Compass Financial Management LLC Takes Position in CoreWeave Inc. $CRWV

Compass Financial Management LLC acquired a new position in CoreWeave Inc. (NASDAQ:CRWV) in the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm acquired 32,039 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,133,000.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of CRWV. Cornerstone Planning Group LLC lifted its stake in CoreWeave by 272.8% during the 4th quarter. Cornerstone Planning Group LLC now owns 343 shares of the company’s stock valued at $25,000 after acquiring an additional 251 shares during the period. Cullen Frost Bankers Inc. increased its stake in shares of CoreWeave by 45.8% in the fourth quarter. Cullen Frost Bankers Inc. now owns 385 shares of the company’s stock worth $28,000 after acquiring an additional 121 shares during the period. Greenline Wealth Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of CoreWeave in the fourth quarter worth $28,000. Essential Partners LLC purchased a new position in shares of CoreWeave during the second quarter worth $30,000. Finally, Peterson Wealth Services raised its holdings in shares of CoreWeave by 153.1% during the first quarter. Peterson Wealth Services now owns 405 shares of the company’s stock worth $31,000 after purchasing an additional 245 shares during the last quarter.

CoreWeave Stock Performance

CRWV opened at $87.85 on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of $40.31 billion, a PE ratio of -24.07 and a beta of 7.44. The firm’s 50-day moving average price is $89.99 and its 200 day moving average price is $94.74. CoreWeave Inc. has a twelve month low of $60.55 and a twelve month high of $153.20. 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 (NASDAQ:CRWV) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, August 11th. The company reported ($1.14) EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of ($1.52) by $0.38. CoreWeave had a negative return on equity of 47.95% and a negative net margin of 25.41%.The firm had revenue of $2.58 billion during the quarter. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted ($0.27) EPS. CoreWeave’s revenue for the quarter was up 112.5% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, sell-side analysts expect that CoreWeave Inc. will post -5.17 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities analysts have recently issued reports on the company. Mizuho boosted their price objective on CoreWeave from $100.00 to $115.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Wednesday, August 12th. Barclays lifted their price target on CoreWeave from $90.00 to $105.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Thursday, August 13th. BNP Paribas Exane began coverage on CoreWeave in a report on Tuesday, June 2nd. They issued an “outperform” rating and a $192.00 price target for the company. Wolfe Research restated an “outperform” rating on shares of CoreWeave in a research report on Monday, July 6th. Finally, Cantor Fitzgerald set a $176.00 price objective on shares of CoreWeave and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, August 12th. Twenty-one research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, ten have given a Hold rating and three have assigned a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $141.57.

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

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, CEO Michael N. Intrator sold 13,129 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, August 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $91.88, for a total transaction of $1,206,292.52. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 1,687,129 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $155,013,412.52. The trade was a 0.77% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. The sale was made to cover tax withholding obligations related to the vesting of equity awards. Also, insider Kristen J. Mcveety sold 3,980 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, August 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $91.88, for a total transaction of $365,682.40. Following the transaction, the insider directly owned 125,413 shares in the company, valued at approximately $11,522,946.44. The trade was a 3.08% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. The sale was made to cover tax withholding obligations related to the vesting of equity awards. Insiders sold 9,541,014 shares of company stock worth $942,884,194 over the last quarter. Corporate insiders own 24.20% of the company’s stock.

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.