Shum Financial Group Inc. Makes New Investment in CrowdStrike $CRWD

Shum Financial Group Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) in the third quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm acquired 1,121 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $550,000.

Other large investors have also made changes to their positions in the company. AlphaQuest LLC acquired a new position in CrowdStrike in the second quarter valued at about $26,000. Howard Hughes Medical Institute bought a new stake in CrowdStrike during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $27,000. Financial Gravity Companies Inc. acquired a new stake in CrowdStrike during the 2nd quarter valued at $33,000. Financial Management Professionals Inc. raised its position in CrowdStrike by 91.9% in the 2nd quarter. Financial Management Professionals Inc. now owns 71 shares of the company’s stock valued at $36,000 after purchasing an additional 34 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Loomis Sayles & Co. L P bought a new position in CrowdStrike in the 2nd quarter valued at $36,000. Institutional investors own 71.16% of the company’s stock.

Key CrowdStrike News

Here are the key news stories impacting CrowdStrike this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Broader AI/cyber momentum — Wedbush and other strategists are pushing AI-themed portfolios into 2026, reinforcing demand for security vendors like CrowdStrike as AI adoption drives enterprise spend. Microsoft and Palantir Lead Wedbush’s Top AI Picks for 2026
• Positive Sentiment: Wall Street spotlight on AI winners — several analyst roundups name CrowdStrike among key cyber‑AI beneficiaries for 2026, supporting analyst upgrades and higher price targets that underlie bullish investor positioning. Top Wall Street analyst picks 5 AI stocks for 2026
• Positive Sentiment: MarketBeat / analyst upgrade momentum — MarketBeat lists CRWD among the most‑upgraded names, citing AI‑enabled product strength, acquisitions and improving margins as catalysts for mid‑teens upside consensus. The 5 Most Upgraded Stocks from 2025: Double-Digit Upside in 2026
• Positive Sentiment: Fresh investor interest noted — coverage pieces (Zacks, MSN commentary) highlight CrowdStrike as a top cyber‑AI exposure, which can attract momentum flows into CRWD. CrowdStrike (CRWD) is Attracting Investor Attention
• Neutral Sentiment: Unusual options activity — Benzinga flags notable options trades in CRWD, signaling elevated short‑term speculation or hedging; follow size/direction to infer whether bulls or bears are positioning. CrowdStrike Holdings Unusual Options Activity For December 30
• Neutral Sentiment: CEO performance award granted — CrowdStrike approved a new performance‑based equity grant for the CEO; intended to align incentives but could imply future dilution or model changes depending on vesting metrics. CrowdStrike Grants CEO New Performance-Based Equity Award
• Negative Sentiment: Insider selling — CAO Anurag Saha sold 836 shares (~$476.83 avg), trimming his stake; while not large, insider sales can prompt short‑term selling or signal liquidity needs to some investors. SEC Form 4: Anurag Saha sale

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several brokerages have recently commented on CRWD. Mizuho increased their target price on CrowdStrike from $475.00 to $540.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, November 17th. Robert W. Baird increased their price objective on shares of CrowdStrike from $490.00 to $550.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Friday, November 14th. Scotiabank reissued an “outperform” rating on shares of CrowdStrike in a report on Wednesday, December 3rd. KeyCorp raised their price objective on shares of CrowdStrike from $510.00 to $570.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Monday, December 1st. Finally, Guggenheim reiterated a “neutral” rating on shares of CrowdStrike in a research report on Monday, November 24th. Thirty-two research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eighteen have given a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $555.10.

Insider Buying and Selling at CrowdStrike

In other news, CFO Burt W. Podbere sold 10,516 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, December 22nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $483.33, for a total transaction of $5,082,698.28. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 179,114 shares in the company, valued at approximately $86,571,169.62. The trade was a 5.55% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, President Michael Sentonas sold 11,461 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, December 22nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $479.78, for a total transaction of $5,498,758.58. Following the completion of the sale, the president owned 342,655 shares in the company, valued at $164,399,015.90. This represents a 3.24% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders sold 98,395 shares of company stock valued at $49,645,217 over the last quarter. 3.32% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

CrowdStrike Trading Down 0.1%

CRWD opened at $475.63 on Wednesday. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $513.16 and a 200 day simple moving average of $482.71. CrowdStrike has a fifty-two week low of $298.00 and a fifty-two week high of $566.90. The company has a market cap of $119.91 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -377.48, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 114.47 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.

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, December 2nd. The company reported $0.96 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.94 by $0.02. The firm had revenue of $1.23 billion for 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% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm earned $0.93 earnings per share. 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, sell-side analysts anticipate that CrowdStrike will post 0.55 earnings per share for the current year.

About CrowdStrike

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.