Insider Selling: CoreWeave (NASDAQ:CRWV) Insider Sells $22,311,562.50 in Stock

CoreWeave Inc. (NASDAQ:CRWV) insider Brian Venturo sold 281,250 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, March 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $79.33, for a total transaction of $22,311,562.50. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website.

CoreWeave Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:CRWV traded down $1.83 during midday trading on Friday, reaching $72.99. The company had a trading volume of 25,477,384 shares, compared to its average volume of 24,690,086. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 4.46, a current ratio of 0.46 and a quick ratio of 0.49. The business’s 50 day moving average price is $88.48 and its 200 day moving average price is $98.68. CoreWeave Inc. has a 1-year low of $33.51 and a 1-year high of $187.00.

CoreWeave (NASDAQ:CRWV) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, February 26th. The company reported ($0.89) EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($0.61) by ($0.28). The company had revenue of $1.57 billion for the quarter. CoreWeave had a negative return on equity of 33.82% and a negative net margin of 22.75%.The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 110.4% on a year-over-year basis.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

CRWV has been the topic of a number of research reports. Citigroup dropped their price target on CoreWeave from $135.00 to $126.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reiterated a “neutral” rating and set a $110.00 price target on shares of CoreWeave in a report on Tuesday, November 11th. Evercore dropped their price objective on CoreWeave from $175.00 to $160.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, November 11th. UBS Group reissued a “neutral” rating on shares of CoreWeave in a report on Friday, January 16th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group assumed coverage on shares of CoreWeave in a research report on Monday, January 12th. They set a “neutral” rating and a $86.00 target price for the company. Eighteen investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, twelve have assigned a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $122.35.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On CoreWeave

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its position in 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 in the last quarter. Nvidia Corp raised its holdings in shares of CoreWeave by 0.4% during the 2nd quarter. Nvidia Corp now owns 24,277,573 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,958,701,000 after acquiring an additional 95,113 shares during the period. Proficio Capital Partners LLC grew its position in CoreWeave by 446,194.0% in 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 period. Clear Street Group Inc. increased its position in shares of CoreWeave by 57.2% during the fourth quarter. Clear Street Group Inc. now owns 4,653,815 shares of the company’s stock valued at $333,260,000 after acquiring an additional 1,692,916 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Alyeska Investment Group L.P. boosted its holdings in CoreWeave by 300.0% during the 4th quarter. Alyeska Investment Group L.P. now owns 4,000,000 shares of the company’s stock valued at $286,440,000 after acquiring an additional 3,000,000 shares during the period.

CoreWeave News Summary

Here are the key news stories impacting CoreWeave this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Won a multi‑year agreement to power Perplexity’s AI inference workloads, validating CoreWeave’s performance positioning in the high‑margin inference market and supporting long‑term revenue growth. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Backlog surged to $66.8B (up >4x YoY), giving strong contract visibility that supports management’s aggressive expansion plan and future revenue conversion. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Oppenheimer initiated coverage with an “Outperform” and a $140 price target, signaling conviction in CRWV’s multi‑year growth runway despite current headwinds. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: Company presented at the Morgan Stanley TMT conference (analyst/transcript coverage) — useful for model/visibility but not an immediate catalyst. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Multiple class‑action filings and numerous law‑firm deadline notices following Q4 results — litigation risk, potential legal costs and management distraction that typically pressure share prices. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Large Q4 loss (~$452M), soft guidance and reports of a $30–$35B 2026 capex plan have sparked “capex shock” concerns — raises near‑term cash‑flow and profitability risk despite backlog. Read More. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Negative analyst moves (Sanford C. Bernstein “underperform/strong sell” coverage) and recent CFO share sales amplify downside sentiment and signal caution to some investors. Read More. Read More.

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.