CoreWeave (NASDAQ:CRWV) Insider Brian Venturo Sells 912,122 Shares of Stock

CoreWeave Inc. (NASDAQ:CRWV) insider Brian Venturo sold 912,122 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, April 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $79.18, for a total value of $72,221,819.96. Following the completion of the sale, the insider directly owned 285,327 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $22,592,191.86. The trade was a 76.17% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

CoreWeave Price Performance

Shares of CRWV opened at $82.24 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $34.46 billion and a price-to-earnings ratio of -25.70. CoreWeave Inc. has a 1-year low of $33.51 and a 1-year high of $187.00. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $86.53 and its 200 day simple moving average is $96.10. The company has a current ratio of 0.46, a quick ratio of 0.46 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 4.46.

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

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of analysts have recently weighed in on CRWV shares. DA Davidson upped their price target on shares of CoreWeave from $110.00 to $125.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, February 27th. Truist Financial boosted their target price on CoreWeave from $84.00 to $85.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, February 27th. Wells Fargo & Company reduced their price target on shares of CoreWeave from $150.00 to $125.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, January 8th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft raised shares of CoreWeave from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and lifted their price target for the company from $100.00 to $140.00 in a report on Tuesday, January 27th. Finally, Cantor Fitzgerald reissued an “overweight” rating and issued a $131.00 price objective on shares of CoreWeave in a research note on Friday, February 27th. Nineteen investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eleven have given a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $121.06.

CoreWeave News Roundup

Here are the key news stories impacting CoreWeave this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Landmark GPU‑backed financing: CoreWeave closed an up‑to $8.5 billion loan facility backed by GPUs and customer contracts, which investors view as lowering near‑term funding risk and providing capital to scale GPU capacity. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Institutional and analyst support: Bank of America resumed coverage with a Buy and $100 price target, highlighting AI infrastructure opportunity and reinforcing bullish conviction among some institutional investors. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Bullish backlog/revenue thesis: A Seeking Alpha note reiterated a Buy, citing a large committed backlog and aggressive 2026/2027 revenue targets that, if achieved, support long‑term growth and attach‑rate expansion. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: Mixed analyst views and caution: Some brokers (Stifel: Hold) and deep‑dive pieces praise the financing but flag leverage and valuation, producing a mixed institutional tone that could limit broad upside. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Deal pull‑back raises strategy questions: CoreWeave ended its Poolside partnership, prompting questions about execution and how the company plans to translate pipeline into diversified, profitable revenue. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Insider and executive selling: Multiple insiders, including director/executive Brannin McBee and the CEO, have sold large blocks of shares in late March (collective disclosures total millions in proceeds), which can signal near‑term liquidity needs or reduce insider conviction for some investors. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: High leverage and customer concentration risk: Analysis flags CoreWeave’s roughly $21 billion debt load and heavy exposure to a small set of large customers (OpenAI/others). Interest expense is a material drag on cash flow, increasing risk if end‑customer spending slows. Read More.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its stake in shares of CoreWeave by 275.6% in 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 lifted its stake in shares of 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. Deutsche Bank AG boosted its holdings in CoreWeave by 22,624.0% in the fourth quarter. Deutsche Bank AG now owns 3,812,856 shares of the company’s stock valued at $273,039,000 after acquiring an additional 3,796,077 shares during the last quarter. Altimeter Capital Management LP bought a new stake in CoreWeave in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $230,099,000. Finally, Alyeska Investment Group L.P. increased its position 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 purchasing an additional 3,000,000 shares during the period.

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.