Calton & Associates Inc. Takes Position in CrowdStrike $CRWD

Calton & Associates Inc. purchased a new stake in CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) during the first quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The institutional investor purchased 1,207 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $426,000.

Other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. Cloud Capital Management LLC bought a new stake in shares of CrowdStrike in the first quarter valued at about $25,000. Atlantic Edge Private Wealth Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of CrowdStrike by 114.3% in the first quarter. Atlantic Edge Private Wealth Management LLC now owns 75 shares of the company’s stock valued at $26,000 after purchasing an additional 40 shares in the last quarter. Vision Financial Markets LLC bought a new stake in shares of CrowdStrike in the first quarter valued at about $26,000. E Fund Management Hong Kong Co. Ltd. lifted its holdings in shares of CrowdStrike by 305.3% in the first quarter. E Fund Management Hong Kong Co. Ltd. now owns 77 shares of the company’s stock valued at $27,000 after purchasing an additional 58 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Neo Ivy Capital Management bought a new stake in shares of CrowdStrike in the first quarter valued at about $30,000. 71.16% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, Director Denis Oleary sold 15,680 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, June 9th. The stock was sold at an average price of $468.93, for a total value of $7,352,822.40. Following the transaction, the director owned 36,906 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $17,306,330.58. This represents a 29.82% 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, CEO George Kurtz sold 42,267 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, August 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $450.47, for a total value of $19,040,015.49. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 2,132,887 shares in the company, valued at $960,801,606.89. The trade was a 1.94% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 204,414 shares of company stock valued at $96,794,738 in the last ninety days. 3.32% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

CrowdStrike Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ CRWD opened at $423.70 on Monday. The business’s 50 day moving average price is $461.47 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $427.29. The company has a market cap of $105.61 billion, a PE ratio of -356.05 and a beta of 1.12. The company has a quick ratio of 1.88, a current ratio of 1.88 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.20. CrowdStrike has a twelve month low of $242.25 and a twelve month high of $517.98.

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, August 27th. The company reported $0.93 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.83 by $0.10. CrowdStrike had a negative return on equity of 1.53% and a negative net margin of 6.84%.The firm had revenue of $1.17 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.15 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $1.04 earnings per share. The business’s revenue was up 21.4% compared to the same quarter last year. CrowdStrike has set its FY 2026 guidance at 3.600-3.72 EPS. Q3 2026 guidance at 0.930-0.95 EPS. On average, analysts predict that CrowdStrike will post 0.55 EPS for the current year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of brokerages have recently commented on CRWD. Jefferies Financial Group cut their price target on CrowdStrike from $530.00 to $500.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday. DZ Bank raised CrowdStrike from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Thursday. Westpark Capital reaffirmed a “hold” rating on shares of CrowdStrike in a research report on Thursday. Needham & Company LLC lowered their target price on CrowdStrike from $530.00 to $475.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday. Finally, Bank of America reaffirmed a “neutral” rating and issued a $470.00 target price (up previously from $420.00) on shares of CrowdStrike in a research report on Wednesday, June 4th. Twenty-four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and nineteen have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $460.10.

CrowdStrike Profile

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.