'CrowdStrike (CRWD) Is a Horse' – Cramer Sees Strong H2 Ahead
Markets saw some glimmer of hope as President Donald Trump indicated that he does not plan to fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and showed openness to engage in talks with China. However, China has said in a statement that the US should dial back all unilateral duties if it's serious in negotiations.
Andrew Slimmon, Morgan Stanley Investment Management senior portfolio manager, explained in a recent program on CNBC what made Trump blink:
'I think…April 9th was an important day because on that day Trump came out and said I didn't like what I saw in the bond market, I didn't like Jamie Diamon saying there's a recession coming and he said 'So I'm putting a 90-day pause on.' So in my opinion, what he really said is tariffs are important to me but a recession's worse and so there's the priority which he basically gave you the indication there is a Trump put out there. I don't think it's down 10 15 but it was when the market was almost down 20 right, credit spread started to quake.'
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Number of Hedge Fund Investors: 74
Jim Cramer in a latest program on CNBC said he likes Crowdstrike Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:CRWD) and thinks the company will have a strong second half of the year.
'CrowdStrike is a horse. One year after it had a computer glitch, not a hack, that shut down millions of computers across the globe, it's coming back incredibly strong. CEO George Kurtz hates to lose, and his worldwide apology tour to grieve customers saved a lot of business and may even bring about more business than he had. You can bet that the second half of the year is going to be very strong for this stock.'
TimesSquare Capital Management U.S. Focus Growth Strategy stated the following regarding CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:CRWD) in its Q4 2024 investor letter:
'Among the wide variety of Information Technology companies, we prefer critical system providers, specialized component designers, systems that improve productivity or efficiency for their clients, and others that are growing their shares of corporate IT budgets. CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:CRWD) provides cybersecurity solutions. Its unified platform offers cloud-delivered protection of endpoints, cloud workloads, identity, and data. The company delivered solid fiscal third quarter results that exceeded the high end of guidance and boosted its share price by 22%. Notably, there was resilient gross revenue retention that highlights CrowdStrike's best in class product offering. New business win rates remained consistent and trending upwards. Following its mid-July outage, many customers have upgraded to the Falcon Flex program, which enables them to adopt a broader product offering.'
Overall, CRWD ranks 8th on our list of stocks analysts are talking about amid Trump's tariff war. While we acknowledge the potential of CRWD as an investment, our conviction lies in the belief that under the radar AI stocks hold greater promise for delivering higher returns, and doing so within a shorter time frame. There is an AI stock that went up since the beginning of 2025, while popular AI stocks lost around 25%. If you are looking for an AI stock that is more promising than CRWD but that trades at less than 5 times its earnings, check out our report about this cheapest AI stock.
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