CoreWeave (NASDAQ:CRWV) Stock Price Down 5.5% – What’s Next?

CoreWeave Inc. (NASDAQ:CRWV) dropped 5.5% during mid-day trading on Tuesday . The stock traded as low as $70.37 and last traded at $73.78. Approximately 24,422,330 shares traded hands during mid-day trading, a decline of 12% from the average daily volume of 27,803,930 shares. The stock had previously closed at $78.05.

CoreWeave News Roundup

Here are the key news stories impacting CoreWeave this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Strong top‑line growth and backlog: CoreWeave reported 2025 revenue acceleration and a very large contracted backlog that supports long‑term demand for AI infrastructure, which underpins the bull case. CoreWeave (CRWV) Is Down 12.4% After Massive 2026 Capex Plan And Ongoing Losses – Has The Bull Case Changed?
• Positive Sentiment: Some analysts remain constructive — HC Wainwright reaffirmed a Buy with a $180 PT and several firms have reiterated Overweight/Market Outperform ratings, giving investors at least some analyst support. HC Wainwright rating note
• Neutral Sentiment: Market commentary and “buy‑the‑dip” pieces are debating whether the selloff is an opportunity or a value trap — useful reading but mixed conclusions for timing a purchase. CoreWeave Stock: 7 Critical Questions Every Investor Should Ask Before Buying the CRWV Dip
• Neutral Sentiment: Longer‑term bull pieces urge focus on prospects (capacity buildout for AI) rather than short‑term growing pains — view varies by investor time horizon. CoreWeave: Focus On Prospects, Not Growing Pains
• Negative Sentiment: Disappointing Q4 results — EPS missed, a $452M Q4 net loss and soft guidance — triggered the initial large selloff and are the primary drivers of today’s weakness. CoreWeave (CRWV) Stock Plummets 28% Following Disappointing Q4 Report – Worth Buying Now?
• Negative Sentiment: Massive 2026 capex plan (reported at roughly $30–35B) raises financing, leverage and execution risk — several outlets flag increased cash burn and balance‑sheet pressure. CoreWeave (CRWV) Is Down 12.4% After Massive 2026 Capex Plan And Ongoing Losses – Has The Bull Case Changed?
• Negative Sentiment: Analyst cuts/follow‑on estimate reductions: Citi lowered estimates after the quarter and some banks trimmed price targets, adding downward pressure. Citi lowers estimates on CoreWeave following its Q4 results
• Negative Sentiment: Significant legal overhang — multiple securities‑fraud class actions and numerous law‑firm deadline alerts (lead‑plaintiff deadline March 13) increase litigation risk and uncertainty for shareholders. Pomerantz class action filing

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities research analysts recently weighed in on the company. Cantor Fitzgerald reissued an “overweight” rating and set a $131.00 target price on shares of CoreWeave in a research report on Friday. Barclays reduced their price objective on CoreWeave from $120.00 to $90.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research report on Monday, January 12th. Mizuho lowered their price objective on CoreWeave from $100.00 to $95.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday. Evercore cut their target price on CoreWeave from $175.00 to $160.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, November 11th. Finally, Weiss Ratings reiterated a “sell (d-)” rating on shares of CoreWeave in a research note on Monday, December 29th. Seventeen equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, twelve have assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, CoreWeave currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $124.34.

CoreWeave Price Performance

The company has a 50-day moving average of $88.74 and a 200 day moving average of $99.33. 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 has a market cap of $28.51 billion and a P/E ratio of -23.06.

CoreWeave (NASDAQ:CRWV) last announced its quarterly 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 company had revenue of $1.57 billion during the quarter. CoreWeave had a negative net margin of 22.75% and a negative return on equity of 35.39%. The company’s revenue was up 110.4% compared to the same quarter last year.

Insider Buying and Selling at CoreWeave

In other CoreWeave news, CEO Michael N. Intrator sold 32,456 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, February 25th. The shares were sold at an average price of $99.95, for a total value of $3,243,977.20. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 5,731,412 shares in the company, valued at $572,854,629.40. The trade was a 0.56% 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 Jeff Baker sold 2,374 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 $215,630.42. Following the sale, the insider directly owned 41,275 shares in the company, valued at $3,749,008.25. This represents a 5.44% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders have sold a total of 4,418,620 shares of company stock worth $379,199,479 over the last ninety days.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On CoreWeave

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its position in CoreWeave by 275.6% in the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 27,920,979 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,999,421,000 after purchasing an additional 20,487,478 shares during the last quarter. Proficio Capital Partners LLC grew its holdings in shares of CoreWeave by 446,194.0% during the third quarter. Proficio Capital Partners LLC now owns 17,851,760 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,443,013,000 after purchasing an additional 17,847,760 shares during the last quarter. Deutsche Bank AG increased its stake in shares of CoreWeave by 22,624.0% in the fourth quarter. Deutsche Bank AG now owns 3,812,856 shares of the company’s stock valued at $273,039,000 after buying an additional 3,796,077 shares in the last quarter. Altimeter Capital Management LP bought a new position in shares of CoreWeave in the fourth quarter valued at about $230,099,000. Finally, Alyeska Investment Group L.P. lifted its position in CoreWeave by 300.0% during the 4th quarter. Alyeska Investment Group L.P. now owns 4,000,000 shares of the company’s stock worth $286,440,000 after buying an additional 3,000,000 shares in the last quarter.

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.