CoreWeave (NASDAQ:CRWV) Insider Brian Venturo Sells 281,250 Shares

CoreWeave Inc. (NASDAQ:CRWV) insider Brian Venturo sold 281,250 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, March 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $79.33, for a total value of $22,311,562.50. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link.

CoreWeave Price Performance

NASDAQ CRWV opened at $72.99 on Friday. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $88.48 and a 200 day simple moving average of $98.68. CoreWeave Inc. has a twelve month low of $33.51 and a twelve month high of $187.00. The stock has a market capitalization of $30.58 billion and a PE ratio of -22.81. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 4.46, a quick ratio of 0.49 and a current ratio of 0.46.

CoreWeave (NASDAQ:CRWV) last released its earnings results on Thursday, February 26th. The company reported ($0.89) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.61) by ($0.28). The business had revenue of $1.57 billion during the quarter. CoreWeave had a negative net margin of 22.75% and a negative return on equity of 33.82%. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 110.4% on a year-over-year basis.

CoreWeave News Summary

Here are the key news stories impacting CoreWeave this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Won a multi‑year agreement to power Perplexity’s AI inference workloads, validating CoreWeave’s performance positioning in the high‑margin inference market and supporting long‑term revenue growth. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Backlog surged to $66.8B (up >4x YoY), giving strong contract visibility that supports management’s aggressive expansion plan and future revenue conversion. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Oppenheimer initiated coverage with an “Outperform” and a $140 price target, signaling conviction in CRWV’s multi‑year growth runway despite current headwinds. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: Company presented at the Morgan Stanley TMT conference (analyst/transcript coverage) — useful for model/visibility but not an immediate catalyst. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Multiple class‑action filings and numerous law‑firm deadline notices following Q4 results — litigation risk, potential legal costs and management distraction that typically pressure share prices. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Large Q4 loss (~$452M), soft guidance and reports of a $30–$35B 2026 capex plan have sparked “capex shock” concerns — raises near‑term cash‑flow and profitability risk despite backlog. Read More. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Negative analyst moves (Sanford C. Bernstein “underperform/strong sell” coverage) and recent CFO share sales amplify downside sentiment and signal caution to some investors. Read More. Read More.

Institutional Trading of CoreWeave

Hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Hsbc Holdings PLC grew its position in shares of CoreWeave by 6,497.0% during the 4th quarter. Hsbc Holdings PLC now owns 425,970 shares of the company’s stock worth $30,574,000 after buying an additional 419,513 shares during the period. SHP Wealth Management bought a new stake in shares of CoreWeave in the 4th quarter valued at $106,000. WMS Group LLC acquired a new stake in shares of CoreWeave during the fourth quarter worth about $213,000. Caitong International Asset Management Co. Ltd lifted its holdings in shares of CoreWeave by 35.8% during the 4th quarter. Caitong International Asset Management Co. Ltd now owns 139,511 shares of the company’s stock valued at $9,990,000 after purchasing an additional 36,785 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Clearwave Capital LLC acquired a new position in shares of CoreWeave in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $386,000.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several equities analysts recently commented on CRWV shares. Loop Capital cut their target price on shares of CoreWeave from $165.00 to $120.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, November 12th. Roth Mkm restated a “buy” rating on shares of CoreWeave in a research report on Monday, February 23rd. Melius Research set a $140.00 price objective on shares of CoreWeave in a report on Tuesday, November 11th. Citigroup cut their price objective on shares of CoreWeave from $135.00 to $126.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday. Finally, Evercore reduced their target price on shares of CoreWeave from $175.00 to $160.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, November 11th. Eighteen research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, twelve have assigned a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $122.35.

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.