CoreWeave (NASDAQ:CRWV) Shares Gap Down After Earnings Miss

Shares of CoreWeave Inc. (NASDAQ:CRWV) gapped down before the market opened on Friday following a dissappointing earnings announcement. The stock had previously closed at $97.63, but opened at $84.22. CoreWeave shares last traded at $80.72, with a volume of 25,671,041 shares changing hands.

The company reported ($0.89) earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.61) by ($0.28). The firm had revenue of $1.57 billion for the quarter. The company’s revenue was up 110.4% compared to the same quarter last year.

Key Stories Impacting CoreWeave

Here are the key news stories impacting CoreWeave this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Revenue beat and record backlog support growth thesis: CoreWeave topped Q4 revenue estimates as AI demand pushed platform usage and backlog approached ~$67B, evidence of strong contracted demand. CNBC: CoreWeave beats revenue
• Positive Sentiment: High revenue guidance and large contracted pipeline: Management is targeting substantially higher FY26 revenue (company guidance implies a step-up in scale), which underpins the long-term growth story if margins recover as capacity ramps. Press release / slide deck
• Positive Sentiment: Strategic financing / partner support: Reports note syndication of large loans tied to long-term customer contracts and renewed Nvidia interest via a multibillion equity tie‑up, which can de‑risk expansion financing. Yahoo Finance: financing and Nvidia
• Neutral Sentiment: Analyst mix: Citizens Jmp reaffirmed a “market outperform” rating with a $180 target, while Needham left a “hold” — showing divergent views on payoff from current spending. Benzinga: analyst notes
• Neutral Sentiment: Mixed quarter — revenue growth strong but profitability lagging: Revenue surged >100% YoY, yet adjusted losses widened and EPS missed consensus, leaving the report technically mixed for traders. MarketBeat: earnings summary
• Negative Sentiment: Doubling capital expenditure raises margin and return concerns: Plans to materially increase capex this year triggered investor worry about near‑term margin pressure and the effectiveness of the spend. That prompted heavy selling in pre‑market trade. Reuters: capex concerns
• Negative Sentiment: Rising debt, interest costs and wider losses: Coverage (Barron’s/MSN) highlights growing interest expense and higher leverage after the quarter, which amplifies execution and liquidity risk while capex is ramping. Barron’s: debt and losses
• Negative Sentiment: Multiple securities‑fraud class action notices filed: Several law firms have announced suits and lead‑plaintiff deadlines alleging disclosure issues around data‑center delays and infrastructure risks — a reputational and legal overhang. Pomerantz PR: class action
• Negative Sentiment: Insider selling and short‑term selling pressure: Reports of insider sales and sizable short interest increases add to near‑term headwinds for the stock. AmericanBankingNews: insider selling

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of research firms have weighed in on CRWV. DA Davidson raised their target price on shares of CoreWeave from $110.00 to $125.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday. Macquarie Infrastructure restated a “neutral” rating and set a $115.00 price target on shares of CoreWeave in a research report on Tuesday, January 27th. Stifel Nicolaus set a $120.00 target price on shares of CoreWeave in a report on Tuesday, November 11th. Citizens Jmp reissued a “market outperform” rating and issued a $180.00 price objective on shares of CoreWeave in a research report on Friday. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group reduced their price objective on shares of CoreWeave from $155.00 to $120.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Monday, January 5th. Seventeen investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, twelve have given a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $124.48.

Insider Activity at CoreWeave

In related news, insider Brian M. Venturo sold 281,250 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, December 10th. The shares were sold at an average price of $87.75, for a total transaction of $24,679,687.50. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, CEO Michael N. Intrator sold 111,427 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, December 31st. The stock was sold at an average price of $72.39, for a total value of $8,066,200.53. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer owned 5,922,620 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $428,738,461.80. This trade represents a 1.85% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Over the last ninety days, insiders have sold 4,565,769 shares of company stock valued at $388,715,556.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Sivia Capital Partners LLC acquired a new position in shares of CoreWeave in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $39,824,000. D.A. Davidson & CO. bought a new position in CoreWeave during the second quarter worth about $560,000. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. acquired a new position in CoreWeave during the second quarter valued at approximately $1,729,000. Bessemer Group Inc. bought a new stake in shares of CoreWeave in the 2nd quarter valued at $1,226,000. Finally, Y Intercept Hong Kong Ltd acquired a new stake in shares of CoreWeave during the second quarter worth about $2,026,000.

CoreWeave Stock Down 17.7%

The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.66, a quick ratio of 0.49 and a current ratio of 0.49. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $88.95 and its 200 day simple moving average is $100.37. The stock has a market capitalization of $31.03 billion and a price-to-earnings ratio of -55.39.

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.