CoreWeave (NASDAQ:CRWV) Insider Brian Venturo Sells 5,899 Shares of Stock

CoreWeave Inc. (NASDAQ:CRWV) insider Brian Venturo sold 5,899 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Thursday, August 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $91.88, for a total value of $542,000.12. Following the sale, the insider owned 241,371 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $22,177,167.48. The trade was a 2.39% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. The sale was made to cover tax withholding obligations related to the vesting of equity awards.

CoreWeave Stock Performance

CRWV stock opened at $87.85 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $40.31 billion, a PE ratio of -24.07 and a beta of 7.44. The company has a current ratio of 0.46, a quick ratio of 0.46 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 5.53. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $89.99 and a 200-day moving average price of $94.74. CoreWeave Inc. has a 1-year low of $60.55 and a 1-year high of $153.20.

CoreWeave (NASDAQ:CRWV) last announced its earnings results on Tuesday, August 11th. The company reported ($1.14) EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of ($1.52) by $0.38. CoreWeave had a negative return on equity of 47.95% and a negative net margin of 25.41%.The company had revenue of $2.58 billion for the quarter. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned ($0.27) EPS. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 112.5% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, equities research analysts expect that CoreWeave Inc. will post -5.17 earnings per share for the current year.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On CoreWeave

Large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its holdings in shares of CoreWeave by 275.6% in the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 27,920,979 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,999,421,000 after purchasing an additional 20,487,478 shares during the period. Proficio Capital Partners LLC grew its stake in shares of CoreWeave by 446,194.0% during the 3rd quarter. Proficio Capital Partners LLC now owns 17,851,760 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,443,013,000 after acquiring an additional 17,847,760 shares during the period. Alyeska Investment Group L.P. grew its stake in shares of CoreWeave by 55.7% during the 2nd quarter. Alyeska Investment Group L.P. now owns 10,891,267 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,084,117,000 after acquiring an additional 3,897,741 shares during the period. Bank of America Corp DE increased its holdings in CoreWeave by 13.1% in the 1st quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 5,652,129 shares of the company’s stock worth $437,870,000 after acquiring an additional 653,398 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Clear Street Group Inc. increased its holdings in CoreWeave by 57.2% in the 4th quarter. Clear Street Group Inc. now owns 4,653,815 shares of the company’s stock worth $333,260,000 after acquiring an additional 1,692,916 shares during the last quarter.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities analysts have issued reports on CRWV shares. Jefferies Financial Group cut CoreWeave from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Wednesday, July 22nd. DA Davidson reiterated a “neutral” rating and issued a $100.00 price objective (down from $175.00) on shares of CoreWeave in a research note on Monday, May 18th. Truist Financial boosted their target price on shares of CoreWeave from $126.00 to $155.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, August 12th. BNP Paribas Exane initiated coverage on shares of CoreWeave in a research note on Tuesday, June 2nd. They set an “outperform” rating and a $192.00 target price on the stock. Finally, Barclays raised their price target on shares of CoreWeave from $90.00 to $105.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Thursday, August 13th. Twenty-one investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, ten have given a Hold rating and three have given a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, CoreWeave has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $141.57.

CoreWeave News Summary

Here are the key news stories impacting CoreWeave this week:

• Positive Sentiment: CoreWeave announced a multiyear agreement with Hudson River Trading (HRT) to provide AI infrastructure for trading research and model development. The deal reportedly could be worth billions and will use NVIDIA’s next-generation Vera Rubin NVL72 platform and Spectrum-X networking, expanding CoreWeave’s exposure to financial-services customers and supporting demand visibility. Hudson River Trading agreement
• Positive Sentiment: Analysts continue to point to CoreWeave’s powerful growth: recent quarterly revenue rose 112.5% year over year to $2.58 billion, while its backlog reached more than $104 billion. A bullish research view cited improving margins, operating leverage and strong AI demand, although it acknowledged capital-intensity risks. CoreWeave growth and valuation analysis
• Neutral Sentiment: Short seller Martin Shkreli reportedly covered his CoreWeave position after holding it for roughly a week. The move removes one source of short-selling pressure but is not necessarily a bullish signal, particularly as the stock continued to face broader volatility. Martin Shkreli covers CoreWeave short
• Negative Sentiment: CEO Michael Intrator sold 307,692 shares for approximately $29.5 million at an average price of $95.72. The sales were made under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plan, and he still owns a significant stake, but the size of the transaction weighed on sentiment and raised concerns about insider selling. CoreWeave CEO share sale
• Negative Sentiment: Bearish commentary argues that CoreWeave’s highly leveraged business model could struggle if AI infrastructure spending slows, capacity becomes excessive or interest rates remain elevated. With a debt-to-equity ratio above 5 and negative earnings, investors remain sensitive to funding costs, dilution risk and the company’s path to profitability. CoreWeave leverage and market risks
• Negative Sentiment: Northland Securities’ estimates show continued losses through 2027, including projected fiscal 2026 EPS of negative $5.50 and fiscal 2027 EPS of negative $3.18, although the firm expects a return to quarterly profitability in the fourth quarter of 2027. CoreWeave analyst estimates

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.