CoreWeave (NASDAQ:CRWV) EVP Chen Goldberg Sells 6,397 Shares

CoreWeave Inc. (NASDAQ:CRWV) EVP Chen Goldberg sold 6,397 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, August 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $106.11, for a total value of $678,785.67. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president owned 64,869 shares in the company, valued at approximately $6,883,249.59. The trade was a 8.98% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

Chen Goldberg also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Wednesday, August 5th, Chen Goldberg sold 19,208 shares of CoreWeave stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $92.29, for a total value of $1,772,706.32.
• On Tuesday, August 4th, Chen Goldberg sold 6,397 shares of CoreWeave stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $90.00, for a total value of $575,730.00.
• On Tuesday, June 30th, Chen Goldberg sold 4 shares of CoreWeave stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $95.69, for a total value of $382.76.
• On Monday, June 15th, Chen Goldberg sold 5,541 shares of CoreWeave stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $107.29, for a total transaction of $594,493.89.

CoreWeave Stock Performance

Shares of CRWV stock opened at $90.87 on Thursday. 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 firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $90.37 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $94.82. CoreWeave Inc. has a 12 month low of $60.55 and a 12 month high of $153.20. The firm has a market capitalization of $41.70 billion, a PE ratio of -24.90 and a beta of 7.44.

CoreWeave (NASDAQ:CRWV) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, August 11th. The company reported ($1.14) earnings per share 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 net margin of 25.41% and a negative return on equity of 47.95%. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 112.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business posted ($0.27) earnings per share. Analysts forecast that CoreWeave Inc. will post -5.36 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Key Stories Impacting CoreWeave

Here are the key news stories impacting CoreWeave this week:

• Positive Sentiment: CoreWeave continues to show powerful operating momentum. Second-quarter revenue surged 112% year over year to approximately $2.6 billion, while its backlog reached $104.2 billion, with more than half tied to active contracts. A bullish analyst view cited improving margins, operating leverage and potentially attractive valuation. CoreWeave: The Execution Story Is Flashing A Strong Signal
• Positive Sentiment: CoreWeave’s recent revenue growth has outpaced AppLovin’s in absolute terms, and the company has delivered stronger quarter-over-quarter increases while maintaining year-over-year growth. This supports the investment case that demand for its AI infrastructure remains robust. AppLovin vs. CoreWeave: What Recent Revenue Trends Tell Investors
• Positive Sentiment: Institutional interest provided a counterpoint to the selling pressure: Appaloosa Management disclosed a new CoreWeave position valued at roughly $107 million in its second-quarter filing. David Tepper Just Made a $107 Million Bet on Top AI Stock
• Neutral Sentiment: CoreWeave’s decline occurred alongside weakness in other “neocloud” stocks and broader technology-market volatility, suggesting that sector positioning and macroeconomic factors are influencing trading as much as company-specific news. Why Is CoreWeave Stock Falling on Wednesday?
• Negative Sentiment: Several insiders sold shares on August 17, including EVP Chen Goldberg and Brannin Mcbee. Mcbee’s disclosed sales totaled roughly $26.5 million, while a separate report highlighted a CEO share sale of approximately $17 million. The transactions were made under pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plans, which reduces their signaling value but can still weigh on sentiment. CoreWeave Stock Plunges Amid CEO Share Sale
• Negative Sentiment: Investors are increasingly concerned about AI infrastructure overspending and CoreWeave’s high financing sensitivity. Rising Treasury yields raise costs for the highly leveraged company, while fears of excessive industry capacity have pressured neocloud valuations. CoreWeave Sinks as Rising Yields Test the Leveraged AI Landlord

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its position in CoreWeave by 275.6% during the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 27,920,979 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,999,421,000 after buying an additional 20,487,478 shares during the period. Proficio Capital Partners LLC boosted its stake 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 valued at $2,443,013,000 after acquiring an additional 17,847,760 shares during the last quarter. Alyeska Investment Group L.P. grew its position in shares of CoreWeave by 55.7% during 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 grew its position in shares of CoreWeave by 13.1% during the 1st quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 5,652,129 shares of the company’s stock valued at $437,870,000 after acquiring an additional 653,398 shares during the period. Finally, Clear Street Group Inc. increased its stake in shares of 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 purchasing an additional 1,692,916 shares during the last quarter.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of research analysts have recently weighed in on CRWV shares. Weiss Ratings upgraded CoreWeave from a “sell (e+)” rating to a “sell (d-)” rating in a report on Wednesday, June 24th. Sanford C. Bernstein raised their price objective on CoreWeave from $67.00 to $74.00 and gave the company an “underperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, August 12th. Cantor Fitzgerald set a $176.00 price objective on shares of CoreWeave and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday, August 12th. Wolfe Research reiterated an “outperform” rating on shares of CoreWeave in a research note on Monday, July 6th. Finally, BTIG Research initiated coverage on shares of CoreWeave in a report on Wednesday, July 22nd. They issued a “buy” rating for the company. Twenty-two equities 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 company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $141.10.

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.