CoreWeave (NASDAQ:CRWV) Insider Brian Venturo Sells 65,616 Shares of Stock

Key Points

• CoreWeave insider Brian Venturo sold 65,616 shares at an average price of $87.69, totaling approximately $5.75 million. The sale covered tax obligations tied to vested equity awards, leaving him with 302,526 shares.
• CoreWeave shares rose 1.2% to $89.62, while the company reported $2.58 billion in quarterly revenue, up 112.5% year over year, and beat its adjusted earnings estimate despite remaining unprofitable.
• Analyst sentiment is broadly positive, with a consensus “Moderate Buy” rating and a $138.78 price target, but concerns persist over CoreWeave’s heavy debt, capacity spending, GPU replacement costs and valuation.

CoreWeave Inc. (NASDAQ:CRWV - Get Free Report) insider Brian Venturo sold 65,616 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on Wednesday, September 30th. The shares were sold at an average price of $87.69, for a total transaction of $5,753,867.04. Following the sale, the insider directly owned 302,526 shares in the company, valued at $26,528,504.94. This trade represents a 17.82% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. The sale was made to cover tax withholding obligations related to the vesting of equity awards.

CoreWeave Stock Up 1.2%

CRWV stock traded up $1.05 during midday trading on Friday, reaching $89.62. The stock had a trading volume of 23,520,665 shares, compared to its average volume of 29,526,208. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $87.05 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $94.66. CoreWeave Inc. has a 52-week low of $60.55 and a 52-week high of $153.20. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 5.53, a quick ratio of 0.46 and a current ratio of 0.46.

CoreWeave (NASDAQ:CRWV - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, August 11th. The company reported ($1.14) earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of ($1.52) by $0.38. The business had revenue of $2.58 billion for the quarter. CoreWeave had a negative return on equity of 47.95% and a negative net margin of 25.41%.The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 112.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted ($0.27) EPS. On average, research analysts forecast that CoreWeave Inc. will post -5.19 earnings per share for the current year.

Institutional Trading of CoreWeave

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Parallel Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in CoreWeave by 4.0% in the first quarter. Parallel Advisors LLC now owns 2,340 shares of the company's stock valued at $181,000 after acquiring an additional 91 shares during the period. Pathway Wealth Management LLC lifted its stake in shares of CoreWeave by 2.9% in the 1st quarter. Pathway Wealth Management LLC now owns 3,593 shares of the company's stock valued at $278,000 after purchasing an additional 100 shares during the period. Azzad Asset Management Inc. ADV lifted its stake in shares of CoreWeave by 2.1% in the 1st quarter. Azzad Asset Management Inc. ADV now owns 5,020 shares of the company's stock valued at $389,000 after purchasing an additional 104 shares during the period. WPG Advisers LLC boosted its holdings in CoreWeave by 14.1% during the first quarter. WPG Advisers LLC now owns 1,159 shares of the company's stock worth $90,000 after buying an additional 143 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC grew its position in CoreWeave by 3.6% during the second quarter. Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC now owns 4,128 shares of the company's stock valued at $411,000 after buying an additional 145 shares during the period.

CoreWeave News Roundup

Here are the key news stories impacting CoreWeave this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Oppenheimer initiated or reiterated a Buy view on CoreWeave, adding to a series of favorable analyst opinions. William Blair also began coverage with an Outperform rating, while Jefferies said capacity constraints and demand visibility extending toward 2028 support its bullish case. CoreWeave Gets a Buy from Oppenheimer
• Positive Sentiment: UBS expects the AI-infrastructure market to remain strong, reinforcing the demand outlook for CoreWeave’s GPU-cloud and data-center services. UBS Sees AI Infrastructure Market Staying Hot
• Positive Sentiment: CoreWeave is expanding beyond traditional GPU rentals through NVIDIA Vera and Vera Rubin systems, its Forge AI-development environment and a new Partner Network. The initiatives target agentic AI, inference and enterprise workloads, potentially broadening revenue sources and customer reach. CoreWeave’s Vera Rubin Push
• Positive Sentiment: A new partner ecosystem and a clinical-AI deployment with Ennoble Care could help CoreWeave expand its customer base and showcase inference applications. CoreWeave Partner Network and AI Deals
• Neutral Sentiment: The bullish case emphasizes CoreWeave’s sizable backlog and rapid revenue growth, but the company is spending heavily to build capacity and relies substantially on debt and long-term leases.
• Negative Sentiment: Valuation concerns remain significant: investors must account for GPU replacement costs, interest expense and depreciation rather than relying solely on EBITDA. Critics also warn that expanding compute supply could eventually pressure pricing and returns. What Is CoreWeave Worth After the Cost of Replacing Its GPUs?
• Negative Sentiment: CEO Michael Intrator sold 307,692 shares worth approximately $26.7 million under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plan. The scheduled nature reduces its significance, but the transaction may still weigh on sentiment.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of brokerages recently commented on CRWV. Barclays upped their target price on CoreWeave from $90.00 to $105.00 and gave the company an "equal weight" rating in a research report on Thursday, August 13th. Citigroup raised their price target on shares of CoreWeave from $142.00 to $159.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research report on Friday, August 14th. BTIG Research assumed coverage on shares of CoreWeave in a research note on Wednesday, July 22nd. They set a "buy" rating for the company. Rothschild & Co Redburn began coverage on shares of CoreWeave in a report on Monday, September 21st. They issued a "sell" rating and a $54.00 price objective on the stock. Finally, Sanford C. Bernstein increased their price objective on shares of CoreWeave from $67.00 to $74.00 and gave the stock an "underperform" rating in a research note on Wednesday, August 12th. Twenty-three analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, nine have given a Hold rating and three have issued a Sell rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $138.78.

CoreWeave Company Profile

CoreWeave, Inc is a specialized cloud computing provider focused on infrastructure for artificial intelligence, machine learning and other data-intensive workloads. The company offers access to accelerated computing resources, including graphics processing units (GPUs), alongside central processing units, high-performance storage, networking and data center capacity.

Its platform supports AI model training, fine-tuning and inference, as well as visual effects, rendering, scientific computing and other demanding applications.

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