Brookstone Capital Management Lowers Holdings in CrowdStrike $CRWD

Brookstone Capital Management reduced its position in CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) by 7.0% during the 4th quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 70,276 shares of the company’s stock after selling 5,306 shares during the quarter. Brookstone Capital Management’s holdings in CrowdStrike were worth $32,942,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

A number of other large investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. boosted its holdings in shares of CrowdStrike by 232.5% in the fourth quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. now owns 714,165 shares of the company’s stock valued at $334,772,000 after acquiring an additional 499,353 shares in the last quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its holdings in CrowdStrike by 1.9% during the third quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 23,876,498 shares of the company’s stock worth $11,708,557,000 after purchasing an additional 445,926 shares in the last quarter. First Trust Advisors LP raised its holdings in CrowdStrike by 19.9% during the third quarter. First Trust Advisors LP now owns 2,599,902 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,274,940,000 after purchasing an additional 431,382 shares in the last quarter. State Street Corp lifted its position in CrowdStrike by 3.6% in the second quarter. State Street Corp now owns 10,804,651 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,502,917,000 after purchasing an additional 370,965 shares during the period. Finally, Daiwa Securities Group Inc. lifted its position in CrowdStrike by 33.5% in the third quarter. Daiwa Securities Group Inc. now owns 1,426,641 shares of the company’s stock valued at $699,596,000 after purchasing an additional 357,865 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 71.16% of the company’s stock.

CrowdStrike News Roundup

Here are the key news stories impacting CrowdStrike this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Wolfe Research upgraded CRWD to “outperform” and set a $450 price target (~20–22% upside), a direct catalyst cited for Monday’s rally. CrowdStrike jumps as analyst flags 20% upside amid AI fears
• Positive Sentiment: Morgan Stanley reiterated bullish conviction, naming CrowdStrike a top AI-security pick and keeping its buy stance — supporting the narrative that AI risks could boost security spend. CrowdStrike Gains 4% as Morgan Stanley Names It a Top AI Security Bet
• Positive Sentiment: Analysts cited an escalation in Iranian cyber activity as a bullish demand driver; Benzinga reports a “double upgrade” tied to geopolitical risk raising prospects for more enterprise security spending. CrowdStrike Gets Double Upgrade As Iran’s Cyber Army Escalates Attacks
• Positive Sentiment: Macro and thematic pieces argue the pullback creates an attractive entry given CrowdStrike’s AI-driven endpoint leadership and subscription model — framing the sell-off as a buying opportunity for long-term investors. 3 Reasons CRWD Has Explosive Upside Potential
• Neutral Sentiment: Options and trading commentary suggest some traders plan to “sell the rip” into upgrade-driven rallies, signaling potential short-term volatility even as analyst support grows. CRWD “Sell the Rip” Options Strategy on Upgrade & Rally
• Neutral Sentiment: Insider activity: March filings show ~$28M of CRWD insider sales tied to RSU tax-withholding, which MarketBeat frames as non-bearish but may still concern some investors monitoring insider flows. Cybersecuity Signals: CEO Buys PAWN, Insider Sales Hit CRWD, RBRK
• Negative Sentiment: Broader negative pressure persists from debates that agentic AI tools could displace parts of traditional cybersecurity or compress margins; commentary and recent steep pullbacks highlight execution and secular-risk concerns investors still weigh. I’ve Changed My Mind on CrowdStrike Stock. The Agentic AI Boom Changes Everything.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several equities analysts have issued reports on the company. Susquehanna boosted their target price on CrowdStrike from $530.00 to $600.00 and gave the stock a “positive” rating in a research report on Wednesday, December 3rd. KeyCorp reissued a “sector weight” rating on shares of CrowdStrike in a report on Monday, January 12th. Wedbush restated an “outperform” rating and issued a $550.00 price target on shares of CrowdStrike in a research note on Wednesday, March 4th. Zacks Research raised CrowdStrike from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Tuesday, March 3rd. Finally, Citizens Jmp reiterated a “market outperform” rating and issued a $500.00 price objective on shares of CrowdStrike in a research report on Wednesday, December 3rd. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty-three have issued a Buy rating, fifteen have assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, CrowdStrike currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $505.08.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, Director Johanna Flower sold 3,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, January 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $461.94, for a total value of $1,385,820.00. Following the sale, the director directly owned 76,082 shares in the company, valued at $35,145,319.08. The trade was a 3.79% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, CAO Anurag Saha sold 1,138 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, March 23rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $411.06, for a total transaction of $467,786.28. Following the completion of the sale, the chief accounting officer directly owned 42,588 shares in the company, valued at approximately $17,506,223.28. The trade was a 2.60% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Over the last quarter, insiders have sold 116,469 shares of company stock valued at $48,369,351. Company insiders own 3.32% of the company’s stock.

CrowdStrike Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:CRWD opened at $380.06 on Tuesday. The firm has a market capitalization of $96.39 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -513.59, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 16.21 and a beta of 1.07. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.17, a current ratio of 1.77 and a quick ratio of 1.77. The business’s 50 day simple moving average is $416.18 and its 200-day simple moving average is $468.66. CrowdStrike has a 12 month low of $298.00 and a 12 month high of $566.90.

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, March 3rd. The company reported $1.12 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.10 by $0.02. The firm 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 0.14% and a negative net margin of 3.81%.CrowdStrike’s quarterly revenue was up 23.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business posted $1.03 EPS. As a group, equities analysts forecast that CrowdStrike will post 0.55 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

CrowdStrike Company 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.