CoreWeave (NASDAQ:CRWV) CEO Sells $1,206,292.52 in Stock

CoreWeave Inc. (NASDAQ:CRWV) CEO Michael Intrator sold 13,129 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, August 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $91.88, for a total value of $1,206,292.52. Following the sale, the chief executive officer owned 1,687,129 shares in the company, valued at $155,013,412.52. This represents a 0.77% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. The sale was made to cover tax withholding obligations related to the vesting of equity awards.

CoreWeave Price Performance

Shares of CRWV opened at $87.85 on Monday. The company has a quick ratio of 0.46, a current ratio of 0.46 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 5.53. The stock has a market cap of $40.31 billion, a PE ratio of -24.07 and a beta of 7.45. CoreWeave Inc. has a 12-month low of $60.55 and a 12-month high of $153.20. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $89.99 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $94.79.

CoreWeave (NASDAQ:CRWV) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, August 11th. The company reported ($1.14) EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of ($1.52) by $0.38. The firm had revenue of $2.58 billion for the quarter. CoreWeave had a negative return on equity of 47.95% and a negative net margin of 25.41%.The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 112.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted ($0.27) earnings per share. Analysts anticipate that CoreWeave Inc. will post -5.17 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

CRWV has been the topic of a number of research reports. Citigroup boosted their target price on shares of CoreWeave from $142.00 to $159.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, August 14th. Piper Sandler reaffirmed an “overweight” rating and set a $153.00 price target (up from $151.00) on shares of CoreWeave in a research note on Wednesday, August 12th. Truist Financial lifted their price target on shares of CoreWeave from $126.00 to $155.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, August 12th. DA Davidson reissued a “neutral” rating and issued a $100.00 price objective (down from $175.00) on shares of CoreWeave in a research note on Monday, May 18th. Finally, Robert W. Baird increased their price objective on CoreWeave from $100.00 to $130.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday, August 12th. Twenty-one investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, ten have given a Hold rating and three have issued a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company presently 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

Institutional Trading of CoreWeave

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its position in shares of CoreWeave by 275.6% in the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 27,920,979 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,999,421,000 after purchasing an additional 20,487,478 shares during the period. Proficio Capital Partners LLC increased 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 buying an additional 17,847,760 shares during the period. Alyeska Investment Group L.P. raised its stake in CoreWeave by 55.7% during the second quarter. Alyeska Investment Group L.P. now owns 10,891,267 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,084,117,000 after buying an additional 3,897,741 shares during the last quarter. Bank of America Corp DE raised its stake in 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 buying an additional 653,398 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Clear Street Group Inc. raised its stake in CoreWeave by 57.2% during the fourth 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.

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.