CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) Reaches New 12-Month High Following Analyst Upgrade

CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:CRWDGet Free Report)’s stock price hit a new 52-week high during trading on Wednesday after Stifel Nicolaus raised their price target on the stock from $400.00 to $475.00. Stifel Nicolaus currently has a buy rating on the stock. CrowdStrike traded as high as $455.44 and last traded at $455.18, with a volume of 2747845 shares. The stock had previously closed at $451.74.

A number of other brokerages have also recently issued reports on CRWD. Mizuho upped their target price on shares of CrowdStrike from $385.00 to $450.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday, February 12th. Westpark Capital reissued a “hold” rating on shares of CrowdStrike in a report on Monday, November 25th. Cantor Fitzgerald increased their price target on shares of CrowdStrike from $350.00 to $370.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, November 21st. Barclays increased their price target on shares of CrowdStrike from $295.00 to $372.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Monday, November 18th. Finally, Truist Financial increased their price target on shares of CrowdStrike from $385.00 to $460.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, February 12th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, eleven have assigned a hold rating, twenty-nine have issued a buy rating and three have given a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $379.73.

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Insider Activity

In related news, CAO Anurag Saha sold 1,863 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, December 23rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $358.46, for a total transaction of $667,810.98. Following the transaction, the chief accounting officer now directly owns 41,059 shares in the company, valued at approximately $14,718,009.14. The trade was a 4.34 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Also, insider Shawn Henry sold 4,500 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, December 16th. The stock was sold at an average price of $368.14, for a total transaction of $1,656,630.00. Following the transaction, the insider now owns 115,798 shares in the company, valued at approximately $42,629,875.72. This trade represents a 3.74 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold 136,565 shares of company stock worth $51,038,529 over the last three months. 4.34% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Institutional Trading of CrowdStrike

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its holdings in CrowdStrike by 1.6% during the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 21,926,011 shares of the company’s stock valued at $7,502,204,000 after buying an additional 342,294 shares during the last quarter. State Street Corp grew its position in CrowdStrike by 2.9% during the 3rd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 9,630,776 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,701,144,000 after purchasing an additional 275,717 shares during the last quarter. Jennison Associates LLC grew its position in CrowdStrike by 6.9% in the 4th quarter. Jennison Associates LLC now owns 5,420,980 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,854,843,000 after purchasing an additional 352,180 shares during the period. Geode Capital Management LLC lifted its holdings in CrowdStrike by 2.6% in the fourth quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 5,018,441 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,712,063,000 after acquiring an additional 124,984 shares during the period. Finally, Norges Bank bought a new position in CrowdStrike in the fourth quarter valued at about $1,111,542,000. Institutional investors own 71.16% of the company’s stock.

CrowdStrike Price Performance

The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $383.99 and a 200 day moving average price of $328.39. The company has a quick ratio of 1.86, a current ratio of 1.86 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.24. The stock has a market cap of $107.43 billion, a P/E ratio of 855.19, a P/E/G ratio of 18.44 and a beta of 1.16.

About CrowdStrike

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CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc provides cybersecurity solutions in the United States and internationally. Its unified platform offers cloud-delivered protection of endpoints, cloud workloads, identity, and data. The company offers corporate endpoint and cloud workload security, managed security, security and vulnerability management, IT operations management, identity protection, SIEM and log management, threat intelligence, data protection, security orchestration, automation and response and AI powered workflow automation, and securing generative AI workload services.

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