China Universal Asset Management Co. Ltd. Has $4.15 Million Position in CrowdStrike $CRWD

China Universal Asset Management Co. Ltd. raised its stake in shares of CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) by 41.2% in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The firm owned 8,155 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 2,379 shares during the quarter. China Universal Asset Management Co. Ltd.’s holdings in CrowdStrike were worth $4,153,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Other large investors have also made changes to their positions in the company. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its stake in CrowdStrike by 2.6% during the second quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 23,430,572 shares of the company’s stock worth $11,933,425,000 after buying an additional 596,007 shares during the last quarter. State Street Corp boosted its holdings in shares of CrowdStrike by 3.6% in the 2nd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 10,804,651 shares of the company’s stock worth $5,502,917,000 after acquiring an additional 370,965 shares in the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC boosted its holdings in shares of CrowdStrike by 5.0% in the 2nd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 5,728,167 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,903,752,000 after acquiring an additional 273,922 shares in the last quarter. Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC grew its position in CrowdStrike by 54,635.9% during the 2nd quarter. Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 4,293,484 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,186,714,000 after acquiring an additional 4,285,640 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Norges Bank acquired a new stake in CrowdStrike during the 2nd quarter valued at $1,638,365,000. Institutional investors own 71.16% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of equities analysts have commented on CRWD shares. BMO Capital Markets boosted their price objective on CrowdStrike from $500.00 to $555.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, December 3rd. Arete Research set a $706.00 price objective on shares of CrowdStrike in a report on Tuesday, October 28th. DA Davidson restated a “buy” rating and issued a $580.00 price objective on shares of CrowdStrike in a research report on Wednesday, December 3rd. Canaccord Genuity Group upped their target price on shares of CrowdStrike from $500.00 to $515.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research report on Wednesday, December 3rd. Finally, Westpark Capital reissued a “hold” rating on shares of CrowdStrike in a research note on Wednesday, October 15th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty-two have issued a Buy rating, seventeen have issued a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $554.65.

Insider Transactions at CrowdStrike

In other CrowdStrike news, President Michael Sentonas sold 20,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated 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 transaction, the president owned 379,116 shares in the company, valued at approximately $189,558,000. This trade represents a 5.01% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, Director Denis Oleary sold 7,750 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, December 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $515.44, for a total value of $3,994,660.00. Following the transaction, the director owned 10,816 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $5,574,999.04. The trade was a 41.74% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. In the last ninety days, insiders have sold 120,595 shares of company stock valued at $61,294,989. Corporate insiders own 3.32% of the company’s stock.

CrowdStrike Trading Down 2.5%

Shares of NASDAQ CRWD opened at $504.78 on Friday. CrowdStrike has a fifty-two week low of $298.00 and a fifty-two week high of $566.90. The firm has a market capitalization of $127.26 billion, a P/E ratio of -400.62, a P/E/G ratio of 122.18 and a beta of 1.09. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.18, a current ratio of 1.81 and a quick ratio of 1.81. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is $517.20 and its 200 day simple moving average is $481.94.

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, December 2nd. The company reported $0.96 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.94 by $0.02. The company had revenue of $1.23 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.22 billion. CrowdStrike had a negative net margin of 6.88% and a negative return on equity of 2.12%. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 21.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $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. On average, analysts predict that CrowdStrike will post 0.55 EPS for the current year.

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.