Why Are People Selling Their CRWD Shares?

CrowdStrike shares fell -2.0% this afternoon to a price of $203.79. The stock is still trading within range of its average target price of $200.49, and over the last 52 weeks, it has recorded a 42.0% performance. Analysts have given the large-cap Data Processing Services stock target prices ranging from $167.0 to $250.0 dollars per share, with an average rating of buy.

The stock has an average amount of shares sold short at 2.5%, and a short ratio of 1.79. The company's insiders own 2.79% of its outstanding shares, which indicates a strong alignment between management and shareholder interests. Finally, we also note that an average number of institutional investors are invested in the stock, with 70.8% of CrowdStrike's shares being owned by this investor type.

Institutions Invested in CrowdStrike

Date Reported Holder Percentage Shares Value
2023-09-30 Blackrock Inc. 7% 16,279,607 $3,317,621,001
2023-06-30 Vanguard Group Inc 6% 14,566,817 $2,968,571,538
2023-09-30 Voya Investment Management LLC 2% 5,405,739 $1,101,635,514
2023-09-30 T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc. 2% 5,059,272 $1,031,029,006
2023-09-30 Jennison Associates LLC 2% 4,759,023 $969,841,265
2023-06-30 State Street Corporation 2% 4,392,861 $895,221,113
2023-06-30 JP Morgan Chase & Company 2% 4,010,133 $817,224,977
2023-09-30 Geode Capital Management, LLC 1% 3,264,181 $665,207,424
2023-09-30 ClearBridge Investments, LLC 1% 3,248,095 $661,929,258
2023-06-30 Renaissance Technologies, LLC 1% 2,861,329 $583,110,217

Besides an analyst consensus of little upside potential, other market factors point to there being mixed market sentiment on CrowdStrike.

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