Insider Selling: CoreWeave (NASDAQ:CRWV) Insider Sells 1,125,000 Shares of Stock

CoreWeave Inc. (NASDAQ:CRWV) insider Brian Venturo sold 1,125,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, April 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $115.93, for a total value of $130,421,250.00. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

CoreWeave Price Performance

NASDAQ:CRWV traded up $7.38 during mid-day trading on Wednesday, reaching $122.54. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 31,791,035 shares, compared to its average volume of 30,700,368. CoreWeave Inc. has a 12-month low of $38.80 and a 12-month high of $187.00. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $89.89 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $93.88. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 4.46, a current ratio of 0.46 and a quick ratio of 0.46.

CoreWeave (NASDAQ:CRWV) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, February 26th. The company reported ($0.89) earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.61) by ($0.28). CoreWeave had a negative return on equity of 33.82% and a negative net margin of 22.75%.The business had revenue of $1.57 billion during the quarter. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 110.4% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, research analysts expect that CoreWeave Inc. will post -4.16 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities analysts have weighed in on CRWV shares. Barclays boosted their target price on CoreWeave from $90.00 to $106.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Monday. Oppenheimer assumed coverage on CoreWeave in a research note on Friday, March 6th. They set an “outperform” rating and a $140.00 price target for the company. Jefferies Financial Group reduced their price target 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. Sanford C. Bernstein upped their price target on shares of CoreWeave from $56.00 to $67.00 and gave the company an “underperform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, April 14th. Finally, Citigroup dropped their price objective on shares of CoreWeave from $135.00 to $126.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, March 4th. Twenty equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eleven have issued a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $125.16.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in CRWV. Cornerstone Planning Group LLC increased its holdings in CoreWeave by 272.8% in the 4th quarter. Cornerstone Planning Group LLC now owns 343 shares of the company’s stock worth $25,000 after acquiring an additional 251 shares in the last quarter. HighMark Wealth Management LLC purchased a new stake in CoreWeave in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $27,000. OLD Second National Bank of Aurora purchased a new stake in CoreWeave in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $27,000. KERR FINANCIAL PLANNING Corp purchased a new stake in CoreWeave in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $27,000. Finally, Aspect Partners LLC purchased a new stake in CoreWeave in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $28,000.

More CoreWeave News

Here are the key news stories impacting CoreWeave this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Strong top-line growth supports bullish thesis: CoreWeave reported calendar-quarter revenue that grew roughly 110% year-over-year, underpinning investor enthusiasm for its GPU/AI-cloud demand and helping momentum in the stock. (Background)
• Neutral Sentiment: Company is planning large debt and capital raises — market is treating the funding as growth-capital for expansion even though it increases leverage; that ambiguity can drive volatility and explain why shares are up despite added debt. CoreWeave Is Issuing Billions in Debt but Shares Are Up 64%. What’s Going on With CRWV Stock?
• Negative Sentiment: Multiple large insider and major-holder sales were disclosed this week — Magnetar Financial reported a >50% cut in its position after selling ~323k and ~320k shares on Apr 20–21 (SEC filing). Large executive sales under Rule 10b5‑1 (including Brian M. Venturo selling 1,125,000 shares and other filings for Brannin McBee) increase supply and are typically viewed negatively even if pre‑arranged. Magnetar SEC filing McBee Form 4 Venturo Form 4
• Negative Sentiment: Analyst/market caution ahead of upcoming earnings — some analysts (e.g., Seeking Alpha preview) flag risks around margins, cash burn and execution, which can limit upside and increase short‑term selling pressure ahead of results. CoreWeave: I’m Turning Cautious Ahead Of Earnings (Preview)

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.