Hilltop National Bank Purchases Shares of 323 CrowdStrike $CRWD

Hilltop National Bank acquired a new position in CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) in the 2nd quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm acquired 323 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $165,000.

A number of other large investors also recently modified their holdings of the stock. Nuveen LLC bought a new position in CrowdStrike during the 1st quarter valued at $595,766,000. Jennison Associates LLC grew its stake in shares of CrowdStrike by 21.1% in the 1st quarter. Jennison Associates LLC now owns 6,565,275 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,314,785,000 after acquiring an additional 1,144,295 shares in the last quarter. UBS AM A Distinct Business Unit of UBS Asset Management Americas LLC raised its holdings in shares of CrowdStrike by 52.6% in the first quarter. UBS AM A Distinct Business Unit of UBS Asset Management Americas LLC now owns 2,771,424 shares of the company’s stock valued at $977,149,000 after purchasing an additional 955,529 shares during the last quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its position in shares of CrowdStrike by 4.1% during the first quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 22,834,565 shares of the company’s stock valued at $8,051,011,000 after purchasing an additional 908,554 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. boosted its holdings in CrowdStrike by 39.9% during the first quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 2,665,344 shares of the company’s stock worth $939,747,000 after purchasing an additional 760,222 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 71.16% of the company’s stock.

CrowdStrike Stock Performance

NASDAQ CRWD opened at $489.88 on Friday. CrowdStrike has a 1 year low of $283.80 and a 1 year high of $517.98. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.20, a current ratio of 1.88 and a quick ratio of 1.88. The stock has a market capitalization of $122.94 billion, a PE ratio of -411.66, a P/E/G ratio of 115.12 and a beta of 1.19. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is $446.22 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $440.01.

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, August 27th. The company reported $0.93 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.83 by $0.10. The firm had revenue of $1.17 billion during 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%. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 21.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $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. Analysts predict that CrowdStrike will post 0.55 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

CRWD has been the subject of a number of recent analyst reports. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “sell (d)” rating on shares of CrowdStrike in a research report on Saturday, September 27th. Evercore ISI boosted their target price on CrowdStrike from $405.00 to $430.00 in a research note on Thursday, September 18th. Piper Sandler decreased their price target on CrowdStrike from $505.00 to $450.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, August 28th. BTIG Research reiterated a “buy” rating and set a $489.00 price target on shares of CrowdStrike in a report on Thursday, September 18th. Finally, Sanford C. Bernstein cut their price objective on CrowdStrike from $371.00 to $343.00 and set a “market perform” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, August 28th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-eight have issued a Buy rating, eighteen have given a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $487.11.

Insiders Place Their Bets

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 value of $10,000,000.00. Following the sale, the president owned 379,116 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $189,558,000. This trade represents a 5.01% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, CFO Burt W. Podbere sold 11,883 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated 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 transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 231,130 shares of the company’s stock, 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. 3.32% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

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.