdStrike in a research report on Thursday, September 18th. Citigroup reissued an “outperform” rating on shares of CrowdStrike in a research report on Tuesday, September 23rd. Oppenheimer raised their target price on CrowdStrike from $520.00 to $560.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Friday, October 17th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company raised their target price on CrowdStrike from $550.00 to $600.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 1st. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-nine have issued a Buy rating, eighteen have given a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $505.78.

Insider Activity at CrowdStrike

In related news, CEO George Kurtz sold 17,830 shares of CrowdStrike stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, September 22nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $494.53, for a total transaction of $8,817,469.90. Following the sale, the chief executive officer owned 2,115,057 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,045,959,138.21. This trade represents a 0.84% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Also, President Michael Sentonas sold 10,000 shares of CrowdStrike stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, October 10th. The shares were sold at an average price of $515.00, for a total value of $5,150,000.00. Following the sale, the president directly owned 354,116 shares in the company, valued at $182,369,740. This trade represents a 2.75% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders have sold 156,840 shares of company stock worth $75,350,186 in the last three months. Corporate insiders own 3.32% of the company’s stock.

CrowdStrike Stock Up 0.8%

CRWD stock opened at $543.01 on Monday. CrowdStrike has a twelve month low of $294.68 and a twelve month high of $553.64. 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 stock has a market cap of $136.27 billion, a P/E ratio of -456.31, a PEG ratio of 127.60 and a beta of 1.16. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $475.45 and its 200-day moving average price is $461.98.

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) last posted its quarterly earnings data 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 for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.15 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $1.04 EPS. The business’s quarterly 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. On average, equities research analysts forecast that CrowdStrike will post 0.55 EPS for the current year.

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.