Realta Investment Advisors Sells 127 Shares of CrowdStrike $CRWD

Realta Investment Advisors reduced its holdings in CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) by 1.4% during the 2nd quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The institutional investor owned 8,759 shares of the company’s stock after selling 127 shares during the quarter. CrowdStrike accounts for approximately 1.8% of Realta Investment Advisors’ portfolio, making the stock its 15th largest position. Realta Investment Advisors’ holdings in CrowdStrike were worth $4,461,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other large investors also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Blue Trust Inc. lifted its stake in CrowdStrike by 20.4% in the first quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 1,267 shares of the company’s stock valued at $447,000 after buying an additional 215 shares during the period. OLD National Bancorp IN acquired a new stake in shares of CrowdStrike in the 1st quarter valued at approximately $248,000. Bessemer Group Inc. raised its position in shares of CrowdStrike by 4.6% in the 1st quarter. Bessemer Group Inc. now owns 2,221 shares of the company’s stock valued at $783,000 after acquiring an additional 98 shares during the period. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. grew its holdings in CrowdStrike by 33.2% during the first quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. now owns 24,059 shares of the company’s stock valued at $8,483,000 after purchasing an additional 5,998 shares during the period. Finally, Benchmark Investment Advisors LLC increased its stake in CrowdStrike by 90.8% in the first quarter. Benchmark Investment Advisors LLC now owns 10,248 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,613,000 after purchasing an additional 4,877 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 71.16% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

CRWD has been the topic of a number of recent analyst reports. New Street Research set a $460.00 price target on shares of CrowdStrike in a research report on Thursday, August 28th. JMP Securities increased their price target on CrowdStrike from $500.00 to $550.00 and gave the stock a “market outperform” rating in a report on Tuesday, September 23rd. Roth Capital reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $510.00 price target (up previously from $410.00) on shares of CrowdStrike in a research report on Thursday, September 18th. Citigroup reaffirmed an “outperform” rating on shares of CrowdStrike in a research report on Tuesday, September 23rd. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus raised their price target on shares of CrowdStrike from $495.00 to $515.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, September 18th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-eight have assigned a Buy rating, eighteen have assigned a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, CrowdStrike presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $487.11.

CrowdStrike Price Performance

Shares of CrowdStrike stock opened at $489.88 on Friday. 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 capitalization of $122.94 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -411.66, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 115.12 and a beta of 1.19. CrowdStrike has a twelve month low of $283.80 and a twelve month high of $517.98. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $446.22 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $440.01.

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, August 27th. The company reported $0.93 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.83 by $0.10. CrowdStrike had a negative net margin of 6.84% and a negative return on equity of 1.53%. The company had revenue of $1.17 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.15 billion. During the same period last year, the firm earned $1.04 earnings per share. The business’s revenue for the quarter 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. Analysts forecast that CrowdStrike will post 0.55 EPS for the current year.

Insider Transactions at CrowdStrike

In other news, President Michael Sentonas sold 20,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, October 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $500.00, for a total transaction of $10,000,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the president directly owned 379,116 shares in the company, valued at approximately $189,558,000. This represents a 5.01% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, CFO Burt W. Podbere sold 11,883 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, August 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $455.47, for a total value of $5,412,350.01. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 231,130 shares in the company, valued at $105,272,781.10. The trade was a 4.89% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last three months, insiders sold 132,816 shares of company stock worth $62,606,356. Corporate insiders own 3.32% of the company’s stock.

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.