Insider Selling: CoreWeave (NASDAQ:CRWV) Insider Sells 281,250 Shares of Stock

CoreWeave Inc. (NASDAQ:CRWV) insider Brian Venturo sold 281,250 shares of CoreWeave stock in a transaction on Wednesday, February 18th. The shares were sold at an average price of $94.57, for a total transaction of $26,597,812.50. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link.

CoreWeave Price Performance

CRWV stock traded down $7.89 during trading on Friday, hitting $89.25. The stock had a trading volume of 46,236,301 shares, compared to its average volume of 27,276,576. CoreWeave Inc. has a twelve month low of $33.51 and a twelve month high of $187.00. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $86.50 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $101.09. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.66, a current ratio of 0.49 and a quick ratio of 0.49. The stock has a market capitalization of $34.49 billion and a P/E ratio of -61.55.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On CoreWeave

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in CRWV. Sivia Capital Partners LLC acquired a new position in shares of CoreWeave in the 2nd quarter valued at $39,824,000. D.A. Davidson & CO. acquired a new position in shares of CoreWeave in the second quarter worth about $560,000. Strategic Blueprint LLC acquired a new position in shares of CoreWeave in the second quarter worth about $1,709,000. Bleakley Financial Group LLC purchased a new position in shares of CoreWeave in the second quarter worth approximately $3,343,000. Finally, Carnegie Investment Counsel acquired a new stake in shares of CoreWeave during the second quarter valued at approximately $15,073,000.

Key Headlines Impacting CoreWeave

Here are the key news stories impacting CoreWeave this week:

• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA kept CoreWeave in its Q4 2025 13F holdings, signaling continued confidence from a key AI‑infrastructure player; that institutional backing is a tailwind for CRWV. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst/retail pieces highlight CoreWeave’s strong revenue growth and market positioning for AI compute, supporting longer‑term upside narratives even amid near‑term volatility. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: Short‑interest reports in the feed show zero or negligible values (likely reporting artifacts), so there’s no clear short squeeze/covering dynamic apparent from the data.
• Neutral Sentiment: Market commentary notes investors are cautious ahead of CoreWeave’s upcoming earnings, which can amplify moves in either direction depending on results and guidance. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Multiple law firms have filed or issued notices about securities‑fraud class actions alleging that CoreWeave misled the market about its ability to scale and meet guidance; a wave of filings and reminder notices increases legal risk and potential costs. Read More. and Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Report that Blue Owl Capital is struggling to secure debt financing for a $4B JV data‑center project spooked investors because that JV is material to CoreWeave’s capacity expansion and revenue outlook. Financing uncertainty raises execution and timing risk. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Insider selling: a senior insider disclosed large share sales in mid‑February (multiple filings), which can be interpreted as reduced insider exposure and contributes to downward pressure. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Articles highlighting CoreWeave’s high leverage (reported ~ $29B debt) versus backlog raise solvency and cash‑flow concerns; heavy debt amplifies downside if growth or financing slows. Read More.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of brokerages have recently commented on CRWV. UBS Group reaffirmed a “neutral” rating on shares of CoreWeave in a research report on Friday, January 16th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft raised shares of CoreWeave from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and increased their price objective for the company from $100.00 to $140.00 in a research note on Tuesday, January 27th. Compass Point began coverage on CoreWeave in a research report on Thursday, November 13th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $150.00 price objective for the company. Loop Capital dropped their target price on shares of CoreWeave from $165.00 to $120.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, November 12th. Finally, Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “sell (d-)” rating on shares of CoreWeave in a research note on Monday, December 29th. Seventeen research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, twelve have issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, CoreWeave presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $125.45.

About CoreWeave

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.