8,553 Shares in CoreWeave Inc. $CRWV Bought by Howard Capital Management LLC

Howard Capital Management LLC purchased a new position in CoreWeave Inc. (NASDAQ:CRWV) in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor purchased 8,553 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $745,000.

Several other large investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Cornerstone Enterprises LLC purchased a new position in shares of CoreWeave in the third quarter valued at $233,000. Milestone Asset Management LLC grew its holdings in CoreWeave by 22.7% during the 3rd quarter. Milestone Asset Management LLC now owns 11,421 shares of the company’s stock valued at $995,000 after purchasing an additional 2,113 shares in the last quarter. NFSG Corp grew its holdings in CoreWeave by 7.6% during the 3rd quarter. NFSG Corp now owns 73,227 shares of the company’s stock valued at $6,380,000 after purchasing an additional 5,179 shares in the last quarter. Activest Wealth Management grew its holdings in CoreWeave by 52.2% during the 3rd quarter. Activest Wealth Management now owns 6,093 shares of the company’s stock valued at $531,000 after purchasing an additional 2,089 shares in the last quarter. Finally, SLT Holdings LLC increased its stake in CoreWeave by 127.8% during the 3rd quarter. SLT Holdings LLC now owns 13,325 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,161,000 after buying an additional 7,475 shares during the period.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of brokerages have commented on CRWV. The Goldman Sachs Group boosted their price objective on shares of CoreWeave from $121.00 to $139.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Friday, August 21st. Wolfe Research reissued an “outperform” rating on shares of CoreWeave in a research report on Monday, July 6th. Barclays raised their target price on CoreWeave from $90.00 to $105.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Thursday, August 13th. BTIG Research started coverage on CoreWeave in a research report on Wednesday, July 22nd. They set a “buy” rating on the stock. Finally, TD Cowen raised CoreWeave to a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 22nd. Twenty-four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eight have issued a Hold rating and three have issued a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, CoreWeave presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $139.82.

Insider Transactions at CoreWeave

In other CoreWeave news, insider Brian Venturo sold 65,616 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, September 30th. The shares were sold at an average price of $87.69, for a total transaction of $5,753,867.04. Following the transaction, the insider directly owned 302,526 shares in the company, valued at $26,528,504.94. This represents a 17.82% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. The sale was made to cover tax withholding obligations related to the vesting of equity awards. Also, CEO Michael N. Intrator sold 78,552 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, September 30th. The stock was sold at an average price of $87.69, for a total transaction of $6,888,224.88. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 548,935 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $48,136,110.15. This represents a 12.52% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. The sale was made to cover tax withholding obligations related to the vesting of equity awards. Insiders sold a total of 5,910,270 shares of company stock valued at $514,630,589 over the last ninety days. 24.20% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Key Headlines Impacting CoreWeave

Here are the key news stories impacting CoreWeave this week:

• Positive Sentiment: JPMorgan analyst Samik Chatterjee called the recent selloff “overdone,” arguing that demand for AI computing remains robust and that CoreWeave can generate healthy returns as it brings additional capacity online. JPMorgan says Wall Street is overreacting
• Positive Sentiment: ARK Invest bought CoreWeave shares during the selloff, while Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang expressed confidence in the company. These endorsements support the bullish view that long-term AI infrastructure demand remains intact. Cathie Wood bought CoreWeave shares
• Positive Sentiment: CoreWeave has reportedly highlighted a backlog of approximately $104 billion, and Bank of America maintained a Buy rating and $140 price target, citing strong growth potential and the company’s ability to deploy computing capacity at scale. Bank of America backs CoreWeave
• Neutral Sentiment: Analyst opinion remains divided. Some firms describe the selloff as excessive and retain high price targets, but others have reduced targets because of funding, execution and customer-concentration risks. The conflicting views are contributing to elevated volatility. How to trade CoreWeave’s slow moving crisis
• Negative Sentiment: CoreWeave’s bonds have sold off sharply, with some unsecured debt trading near 79% of face value and yields on longer-dated notes reaching roughly 14.5% to 15%. Credit-default swap pricing reportedly implies a more than 50% probability of default over five years, raising concerns about refinancing and future capital needs. Why CoreWeave stock is falling
• Negative Sentiment: Investors remain worried that rising borrowing costs will undermine the economics of CoreWeave’s rapid expansion. The company reported negative free cash flow of approximately $5.7 billion in the latest quarter and carries substantial leverage, making weaker financing conditions particularly damaging. CoreWeave credit-default swaps hit distress levels
• Negative Sentiment: Gartner’s warning that as many as 80% of neocloud providers may not survive independently by 2030 has intensified concerns about competition, customer concentration and the durability of AI infrastructure spending. Gartner warns most neoclouds may not survive
• Negative Sentiment: Recent insider sales by CFO Nitin Agrawal and CRO Jonathan Jones added to investor unease, although the transactions were conducted under pre-arranged plans and were partly related to tax withholding. CoreWeave insider sale

CoreWeave Stock Performance

CoreWeave stock opened at $61.39 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $28.17 billion, a P/E ratio of -16.82 and a beta of 7.36. The company has a current ratio of 0.46, a quick ratio of 0.46 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 5.53. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $87.01 and a 200-day moving average of $94.42. CoreWeave Inc. has a 52 week low of $59.51 and a 52 week high of $141.79.

CoreWeave (NASDAQ:CRWV) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, August 11th. The company reported ($1.14) earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates 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 quarterly revenue was up 112.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted ($0.27) EPS. On average, analysts expect that CoreWeave Inc. will post -5.19 EPS for the current fiscal year.

About CoreWeave

CoreWeave, Inc is a specialized cloud computing provider focused on infrastructure for artificial intelligence, machine learning and other data-intensive workloads. The company offers access to accelerated computing resources, including graphics processing units (GPUs), alongside central processing units, high-performance storage, networking and data center capacity.

Its platform supports AI model training, fine-tuning and inference, as well as visual effects, rendering, scientific computing and other demanding applications.