Howard Financial Services LTD. Has $948,000 Stock Holdings in CrowdStrike $CRWD

Howard Financial Services LTD. lifted its holdings in shares of CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) by 2.8% in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 1,862 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 51 shares during the period. Howard Financial Services LTD.’s holdings in CrowdStrike were worth $948,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other large investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. Cloud Capital Management LLC acquired a new position in shares of CrowdStrike during the 1st quarter worth about $25,000. Atlantic Edge Private Wealth Management LLC boosted its stake in shares of CrowdStrike by 114.3% during the 1st quarter. Atlantic Edge Private Wealth Management LLC now owns 75 shares of the company’s stock worth $26,000 after buying an additional 40 shares during the last quarter. Vision Financial Markets LLC acquired a new position in shares of CrowdStrike during the 1st quarter worth about $26,000. E Fund Management Hong Kong Co. Ltd. boosted its stake in shares of CrowdStrike by 305.3% during the 1st quarter. E Fund Management Hong Kong Co. Ltd. now owns 77 shares of the company’s stock worth $27,000 after buying an additional 58 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Neo Ivy Capital Management acquired a new position in shares of CrowdStrike during the 1st quarter worth about $30,000. 71.16% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of equities analysts have recently commented on the stock. Scotiabank reduced their price objective on shares of CrowdStrike from $480.00 to $440.00 and set a “sector perform” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, August 28th. Susquehanna increased their price objective on shares of CrowdStrike from $425.00 to $530.00 and gave the stock a “positive” rating in a research note on Wednesday, June 4th. Macquarie reaffirmed a “neutral” rating and issued a $465.00 target price on shares of CrowdStrike in a report on Friday, August 29th. Mizuho dropped their target price on shares of CrowdStrike from $450.00 to $430.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, August 28th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group upped their target price on shares of CrowdStrike from $389.00 to $530.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, June 10th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-four have issued a Buy rating and nineteen have issued a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $460.10.

CrowdStrike Stock Up 0.6%

CrowdStrike stock opened at $436.10 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $109.44 billion, a P/E ratio of -366.47, a P/E/G ratio of 135.63 and a beta of 1.12. The company has a quick ratio of 1.88, a current ratio of 1.88 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.20. CrowdStrike has a twelve month low of $256.00 and a twelve month high of $517.98. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $445.98 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $426.94.

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, August 27th. The company reported $0.93 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.83 by $0.10. The firm had revenue of $1.17 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations 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 was up 21.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm 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. As a group, analysts expect that CrowdStrike will post 0.55 EPS for the current year.

Insider Transactions at CrowdStrike

In other CrowdStrike news, Director Sameer K. Gandhi sold 6,250 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, August 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $447.09, for a total value of $2,794,312.50. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 774,761 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $346,387,895.49. This represents a 0.80% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, President Michael Sentonas sold 11,527 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, June 23rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $471.20, for a total transaction of $5,431,522.40. Following the completion of the transaction, the president directly owned 410,677 shares in the company, valued at approximately $193,511,002.40. This represents a 2.73% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last 90 days, insiders sold 143,734 shares of company stock worth $67,337,728. 3.32% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

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.