CoreWeave (NASDAQ:CRWV) Now Covered by Sanford C. Bernstein

Sanford C. Bernstein started coverage on shares of CoreWeave (NASDAQ:CRWV) in a research note published on Thursday, MarketBeat Ratings reports. The firm issued an underperform rating and a $56.00 price objective on the stock.

Several other equities research analysts have also recently weighed in on CRWV. DA Davidson increased their price target on CoreWeave from $110.00 to $125.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, February 27th. HC Wainwright reissued a “buy” rating and set a $180.00 target price on shares of CoreWeave in a research report on Monday. Loop Capital dropped their price target on shares of CoreWeave from $165.00 to $120.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, November 12th. Morgan Stanley upped their price objective on shares of CoreWeave from $91.00 to $99.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Tuesday, November 11th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. reissued a “neutral” rating and set a $110.00 target price on shares of CoreWeave in a research note on Tuesday, November 11th. Seventeen equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, twelve have given a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, CoreWeave has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $121.77.

CoreWeave Trading Down 5.9%

CRWV opened at $74.82 on Thursday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 4.46, a current ratio of 0.46 and a quick ratio of 0.49. CoreWeave has a fifty-two week low of $33.51 and a fifty-two week high of $187.00. The company’s 50 day moving average price is $88.54 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $98.84. The firm has a market capitalization of $31.35 billion and a price-to-earnings ratio of -23.38.

CoreWeave (NASDAQ:CRWV) last issued 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 return on equity of 33.82% and a negative net margin of 22.75%.The business had revenue of $1.57 billion for the quarter. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 110.4% on a year-over-year basis.

Insider Activity at CoreWeave

In other news, insider Brian M. Venturo sold 281,250 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, December 10th. The shares were sold at an average price of $87.75, for a total transaction of $24,679,687.50. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Also, CEO Michael N. Intrator sold 111,427 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, December 31st. The stock was sold at an average price of $72.39, for a total transaction of $8,066,200.53. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 5,922,620 shares in the company, valued at $428,738,461.80. This trade represents a 1.85% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders have sold 4,340,085 shares of company stock worth $373,147,282 in the last quarter.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On CoreWeave

A number of hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its position in shares of CoreWeave by 275.6% during the fourth 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 stake in CoreWeave by 446,194.0% during the 3rd quarter. Proficio Capital Partners LLC now owns 17,851,760 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,443,013,000 after purchasing an additional 17,847,760 shares in the last quarter. Deutsche Bank AG raised its holdings in CoreWeave by 22,624.0% during the fourth quarter. Deutsche Bank AG now owns 3,812,856 shares of the company’s stock worth $273,039,000 after buying an additional 3,796,077 shares during the last quarter. Altimeter Capital Management LP bought a new position in shares of CoreWeave in the fourth quarter valued at $230,099,000. Finally, Alyeska Investment Group L.P. grew its holdings in shares of CoreWeave by 300.0% during the fourth quarter. Alyeska Investment Group L.P. now owns 4,000,000 shares of the company’s stock valued at $286,440,000 after buying an additional 3,000,000 shares during the last quarter.

Key Headlines Impacting CoreWeave

Here are the key news stories impacting CoreWeave this week:

• Positive Sentiment: CoreWeave announced a multi‑year deal to power Perplexity’s AI inference workloads, validating CoreWeave’s positioning in the high‑performance inference market and supporting long‑term revenue visibility. CoreWeave Just Landed a Deal That Signals Where AI Is Headed
• Positive Sentiment: Analysts and deep‑dive pieces highlight CoreWeave’s very large backlog (~$66.8B reported) and rapid revenue growth, which provide multi‑year contracted demand that supports long‑term upside if execution and capital deployment are successful. CoreWeave Is Attractively Valued, But Execution Is Crucial
• Neutral Sentiment: Street reactions are mixed: some firms (e.g., Citigroup, Barclays, HC Wainwright) keep constructive views or reiterate coverage but differ on targets and conviction, producing diverging near‑term signals for the stock. Barclays Remain a Buy on CoreWeave (CRWV)
• Neutral Sentiment: Management presented at industry conferences (Morgan Stanley) and provided forward guidance and backlog metrics — useful for modeling, but investors remain split on the cadence of margin recovery and capex execution. CoreWeave Presents at Morgan Stanley TMT Conference (Transcript)
• Negative Sentiment: Multiple securities‑fraud class actions were filed and several plaintiff firms are soliciting lead‑plaintiff motions, increasing legal risk and potential future liabilities that tend to pressure the stock. Pomerantz Law Firm Announces the Filing of a Class Action Against CoreWeave
• Negative Sentiment: Q4 results and guidance shocked the market: CoreWeave reported a wider net loss (cited ~$452M) and an EPS miss, and management signaled very large 2026 capex needs — raising concerns about near‑term dilution, higher interest expense and execution risk. CoreWeave’s CapEx Shock Spooks The Market
• Negative Sentiment: Sanford C. Bernstein (coverage) set an underperform rating and low price target, and multiple law‑firm alerts amplified downside sentiment — both contributed to selling pressure by increasing short‑term bearish narratives. Bernstein Coverage / Analyst Note (Benzinga)

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.