CoreWeave’s (CRWV) “Market Outperform” Rating Reaffirmed at Citizens Jmp

Citizens Jmp reiterated their market outperform rating on shares of CoreWeave (NASDAQ:CRWV) in a report issued on Friday morning,Benzinga reports. Citizens Jmp currently has a $180.00 price objective on the stock.

A number of other brokerages have also weighed in on CRWV. Weiss Ratings restated a “sell (d-)” rating on shares of CoreWeave in a report on Monday, December 29th. Truist Financial initiated coverage on shares of CoreWeave in a research note on Tuesday, January 6th. They issued a “hold” rating and a $84.00 price target for the company. Barclays reduced their price objective on CoreWeave from $120.00 to $90.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, January 12th. Roth Mkm reiterated a “buy” rating on shares of CoreWeave in a report on Monday. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft upgraded CoreWeave from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and increased their target price for the company from $100.00 to $140.00 in a report on Tuesday, January 27th. Seventeen investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, twelve have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $124.34.

CoreWeave Price Performance

Shares of CRWV traded down $18.07 during midday trading on Friday, reaching $79.56. The stock had a trading volume of 67,753,761 shares, compared to its average volume of 22,380,874. The company has a current ratio of 0.49, a quick ratio of 0.49 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.66. The company has a market capitalization of $30.74 billion and a price-to-earnings ratio of -24.86. The company’s 50-day moving average is $88.88 and its 200 day moving average is $99.95. CoreWeave has a 12-month low of $33.51 and a 12-month high of $187.00.

CoreWeave (NASDAQ:CRWV) last released its earnings results on Thursday, February 26th. The company reported ($0.89) earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates 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 35.39% and a negative net margin of 22.75%.The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 110.4% on a year-over-year basis.

Insider Activity

In other CoreWeave news, insider Brian M. Venturo sold 281,250 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on 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 filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, CEO Michael N. Intrator sold 111,427 shares of the firm’s 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 completion of the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 5,922,620 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $428,738,461.80. This represents a 1.85% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Over the last three months, insiders have sold 4,650,896 shares of company stock valued at $397,218,577.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On CoreWeave

Institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Alpine Global Management LLC boosted its position in CoreWeave by 34,895.7% during the 4th quarter. Alpine Global Management LLC now owns 8,049 shares of the company’s stock valued at $576,000 after acquiring an additional 8,026 shares in the last quarter. MidFirst Bank bought a new position in shares of CoreWeave in the 4th quarter worth approximately $117,000. Floyd Financial Group LLC lifted its stake in shares of CoreWeave by 111.0% in the 4th quarter. Floyd Financial Group LLC now owns 16,748 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,199,000 after purchasing an additional 8,809 shares during the period. Virtu Financial LLC bought a new stake in shares of CoreWeave during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $11,907,000. Finally, Mcguire Capital Advisors Inc. bought a new stake in shares of CoreWeave during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $105,000.

Key Headlines Impacting CoreWeave

Here are the key news stories impacting CoreWeave this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Very strong demand/backlog and revenue growth: Q4 revenue was $1.57B (+~110% YoY) and fiscal 2025 revenue topped ~$5.1B; backlog expanded to roughly $66.8B and management guided FY‑2026 revenue to ~$12–13B, underscoring continued AI-driven demand. CoreWeave: From Growth Story To Capital Story
• Positive Sentiment: Beat on revenue and product progress: CoreWeave topped revenue estimates and launched services (e.g., object storage) while highlighting capacity ramps that should convert backlog into revenue over time. CoreWeave Reports Strong Q4 and FY2025 Results
• Neutral Sentiment: Mixed analyst action — some firms raised targets or reaffirmed overweight/Buy ratings while others trimmed targets or moved to Neutral/Hold; overall street targets remain elevated but commentary is cautious on debt and spending. Reuters: CapEx doubles, market reaction
• Neutral Sentiment: Investor events scheduled — management will present at Morgan Stanley and Cantor investor conferences (early March), offering opportunities for further color on capex plans and timelines. Investor conference notice
• Negative Sentiment: Earnings miss on EPS and wider GAAP loss: Q4 EPS of ($0.89) missed consensus and GAAP loss widened; interest expense jumped materially, pressuring near-term profitability despite strong adjusted EBITDA. MarketBeat: Q4 results
• Negative Sentiment: Big increase in capital spending and debt — management signaled a large CapEx program (management cited $30–$35B CapEx) and financing moves (loan syndication/equity support reported). The planned doubling of capex stoked margin concerns and heightened execution risk. Reuters: CapEx doubles, margin concerns
• Negative Sentiment: Multiple securities-class-action filings and broad law-firm notices alleging disclosure failures about data-center/infrastructure risks — legal risk and headline pressure add to near-term volatility. Hagens Berman class action notice
• Negative Sentiment: Market reaction and management defense: Shares fell sharply on the combination of EPS miss, heavy capex guidance and debt; CEO publicly defended the accelerated buildout but investor skepticism over capital intensity and execution remains high. CNBC: CEO defends spending

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.