Ceera Investments LLC Sells 14,746 Shares of CrowdStrike $CRWD

Ceera Investments LLC decreased its stake in CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) by 88.3% in the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 1,950 shares of the company’s stock after selling 14,746 shares during the period. Ceera Investments LLC’s holdings in CrowdStrike were worth $993,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Nuveen LLC acquired a new position in CrowdStrike in the 1st quarter worth about $595,766,000. Jennison Associates LLC increased its holdings in CrowdStrike by 21.1% in the 1st quarter. Jennison Associates LLC now owns 6,565,275 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,314,785,000 after purchasing an additional 1,144,295 shares in the last quarter. UBS AM A Distinct Business Unit of UBS Asset Management Americas LLC increased its holdings in CrowdStrike by 52.6% in the 1st quarter. UBS AM A Distinct Business Unit of UBS Asset Management Americas LLC now owns 2,771,424 shares of the company’s stock worth $977,149,000 after purchasing an additional 955,529 shares in the last quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its holdings in CrowdStrike by 4.1% in the 1st quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 22,834,565 shares of the company’s stock worth $8,051,011,000 after purchasing an additional 908,554 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. increased its holdings in CrowdStrike by 39.9% in the 1st quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 2,665,344 shares of the company’s stock worth $939,747,000 after purchasing an additional 760,222 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 71.16% of the company’s stock.

CrowdStrike Trading Up 0.8%

CRWD opened at $543.01 on Monday. CrowdStrike has a twelve month low of $294.68 and a twelve month high of $553.64. The company has a quick ratio of 1.88, a current ratio of 1.88 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.20. The company has a fifty day moving average of $475.45 and a 200-day moving average of $461.98. The stock has a market cap of $136.27 billion, a PE ratio of -456.31, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 127.60 and a beta of 1.16.

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, August 27th. The company reported $0.93 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.83 by $0.10. CrowdStrike had a negative net margin of 6.84% and a negative return on equity of 1.53%. The company had revenue of $1.17 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.15 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $1.04 earnings per share. CrowdStrike’s revenue for the quarter 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, sell-side analysts predict that CrowdStrike will post 0.55 EPS for the current year.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several brokerages have issued reports on CRWD. Guggenheim restated a “neutral” rating on shares of CrowdStrike in a research report on Thursday, September 18th. Morgan Stanley upped their price target on shares of CrowdStrike from $460.00 to $475.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Thursday, September 18th. Weiss Ratings restated a “sell (d)” rating on shares of CrowdStrike in a research report on Wednesday, October 8th. Wedbush restated a “buy” rating on shares of CrowdStrike in a research report on Thursday, August 28th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company upped their price target on shares of CrowdStrike from $550.00 to $600.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 1st. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-nine have assigned a Buy rating, eighteen have assigned a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $505.78.

Insider Activity at CrowdStrike

In other CrowdStrike news, Director Johanna Flower sold 2,347 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, October 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $490.98, for a total value of $1,152,330.06. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 79,057 shares in the company, valued at approximately $38,815,405.86. This trade represents a 2.88% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, Director Sameer K. Gandhi sold 5,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Friday, October 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of $528.77, for a total transaction of $2,643,850.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 770,456 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $407,394,019.12. The trade was a 0.64% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders sold a total of 156,840 shares of company stock valued at $75,350,186 over the last 90 days. 3.32% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

About CrowdStrike

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.