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CoreWeave (NASDAQ:CRWV) Trading Down 5.9% - Time to Sell?

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Key Points

  • Shares fell 5.9% to $95.22 (intraday low $93.13) amid heightened volatility after a recent AI‑driven weekly surge of about 26%, with trading volume roughly in line with recent averages.
  • Multiple firms have launched investor solicitations and the Pomerantz firm filed a formal class action alleging securities violations tied to delays at the Denton OpenAI build, increasing potential liability and execution/counterparty risk.
  • CoreWeave posted strong revenue growth (revenue +133.7% YoY and a quarterly beat) but still has negative EPS, high leverage (debt/equity 2.66), weak liquidity (quick/current ratios 0.49), heavy recent insider selling (~7.84M shares, ~$880M), and a consensus analyst rating of Hold with an average target of $123.81.
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Shares of CoreWeave Inc. (NASDAQ:CRWV - Get Free Report) were down 5.9% during trading on Tuesday . The company traded as low as $93.13 and last traded at $95.22. Approximately 26,323,815 shares traded hands during trading, a decline of 7% from the average daily volume of 28,172,551 shares. The stock had previously closed at $101.23.

Key Headlines Impacting CoreWeave

Here are the key news stories impacting CoreWeave this week:

Analyst Ratings Changes

CRWV has been the subject of a number of research reports. Citigroup reaffirmed a "buy" rating and set a $135.00 price target (down from $192.00) on shares of CoreWeave in a research note on Friday, December 19th. Stifel Nicolaus set a $120.00 price target on shares of CoreWeave in a report on Tuesday, November 11th. Barclays lowered their price objective on shares of CoreWeave from $120.00 to $90.00 and set an "equal weight" rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, January 12th. Melius raised shares of CoreWeave from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating and set a $165.00 target price for the company in a research note on Tuesday, September 23rd. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. restated a "neutral" rating and set a $110.00 target price on shares of CoreWeave in a report on Tuesday, November 11th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, seventeen have issued a Buy rating, fifteen have given a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of "Hold" and an average target price of $123.81.

Read Our Latest Analysis on CoreWeave

CoreWeave Stock Performance

The company has a market capitalization of $36.79 billion and a price-to-earnings ratio of -65.67. The firm's 50 day simple moving average is $79.63 and its 200-day simple moving average is $106.44. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.66, a quick ratio of 0.49 and a current ratio of 0.49.

CoreWeave (NASDAQ:CRWV - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Monday, November 10th. The company reported ($0.22) earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of ($0.36) by $0.14. The business had revenue of $1.36 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.28 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted ($1.82) earnings per share. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 133.7% on a year-over-year basis.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, insider Brannin Mcbee sold 26,000 shares of the business's stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, January 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $88.77, for a total transaction of $2,308,020.00. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, insider Brian M. Venturo sold 154,479 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, January 7th. The stock was sold at an average price of $78.11, for a total transaction of $12,066,354.69. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Over the last three months, insiders sold 7,840,305 shares of company stock worth $880,306,956.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of CRWV. Renaissance Capital LLC lifted its position in shares of CoreWeave by 49.9% during the 3rd quarter. Renaissance Capital LLC now owns 47,162 shares of the company's stock worth $6,454,000 after buying an additional 15,697 shares during the period. Munro Partners lifted its holdings in CoreWeave by 5,272.4% during the 3rd quarter. Munro Partners now owns 616,485 shares of the company's stock worth $84,366,000 after buying an additional 605,010 shares in the last quarter. Apexium Financial LP bought a new position in CoreWeave in the 2nd quarter valued at $1,044,000. Chung Wu Investment Group LLC bought a new stake in shares of CoreWeave during the second quarter worth $755,000. Finally, HWG Holdings LP bought a new stake in shares of CoreWeave during the third quarter worth $1,863,000.

CoreWeave Company Profile

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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.

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