Brian Venturo Sells 375,000 Shares of CoreWeave (NASDAQ:CRWV) Stock

CoreWeave Inc. (NASDAQ:CRWV) insider Brian Venturo sold 375,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, May 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $126.78, for a total value of $47,542,500.00. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

CoreWeave Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:CRWV traded up $10.09 during trading on Wednesday, hitting $137.98. 31,531,115 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 27,782,430. The company has a market capitalization of $61.12 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -43.12 and a beta of 7.84. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 4.46, a quick ratio of 0.46 and a current ratio of 0.46. CoreWeave Inc. has a 1-year low of $50.18 and a 1-year high of $187.00. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $93.59 and its 200-day simple moving average is $92.40.

CoreWeave (NASDAQ:CRWV) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, February 26th. The company reported ($0.89) EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($0.61) by ($0.28). The firm had revenue of $1.57 billion during the quarter. CoreWeave had a negative return on equity of 33.82% and a negative net margin of 22.75%.CoreWeave’s revenue was up 110.4% compared to the same quarter last year. Sell-side analysts expect that CoreWeave Inc. will post -4.15 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of brokerages have commented on CRWV. Jefferies Financial Group raised their price target on shares of CoreWeave from $120.00 to $160.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday. Cantor Fitzgerald raised their target price on CoreWeave from $149.00 to $156.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, April 16th. Citigroup boosted their price target on CoreWeave from $126.00 to $155.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, May 1st. HC Wainwright reiterated a “buy” rating and set a $180.00 price objective on shares of CoreWeave in a research note on Monday, March 2nd. Finally, Evercore reiterated an “outperform” rating and issued a $150.00 price objective on shares of CoreWeave in a research report on Wednesday, April 15th. Twenty equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eleven have given a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $127.94.

Institutional Trading of CoreWeave

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in CRWV. KERR FINANCIAL PLANNING Corp acquired a new position in shares of CoreWeave in the 3rd quarter valued at $27,000. Aspect Partners LLC bought a new stake in CoreWeave in the third quarter valued at about $28,000. Rothschild Investment LLC lifted its stake in CoreWeave by 10,700.0% in the third quarter. Rothschild Investment LLC now owns 216 shares of the company’s stock valued at $30,000 after buying an additional 214 shares during the period. Marshall & Sterling Wealth Advisors Inc. acquired a new position in CoreWeave in the third quarter valued at about $30,000. Finally, UMB Bank n.a. bought a new position in CoreWeave during the third quarter worth about $34,000.

Trending Headlines about CoreWeave

Here are the key news stories impacting CoreWeave this week:

• Positive Sentiment: CoreWeave secured a $3.1 billion loan facility that is supported by roughly $15 billion of customer orders/backlog — this materially increases near‑term revenue visibility and is a primary bullish catalyst for the stock. CoreWeave Draws $15 Billion In Orders For $3.1 Billion AI Loan
• Positive Sentiment: CoreWeave expanded a long‑term AI infrastructure agreement with Meta, extending contracted visibility through 2032 and increasing its hyperscaler backlog — deeper hyperscaler commitments support pricing and utilization. CoreWeave–Meta deal deepens ties
• Positive Sentiment: Product expansion — CoreWeave broadened its SUNK capabilities to simplify large‑scale AI training deployments across multi‑cloud and on‑prem, which can accelerate customer onboarding and upsell. CoreWeave Expands SUNK Capabilities
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst/market momentum — previews and price‑target upgrades plus bullish technical setups ahead of earnings have drawn inflows and momentum traders into CRWV. (See Q1 previews and price‑momentum commentary.) CoreWeave Q1 Preview — Analysts Want Record Revenue
• Neutral Sentiment: Macro/momentum backdrop — lower market volatility and rotation into tech (VIX slide) are helping AI names broadly; this is a market‑level tailwind rather than company‑specific news. CBOE VIX Slides Toward 17
• Neutral Sentiment: Market commentary/features (Zacks, Blockonomi) are flagging CoreWeave as a high‑growth AI infrastructure play into earnings — increases visibility but is not new fundamental news. Zacks Investment Ideas Feature
• Negative Sentiment: Large insider/major holder selling — Magnetar Financial has been unloading material blocks (recent filings show multi‑million dollar sales), which can increase supply and weigh on sentiment into the Q1 report. SEC Filing — Magnetar sale
• Negative Sentiment: Notable fund selling — ARK/ Cathie Wood trimmed ~ $11.8M of CRWV shortly before earnings, adding to concerns about near‑term distribution from large holders. Cathie Wood sells $11.8M in CRWV
• Negative Sentiment: Analyst downgrade/preview caution — a Seeking Alpha preview flagged a rating downgrade risk ahead of Q1, and coverage highlights profitability pressures and heavy leverage as execution risks that could punish the stock if guidance disappoints. CoreWeave Q1 Earnings Preview (Rating Downgrade)

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.