Caxton Associates LLP Buys New Position in CrowdStrike $CRWD

Caxton Associates LLP purchased a new position in CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) in the second quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The firm purchased 2,158 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,099,000.

Other hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Second Line Capital LLC boosted its stake in shares of CrowdStrike by 5.3% in the second quarter. Second Line Capital LLC now owns 934 shares of the company’s stock valued at $476,000 after purchasing an additional 47 shares during the period. Rexford Capital Inc. acquired a new position in CrowdStrike in the 2nd quarter worth $108,000. National Bank of Canada FI boosted its position in CrowdStrike by 14.1% in the 2nd quarter. National Bank of Canada FI now owns 227,512 shares of the company’s stock valued at $115,867,000 after buying an additional 28,139 shares during the last quarter. FORA Capital LLC acquired a new stake in shares of CrowdStrike during the second quarter valued at about $1,404,000. Finally, Evergreen Capital Management LLC grew its stake in shares of CrowdStrike by 13.1% during the second quarter. Evergreen Capital Management LLC now owns 1,697 shares of the company’s stock valued at $864,000 after acquiring an additional 196 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 71.16% of the company’s stock.

CrowdStrike Stock Down 3.4%

NASDAQ CRWD opened at $487.47 on Tuesday. CrowdStrike has a 12 month low of $298.00 and a 12 month high of $566.90. The company has a market capitalization of $122.89 billion, a P/E ratio of -386.88, a PEG ratio of 122.18 and a beta of 1.09. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is $517.04 and its 200 day simple moving average is $482.23. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.18, a current ratio of 1.81 and a quick ratio of 1.81.

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, December 2nd. The company reported $0.96 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate 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 firm had revenue of $1.23 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.22 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $0.93 earnings per share. The firm’s quarterly revenue 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. Equities research analysts expect that CrowdStrike will post 0.55 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several research analysts recently commented on CRWD shares. Roth Capital reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $510.00 price target (up previously from $410.00) on shares of CrowdStrike in a research note on Thursday, September 18th. The Goldman Sachs Group upped their target price on CrowdStrike from $535.00 to $564.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, December 3rd. Evercore ISI raised their price target on shares of CrowdStrike from $430.00 to $460.00 and gave the stock an “in-line” rating in a research report on Wednesday, December 3rd. Macquarie restated a “neutral” rating and issued a $485.00 price target on shares of CrowdStrike in a research note on Wednesday, December 3rd. Finally, Piper Sandler increased their price objective on shares of CrowdStrike from $450.00 to $520.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Wednesday, December 3rd. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty-two have issued a Buy rating, seventeen have given a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $554.65.

Insider Buying and Selling at CrowdStrike

In other CrowdStrike news, Director Johanna Flower sold 2,347 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, October 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $490.98, for a total transaction of $1,152,330.06. Following the sale, the director owned 79,057 shares in the company, valued at approximately $38,815,405.86. The trade was a 2.88% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, Director Sameer K. Gandhi sold 1,879 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, December 9th. The stock was sold at an average price of $527.51, for a total transaction of $991,191.29. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 763,027 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $402,504,372.77. The trade was a 0.25% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders sold a total of 120,595 shares of company stock valued at $61,294,989 over the last 90 days. 3.32% of the stock is owned by 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.