CrowdStrike $CRWD Shares Bought by ARK Investment Management LLC

ARK Investment Management LLC increased its position in shares of CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) by 6.4% during the third quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 130,239 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 7,848 shares during the quarter. ARK Investment Management LLC’s holdings in CrowdStrike were worth $63,867,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of the company. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP grew its holdings in shares of CrowdStrike by 5.6% during the third quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 311,189 shares of the company’s stock worth $152,597,000 after buying an additional 16,485 shares during the last quarter. Montag A & Associates Inc. raised its stake in shares of CrowdStrike by 72.0% during the third quarter. Montag A & Associates Inc. now owns 375 shares of the company’s stock worth $184,000 after purchasing an additional 157 shares during the last quarter. Laffer Tengler Investments Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of CrowdStrike by 21.8% during the third quarter. Laffer Tengler Investments Inc. now owns 10,952 shares of the company’s stock worth $5,371,000 after purchasing an additional 1,961 shares during the period. Insigneo Advisory Services LLC grew its position in CrowdStrike by 2.1% in the 3rd quarter. Insigneo Advisory Services LLC now owns 6,702 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,287,000 after buying an additional 141 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Cresset Asset Management LLC increased its stake in CrowdStrike by 101.7% in the 3rd quarter. Cresset Asset Management LLC now owns 39,910 shares of the company’s stock valued at $19,571,000 after buying an additional 20,128 shares during the period. 71.16% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other CrowdStrike news, CEO George Kurtz sold 28,853 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, February 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $413.01, for a total value of $11,916,577.53. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 2,054,902 shares in the company, valued at $848,695,075.02. The trade was a 1.38% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Also, CFO Burt W. Podbere sold 10,516 shares of CrowdStrike stock in a transaction dated Monday, December 22nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $483.33, for a total value of $5,082,698.28. Following the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 179,114 shares in the company, valued at approximately $86,571,169.62. The trade was a 5.55% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. In the last 90 days, insiders have sold 100,247 shares of company stock worth $45,722,274. 3.32% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

CrowdStrike Stock Up 4.2%

CRWD opened at $407.68 on Thursday. CrowdStrike has a 12 month low of $298.00 and a 12 month high of $566.90. The business has a 50-day moving average of $433.61 and a two-hundred day moving average of $468.86. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.18, a current ratio of 1.81 and a quick ratio of 1.81. The stock has a market capitalization of $102.78 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -550.91, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 22.02 and a beta of 1.06.

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, March 3rd. The company reported $1.12 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.10 by $0.02. The business had revenue of $1.31 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.30 billion. CrowdStrike had a negative return on equity of 0.15% and a negative net margin of 3.81%.The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 23.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $1.03 EPS. On average, research analysts expect that CrowdStrike will post 0.55 earnings per share for the current year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of brokerages have recently issued reports on CRWD. Barclays dropped their price target on shares of CrowdStrike from $610.00 to $550.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, February 20th. Stephens increased their target price on CrowdStrike from $465.00 to $490.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday. Mizuho dropped their price objective on CrowdStrike from $540.00 to $490.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, February 17th. TD Cowen reduced their target price on CrowdStrike from $580.00 to $480.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, February 24th. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus reduced their price objective on shares of CrowdStrike from $600.00 to $480.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Monday, February 23rd. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty have given a Buy rating, fifteen have assigned a Hold rating and three have issued a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $509.49.

Trending Headlines about CrowdStrike

Here are the key news stories impacting CrowdStrike this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Q4 results and ARR strength — CrowdStrike beat modestly on revenue and EPS, reported record ending ARR (~$5.25B) and strong net-new ARR, which supports the recurring-revenue story that investors prize. CrowdStrike Reports Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2026 Financial Results
• Positive Sentiment: Guidance in line to slightly ahead — company Q1 and FY27 EPS/revenue guidance came in around or above consensus, giving investors confidence that growth is durable into FY27. Earnings release / guidance
• Positive Sentiment: Geopolitical tailwind — recent Iran-related tensions have increased focus on cyberthreat risk, boosting demand expectations for cybersecurity vendors including CrowdStrike. How the Recent Geopolitical Flashpoint Adds a Relevance Boost for CrowdStrike Stock
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst upgrades / price-target raises — several firms raised targets or reiterated buys after the print (examples include DA Davidson, Stephens, Rosenblatt and new Wells Fargo coverage), which supports near-term upside. Analyst sees further upside as CrowdStrike rallies on Q4 earnings
• Neutral Sentiment: Mixed Wall Street reaction — some firms trimmed targets while others raised them; consensus remains net-bullish but price-target dispersion increased, keeping directionality mixed. Wall Street Just Sent a Split but Bullish Signal on CRWD
• Neutral Sentiment: Technical headwinds — the stock remains below its 50- and 200-day moving averages, so momentum traders may be cautious until those levels are reclaimed. CrowdStrike Beats, But AI Concerns Persist
• Neutral Sentiment: Short-interest reporting in feeds shows anomalous ‘0’ figures and is not signaling a meaningful squeeze; ignore those placeholders unless updated.
• Negative Sentiment: Agentic-AI and pricing risk — analysts and commentators flagged that more capable AI agents could compress software pricing or reduce module needs over time, a structural risk for premium-priced platforms. CrowdStrike Beats, But AI Fears Still Win
• Negative Sentiment: Insider selling and valuation concerns — elevated insider sales disclosed in some data feeds and commentary about a rich valuation/P/E multiple keep the bear case alive for momentum reversals. QuiverQuant: Q4 release & insider activity
• Negative Sentiment: Several major shops trimmed targets — the flurry of downgrades/target cuts (UBS, Deutsche, BNP, Goldman adjustments among others) increases headline risk even though some still rate CRWD a buy. These Analysts Cut Their Forecasts On CrowdStrike Following Q4 Results

About CrowdStrike

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.