CoreWeave Inc. (NASDAQ:CRWV) Receives $136.67 Average Target Price from Analysts

Shares of CoreWeave Inc. (NASDAQ:CRWV) have received a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” from the thirty-six research firms that are covering the company, Marketbeat Ratings reports. Three analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, eleven have assigned a hold rating and twenty-two have assigned a buy rating to the company. The average twelve-month target price among brokers that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $138.7188.

A number of research analysts recently issued reports on CRWV shares. Roth Capital set a $145.00 price target on CoreWeave in a report on Thursday. Jefferies Financial Group lowered shares of CoreWeave from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 22nd. BNP Paribas Exane initiated coverage on shares of CoreWeave in a research report on Tuesday, June 2nd. They issued an “outperform” rating and a $192.00 price objective for the company. Truist Financial upped their price objective on CoreWeave from $126.00 to $155.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday. Finally, DA Davidson reiterated a “neutral” rating and issued a $100.00 price objective (down from $175.00) on shares of CoreWeave in a research report on Monday, May 18th.

Insider Activity

In other CoreWeave news, EVP Chen Goldberg sold 19,208 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, August 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $92.29, for a total transaction of $1,772,706.32. Following the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 71,266 shares in the company, valued at approximately $6,577,139.14. This represents a 21.23% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. The sale was made to cover tax withholding obligations related to the vesting of equity awards. Also, major shareholder Magnetar Financial Llc sold 307,131 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, August 14th. The stock was sold at an average price of $108.75, for a total transaction of $33,400,496.25. Following the sale, the insider directly owned 220,810 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $24,013,087.50. This trade represents a 58.18% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. In the last three months, insiders sold 9,742,098 shares of company stock worth $963,211,837. Corporate insiders own 24.20% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On CoreWeave

Hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Cornerstone Planning Group LLC grew its holdings in CoreWeave by 272.8% during the 4th quarter. Cornerstone Planning Group LLC now owns 343 shares of the company’s stock worth $25,000 after acquiring an additional 251 shares during the last quarter. Cullen Frost Bankers Inc. grew its holdings in CoreWeave by 45.8% during the fourth quarter. Cullen Frost Bankers Inc. now owns 385 shares of the company’s stock worth $28,000 after buying an additional 121 shares in the last quarter. Greenline Wealth Management LLC purchased a new stake in CoreWeave in the 4th quarter valued at $28,000. Essential Partners LLC bought a new position in CoreWeave during the 2nd quarter valued at $30,000. Finally, Peterson Wealth Services boosted its holdings in CoreWeave by 153.1% during the 1st quarter. Peterson Wealth Services now owns 405 shares of the company’s stock worth $31,000 after acquiring an additional 245 shares during the last quarter.

CoreWeave Stock Down 1.0%

Shares of CoreWeave stock opened at $105.26 on Monday. CoreWeave has a 12-month low of $60.55 and a 12-month high of $153.20. The firm has a market capitalization of $48.30 billion, a PE ratio of -28.84 and a beta of 7.44. The company has a quick ratio of 0.31, a current ratio of 0.46 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 5.53. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $90.50 and its 200-day moving average is $95.01.

CoreWeave (NASDAQ:CRWV) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, August 11th. The company reported ($1.14) earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of ($1.52) by $0.38. CoreWeave had a negative net margin of 25.41% and a negative return on equity of 47.95%. The firm had revenue of $2.58 billion for the quarter. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted ($0.27) EPS. CoreWeave’s revenue was up 112.5% compared to the same quarter last year. Equities analysts anticipate that CoreWeave will post -5.05 earnings per share for the current year.

Key Headlines Impacting CoreWeave

Here are the key news stories impacting CoreWeave this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Citigroup raised its price target to $159 and upgraded CoreWeave to “Buy,” implying substantial potential upside from recent levels and reinforcing bullish analyst sentiment. Benzinga
• Positive Sentiment: CoreWeave’s strong second-quarter results remain the main catalyst: revenue increased 112% year over year to approximately $2.6 billion, adjusted EBITDA reached $1.51 billion, and the company reported a $104.2 billion backlog—or $129.2 billion including incremental commitments. Full-year revenue guidance was raised to $12.4 billion–$13.2 billion. Seeking Alpha article
• Positive Sentiment: Analysts and market commentators said hyperscaler results and rising AI data-center pricing validate the monetization of AI demand. Robert W. Baird lifted its target to $130, while other coverage remained constructive on CoreWeave’s growth prospects. Baird price target article
• Neutral Sentiment: Technical coverage remains bullish after the earnings-driven surge, but the pullback indicates investors may be taking profits and reassessing valuation following the rapid advance. Barron’s technical analysis
• Negative Sentiment: Funding the growth plan remains a key risk. CoreWeave raised 2026 capital-expenditure expectations to $35 billion–$39 billion, while high debt and approximately $640 million in quarterly net interest expense could pressure cash flow and delay profitability. Zacks capex article
• Negative Sentiment: CEO Michael Intrator and co-founder Brannin McBee disclosed sizable sales executed under pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plans. Although planned transactions do not necessarily signal deteriorating business conditions, they can add pressure after a major rally. SEC insider filing

CoreWeave Company Profile

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.