CoreWeave (NASDAQ:CRWV) Stock Price Down 2.5% Following Insider Selling

CoreWeave Inc. (NASDAQ:CRWV) shares traded down 2.5% during mid-day trading on Wednesday following insider selling activity. The company traded as low as $88.85 and last traded at $90.87. 26,407,295 shares changed hands during mid-day trading, a decline of 9% from the average session volume of 28,943,621 shares. The stock had previously closed at $93.17.

Specifically, EVP Chen Goldberg sold 6,397 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, August 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $106.11, for a total transaction of $678,785.67. Following the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 64,869 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $6,883,249.59. The trade was a 8.98% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, insider Brannin Mcbee sold 50,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, August 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of $106.08, for a total value of $5,304,000.00. Following the sale, the insider owned 467,263 shares in the company, valued at approximately $49,567,259.04. This trade represents a 9.67% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. In other news, insider Brannin Mcbee sold 144,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, August 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $106.08, for a total value of $15,275,520.00. Following the completion of the sale, the insider directly owned 323,263 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $34,291,739.04. This trade represents a 30.82% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of brokerages have recently commented on CRWV. Mizuho lifted their target price on CoreWeave from $100.00 to $115.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Wednesday, August 12th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their price target on CoreWeave from $105.00 to $110.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Tuesday, August 11th. DA Davidson reaffirmed a “neutral” rating and set a $100.00 price objective (down from $175.00) on shares of CoreWeave in a research note on Monday, May 18th. Rosenblatt Securities reiterated a “buy” rating and set a $250.00 price objective on shares of CoreWeave in a research report on Wednesday, August 12th. Finally, Barclays increased their target price on shares of CoreWeave from $90.00 to $105.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Thursday, August 13th. Twenty-one equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, ten have given a Hold rating and three have assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $141.57.

CoreWeave News Summary

Here are the key news stories impacting CoreWeave this week:

• Positive Sentiment: CoreWeave announced a multiyear agreement with Hudson River Trading to provide AI research infrastructure powered by NVIDIA’s Vera Rubin platform and Spectrum-X networking. The deal expands CoreWeave’s exposure to quantitative finance and could improve visibility for specialized AI-cloud demand. Hudson River Trading to Build Next-Gen Research Platform Powered by NVIDIA Vera Rubin NVL72 on CoreWeave Cloud
• Positive Sentiment: Recent operating data remains strong: quarterly revenue more than doubled year over year to approximately $2.6 billion, while the reported backlog reached $104.2 billion. A bullish analyst view cited improving margins, operating leverage and robust AI infrastructure demand, although financing risks remain material. CoreWeave: Strong Buy, But Debt And Dilution Risk Is Real
• Neutral Sentiment: Martin Shkreli reportedly covered his CoreWeave short position after holding it for about a week. The move may reduce one source of short-selling pressure, but it does not change the company’s fundamentals. Martin Shkreli Covered CoreWeave Short Position
• Negative Sentiment: CEO Michael Intrator sold 307,692 shares for approximately $29.5 million. The transactions were executed under a prearranged Rule 10b5-1 plan, which limits their value as a signal of management’s outlook, but the size and timing of the sales are weighing on investor sentiment. CoreWeave Stock Plunges Following CEO’s Share Sale
• Negative Sentiment: Bearish commentary argues that CoreWeave’s debt-heavy model may be vulnerable to shifting market conditions, higher financing costs and potential overspending or excess capacity across the AI data-center industry. Northland Securities still expects losses through fiscal 2027, forecasting fiscal 2026 EPS of $(5.50) and fiscal 2027 EPS of $(3.18). CoreWeave: A Highly Leveraged Model That Will Not Survive Shifting Market Conditions

CoreWeave Trading Down 2.1%

The stock has a fifty day moving average of $90.25 and a 200-day moving average of $94.79. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 5.53, a quick ratio of 0.46 and a current ratio of 0.46. The company has a market cap of $40.31 billion, a PE ratio of -24.07 and a beta of 7.44.

CoreWeave (NASDAQ:CRWV) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, August 11th. The company reported ($1.14) earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of ($1.52) by $0.38. CoreWeave had a negative return on equity of 47.95% and a negative net margin of 25.41%.The business had revenue of $2.58 billion for the quarter. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned ($0.27) EPS. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 112.5% on a year-over-year basis. Sell-side analysts anticipate that CoreWeave Inc. will post -5.37 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted 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 purchasing an additional 20,487,478 shares during the last quarter. Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank boosted its position in shares of CoreWeave by 6,022.0% in the 4th quarter. Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank now owns 112,768 shares of the company’s stock worth $8,075,000 after purchasing an additional 110,926 shares in the last quarter. Legal & General Group Plc grew its stake in CoreWeave by 8,455.6% during the 4th quarter. Legal & General Group Plc now owns 611,301 shares of the company’s stock worth $43,775,000 after buying an additional 604,156 shares during the last quarter. Broad Peak Investment Advisers Pte Ltd purchased a new position in CoreWeave during the 4th quarter worth $15,539,000. Finally, Bank of New York Mellon Corp increased its position in CoreWeave by 12.6% during the 1st quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 353,702 shares of the company’s stock valued at $27,401,000 after buying an additional 39,599 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.