CoreWeave, Inc. Class A Common Stock (CRWV) Competitors

AppLovin (NASDAQ:APP) and CoreWeave, Inc. Class A Common Stock (NASDAQ:CRWV) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, earnings, dividends, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Does the media prefer APP or CRWV?

In the previous week, AppLovin had 3 more articles in the media than CoreWeave, Inc. Class A Common Stock. MarketBeat recorded 48 mentions for AppLovin and 45 mentions for CoreWeave, Inc. Class A Common Stock. CoreWeave, Inc. Class A Common Stock's average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat AppLovin's score of 0.64 indicating that CoreWeave, Inc. Class A Common Stock is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
AppLovin	26 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
CoreWeave, Inc. Class A Common Stock	24 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend APP or CRWV?

AppLovin currently has a consensus price target of $438.10, suggesting a potential upside of 16.02%. CoreWeave, Inc. Class A Common Stock has a consensus price target of $65.00, suggesting a potential downside of 57.86%. Given AppLovin's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe AppLovin is more favorable than CoreWeave, Inc. Class A Common Stock.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
AppLovin	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	17 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.82
CoreWeave, Inc. Class A Common Stock	1 Sell rating(s)	14 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.32

Which has higher valuation and earnings, APP or CRWV?

AppLovin has higher revenue and earnings than CoreWeave, Inc. Class A Common Stock.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
AppLovin	$5.14B	24.88	$1.58B	$5.54	68.16
CoreWeave, Inc. Class A Common Stock	$2.71B	27.34	N/A	N/A	N/A

Is APP or CRWV more profitable?

AppLovin has a net margin of 33.54% compared to CoreWeave, Inc. Class A Common Stock's net margin of 0.00%. AppLovin's return on equity of 188.55% beat CoreWeave, Inc. Class A Common Stock's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
AppLovin	33.54%	188.55%	29.66%
CoreWeave, Inc. Class A Common Stock	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in APP or CRWV?

AppLovin received 128 more outperform votes than CoreWeave, Inc. Class A Common Stock when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.79% of users gave AppLovin an outperform vote while only 34.21% of users gave CoreWeave, Inc. Class A Common Stock an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
AppLovin	Outperform Votes 141 57.79%	Underperform Votes 103 42.21%
CoreWeave, Inc. Class A Common Stock	Outperform Votes 13 34.21%	Underperform Votes 25 65.79%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of APP or CRWV?

41.8% of AppLovin shares are held by institutional investors. 14.7% of AppLovin shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

AppLovin beats CoreWeave, Inc. Class A Common Stock on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.