Insider Selling: CoreWeave (NASDAQ:CRWV) EVP Sells $575,730.00 in Stock

CoreWeave Inc. (NASDAQ:CRWV) EVP Chen Goldberg sold 6,397 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, August 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $90.00, for a total value of $575,730.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 52,974 shares in the company, valued at approximately $4,767,660. The trade was a 10.77% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. The sale was made to cover tax withholding obligations related to the vesting of equity awards.

Chen Goldberg also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Wednesday, August 5th, Chen Goldberg sold 19,208 shares of CoreWeave stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $92.29, for a total value of $1,772,706.32.
• On Tuesday, June 30th, Chen Goldberg sold 4 shares of CoreWeave stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $95.69, for a total transaction of $382.76.
• On Monday, June 15th, Chen Goldberg sold 5,541 shares of CoreWeave stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $107.29, for a total transaction of $594,493.89.
• On Wednesday, May 20th, Chen Goldberg sold 14,168 shares of CoreWeave stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $100.34, for a total transaction of $1,421,617.12.

CoreWeave Price Performance

Shares of CRWV traded down $4.56 during mid-day trading on Thursday, hitting $85.33. 16,543,329 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 26,826,700. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.68, a quick ratio of 0.31 and a current ratio of 0.31. CoreWeave Inc. has a twelve month low of $60.55 and a twelve month high of $153.20. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $92.19 and a two-hundred day moving average of $94.89.

CoreWeave (NASDAQ:CRWV) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, May 7th. The company reported ($1.40) EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($1.17) by ($0.23). CoreWeave had a negative return on equity of 43.07% and a negative net margin of 25.57%.The business had revenue of $2.08 billion for the quarter. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned ($0.60) earnings per share. CoreWeave’s revenue was up 111.6% on a year-over-year basis. On average, research analysts predict that CoreWeave Inc. will post -5.7 EPS for the current year.

Key Stories Impacting CoreWeave

Here are the key news stories impacting CoreWeave this week:

• Positive Sentiment: CoreWeave announced a multi-year agreement with Solidigm for priority access to enterprise SSD capacity. The deal could help the company scale storage alongside its AI cloud platform and reduce supply-chain constraints. CoreWeave Signs Multi-Year Agreement With Solidigm to Strengthen Its Integrated AI Cloud Platform
• Positive Sentiment: The company’s planned entry into Indonesia includes three AI data centers with 360 megawatts of contracted IT power, giving CoreWeave its first physical presence in the Asia-Pacific region and potentially expanding access to Southeast Asian AI customers. CoreWeave Enters Indonesia With Three New AI Data Centers
• Positive Sentiment: Bullish coverage argues that the recent pullback has improved CoreWeave’s risk-reward profile. The stock trades well below its 52-week high, while the cited analyst consensus target of $138.03 implies substantial upside; Rosenblatt Securities separately reaffirmed a Buy rating with a $250 target. CoreWeave at $92: The Compelling Bull Case On Offer Right Now
• Neutral Sentiment: Investors are focused on CoreWeave’s August 11 earnings release. Recent commentary highlights strong GPU and AI-cloud demand, but the company’s outlook and spending plans will likely determine whether that momentum can offset profitability concerns. Dear CoreWeave Stock Fans, Mark Your Calendars for August 11
• Negative Sentiment: Director Brannin Mcbee disclosed multiple sales totaling approximately 250,000 shares and more than $20 million under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plan. Although scheduled sales do not necessarily signal a change in business expectations, the sizable reduction in his holdings can weigh on sentiment. SEC Insider Trading Filing
• Negative Sentiment: CoreWeave remains a high-risk, capital-intensive growth stock. Its reported negative earnings, debt-to-equity ratio of 3.68, low liquidity ratios, and substantial data-center spending leave investors sensitive to financing costs, execution risks, and any signs that AI demand is not converting into improving profitability. CoreWeave Earnings Report

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of brokerages recently weighed in on CRWV. Wolfe Research reissued an “outperform” rating on shares of CoreWeave in a research note on Monday, July 6th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their target price on CoreWeave from $90.00 to $105.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Friday, May 8th. BNP Paribas Exane started coverage on CoreWeave in a report on Tuesday, June 2nd. They set an “outperform” rating and a $192.00 price target on the stock. Jefferies Financial Group cut shares of CoreWeave from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 22nd. Finally, Rosenblatt Securities reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $250.00 target price on shares of CoreWeave in a research note on Wednesday. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-three have issued a Buy rating, thirteen have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $136.21.

Institutional Trading of CoreWeave

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in CRWV. Sivia Capital Partners LLC bought a new position in CoreWeave in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $39,824,000. Quantbot Technologies LP acquired a new stake in shares of CoreWeave in the second quarter worth $311,000. Invesco Ltd. acquired a new stake in shares of CoreWeave in the second quarter worth $882,000. First Trust Advisors LP bought a new stake in CoreWeave in the 2nd quarter valued at $20,260,000. Finally, Baird Financial Group Inc. acquired a new stake in CoreWeave in the 2nd quarter worth $455,000.

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.