CoreWeave (NASDAQ:CRWV) Trading 1.8% Higher – What’s Next?

CoreWeave Inc. (NASDAQ:CRWV) shares were up 1.8% on Thursday . The company traded as high as $98.29 and last traded at $97.14. Approximately 10,644,874 shares changed hands during trading, a decline of 60% from the average daily volume of 26,697,201 shares. The stock had previously closed at $95.45.

Key CoreWeave News

Here are the key news stories impacting CoreWeave this week:

• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA’s Q4 13F shows it maintained a position in CoreWeave, signaling continued strategic/investor confidence in CoreWeave’s role in AI infrastructure. NVIDIA’s 13F Bombshell: A New AI Power Trio Emerges
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst and media coverage is bullish on CoreWeave’s growth prospects — Q4 revenue expectations, large backlog, and brand/marketing initiatives are cited as drivers for further upside. CoreWeave: Building Brand Power, Strong Q4 Ahead
• Positive Sentiment: Retail/long-term investor pieces highlight CoreWeave’s exposure to AI hyperscalers and its upside potential as the AI infrastructure market expands. Up Over 30% This Year, This AI Infrastructure Play Is Just Getting Started
• Neutral Sentiment: CoreWeave reports a very large revenue backlog (~$55.6B), which supports future revenue visibility but raises questions about timing and cash conversion given the company’s heavy leverage. This is a mixed fundamental signal for valuation and execution risk. $55 Billion Backlog Cannot Hide CoreWeave’s $29 Billion Debt Reality
• Neutral Sentiment: Some bullish commentary points to marketing and product initiatives (brand campaigns, new offerings) that could help revenue and customer retention, but these are medium-term drivers rather than immediate catalysts. CoreWeave Inc. (CRWV) Eyes Opportunities in Validating AI Performance and Costs
• Negative Sentiment: Multiple law firms have filed or are soliciting lead-plaintiff applications for securities fraud class actions alleging that CoreWeave and executives misled investors about scaling/infrastructure and guidance — a concentrated regulatory/legal overhang that can depress multiples and increase volatility. CoreWeave, Inc. (CRWV) Shareholders Investors Who Lost Money Have Opportunity to Lead Securities Fraud Lawsuit
• Negative Sentiment: Press coverage and filings cite alleged data-center delays and a prior ~16% stock drop tied to execution concerns; combined with reported insider selling, these items are immediate negative catalysts for sentiment and near-term price action. CoreWeave Lawsuits Put AI Capacity Claims And Execution Story Under Review

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several analysts have recently weighed in on CRWV shares. Macquarie Infrastructure restated a “neutral” rating and set a $115.00 target price on shares of CoreWeave in a research note on Tuesday, January 27th. UBS Group restated a “neutral” rating on shares of CoreWeave in a research note on Friday, January 16th. Jefferies Financial Group cut their target price on CoreWeave from $155.00 to $120.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, January 5th. DA Davidson raised shares of CoreWeave from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and raised their price target for the stock from $68.00 to $110.00 in a research report on Monday, January 26th. Finally, Bank of America cut their price target on shares of CoreWeave from $168.00 to $140.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, November 11th. Seventeen equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, twelve have given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, CoreWeave presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $125.45.

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 50 day moving average of $86.30 and a 200-day moving average of $101.12. The stock has a market capitalization of $37.53 billion and a P/E ratio of -66.99.

Insider Buying and Selling at CoreWeave

In related news, insider Brannin Mcbee sold 25,500 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, February 9th. The shares were sold at an average price of $95.94, for a total transaction of $2,446,470.00. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Also, insider Brian M. Venturo sold 281,250 shares of CoreWeave stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, February 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $85.00, for a total value of $23,906,250.00. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders sold 4,376,496 shares of company stock worth $365,602,333 in the last quarter.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On CoreWeave

A number of hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in CRWV. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of CoreWeave by 275.6% during the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 27,920,979 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,999,421,000 after acquiring an additional 20,487,478 shares during the period. Proficio Capital Partners LLC boosted its stake in CoreWeave by 446,194.0% during the 3rd quarter. Proficio Capital Partners LLC now owns 17,851,760 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,443,013,000 after purchasing an additional 17,847,760 shares during the period. Deutsche Bank AG grew its position in CoreWeave by 22,624.0% in the 4th quarter. Deutsche Bank AG now owns 3,812,856 shares of the company’s stock worth $273,039,000 after purchasing an additional 3,796,077 shares during the last quarter. Altimeter Capital Management LP acquired a new stake in shares of CoreWeave in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $230,099,000. Finally, Alyeska Investment Group L.P. increased its stake in shares of CoreWeave by 300.0% in the fourth quarter. Alyeska Investment Group L.P. now owns 4,000,000 shares of the company’s stock valued at $286,440,000 after purchasing an additional 3,000,000 shares during the period.

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.