Yousif Capital Management LLC Trims Stock Holdings in CrowdStrike $CRWD

Yousif Capital Management LLC lessened its position in shares of CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) by 5.8% during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 28,176 shares of the company’s stock after selling 1,740 shares during the quarter. Yousif Capital Management LLC’s holdings in CrowdStrike were worth $13,817,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds have also modified their holdings of the company. AlphaQuest LLC acquired a new stake in shares of CrowdStrike during the second quarter worth about $26,000. Howard Hughes Medical Institute purchased a new position 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 approximately $33,000. Saudi Central Bank purchased a new stake in shares of CrowdStrike in the 1st quarter valued at $34,000. Finally, Loomis Sayles & Co. L P purchased a new stake in shares of CrowdStrike in the 2nd quarter valued at $36,000. 71.16% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, Director Denis Oleary sold 7,750 shares of CrowdStrike stock in a transaction dated Friday, December 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $515.44, for a total value of $3,994,660.00. Following the sale, the director owned 10,816 shares in the company, valued at $5,574,999.04. This trade represents a 41.74% 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 link. Also, CFO Burt W. Podbere sold 1,957 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, November 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $550.41, for a total transaction of $1,077,152.37. Following the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 218,467 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $120,246,421.47. This represents a 0.89% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders have sold 78,264 shares of company stock worth $40,332,854 in the last 90 days. 3.32% of the stock is owned by insiders.

CrowdStrike Stock Performance

NASDAQ CRWD opened at $483.14 on Tuesday. The stock has a market capitalization of $121.80 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -383.44, a PEG ratio of 115.76 and a beta of 1.09. The stock has a 50-day moving average of $514.92 and a 200 day moving average of $482.53. 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 has a twelve month low of $298.00 and a twelve month high of $566.90.

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, December 2nd. The company reported $0.96 EPS for the quarter, beating 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 return on equity of 2.12% and a negative net margin of 6.88%.CrowdStrike’s quarterly revenue was up 21.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company 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. Sell-side analysts anticipate that CrowdStrike will post 0.55 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

CRWD has been the subject of several recent research reports. Evercore ISI raised their target price on shares of CrowdStrike from $430.00 to $460.00 and gave the stock an “in-line” rating in a report on Wednesday, December 3rd. Berenberg Bank started coverage on CrowdStrike in a research note on Tuesday, November 18th. They set a “hold” rating and a $600.00 price objective for the company. BTIG Research restated a “buy” rating and issued a $640.00 target price on shares of CrowdStrike in a research note on Wednesday, December 3rd. Susquehanna lifted their price target on CrowdStrike from $530.00 to $600.00 and gave the company a “positive” rating in a research report on Wednesday, December 3rd. Finally, Citizens Jmp reissued a “market outperform” rating and issued a $500.00 price target on shares of CrowdStrike in a report on Wednesday, December 3rd. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty-two have given a Buy rating, seventeen have assigned a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $555.10.

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.