Universal Beteiligungs und Servicegesellschaft mbH Raises Stock Position in CrowdStrike $CRWD

Universal Beteiligungs und Servicegesellschaft mbH lifted its holdings in CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) by 4.1% in the third quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm owned 155,512 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 6,140 shares during the quarter. Universal Beteiligungs und Servicegesellschaft mbH’s holdings in CrowdStrike were worth $76,260,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other large investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC raised its stake in shares of CrowdStrike by 54,635.9% in the second quarter. Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 4,293,484 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,186,714,000 after acquiring an additional 4,285,640 shares in the last quarter. Norges Bank purchased a new stake in CrowdStrike during the 2nd quarter worth about $1,638,365,000. Vestor Capital LLC raised its position in CrowdStrike by 269,840.3% in the 2nd quarter. Vestor Capital LLC now owns 977,184 shares of the company’s stock valued at $497,690,000 after purchasing an additional 976,822 shares in the last quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its stake in shares of CrowdStrike by 2.6% in the 2nd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 23,430,572 shares of the company’s stock valued at $11,933,425,000 after buying an additional 596,007 shares during the period. Finally, State Street Corp grew its position in shares of CrowdStrike by 3.6% during the second quarter. State Street Corp now owns 10,804,651 shares of the company’s stock worth $5,502,917,000 after buying an additional 370,965 shares in the last quarter. 71.16% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several brokerages recently weighed in on CRWD. Barclays raised their target price on shares of CrowdStrike from $515.00 to $610.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Friday, November 14th. DZ Bank lowered shares of CrowdStrike from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating and set a $440.00 price objective on the stock. in a report on Wednesday, September 24th. Guggenheim reiterated a “neutral” rating on shares of CrowdStrike in a research note on Monday, November 24th. UBS Group increased their target price on CrowdStrike from $580.00 to $590.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, December 3rd. Finally, Zacks Research cut CrowdStrike from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Wednesday, December 24th. Thirty-two research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eighteen have issued a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $555.21.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other CrowdStrike news, Director Sameer K. Gandhi sold 5,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, November 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $550.20, for a total transaction of $2,751,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 765,456 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $421,153,891.20. This trade represents a 0.65% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, President Michael Sentonas sold 11,461 shares of the 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 sale, the president directly owned 342,655 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $164,399,015.90. This represents a 3.24% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders sold a total of 74,048 shares of company stock valued at $37,153,707 in the last quarter. Corporate insiders own 3.32% of the company’s stock.

CrowdStrike Trading Down 2.5%

CRWD opened at $442.73 on Wednesday. The company has a quick ratio of 1.81, a current ratio of 1.81 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.18. CrowdStrike has a 52 week low of $298.00 and a 52 week high of $566.90. The business’s 50 day moving average is $490.37 and its two-hundred day moving average is $479.20. The firm has a market cap of $111.61 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -351.37, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 110.19 and a beta of 1.03.

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) last announced its earnings results on Tuesday, December 2nd. The company reported $0.96 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.94 by $0.02. CrowdStrike had a negative net margin of 6.88% and a negative return on equity of 2.12%. The business had revenue of $1.23 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.22 billion. During the same period last year, the firm posted $0.93 earnings per share. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 21.8% compared to the same quarter last year. CrowdStrike has set its FY 2026 guidance at 3.700-3.720 EPS and its Q4 2026 guidance at 1.090-1.110 EPS. On average, research analysts predict that CrowdStrike will post 0.55 EPS for the current year.

CrowdStrike 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.