CrowdStrike $CRWD Shares Sold by Zevin Asset Management LLC

Zevin Asset Management LLC cut its position in CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) by 4.6% in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 32,098 shares of the company’s stock after selling 1,559 shares during the quarter. CrowdStrike accounts for 2.3% of Zevin Asset Management LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 16th largest position. Zevin Asset Management LLC’s holdings in CrowdStrike were worth $15,740,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Avalon Trust Co acquired a new position in CrowdStrike in the 3rd quarter worth $247,000. Quantum Private Wealth LLC grew its stake in shares of CrowdStrike by 0.5% during the third quarter. Quantum Private Wealth LLC now owns 8,873 shares of the company’s stock valued at $4,351,000 after acquiring an additional 40 shares in the last quarter. Ameritas Investment Partners Inc. increased its position in shares of CrowdStrike by 1.3% during the third quarter. Ameritas Investment Partners Inc. now owns 10,642 shares of the company’s stock worth $5,219,000 after acquiring an additional 136 shares during the last quarter. Koshinski Asset Management Inc. lifted its stake in shares of CrowdStrike by 3.1% in the third quarter. Koshinski Asset Management Inc. now owns 3,769 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,848,000 after acquiring an additional 114 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Vestmark Advisory Solutions Inc. boosted its holdings in CrowdStrike by 12.8% in the third quarter. Vestmark Advisory Solutions Inc. now owns 4,587 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,249,000 after purchasing an additional 522 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 71.16% of the company’s stock.

CrowdStrike Stock Down 7.9%

Shares of NASDAQ:CRWD opened at $388.60 on Monday. The company’s fifty day moving average is $450.45 and its two-hundred day moving average is $472.13. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.18, a quick ratio of 1.81 and a current ratio of 1.81. CrowdStrike has a 1-year low of $298.00 and a 1-year high of $566.90. The stock has a market capitalization of $97.97 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -308.41, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 21.86 and a beta of 1.03.

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, December 3rd. The company reported $0.96 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.94 by $0.02. The business had revenue of $1.23 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.22 billion. CrowdStrike had a negative net margin of 6.88% and a negative return on equity of 2.12%. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 21.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $0.93 EPS. Equities analysts anticipate that CrowdStrike will post 0.55 EPS for the current year.

Insider Activity at CrowdStrike

In related news, CFO Burt W. Podbere sold 10,516 shares of the company’s 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 completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 179,114 shares in the company, valued at $86,571,169.62. This represents a 5.55% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, Director Denis Oleary sold 7,750 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, December 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $515.44, for a total value of $3,994,660.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 10,816 shares in the company, valued at $5,574,999.04. This represents a 41.74% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. In the last three months, insiders sold 100,247 shares of company stock valued at $45,722,274. 3.32% of the stock is owned by insiders.

CrowdStrike News Roundup

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

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several research firms have issued reports on CRWD. Loop Capital set a $550.00 price objective on CrowdStrike in a report on Thursday, December 11th. Stifel Nicolaus lifted 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 Monday, November 17th. Jefferies Financial Group upped their price target on shares of CrowdStrike from $515.00 to $600.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, November 19th. Morgan Stanley increased their price objective on shares of CrowdStrike from $515.00 to $537.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Thursday, December 18th. Finally, Daiwa Securities Group boosted their target price on shares of CrowdStrike from $530.00 to $560.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, December 9th. Thirty equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, sixteen have given a Hold rating and three have given a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $548.81.

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.