Erste Asset Management GmbH Boosts Stake in CrowdStrike $CRWD

Erste Asset Management GmbH lifted its position in CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) by 6.6% in the third quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 103,036 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 6,358 shares during the period. Erste Asset Management GmbH’s holdings in CrowdStrike were worth $50,265,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Several other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in CRWD. Andra AP fonden grew its position in shares of CrowdStrike by 23.0% during the third quarter. Andra AP fonden now owns 24,212 shares of the company’s stock worth $11,873,000 after acquiring an additional 4,529 shares during the last quarter. TIAA Trust National Association raised its position in CrowdStrike by 6.3% in the 3rd quarter. TIAA Trust National Association now owns 53,543 shares of the company’s stock valued at $26,256,000 after purchasing an additional 3,154 shares during the last quarter. Artisan Partners Limited Partnership boosted its stake in CrowdStrike by 11.2% during the 3rd quarter. Artisan Partners Limited Partnership now owns 446,253 shares of the company’s stock worth $218,834,000 after purchasing an additional 44,889 shares during the period. Diversify Wealth Management LLC boosted its stake in CrowdStrike by 4.1% during the 3rd quarter. Diversify Wealth Management LLC now owns 12,547 shares of the company’s stock worth $6,153,000 after purchasing an additional 497 shares during the period. Finally, Xponance Inc. grew its position in CrowdStrike by 2.6% during the 3rd quarter. Xponance Inc. now owns 65,595 shares of the company’s stock worth $32,166,000 after purchasing an additional 1,682 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 71.16% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity at CrowdStrike

In related news, CAO Anurag Saha sold 836 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, December 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of $476.83, for a total value of $398,629.88. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief accounting officer directly owned 43,726 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $20,849,868.58. This trade represents a 1.88% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, President Michael Sentonas sold 11,461 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Monday, December 22nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $479.78, for a total value of $5,498,758.58. Following the sale, the president owned 342,655 shares in the company, valued at approximately $164,399,015.90. The trade was a 3.24% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. In the last 90 days, insiders sold 100,247 shares of company stock worth $45,722,274. 3.32% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

CrowdStrike Stock Performance

NASDAQ:CRWD opened at $381.10 on Friday. The company has a quick ratio of 1.81, a current ratio of 1.81 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.18. CrowdStrike has a fifty-two week low of $298.00 and a fifty-two week high of $566.90. The stock has a market cap of $96.08 billion, a PE ratio of -302.46, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 20.44 and a beta of 1.03. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $440.88 and its 200-day simple moving average is $469.71.

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, December 3rd. The company reported $0.96 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.94 by $0.02. CrowdStrike had a negative net margin of 6.88% and a negative return on equity of 2.12%. The firm had revenue of $1.23 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.22 billion. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $0.93 earnings per share. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 21.8% compared to the same quarter last year. Analysts expect that CrowdStrike will post 0.55 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

CrowdStrike News Summary

Here are the key news stories impacting CrowdStrike this week:

• Positive Sentiment: New product release — CrowdStrike announced general availability of FalconID, a phishing‑resistant, risk‑aware MFA extension for the Falcon platform that directly targets AI‑accelerated credential phishing. This strengthens identity security positioning and revenue optionality. Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: Strategic partnerships & integrations — CrowdStrike partnered with VAST Data to secure the AI data lifecycle and announced Splashtop integration to simplify Falcon deployment/ops. Partnerships accelerate enterprise adoption and embed Falcon into AI/cloud stacks. Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: Event & investor visibility — CrowdStrike scheduled investor-conference participation and Fal.Con Gov (March 18) to showcase AI-defense leadership to government and institutional buyers — positive for pipeline and gov’t contracts. Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: Bullish media & influencer commentary — Jim Cramer highlighted CrowdStrike favorably (calling it “killing it”), and bullish pieces argue recent AI-driven sell-off is an overreaction, which can attract buyers. Article Title
• Neutral Sentiment: Earnings/estimates focus — Wall Street preview pieces from Zacks/Yahoo dig into Q4 (Jan 2026) metric estimates; useful for monitoring guidance beats/misses but not market-moving until results. Article Title
• Neutral Sentiment: Mixed analyst actions — JPMorgan cut its price target (582→472) but kept an overweight rating; that is cautiously constructive but reduces upside assumptions. Article Title
• Negative Sentiment: Analyst downgrades & lower targets — Evercore cut its PT to $375 (equal‑weight), Stifel trimmed its target, and outlets report pessimistic forecasts from Oppenheimer and TD Cowen; these actions pressured the stock recently. Article Title
• Negative Sentiment: AI vendor news sparked a sell-off — Anthropic/“Claude” announcements earlier in the week triggered fears AI could disrupt cybersecurity vendors, prompting rapid share weakness before the rebound. That remains a short‑term risk if AI narratives turn negative again. Article Title

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities research analysts have recently commented on the stock. Capital One Financial reduced their target price on shares of CrowdStrike from $600.00 to $590.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, January 14th. Citigroup boosted their price target on CrowdStrike from $595.00 to $610.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, January 12th. Oppenheimer decreased their price objective on CrowdStrike from $580.00 to $500.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday. HSBC lifted their target price on CrowdStrike from $417.00 to $446.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday, December 4th. Finally, Scotiabank restated an “outperform” rating on shares of CrowdStrike in a research note on Wednesday, December 3rd. Thirty analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, sixteen have given a Hold rating and three have given a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $530.87.

CrowdStrike Company Profile

CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc (NASDAQ: CRWD) is a cybersecurity company founded in 2011 and headquartered in Sunnyvale, California. The firm was co-founded by George Kurtz and Dmitri Alperovitch and became a publicly traded company following its initial public offering in 2019. CrowdStrike positions itself as a provider of cloud-native security solutions designed to protect endpoints, cloud workloads, identities and data against sophisticated cyber threats.

The company’s core offering is the CrowdStrike Falcon platform, a modular, cloud-delivered security architecture that combines endpoint protection (EPP), endpoint detection and response (EDR), threat intelligence, and device control through lightweight agents and centralized telemetry.