CoreWeave (NASDAQ:CRWV) Receives “Hold” Rating from Needham & Company LLC

Needham & Company LLC reaffirmed their hold rating on shares of CoreWeave (NASDAQ:CRWV) in a report issued on Friday morning,Benzinga reports.

A number of other equities analysts have also weighed in on the stock. Macquarie Infrastructure reaffirmed a “neutral” rating and issued a $115.00 target price on shares of CoreWeave in a research note on Tuesday, January 27th. Wells Fargo & Company reduced their price objective on CoreWeave from $150.00 to $125.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, January 8th. Weiss Ratings restated a “sell (d-)” rating on shares of CoreWeave in a research note on Monday, December 29th. The Goldman Sachs Group assumed coverage on CoreWeave in a research report on Monday, January 12th. They set a “neutral” rating and a $86.00 price target for the company. Finally, Barclays lowered their price target on CoreWeave from $120.00 to $90.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, January 12th. Seventeen investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, twelve have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $124.34.

CoreWeave Stock Down 18.5%

Shares of NASDAQ:CRWV traded down $18.07 during trading on Friday, hitting $79.56. 67,753,761 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 22,380,874. The company has a current ratio of 0.49, a quick ratio of 0.49 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.66. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $88.88 and a 200-day moving average price of $99.95. CoreWeave has a 52 week low of $33.51 and a 52 week high of $187.00. The company has a market cap of $30.74 billion and a price-to-earnings ratio of -24.86.

CoreWeave (NASDAQ:CRWV) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, February 26th. The company reported ($0.89) EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($0.61) by ($0.28). The company had revenue of $1.57 billion for the quarter. CoreWeave had a negative return on equity of 35.39% and a negative net margin of 22.75%.The business’s quarterly revenue was up 110.4% compared to the same quarter last year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, insider Brian M. Venturo sold 281,250 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, December 10th. The shares were sold at an average price of $87.75, for a total value of $24,679,687.50. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, CEO Michael N. Intrator sold 111,427 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, December 31st. The stock was sold at an average price of $72.39, for a total transaction of $8,066,200.53. Following the sale, the chief executive officer owned 5,922,620 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $428,738,461.80. This represents a 1.85% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. In the last three months, insiders have sold 4,650,896 shares of company stock valued at $397,218,577.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several large investors have recently bought and sold shares of CRWV. Cornerstone Planning Group LLC boosted its stake in CoreWeave by 272.8% in the 4th quarter. Cornerstone Planning Group LLC now owns 343 shares of the company’s stock valued at $25,000 after purchasing an additional 251 shares during the period. Family Legacy Financial Solutions LLC boosted its position in shares of CoreWeave by 166.7% in the third quarter. Family Legacy Financial Solutions LLC now owns 200 shares of the company’s stock valued at $27,000 after acquiring an additional 125 shares during the period. HighMark Wealth Management LLC acquired a new position in shares of CoreWeave in the third quarter valued at about $27,000. OLD Second National Bank of Aurora bought a new position in CoreWeave during the third quarter worth about $27,000. Finally, KERR FINANCIAL PLANNING Corp bought a new position in CoreWeave during the third quarter worth about $27,000.

CoreWeave News Roundup

Here are the key news stories impacting CoreWeave this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Very strong demand/backlog and revenue growth: Q4 revenue was $1.57B (+~110% YoY) and fiscal 2025 revenue topped ~$5.1B; backlog expanded to roughly $66.8B and management guided FY‑2026 revenue to ~$12–13B, underscoring continued AI-driven demand. CoreWeave: From Growth Story To Capital Story
• Positive Sentiment: Beat on revenue and product progress: CoreWeave topped revenue estimates and launched services (e.g., object storage) while highlighting capacity ramps that should convert backlog into revenue over time. CoreWeave Reports Strong Q4 and FY2025 Results
• Neutral Sentiment: Mixed analyst action — some firms raised targets or reaffirmed overweight/Buy ratings while others trimmed targets or moved to Neutral/Hold; overall street targets remain elevated but commentary is cautious on debt and spending. Reuters: CapEx doubles, market reaction
• Neutral Sentiment: Investor events scheduled — management will present at Morgan Stanley and Cantor investor conferences (early March), offering opportunities for further color on capex plans and timelines. Investor conference notice
• Negative Sentiment: Earnings miss on EPS and wider GAAP loss: Q4 EPS of ($0.89) missed consensus and GAAP loss widened; interest expense jumped materially, pressuring near-term profitability despite strong adjusted EBITDA. MarketBeat: Q4 results
• Negative Sentiment: Big increase in capital spending and debt — management signaled a large CapEx program (management cited $30–$35B CapEx) and financing moves (loan syndication/equity support reported). The planned doubling of capex stoked margin concerns and heightened execution risk. Reuters: CapEx doubles, margin concerns
• Negative Sentiment: Multiple securities-class-action filings and broad law-firm notices alleging disclosure failures about data-center/infrastructure risks — legal risk and headline pressure add to near-term volatility. Hagens Berman class action notice
• Negative Sentiment: Market reaction and management defense: Shares fell sharply on the combination of EPS miss, heavy capex guidance and debt; CEO publicly defended the accelerated buildout but investor skepticism over capital intensity and execution remains high. CNBC: CEO defends spending

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.