CoreWeave (NASDAQ:CRWV) Insider Brian Venturo Sells 912,122 Shares

CoreWeave Inc. (NASDAQ:CRWV) insider Brian Venturo sold 912,122 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, April 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $79.18, for a total transaction of $72,221,819.96. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider owned 285,327 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $22,592,191.86. This trade represents a 76.17% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

CoreWeave Stock Performance

Shares of CoreWeave stock remained flat at $82.24 during trading on Friday. 20,892,846 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 22,327,866. The stock has a market capitalization of $34.46 billion and a price-to-earnings ratio of -25.70. CoreWeave Inc. has a 52-week low of $33.51 and a 52-week high of $187.00. The company’s 50 day moving average price is $86.53 and its 200-day moving average price is $96.10. 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 (NASDAQ:CRWV) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 26th. The company reported ($0.89) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($0.61) by ($0.28). CoreWeave had a negative net margin of 22.75% and a negative return on equity of 33.82%. The business had revenue of $1.57 billion for the quarter. CoreWeave’s revenue for the quarter was up 110.4% on a year-over-year basis.

Institutional Trading of CoreWeave

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Cornerstone Planning Group LLC lifted its holdings in shares of CoreWeave by 272.8% in the 4th quarter. Cornerstone Planning Group LLC now owns 343 shares of the company’s stock worth $25,000 after acquiring an additional 251 shares during the last quarter. Family Legacy Financial Solutions LLC raised its position in CoreWeave by 166.7% in the 3rd quarter. Family Legacy Financial Solutions LLC now owns 200 shares of the company’s stock worth $27,000 after purchasing an additional 125 shares during the period. HighMark Wealth Management LLC purchased a new position in CoreWeave in the 3rd quarter worth $27,000. OLD Second National Bank of Aurora purchased a new stake in CoreWeave during the third quarter valued at about $27,000. Finally, KERR FINANCIAL PLANNING Corp purchased a new stake in CoreWeave during the third quarter valued at about $27,000.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several brokerages have recently commented on CRWV. Cantor Fitzgerald reissued an “overweight” rating and set a $131.00 price objective on shares of CoreWeave in a report on Friday, February 27th. Jefferies Financial Group dropped their target price on shares of CoreWeave from $155.00 to $120.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Monday, January 5th. Weiss Ratings reissued a “sell (d-)” rating on shares of CoreWeave in a research note on Monday, December 29th. Barclays decreased their price target on shares of CoreWeave from $120.00 to $90.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a report on Monday, January 12th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group began coverage on shares of CoreWeave in a report on Monday, January 12th. They set a “neutral” rating and a $86.00 price objective for the company. Nineteen analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eleven have issued a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $121.06.

Key Headlines Impacting CoreWeave

Here are the key news stories impacting CoreWeave this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Landmark GPU?backed financing: CoreWeave closed an up?to $8.5 billion loan facility backed by GPUs and customer contracts, which investors view as lowering near?term funding risk and providing capital to scale GPU capacity. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Institutional and analyst support: Bank of America resumed coverage with a Buy and $100 price target, highlighting AI infrastructure opportunity and reinforcing bullish conviction among some institutional investors. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Bullish backlog/revenue thesis: A Seeking Alpha note reiterated a Buy, citing a large committed backlog and aggressive 2026/2027 revenue targets that, if achieved, support long?term growth and attach?rate expansion. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: Mixed analyst views and caution: Some brokers (Stifel: Hold) and deep?dive pieces praise the financing but flag leverage and valuation, producing a mixed institutional tone that could limit broad upside. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Deal pull?back raises strategy questions: CoreWeave ended its Poolside partnership, prompting questions about execution and how the company plans to translate pipeline into diversified, profitable revenue. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Insider and executive selling: Multiple insiders, including director/executive Brannin McBee and the CEO, have sold large blocks of shares in late March (collective disclosures total millions in proceeds), which can signal near?term liquidity needs or reduce insider conviction for some investors. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: High leverage and customer concentration risk: Analysis flags CoreWeave’s roughly $21 billion debt load and heavy exposure to a small set of large customers (OpenAI/others). Interest expense is a material drag on cash flow, increasing risk if end?customer spending slows. Read More.

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.