Insider Selling: CoreWeave (NASDAQ:CRWV) Insider Sells 3,980 Shares of Stock

CoreWeave Inc. (NASDAQ:CRWV) insider Kristen Mcveety sold 3,980 shares of the stock in a transaction on Thursday, August 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $91.88, for a total value of $365,682.40. Following the completion of the sale, the insider owned 125,413 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $11,522,946.44. The trade was a 3.08% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. The sale was made to cover tax withholding obligations related to the vesting of equity awards.

CoreWeave Price Performance

CRWV traded down $1.91 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $87.85. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 22,074,299 shares, compared to its average volume of 33,432,112. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $89.99 and its 200-day moving average price is $94.74. The company has a current ratio of 0.46, a quick ratio of 0.46 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 5.53. CoreWeave Inc. has a 12 month low of $60.55 and a 12 month high of $153.20.

CoreWeave (NASDAQ:CRWV) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, August 11th. The company reported ($1.14) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of ($1.52) by $0.38. The business had revenue of $2.58 billion during the quarter. CoreWeave had a negative net margin of 25.41% and a negative return on equity of 47.95%. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 112.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned ($0.27) EPS. On average, analysts expect that CoreWeave Inc. will post -5.17 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities research analysts have recently commented on CRWV shares. BNP Paribas Exane began coverage on shares of CoreWeave in a research note on Tuesday, June 2nd. They set an “outperform” rating and a $192.00 price objective for the company. Oppenheimer increased their target price on CoreWeave from $140.00 to $150.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, April 29th. DA Davidson restated a “neutral” rating and issued a $100.00 target price (down from $175.00) on shares of CoreWeave in a research report on Monday, May 18th. TD Cowen upgraded shares of CoreWeave to a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, July 22nd. Finally, Citigroup boosted their target price on shares of CoreWeave from $142.00 to $159.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, August 14th. Twenty-one research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, ten have assigned a Hold rating and three have issued a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $141.57.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On CoreWeave

Several large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its holdings in CoreWeave by 275.6% in the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 27,920,979 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,999,421,000 after purchasing an additional 20,487,478 shares during the period. Proficio Capital Partners LLC grew its position in shares of CoreWeave by 446,194.0% during the third quarter. Proficio Capital Partners LLC now owns 17,851,760 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,443,013,000 after acquiring an additional 17,847,760 shares during the last quarter. Alyeska Investment Group L.P. increased its position in CoreWeave by 55.7% in the 2nd quarter. Alyeska Investment Group L.P. now owns 10,891,267 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,084,117,000 after acquiring an additional 3,897,741 shares during the period. Bank of America Corp DE raised its stake in shares of CoreWeave by 13.1% during the first quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 5,652,129 shares of the company’s stock worth $437,870,000 after purchasing an additional 653,398 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Clear Street Group Inc. raised its position in CoreWeave by 57.2% during the 4th quarter. Clear Street Group Inc. now owns 4,653,815 shares of the company’s stock worth $333,260,000 after buying an additional 1,692,916 shares during the last quarter.

Trending Headlines about CoreWeave

Here are the key news stories impacting CoreWeave this week:

• Positive Sentiment: CoreWeave announced a multiyear agreement with Hudson River Trading (HRT) to provide AI infrastructure for trading research and model development. The deal reportedly could be worth billions and will use NVIDIA’s next-generation Vera Rubin NVL72 platform and Spectrum-X networking, expanding CoreWeave’s exposure to financial-services customers and supporting demand visibility. Hudson River Trading agreement
• Positive Sentiment: Analysts continue to point to CoreWeave’s powerful growth: recent quarterly revenue rose 112.5% year over year to $2.58 billion, while its backlog reached more than $104 billion. A bullish research view cited improving margins, operating leverage and strong AI demand, although it acknowledged capital-intensity risks. CoreWeave growth and valuation analysis
• Neutral Sentiment: Short seller Martin Shkreli reportedly covered his CoreWeave position after holding it for roughly a week. The move removes one source of short-selling pressure but is not necessarily a bullish signal, particularly as the stock continued to face broader volatility. Martin Shkreli covers CoreWeave short
• Negative Sentiment: CEO Michael Intrator sold 307,692 shares for approximately $29.5 million at an average price of $95.72. The sales were made under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plan, and he still owns a significant stake, but the size of the transaction weighed on sentiment and raised concerns about insider selling. CoreWeave CEO share sale
• Negative Sentiment: Bearish commentary argues that CoreWeave’s highly leveraged business model could struggle if AI infrastructure spending slows, capacity becomes excessive or interest rates remain elevated. With a debt-to-equity ratio above 5 and negative earnings, investors remain sensitive to funding costs, dilution risk and the company’s path to profitability. CoreWeave leverage and market risks
• Negative Sentiment: Northland Securities’ estimates show continued losses through 2027, including projected fiscal 2026 EPS of negative $5.50 and fiscal 2027 EPS of negative $3.18, although the firm expects a return to quarterly profitability in the fourth quarter of 2027. CoreWeave analyst estimates

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.