Quantitative Investment Management LLC Boosts Stake in CrowdStrike $CRWD

Quantitative Investment Management LLC increased its holdings in shares of CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) by 401.6% during the third quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 12,089 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 9,679 shares during the period. CrowdStrike makes up about 0.8% of Quantitative Investment Management LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 28th largest holding. Quantitative Investment Management LLC’s holdings in CrowdStrike were worth $5,928,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of the company. Brighton Jones LLC increased its position in shares of CrowdStrike by 44.9% in the fourth quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 7,803 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,670,000 after buying an additional 2,417 shares in the last quarter. Empowered Funds LLC raised its stake in shares of CrowdStrike by 3.6% during the 1st quarter. Empowered Funds LLC now owns 4,812 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,697,000 after buying an additional 169 shares during the period. Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund lifted its position in shares of CrowdStrike by 13.3% during the 2nd quarter. Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund now owns 8,472 shares of the company’s stock valued at $4,315,000 after buying an additional 995 shares in the last quarter. Montag A & Associates Inc. lifted its position in shares of CrowdStrike by 29.8% during the 2nd quarter. Montag A & Associates Inc. now owns 218 shares of the company’s stock valued at $111,000 after buying an additional 50 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Wealth Alliance LLC acquired a new stake in CrowdStrike in the 2nd quarter valued at $239,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 71.16% of the company’s stock.

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

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

CRWD has been the subject of several recent analyst reports. Jefferies Financial Group cut their price target on shares of CrowdStrike from $600.00 to $500.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Friday, February 27th. Barclays decreased their price objective on shares of CrowdStrike from $610.00 to $550.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, February 20th. Scotiabank reiterated an “outperform” rating on shares of CrowdStrike in a research report on Wednesday, December 3rd. Mizuho cut their target price on shares of CrowdStrike from $540.00 to $490.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, February 17th. Finally, Zacks Research upgraded shares of CrowdStrike from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Tuesday, March 3rd. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty-two have given a Buy rating, fifteen have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, CrowdStrike has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $506.26.

CrowdStrike Trading Down 0.1%

Shares of CRWD opened at $441.54 on Friday. CrowdStrike has a 52-week low of $298.00 and a 52-week high of $566.90. The company has a quick ratio of 1.77, a current ratio of 1.77 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.17. The firm’s fifty day moving average is $428.86 and its two-hundred day moving average is $469.15. The stock has a market cap of $111.31 billion, a PE ratio of -596.67, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 22.42 and a beta of 1.06.

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

Insider Activity at CrowdStrike

In other CrowdStrike news, President Michael Sentonas sold 11,461 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, December 22nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $479.78, for a total value of $5,498,758.58. Following the completion of the sale, the president owned 342,655 shares in the company, valued at approximately $164,399,015.90. This represents a 3.24% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, CEO George Kurtz sold 28,853 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, February 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $413.01, for a total transaction of $11,916,577.53. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 2,054,902 shares in the company, valued at $848,695,075.02. This trade represents a 1.38% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders have sold 90,024 shares of company stock worth $40,424,241 in the last 90 days. 3.32% of the stock is owned by insiders.

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.