Fidelity Investments, an investment management company, recently released its “Fidelity Growth Strategies Fund” third quarter 2024 investor letter. A copy of the letter can be downloaded here. Fidelity Growth Strategies Fund is a diversified domestic equity strategy with a focus on mid-cap growth. the fund’s Retail Class shares gained 6.28% in the third quarter, modestly underperforming the 6.54% return of the benchmark Russell Midcap® Growth Index. Throughout the three months, the U.S. Federal Reserve’s long-awaited shift to lowering interest rates, the promise of artificial intelligence, and robust corporate profits boosted U.S. mid-cap growth stocks. Value equities drove the surge, while those with mid- and small-caps outperformed those with large-caps. In addition, you can check the fund’s top 5 holdings to know its best picks in 2024.
Fidelity Growth Strategies Fund highlighted stocks like CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:CRWD), in the third quarter 2024 investor letter. CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:CRWD) is a global cyber security solutions provider. The one-month return of CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:CRWD) was 10.09%, and its shares gained 51.63% of their value over the last 52 weeks. On December 4, 2024, CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:CRWD) stock closed at $364.16 per share with a market capitalization of $89.697 billion.
Fidelity Growth Strategies Fund stated the following regarding CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:CRWD) in its Q3 2024 investor letter:
“A non-benchmark stake in CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:CRWD) (-40%) was the biggest detractor among individual stocks. The shares of this cybersecurity platform provider fell precipitously in July, after a glitch in a CrowdStrike software update led to a global outage for many of its customers that, among other impacts, caused the mass cancellation of flights around the world. After bottoming out in early August, the stock made a partial rebound by quarter end, but we exited the fund’s holding during the summer.”
Security personnel at their consoles, monitoring a global network of threats in real-time.
CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:CRWD) is not on our list of 31 Most Popular Stocks Among Hedge Funds. As per our database, 74 hedge fund portfolios held CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:CRWD) at the end of the third quarter which was 69 in the previous quarter. CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc.’s (NASDAQ:CRWD) subscription revenue grew 31% year-over-year in the third quarter and total revenue exceeded $1 billion for the first time in company history. While we acknowledge the potential of CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:CRWD) as an investment, our conviction lies in the belief that AI stocks hold greater promise for delivering higher returns, and doing so within a shorter timeframe. If you are looking for an AI stock that is as promising as NVIDIA but that trades at less than 5 times its earnings, check out our report about the cheapest AI stock.
In another article, we discussed CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:CRWD) and shared AI news that broke the internet. CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:CRWD) detracted from the performance of Baron Fifth Avenue Growth Fund in Q3 2024. In addition, please check out our hedge fund investor letters Q3 2024 page for more investor letters from hedge funds and other leading investors.
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