Brookstone Capital Management Has $37.06 Million Stock Holdings in CrowdStrike $CRWD

Brookstone Capital Management increased its stake in CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) by 18.8% during the third quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund owned 75,582 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 11,977 shares during the period. Brookstone Capital Management’s holdings in CrowdStrike were worth $37,064,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in CRWD. Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC raised its holdings in CrowdStrike by 54,635.9% during the 2nd quarter. Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 4,293,484 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,186,714,000 after purchasing an additional 4,285,640 shares during the last quarter. Norges Bank acquired a new stake in shares of CrowdStrike during the second quarter worth $1,638,365,000. Vestor Capital LLC raised its stake in CrowdStrike by 269,840.3% during the second quarter. Vestor Capital LLC now owns 977,184 shares of the company’s stock worth $497,690,000 after buying an additional 976,822 shares during the last quarter. UBS AM A Distinct Business Unit of UBS Asset Management Americas LLC raised its stake in CrowdStrike by 52.6% during the first 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 buying an additional 955,529 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its holdings in CrowdStrike by 2.6% in the second 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. 71.16% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of analysts have weighed in on the company. Morgan Stanley increased their price target on CrowdStrike from $515.00 to $537.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Thursday, December 18th. Citizens Jmp reaffirmed a “market outperform” rating and set a $500.00 target price on shares of CrowdStrike in a research note on Wednesday, December 3rd. Cowen reiterated a “buy” rating on shares of CrowdStrike in a report on Wednesday, December 3rd. UBS Group boosted their price target on CrowdStrike from $580.00 to $590.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, December 3rd. Finally, Piper Sandler raised their price objective on shares of CrowdStrike from $450.00 to $520.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Wednesday, December 3rd. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty-two have issued a Buy rating, seventeen have assigned a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $555.10.

CrowdStrike Trading Down 0.5%

Shares of CrowdStrike stock opened at $476.35 on Thursday. The stock has a market capitalization of $120.09 billion, a PE ratio of -378.06, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 115.17 and a beta of 1.09. CrowdStrike has a 52 week low of $298.00 and a 52 week high of $566.90. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $514.47 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $482.56. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.18, a quick ratio of 1.81 and a current ratio of 1.81.

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

Insider Transactions at CrowdStrike

In related news, Director Sameer K. Gandhi sold 5,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, November 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $550.20, for a total value of $2,751,000.00. Following the transaction, the director 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 sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, President Michael Sentonas sold 20,000 shares of CrowdStrike stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, October 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $500.00, for a total value of $10,000,000.00. Following the transaction, the president owned 379,116 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $189,558,000. This trade represents a 5.01% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. In the last three months, insiders sold 117,559 shares of company stock valued at $59,246,587. Corporate insiders own 3.32% of the company’s stock.

Key Stores Impacting CrowdStrike

Here are the key news stories impacting CrowdStrike this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Strong operational results and guidance: CrowdStrike reported continued ARR acceleration and raised FY guidance earlier in December, supporting the company’s subscription growth thesis and long‑term revenue visibility. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Partnerships and go‑to‑market expansion: Expanded AWS integration and system‑integrator deals (Deloitte, Wipro) should accelerate Falcon adoption and convert trials into recurring revenue, reinforcing the growth runway. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Sector tailwinds / analyst support: Industry writeups (Zacks and others) continue to list CrowdStrike among top cybersecurity picks as enterprises boost cloud/AI security spending — a structural demand driver. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: Valuation and consolidation debate: Multiple pieces note CrowdStrike’s premium valuation and that the stock has been consolidating after November highs — this is a mixed factor (positive for long run, but may limit near‑term upside). Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: Short interest report appears non‑informative: A December short interest entry in the feed shows zero or malformed data (no meaningful days‑to‑cover signal), so it’s not driving moves.
• Negative Sentiment: Material insider selling by top executives: CEO George Kurtz, CFO Burt Podbere, President Michael Sentonas and CAO Anurag Saha disclosed sizable sales on Dec. 22 (large dollar amounts). Investors often view clustered executive sales as profit‑taking, which can pressure sentiment. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Technical weakness: The stock recently slipped below its 50‑day moving average and is consolidating — with stretched valuation this technical break amplifies near‑term downside risk until buyers return. Read More.

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.