Invesco Ltd. Sells 309,518 Shares of CrowdStrike $CRWD

Invesco Ltd. decreased its position in CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) by 11.1% during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 2,466,462 shares of the company’s stock after selling 309,518 shares during the period. Invesco Ltd.’s holdings in CrowdStrike were worth $1,209,503,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the company. Asset Planning Inc bought a new stake in shares of CrowdStrike in the third quarter valued at $25,000. Pilgrim Partners Asia Pte Ltd purchased a new position in shares of CrowdStrike during the 3rd quarter valued at $25,000. Howard Hughes Medical Institute bought a new position in shares of CrowdStrike during the 2nd quarter worth $27,000. Pinnacle Bancorp Inc. bought a new position in shares of CrowdStrike during the 3rd quarter worth $27,000. Finally, Financial Gravity Companies Inc. purchased a new stake in CrowdStrike in the 2nd quarter worth about $33,000. 71.16% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

CrowdStrike News Roundup

Here are the key news stories impacting CrowdStrike this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Morgan Stanley has doubled down on CrowdStrike, reiterating a bullish stance that funds the buy-side momentum and supports further upside from continued cybersecurity demand. CRWD Stock Alert: Why Morgan Stanley Is Doubling Down on CrowdStrike Here
• Positive Sentiment: CrowdStrike announced a strategic partnership to integrate Falcon Cyber Shield into Perplexity’s Comet (AI) browser — this expands Falcon’s addressable market for AI-native threat protection and highlights product monetization in the AI era. CrowdStrike and Perplexity Partner to Deliver Enhanced Security for Comet Enterprise
• Positive Sentiment: Strong quarterly results: CrowdStrike reported its first profitable quarter, record ARR growth, a $3.1B shelf filing and completed a modest buyback — all materially supportive of long-term growth and capital flexibility. Why CrowdStrike (CRWD) Is Up 11.5% After First Profit, Record ARR, AI Deals And Shelf Filing
• Positive Sentiment: DZ Bank upgraded CRWD to buy with a $490 target, adding a second analyst catalyst that can lift sentiment if other brokers follow. DZ Bank upgrade report
• Neutral Sentiment: Short-interest reports in mid‑March show anomalous ‘0 shares / NaN’ data — appears to be a reporting glitch, so don’t read too much into the published days-to-cover figures yet.
• Neutral Sentiment: Macro/security backdrop: multiple pieces highlight surging cyberattacks and AI-driven risk expansion — a positive demand tailwind but already priced into growth names. With Cyberattacks Surging, Does CrowdStrike or Palo Alto Networks Stand Out?
• Negative Sentiment: Despite the blowout quarter, several articles note the stock’s muted rally — valuation and stretched multiples remain key risks that can cap near-term upside until growth visibility or margin expansion is clearer. CrowdStrike Delivered a Blowout Quarter—and the Stock Yawned

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several equities research analysts have commented on CRWD shares. Evercore dropped their price objective on shares of CrowdStrike from $460.00 to $375.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, February 25th. KeyCorp reiterated a “sector weight” rating on shares of CrowdStrike in a research note on Monday, January 12th. BTIG Research lowered their price target on shares of CrowdStrike from $640.00 to $499.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, March 2nd. DZ Bank upgraded shares of CrowdStrike from a “sell” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $490.00 price target on the stock in a research note on Wednesday. Finally, Stephens raised their price objective on shares of CrowdStrike from $465.00 to $490.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday, March 4th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty-two have assigned a Buy rating, fifteen have given a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $506.26.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, CAO Anurag Saha sold 1,530 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Monday, December 22nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $479.78, for a total value of $734,063.40. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief accounting officer directly owned 44,562 shares in the company, valued at approximately $21,379,956.36. The trade was a 3.32% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, Director Johanna Flower sold 3,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Thursday, January 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $461.94, for a total value of $1,385,820.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 76,082 shares in the company, valued at approximately $35,145,319.08. This represents a 3.79% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders sold 90,024 shares of company stock valued at $40,424,241 in the last three months. 3.32% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

CrowdStrike Trading Down 0.1%

Shares of CRWD opened at $441.54 on Friday. CrowdStrike has a 1-year low of $298.00 and a 1-year high of $566.90. The company has a market capitalization of $111.31 billion, a P/E ratio of -596.67, a P/E/G ratio of 22.42 and a beta of 1.06. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.17, a current ratio of 1.77 and a quick ratio of 1.77. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is $428.86 and its 200 day simple moving average is $469.15.

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, March 3rd. The company reported $1.12 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.10 by $0.02. The firm had revenue of $1.31 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.30 billion. CrowdStrike had a negative net margin of 3.81% and a negative return on equity of 0.14%. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 23.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $1.03 EPS. Sell-side analysts forecast that CrowdStrike will post 0.55 earnings per share for the current fiscal 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.