CrowdStrike $CRWD Shares Purchased by Stevens Capital Management LP

Stevens Capital Management LP raised its holdings in shares of CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) by 209.9% in the 3rd quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The fund owned 20,115 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 13,625 shares during the period. CrowdStrike accounts for approximately 1.3% of Stevens Capital Management LP’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 19th largest holding. Stevens Capital Management LP’s holdings in CrowdStrike were worth $9,864,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of CRWD. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its position in shares of CrowdStrike by 1.9% during the 3rd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 23,876,498 shares of the company’s stock worth $11,708,557,000 after purchasing an additional 445,926 shares during the last quarter. State Street Corp increased its position in CrowdStrike by 3.6% during the second quarter. State Street Corp now owns 10,804,651 shares of the company’s stock worth $5,502,917,000 after buying an additional 370,965 shares in the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC raised its holdings in shares of CrowdStrike by 5.0% in the second 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 during the last quarter. Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC raised its holdings in shares of CrowdStrike by 54,635.9% in the second 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 purchased a new stake in shares of CrowdStrike in the second quarter valued at $1,638,365,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 71.16% of the company’s stock.

Key Headlines Impacting CrowdStrike

Here are the key news stories impacting CrowdStrike this week:

• Positive Sentiment: CrowdStrike announced an integration with Qualtrics to secure employee‑experience data, a product tie-up that supports cross‑sell and endpoint-to-data security use cases. CrowdStrike (CRWD) Teams Up With Qualtrics To Secure Employee Experience Data
• Positive Sentiment: Several bullish views remain on CRWD — many analysts still carry Buy/Overweight ratings and multi‑hundred dollar price targets, supporting longer‑term upside expectations despite near‑term weakness. CrowdStrike slides 7.9% as AI-driven “software replacement” fears hit cybersecurity stocks
• Neutral Sentiment: Short-interest reporting in the past days has odd/zero values in some feeds (likely a data anomaly), so current short‑squeeze risk is unclear from that report alone. CrowdStrike slides 7.9% as AI-driven “software replacement” fears hit cybersecurity stocks
• Neutral Sentiment: Recent analyst notes and market commentary (e.g., Globe and Mail piece) provide additional context on growth assumptions and valuation sensitivity but are mixed in immediate impact. Analysts Offer Insights on Technology Companies: CrowdStrike Holdings (CRWD) and SolarEdge Technologies (SEDG)
• Negative Sentiment: Anthropic’s limited preview of “Claude Code Security” — a capability that scans code for vulnerabilities and suggests fixes — sparked fears that agentic AI could automate workflows traditionally served by security vendors, pressuring demand/pricing for parts of the legacy stack and triggering a sector selloff. Multiple news outlets tied the CRWD move to this announcement. Cybersecurity stocks drop as Anthropic launches Claude Code Security tool
• Negative Sentiment: Analyst caution and a recent price‑target cut (Mizuho lowered its target to $490) and other valuation‑focused notes (including recent Hold moves) amplified downside sensitivity, making CRWD more vulnerable to negative headlines. Mizuho Lowers CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) Price Target to $490.00
• Negative Sentiment: Significant insider selling activity reported over recent months adds a psychological headwind for investors interpreting insider flows as reduced alignment (though sales can be for many reasons). CrowdStrike slides 7.9% as AI-driven “software replacement” fears hit cybersecurity stocks

Insider Activity

In other news, CAO Anurag Saha sold 836 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, December 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of $476.83, for a total transaction of $398,629.88. Following the completion of the sale, the chief accounting officer owned 43,726 shares in the company, valued at approximately $20,849,868.58. The trade was a 1.88% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Also, Director Johanna Flower sold 3,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, January 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $461.94, for a total transaction of $1,385,820.00. Following the sale, the director directly owned 76,082 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $35,145,319.08. This trade represents a 3.79% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders have sold 100,247 shares of company stock valued at $45,722,274 in the last 90 days. 3.32% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

CrowdStrike Stock Performance

NASDAQ:CRWD opened at $388.60 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. The company has a market cap of $97.97 billion, a P/E ratio of -308.41, a P/E/G ratio of 23.75 and a beta of 1.03. CrowdStrike has a fifty-two week low of $298.00 and a fifty-two week high of $566.90. The firm’s 50 day moving average is $450.45 and its two-hundred day moving average is $471.78.

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, December 3rd. The company reported $0.96 earnings per share (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 quarterly revenue was up 21.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $0.93 EPS. Analysts expect that CrowdStrike will post 0.55 EPS for the current year.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of research firms recently commented on CRWD. Robert W. Baird lifted their price objective on CrowdStrike from $490.00 to $550.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Friday, November 14th. Evercore raised their price target on shares of CrowdStrike from $430.00 to $460.00 and gave the stock an “in-line” rating in a research note on Wednesday, December 3rd. Rosenblatt Securities cut their price objective on shares of CrowdStrike from $630.00 to $555.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, February 12th. Susquehanna upped their price objective on shares of CrowdStrike from $530.00 to $600.00 and gave the company a “positive” rating in a research note on Wednesday, December 3rd. Finally, BNP Paribas Exane lifted their target price on shares of CrowdStrike from $350.00 to $450.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Wednesday, December 3rd. Thirty equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, sixteen have assigned a Hold rating and three have given a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $548.81.

CrowdStrike 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.