CoreWeave (NASDAQ:CRWV) Trading Down 7.1% on Insider Selling

CoreWeave Inc. (NASDAQ:CRWV) dropped 7.1% on Wednesday after an insider sold shares in the company. The company traded as low as $63.80 and last traded at $64.55. Approximately 46,324,291 shares traded hands during mid-day trading, an increase of 88% from the average daily volume of 24,637,869 shares. The stock had previously closed at $69.50.

Specifically, insider Brannin Mcbee sold 28,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Monday, December 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $73.59, for a total value of $2,060,520.00. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. Also, insider Brannin Mcbee sold 102,835 shares of CoreWeave stock in a transaction on Monday, December 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $73.57, for a total value of $7,565,570.95. Following the transaction, the insider owned 185,181 shares in the company, valued at $13,623,766.17. This trade represents a 35.70% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. In other CoreWeave news, insider Brannin Mcbee sold 35,335 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, December 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $73.58, for a total value of $2,599,949.30. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of research analysts have recently weighed in on CRWV shares. Stifel Nicolaus set a $120.00 price objective on CoreWeave in a research report on Tuesday, November 11th. Arete Research raised shares of CoreWeave from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $180.00 price target on the stock in a report on Thursday, August 21st. Compass Point began coverage on shares of CoreWeave in a research report on Thursday, November 13th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $150.00 price target for the company. Jefferies Financial Group decreased their price objective on shares of CoreWeave from $180.00 to $155.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, November 11th. Finally, Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “sell (d-)” rating on shares of CoreWeave in a report on Monday. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, seventeen have given a Buy rating, twelve have issued a Hold rating and three have given a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $127.70.

CoreWeave News Summary

Here are the key news stories impacting CoreWeave this week:

• Positive Sentiment: CoreWeave announced it will join the Department of Energy’s Genesis Mission — a high‑profile government program pairing AI and supercomputing for national research and energy innovation. That contract/partnership news is the primary catalyst cited across outlets for the rally. BusinessWire: CoreWeave Joins DOE Genesis
• Positive Sentiment: Citi reaffirmed a Buy on CRWV (new $135 price target), and other brokerage/independent upgrades (including bullish writeups and “Strong Buy” pieces) amplified demand by framing CoreWeave as a beneficiary of surging AI compute demand and large contract backlog. Analyst optimism likely fed short‑covering and fresh buying. Yahoo Finance: Citi Buy
• Positive Sentiment: Fundamental bulls point to very strong revenue/backlog growth (Q3 revenue +~134% YoY; reported backlog cited at ~$55.6B) and long‑dated take‑or‑pay contracts that raise revenue visibility — arguments repeated in upgrade coverage. That narrative supports re-rating despite past volatility. Seeking Alpha: Screaming Buy
• Neutral Sentiment: Technical and options commentary is intensifying: chart analysts are highlighting new support/resistance levels and volume nodes — this elevates short‑term momentum trading and may increase intraday volatility (technical videos and options corner pieces noted). YouTube: Options Corner: CRWV Technical Trends
• Neutral Sentiment: Heavy media attention (TV commentators and social buzz) is driving FOMO; that amplifies flows but doesn’t change core fundamentals — good for momentum, ambiguous for long‑term valuation. YouTube: DOE Partnership Powers CRWV Comeback Rally
• Negative Sentiment: Insider selling: CFO Nitin Agrawal disclosed a sale of 36,317 shares (~$2.5M) and other insiders have reduced holdings recently — investors often view clustered insider sales as a caution signal even when the company posts strong growth. SEC Form 4
• Negative Sentiment: Balance‑sheet and execution risks remain a meaningful counterweight: analysts and pieces warning about high leverage, heavy CapEx and supply‑chain pressure (and a ~50% pullback from recent highs cited by some outlets) argue the stock remains vulnerable if growth or margins slip. These concerns limit how far and how fast multiple expansion can run. Zacks: CRWV Crash Analysis Fool: Growth vs Leverage Risk

CoreWeave Trading Up 22.6%

The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.66, a current ratio of 0.49 and a quick ratio of 0.49. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $98.57 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $118.44. The stock has a market cap of $32.07 billion and a PE ratio of -57.24.

CoreWeave (NASDAQ:CRWV) last posted its earnings results on Monday, November 10th. The company reported ($0.22) EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.36) by $0.14. The firm had revenue of $1.36 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.28 billion. CoreWeave’s quarterly revenue was up 133.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted ($1.82) earnings per share.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. Apexium Financial LP acquired a new stake in shares of CoreWeave in the 2nd quarter worth $1,044,000. Chung Wu Investment Group LLC purchased a new stake in CoreWeave in the second quarter valued at about $755,000. Cisco Systems Inc. purchased a new stake in CoreWeave in the second quarter valued at about $173,493,000. Gamco Investors INC. ET AL acquired a new stake in CoreWeave in the first quarter worth about $318,000. Finally, Rockline Wealth Management LLC purchased a new stake in shares of CoreWeave during the second quarter worth about $951,000.

About CoreWeave

CoreWeave is a U.S.-based provider of GPU-accelerated cloud infrastructure designed to support compute-intensive workloads such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, visual effects rendering and other high-performance computing applications. The company supplies access to large fleets of modern GPUs and complementary infrastructure that enable customers to train and deploy large models, run inference at scale, and process graphics-heavy workloads with low latency and high throughput.

CoreWeave’s product offering includes on-demand and dedicated GPU instances, bare-metal servers, private clusters and managed services tailored for enterprise and developer use.