Michael Intrator Sells 13,129 Shares of CoreWeave (NASDAQ:CRWV) Stock

CoreWeave Inc. (NASDAQ:CRWV) CEO Michael Intrator sold 13,129 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, August 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $91.88, for a total value of $1,206,292.52. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 1,687,129 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $155,013,412.52. This trade represents a 0.77% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. The sale was made to cover tax withholding obligations related to the vesting of equity awards.

CoreWeave Trading Down 2.1%

CRWV opened at $87.85 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $40.31 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -24.07 and a beta of 7.44. The company has a quick ratio of 0.46, a current ratio of 0.46 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 5.53. CoreWeave Inc. has a twelve month low of $60.55 and a twelve month high of $153.20. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $89.99 and a 200 day simple moving average of $94.74.

CoreWeave (NASDAQ:CRWV) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, August 11th. The company reported ($1.14) EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of ($1.52) by $0.38. CoreWeave had a negative net margin of 25.41% and a negative return on equity of 47.95%. The company had revenue of $2.58 billion during the quarter. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted ($0.27) earnings per share. CoreWeave’s quarterly revenue was up 112.5% compared to the same quarter last year. Analysts predict that CoreWeave Inc. will post -5.17 EPS for the current fiscal year.

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

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities research analysts have weighed in on the company. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their target price on CoreWeave from $105.00 to $110.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Tuesday, August 11th. Citigroup upped their price objective on CoreWeave from $142.00 to $159.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, August 14th. Roth Capital set a $145.00 price objective on CoreWeave in a research note on Thursday, August 13th. Jefferies Financial Group cut CoreWeave from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 22nd. Finally, Oppenheimer boosted their target price on CoreWeave from $140.00 to $150.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, April 29th. Twenty-one research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, ten have issued a Hold rating and three have assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $141.57.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of CRWV. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of CoreWeave by 275.6% during the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 27,920,979 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,999,421,000 after acquiring an additional 20,487,478 shares in the last quarter. Proficio Capital Partners LLC grew its position in CoreWeave by 446,194.0% during the 3rd quarter. Proficio Capital Partners LLC now owns 17,851,760 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,443,013,000 after acquiring an additional 17,847,760 shares during the last quarter. Alyeska Investment Group L.P. increased its holdings in CoreWeave by 55.7% in the 2nd 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. Deutsche Bank AG increased its holdings in CoreWeave by 22,624.0% in the 4th quarter. Deutsche Bank AG now owns 3,812,856 shares of the company’s stock worth $273,039,000 after purchasing an additional 3,796,077 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Altimeter Capital Management LP bought a new position in CoreWeave in the fourth quarter valued at about $230,099,000.

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.