CoreWeave (NASDAQ:CRWV) Trading Down 6.1% After Insider Selling

CoreWeave Inc. (NASDAQ:CRWV) shares were down 6.1% during mid-day trading on Thursday after an insider sold shares in the company. The company traded as low as $96.10 and last traded at $99.53. Approximately 30,637,222 shares changed hands during mid-day trading, an increase of 1% from the average daily volume of 30,218,545 shares. The stock had previously closed at $106.02.

Specifically, insider Brannin Mcbee sold 3,000 shares of CoreWeave stock in a transaction dated Monday, January 26th. The stock was sold at an average price of $101.49, for a total transaction of $304,470.00. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, insider Brannin Mcbee sold 102,830 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Monday, January 26th. The shares were sold at an average price of $101.45, for a total transaction of $10,432,103.50. Following the sale, the insider owned 248,664 shares in the company, valued at approximately $25,226,962.80. This represents a 29.26% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. In other news, insider Brannin Mcbee sold 25,500 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, January 26th. The stock was sold at an average price of $101.45, for a total transaction of $2,586,975.00. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several research analysts recently commented on CRWV shares. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reissued a “neutral” rating and issued a $110.00 price objective on shares of CoreWeave in a research note on Tuesday, November 11th. Bank of America decreased their price objective on CoreWeave from $168.00 to $140.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, November 11th. Jefferies Financial Group dropped their price target on shares of CoreWeave from $155.00 to $120.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Monday, January 5th. Roth Mkm initiated coverage on CoreWeave in a research report on Thursday, December 4th. They set a “buy” rating and a $110.00 price target for the company. Finally, Mizuho raised their price objective on shares of CoreWeave from $92.00 to $100.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Monday. Eighteen equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, twelve have issued a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, CoreWeave has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $127.27.

Key CoreWeave News

Here are the key news stories impacting CoreWeave this week:

• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA’s reported $2 billion backing is a major strategic endorsement that helped spark a rally and prompted some analyst upgrades, supporting long-term demand and supply access for CoreWeave’s AI infrastructure expansion. CoreWeave’s NVIDIA Boost Fueled a Rally—Now Comes the Hard Part
• Positive Sentiment: Research coverage and upgrades (e.g., Deutsche Bank raising its rating/target) have added upside momentum and analyst interest, which supported large inflows earlier this week. Deutsche Bank hike
• Positive Sentiment: Industry writeups highlight a sizable backlog and rising AI cloud demand (one piece cites a multi‑billion backlog), arguing CoreWeave’s addressable market remains large if execution holds. Fool: AI stock building the future of cloud
• Neutral Sentiment: Analyst views remain mixed-to-cautious: several firms have reiterated Neutral/ Hold despite upgrades, highlighting that the NVIDIA deal eases but does not eliminate execution and funding risks. Mizuho sees long-term upside
• Neutral Sentiment: Comparative industry analysis (e.g., CoreWeave vs. Alphabet/other AI infra players) underlines both high upside and competitive/scale risks — useful context but not an immediate catalyst. Zacks: CRVW vs GOOGL
• Negative Sentiment: A large wave of securities class-action filings and investor-alert notices (multiple firms filing or soliciting lead-plaintiff roles) allege disclosure failures around deployment delays and scalability — this legal overhang is a primary near-term downward pressure on the stock. Pomerantz class action
• Negative Sentiment: Significant insider selling disclosed (large block sales by an executive), which investors may interpret as a negative signal on near‑term conviction. SEC Form 4 insider sale

CoreWeave Price Performance

The company has a quick ratio of 0.49, a current ratio of 0.49 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.66. The company has a market cap of $38.46 billion and a price-to-earnings ratio of -68.64. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $82.28 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $104.25.

CoreWeave (NASDAQ:CRWV) last released its earnings results on Monday, November 10th. The company reported ($0.22) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating 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 revenue for the quarter was up 133.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company posted ($1.82) earnings per share.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Renaissance Capital LLC boosted its position in shares of CoreWeave by 49.9% during the third quarter. Renaissance Capital LLC now owns 47,162 shares of the company’s stock valued at $6,454,000 after purchasing an additional 15,697 shares in the last quarter. Munro Partners grew its position in CoreWeave by 5,272.4% in the 3rd quarter. Munro Partners now owns 616,485 shares of the company’s stock worth $84,366,000 after purchasing an additional 605,010 shares during the period. Apexium Financial LP bought a new stake in shares of CoreWeave during the 2nd quarter valued at about $1,044,000. Chung Wu Investment Group LLC bought a new stake in shares of CoreWeave during the 2nd quarter valued at $755,000. Finally, HWG Holdings LP bought a new stake in CoreWeave during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $1,863,000.

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.