Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management UK Ltd. Has $968,000 Stock Position in CrowdStrike $CRWD

Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management UK Ltd. cut its stake in CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) by 36.7% in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 1,900 shares of the company’s stock after selling 1,100 shares during the period. Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management UK Ltd.’s holdings in CrowdStrike were worth $968,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in the stock. Cooper Financial Group raised its stake in CrowdStrike by 17.9% in the second quarter. Cooper Financial Group now owns 3,910 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,991,000 after buying an additional 594 shares during the period. Truist Financial Corp raised its position in CrowdStrike by 1.1% during the 2nd quarter. Truist Financial Corp now owns 152,589 shares of the company’s stock worth $77,715,000 after purchasing an additional 1,693 shares during the last quarter. Union Bancaire Privee UBP SA grew its holdings in CrowdStrike by 2,372.2% during the 2nd quarter. Union Bancaire Privee UBP SA now owns 4,450 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,266,000 after acquiring an additional 4,270 shares during the period. Chicago Capital LLC acquired a new stake in shares of CrowdStrike in the 2nd quarter valued at about $398,000. Finally, Trivium Point Advisory LLC acquired a new stake in shares of CrowdStrike in the 2nd quarter valued at about $238,000. 71.16% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Insider Activity at CrowdStrike

In other news, CEO George Kurtz sold 17,830 shares of CrowdStrike stock in a transaction dated Monday, September 22nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $494.53, for a total value of $8,817,469.90. Following the sale, the chief executive officer owned 2,115,057 shares in the company, valued at $1,045,959,138.21. This trade represents a 0.84% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Also, Director Sameer K. Gandhi sold 6,250 shares of CrowdStrike stock in a transaction dated 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 sale, the director owned 768,511 shares in the company, valued at approximately $315,335,433.52. This trade represents a 0.81% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 119,066 shares of company stock valued at $55,809,043 in the last quarter. 3.32% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities analysts have commented on the stock. BMO Capital Markets lifted their target price on shares of CrowdStrike from $450.00 to $500.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, September 18th. DZ Bank lowered shares of CrowdStrike from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating and set a $440.00 target price for the company. in a research report on Wednesday, September 24th. Daiwa Capital Markets upped their target price on shares of CrowdStrike from $475.00 to $530.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, September 24th. Oppenheimer reissued an “outperform” rating and issued a $520.00 price target on shares of CrowdStrike in a research note on Thursday, August 28th. Finally, Susquehanna boosted their price target on shares of CrowdStrike from $425.00 to $530.00 and gave the stock a “positive” rating in a research note on Wednesday, June 4th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-seven have given a Buy rating, eighteen have issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $484.95.

CrowdStrike Stock Performance

CrowdStrike stock traded up $2.84 during mid-day trading on Wednesday, reaching $493.22. 394,276 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 3,670,743. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.20, a current ratio of 1.88 and a quick ratio of 1.88. CrowdStrike has a fifty-two week low of $274.86 and a fifty-two week high of $517.98. The company has a market capitalization of $123.78 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -415.56, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 114.78 and a beta of 1.12. The firm’s fifty day moving average is $444.31 and its two-hundred day moving average is $437.34.

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) last issued 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 for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.15 billion. CrowdStrike had a negative net margin of 6.84% and a negative return on equity of 1.53%. CrowdStrike’s revenue for the quarter was up 21.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $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. On average, equities research analysts expect that CrowdStrike will post 0.55 earnings per share 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.