CrowdStrike $CRWD Shares Purchased by O Neil Global Advisors Inc.

O Neil Global Advisors Inc. boosted its position in shares of CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) by 65.6% during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 66,457 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 26,336 shares during the period. CrowdStrike accounts for 6.0% of O Neil Global Advisors Inc.’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 5th biggest holding. O Neil Global Advisors Inc.’s holdings in CrowdStrike were worth $32,589,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of the company. Advyzon Investment Management LLC boosted its stake in shares of CrowdStrike by 142.9% during the 2nd quarter. Advyzon Investment Management LLC now owns 906 shares of the company’s stock valued at $461,000 after buying an additional 533 shares during the period. Carnegie Investment Counsel boosted its position in CrowdStrike by 6.7% during the third quarter. Carnegie Investment Counsel now owns 22,601 shares of the company’s stock valued at $11,083,000 after purchasing an additional 1,428 shares during the last quarter. Silver Oak Securities Incorporated boosted its position in CrowdStrike by 394.8% during the third quarter. Silver Oak Securities Incorporated now owns 2,954 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,449,000 after purchasing an additional 2,357 shares during the last quarter. Traynor Capital Management Inc. increased its position in CrowdStrike by 10.9% in the 3rd quarter. Traynor Capital Management Inc. now owns 53,117 shares of the company’s stock worth $26,047,000 after purchasing an additional 5,205 shares during the last quarter. Finally, GPS Wealth Strategies Group LLC raised its stake in shares of CrowdStrike by 7.3% during the 3rd quarter. GPS Wealth Strategies Group LLC now owns 22,253 shares of the company’s stock worth $10,912,000 after purchasing an additional 1,512 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 71.16% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several brokerages recently commented on CRWD. DA Davidson reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $580.00 price target on shares of CrowdStrike in a research note on Wednesday, December 3rd. Jefferies Financial Group increased their price target on shares of CrowdStrike from $515.00 to $600.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, November 19th. Wedbush reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and issued a $600.00 price objective on shares of CrowdStrike in a research note on Monday, December 1st. Barclays cut their target price on CrowdStrike from $610.00 to $550.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a report on Friday. Finally, Scotiabank reiterated an “outperform” rating on shares of CrowdStrike in a research note on Wednesday, December 3rd. Thirty equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, sixteen have given a Hold rating and three have issued a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, CrowdStrike presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $548.81.

More CrowdStrike News

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 Transactions at CrowdStrike

In related news, President Michael Sentonas sold 11,461 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Monday, December 22nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $479.78, for a total value of $5,498,758.58. Following the completion of the transaction, the president directly owned 342,655 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $164,399,015.90. This trade represents a 3.24% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, CFO Burt W. Podbere sold 10,516 shares of CrowdStrike stock in a transaction on 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 sale, the chief financial officer owned 179,114 shares in the company, valued at $86,571,169.62. This represents a 5.55% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Over the last 90 days, insiders have sold 100,247 shares of company stock worth $45,722,274. 3.32% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

CrowdStrike Stock Down 7.9%

CRWD opened at $388.60 on Monday. CrowdStrike has a 1-year low of $298.00 and a 1-year high of $566.90. The business has a 50 day moving average of $450.45 and a 200-day moving average of $472.13. The stock has a market capitalization of $97.97 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -308.41, a P/E/G ratio of 21.86 and a beta of 1.03. The company has a current ratio of 1.81, a quick ratio of 1.81 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.18.

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, December 3rd. The company reported $0.96 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.94 by $0.02. The company had revenue of $1.23 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates 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% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business posted $0.93 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts anticipate that CrowdStrike will post 0.55 earnings per share for the current year.

CrowdStrike Company 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.