CoreWeave’s (CRWV) “Hold” Rating Reiterated at Needham & Company LLC

CoreWeave (NASDAQ:CRWV)‘s stock had its “hold” rating reiterated by Needham & Company LLC in a research note issued to investors on Friday,Benzinga reports.

Several other analysts have also recently weighed in on CRWV. Citigroup reissued a “buy” rating and set a $135.00 price objective (down from $192.00) on shares of CoreWeave in a report on Friday, December 19th. Cantor Fitzgerald reissued an “overweight” rating and set a $174.00 price target on shares of CoreWeave in a research note on Wednesday, November 5th. Weiss Ratings restated a “sell (d-)” rating on shares of CoreWeave in a report on Monday, December 29th. Macquarie Infrastructure reaffirmed a “neutral” rating and set a $115.00 target price on shares of CoreWeave in a report on Tuesday, January 27th. Finally, Mizuho upped their target price on shares of CoreWeave from $92.00 to $100.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Monday, January 26th. Seventeen analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, twelve have given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, CoreWeave has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $125.45.

CoreWeave Stock Performance

NASDAQ CRWV opened at $97.63 on Friday. CoreWeave has a 52-week low of $33.51 and a 52-week high of $187.00. The firm has a market capitalization of $37.72 billion and a price-to-earnings ratio of -67.33. The company’s fifty day moving average is $88.95 and its two-hundred day moving average is $100.37. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.66, a current ratio of 0.49 and a quick ratio of 0.49.

CoreWeave (NASDAQ:CRWV) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 26th. The company reported ($0.89) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($0.61) by ($0.28). The business had revenue of $1.57 billion for the quarter. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 110.4% compared to the same quarter last year.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, insider Kristen J. Mcveety sold 1,677 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, February 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $90.83, for a total transaction of $152,321.91. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider directly owned 122,750 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $11,149,382.50. This represents a 1.35% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, insider Brian M. Venturo sold 281,250 shares of CoreWeave stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, February 18th. The shares were sold at an average price of $94.57, for a total transaction of $26,597,812.50. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders sold a total of 4,565,769 shares of company stock worth $388,715,556 in the last ninety days.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Cornerstone Planning Group LLC raised its position in shares of CoreWeave by 272.8% in the fourth quarter. Cornerstone Planning Group LLC now owns 343 shares of the company’s stock valued at $25,000 after purchasing an additional 251 shares during the period. Family Legacy Financial Solutions LLC raised its holdings in CoreWeave by 166.7% in the 3rd quarter. Family Legacy Financial Solutions LLC now owns 200 shares of the company’s stock valued at $27,000 after acquiring an additional 125 shares during the period. HighMark Wealth Management LLC acquired a new stake in CoreWeave during the third quarter worth approximately $27,000. OLD Second National Bank of Aurora bought a new stake in shares of CoreWeave during the third quarter worth approximately $27,000. Finally, KERR FINANCIAL PLANNING Corp acquired a new position in shares of CoreWeave in the third quarter valued at approximately $27,000.

More CoreWeave News

Here are the key news stories impacting CoreWeave this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Revenue beat and large scale growth: CoreWeave reported strong Q4 revenue that topped Street estimates and reached a $5.1B annual revenue milestone, driven by AI demand and a growing backlog — a validation of demand for large‑scale GPU capacity. Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: Bullish guidance and customer commitments: Management raised FY‑2026 revenue outlook materially ($12–$13B vs consensus ~ $9.3B) and gave strong Q1 revenue guidance, signaling sustained contract demand and backlog monetization. Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: Strategic capital and partner support: Nvidia renewed a multibillion equity investment tied to new AI datacenter builds and CoreWeave is arranging large financing reportedly backed by long‑term Meta contracts — both increase capacity funding and underline major customer/partner alignment. Article Title
• Neutral Sentiment: Information sources: Full earnings presentation and call transcript are available for investors to review unit economics, capex plans and backlog details. These materials are key for modeling future margins. Article Title
• Negative Sentiment: Earnings miss and widening losses: Adjusted EPS missed estimates (reported ($0.89) vs. ($0.61) expected) and net losses widened, raising near‑term profitability concerns despite the top‑line beat. Article Title
• Negative Sentiment: Rising capex, interest expense and leverage: Management flagged heavy capex and backlog buildouts that are inflating cash needs and interest expense (CoreWeave shows significant debt levels), creating execution and financing risk. Article Title
• Negative Sentiment: Legal overhang: Multiple securities‑fraud class actions and a flood of law‑firm notices allege disclosure failures around data center delays and scaling — this litigation risk is creating uncertainty and selling pressure. Article Title
• Negative Sentiment: Insider selling: Recent insider sales were reported, which can be perceived negatively while the company navigates execution and legal issues. Article Title

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.