CrowdStrike, Netflix And A Financial Stock: CNBC’s ‘Final Trades’

On CNBC’s “Halftime Report Final Trades,” Malcolm Ethridge, managing partner at Capital Area Planning Group, picked CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:CRWD).

Citigroup analyst Fatima Boolani maintained a Buy rating for CrowdStrike on Thursday and raised the price target from $260 to $295.

Stephanie Link, chief investment strategist, head of investment solutions and equity portfolio manager at Hightower Advisors, recommended Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE:WFC) after the quarterly earnings release.

Wells Fargo reported mixed third-quarter results on Tuesday. Wells Fargo reported earnings of $1.87 per share, beating the Wall Street consensus estimate of $1.85. Earnings rose 13% to $ 1.87 per share, up from $1.66 a year earlier. Revenue rose 2% year over year to $21.870 billion, missing analysts’ expectations of $22.317 billion.

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Joshua Brown, co-founder and CEO of Ritholtz Wealth Management, named Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ:NFLX) as his final trade.

Jefferies analyst John Colantuoni on Thursday assumed Netflix with a Buy rating and set a price target of $85.

Price Action

• CrowdStrike shares fell 1.9% to close at $244.57 on Thursday.
• Wells Fargo shares gained 2.3% to settle at $82.75 on Thursday.
• Netflix shares rose 2.9% to close at $72.61.

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