CoreWeave (NASDAQ:CRWV) Insider Sells $115,401.28 in Stock

CoreWeave Inc. (NASDAQ:CRWV) insider Jeff Baker sold 1,256 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, August 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $91.88, for a total transaction of $115,401.28. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider directly owned 8,337 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $766,003.56. This represents a 13.09% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. The sale was made to cover tax withholding obligations related to the vesting of equity awards.

Jeff Baker also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Wednesday, July 29th, Jeff Baker sold 6,455 shares of CoreWeave stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $66.51, for a total transaction of $429,322.05.
• On Tuesday, June 30th, Jeff Baker sold 4 shares of CoreWeave stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $95.69, for a total value of $382.76.

CoreWeave Stock Performance

Shares of CoreWeave stock opened at $87.85 on Monday. CoreWeave Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $60.55 and a fifty-two week high of $153.20. The business’s fifty day moving average is $89.99 and its two-hundred day moving average is $94.79. The company has a quick ratio of 0.46, a current ratio of 0.46 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 5.53. The firm has a market cap of $40.31 billion, a PE ratio of -24.07 and a beta of 7.45.

CoreWeave (NASDAQ:CRWV) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, August 11th. The company reported ($1.14) EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of ($1.52) by $0.38. The business had revenue of $2.58 billion during the quarter. CoreWeave had a negative return on equity of 47.95% and a negative net margin of 25.41%.CoreWeave’s revenue for the quarter was up 112.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned ($0.27) EPS. Analysts anticipate that CoreWeave Inc. will post -5.17 earnings per share for the current year.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several equities analysts recently commented on the stock. Robert W. Baird upped their price target on shares of CoreWeave from $100.00 to $130.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, August 12th. Raymond James Financial downgraded CoreWeave from a “moderate buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Wednesday, July 22nd. Cantor Fitzgerald set a $176.00 target price on CoreWeave and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday, August 12th. UBS Group reissued an “underperform” rating on shares of CoreWeave in a research report on Wednesday, August 12th. Finally, Barclays raised their price objective on CoreWeave from $90.00 to $105.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Thursday, August 13th. Twenty-one analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, ten have issued a Hold rating and three have issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, CoreWeave presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $141.57.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On CoreWeave

A number of large investors have recently modified their holdings of CRWV. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its position in CoreWeave by 275.6% during the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 27,920,979 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,999,421,000 after acquiring an additional 20,487,478 shares in the last quarter. Proficio Capital Partners LLC raised its stake 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 valued at $2,443,013,000 after purchasing an additional 17,847,760 shares during the period. Alyeska Investment Group L.P. lifted its position in shares of CoreWeave by 55.7% during the second quarter. Alyeska Investment Group L.P. now owns 10,891,267 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,084,117,000 after purchasing an additional 3,897,741 shares in the last quarter. Bank of America Corp DE boosted its stake in shares of CoreWeave by 13.1% in the first quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 5,652,129 shares of the company’s stock valued at $437,870,000 after purchasing an additional 653,398 shares during the period. Finally, Clear Street Group Inc. boosted its stake in shares of CoreWeave by 57.2% in the fourth quarter. Clear Street Group Inc. now owns 4,653,815 shares of the company’s stock valued at $333,260,000 after purchasing an additional 1,692,916 shares during the period.

More CoreWeave News

Here are the key news stories impacting CoreWeave this week:

• Positive Sentiment: CoreWeave announced a multiyear agreement with Hudson River Trading (HRT) to provide AI infrastructure for trading research and model development. The deal reportedly could be worth billions and will use NVIDIA’s next-generation Vera Rubin NVL72 platform and Spectrum-X networking, expanding CoreWeave’s exposure to financial-services customers and supporting demand visibility. Hudson River Trading agreement
• Positive Sentiment: Analysts continue to point to CoreWeave’s powerful growth: recent quarterly revenue rose 112.5% year over year to $2.58 billion, while its backlog reached more than $104 billion. A bullish research view cited improving margins, operating leverage and strong AI demand, although it acknowledged capital-intensity risks. CoreWeave growth and valuation analysis
• Neutral Sentiment: Short seller Martin Shkreli reportedly covered his CoreWeave position after holding it for roughly a week. The move removes one source of short-selling pressure but is not necessarily a bullish signal, particularly as the stock continued to face broader volatility. Martin Shkreli covers CoreWeave short
• Negative Sentiment: CEO Michael Intrator sold 307,692 shares for approximately $29.5 million at an average price of $95.72. The sales were made under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plan, and he still owns a significant stake, but the size of the transaction weighed on sentiment and raised concerns about insider selling. CoreWeave CEO share sale
• Negative Sentiment: Bearish commentary argues that CoreWeave’s highly leveraged business model could struggle if AI infrastructure spending slows, capacity becomes excessive or interest rates remain elevated. With a debt-to-equity ratio above 5 and negative earnings, investors remain sensitive to funding costs, dilution risk and the company’s path to profitability. CoreWeave leverage and market risks
• Negative Sentiment: Northland Securities’ estimates show continued losses through 2027, including projected fiscal 2026 EPS of negative $5.50 and fiscal 2027 EPS of negative $3.18, although the firm expects a return to quarterly profitability in the fourth quarter of 2027. CoreWeave analyst estimates

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.