CrowdStrike $CRWD Holdings Raised by Gilder Gagnon Howe & Co. LLC

Gilder Gagnon Howe & Co. LLC grew its stake in shares of CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) by 3.2% during the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 88,090 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 2,695 shares during the period. Gilder Gagnon Howe & Co. LLC’s holdings in CrowdStrike were worth $44,865,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds have also modified their holdings of CRWD. Patron Partners LLC boosted its position in CrowdStrike by 2.1% during the second quarter. Patron Partners LLC now owns 1,076 shares of the company’s stock valued at $548,000 after purchasing an additional 22 shares during the last quarter. Real Talk Capital LLC raised its stake in shares of CrowdStrike by 0.9% during the 1st quarter. Real Talk Capital LLC now owns 2,732 shares of the company’s stock worth $963,000 after purchasing an additional 24 shares in the last quarter. Cladis Investment Advisory LLC lifted its holdings in shares of CrowdStrike by 1.5% during the 1st quarter. Cladis Investment Advisory LLC now owns 1,683 shares of the company’s stock valued at $593,000 after buying an additional 25 shares during the last quarter. Eagle Wealth Strategies LLC grew its stake in shares of CrowdStrike by 4.1% in the 2nd quarter. Eagle Wealth Strategies LLC now owns 630 shares of the company’s stock valued at $321,000 after buying an additional 25 shares in the last quarter. Finally, OLD National Bancorp IN increased its holdings in CrowdStrike by 3.6% in the second quarter. OLD National Bancorp IN now owns 728 shares of the company’s stock worth $371,000 after buying an additional 25 shares during the last quarter. 71.16% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

CrowdStrike Trading Down 2.5%

Shares of NASDAQ:CRWD opened at $504.78 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.18, a quick ratio of 1.81 and a current ratio of 1.81. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $517.20 and its 200-day moving average is $481.87. The company has a market cap of $126.68 billion, a P/E ratio of -400.62, a P/E/G ratio of 125.30 and a beta of 1.09. CrowdStrike has a 52-week low of $298.00 and a 52-week high of $566.90.

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, December 2nd. The company reported $0.96 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.94 by $0.02. The business had revenue of $1.23 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.22 billion. CrowdStrike had a negative return on equity of 2.12% and a negative net margin of 6.88%.The firm’s revenue was up 21.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $0.93 EPS. CrowdStrike has set its FY 2026 guidance at 3.700-3.720 EPS and its Q4 2026 guidance at 1.090-1.110 EPS. Equities research analysts predict that CrowdStrike will post 0.55 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other CrowdStrike news, CFO Burt W. Podbere sold 1,957 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, November 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $550.41, for a total value of $1,077,152.37. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 218,467 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $120,246,421.47. This represents a 0.89% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Also, Director Johanna Flower sold 2,347 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, October 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $490.98, for a total transaction of $1,152,330.06. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 79,057 shares in the company, valued at $38,815,405.86. This represents a 2.88% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders sold 120,595 shares of company stock valued at $61,294,989 in the last ninety days. Company insiders own 3.32% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

CRWD has been the subject of several recent research reports. Sanford C. Bernstein reissued a “market perform” rating and issued a $353.00 target price on shares of CrowdStrike in a research report on Wednesday, December 3rd. TD Cowen lifted their price objective on shares of CrowdStrike from $500.00 to $580.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, October 3rd. Weiss Ratings reissued a “sell (d+)” rating on shares of CrowdStrike in a research report on Thursday. Loop Capital set a $550.00 target price on CrowdStrike in a report on Thursday. Finally, Evercore ISI upped their price target on CrowdStrike from $430.00 to $460.00 and gave the stock an “in-line” rating in a research note on Wednesday, December 3rd. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty-two have assigned a Buy rating, seventeen have assigned a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $554.65.

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.