Insider Selling: CoreWeave (NASDAQ:CRWV) Insider Sells 65,940 Shares of Stock

CoreWeave Inc. (NASDAQ:CRWV) insider Brian Venturo sold 65,940 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, December 31st. The stock was sold at an average price of $72.57, for a total value of $4,785,265.80. Following the sale, the insider owned 276,053 shares in the company, valued at $20,033,166.21. The trade was a 19.28% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website.

CoreWeave Trading Up 10.8%

CRWV traded up $7.71 during mid-day trading on Friday, reaching $79.32. The stock had a trading volume of 29,992,488 shares, compared to its average volume of 26,053,210. The stock has a market capitalization of $30.65 billion and a P/E ratio of -54.70. CoreWeave Inc. has a 52 week low of $33.51 and a 52 week high of $187.00. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.66, a quick ratio of 0.49 and a current ratio of 0.49. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $87.52 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $113.30.

CoreWeave (NASDAQ:CRWV) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Monday, November 10th. The company reported ($0.22) EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.36) by $0.14. The company had revenue of $1.36 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.28 billion. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 133.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm earned ($1.82) earnings per share.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On CoreWeave

Several hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of CRWV. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. bought a new stake in shares of CoreWeave in the 1st quarter valued at $963,000. Howard Financial Services LTD. bought a new stake in CoreWeave during the second quarter valued at $489,000. McAlister Sweet & Associates Inc. bought a new stake in CoreWeave during the second quarter valued at $277,000. Thurston Springer Miller Herd & Titak Inc. acquired a new position in CoreWeave in the second quarter valued at approximately $117,000. Finally, Wesbanco Bank Inc. purchased a new position in CoreWeave during the second quarter worth about $212,000.

CoreWeave News Roundup

Here are the key news stories impacting CoreWeave this week:

• Positive Sentiment: High-profile bullish commentary highlights sustained AI data‑center demand and long-term upside potential: Jim Cramer publicly called CRWV being down “silly,” which can support retail interest and buying. Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst/retail pieces emphasize CoreWeave’s strong revenue growth and AI-specific positioning — narratives that support higher multiple expectations if growth continues. Article Title Article Title
• Neutral Sentiment: Valuation/assumption scrutiny: a Seeking Alpha note flags an unusually long 12‑year server useful‑life assumption used in some models — this raises modeling risk but isn’t an operational update. Article Title
• Neutral Sentiment: Increased retail attention: CoreWeave dominated U.S. Google “stock” searches in 2025 — higher attention can amplify moves in either direction. Article Title
• Negative Sentiment: Multiple securities‑law investigations have been announced (Kessler Topaz, Kaplan Fox and Pomerantz), which increases legal, disclosure and settlement risk and weighs on investor sentiment. Article Title Article Title Article Title
• Negative Sentiment: Significant insider selling: SEC filings show large sales by insider Brannin McBee across late December (aggregate disclosed transactions totaling millions), which market participants often view as a negative signal; press coverage ties the sales to short‑term pressure on the stock. SEC Filing Article Title
• Negative Sentiment: Near‑term share weakness and market cap decline: commentary and reporting (Forbes) note a multi‑day losing streak and sizable market‑cap erosion in the last week, reinforcing negative momentum. Article Title

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of analysts have recently weighed in on CRWV shares. Citigroup reiterated a “buy” rating and set a $135.00 target price (down from $192.00) on shares of CoreWeave in a research report on Friday, December 19th. Raymond James Financial started coverage on shares of CoreWeave in a research report on Monday, September 15th. They issued an “outperform” rating and a $130.00 target price for the company. Loop Capital reduced 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. Bank of America decreased their price objective on shares of CoreWeave from $168.00 to $140.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, November 11th. Finally, Mizuho set a $92.00 target price on CoreWeave in a research note on Tuesday, December 16th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, seventeen have issued a Buy rating, twelve have issued a Hold rating and three have assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $127.70.

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.