CoreWeave (NASDAQ:CRWV) Insider Sells $3,995,818.95 in Stock

CoreWeave Inc. (NASDAQ:CRWV) insider Brian Venturo sold 52,473 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, January 6th. The stock was sold at an average price of $76.15, for a total value of $3,995,818.95. Following the sale, the insider directly owned 223,580 shares in the company, valued at approximately $17,025,617. This trade represents a 19.01% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website.

CoreWeave Trading Up 4.0%

Shares of NASDAQ:CRWV opened at $80.14 on Friday. The company has a current ratio of 0.49, a quick ratio of 0.49 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.66. CoreWeave Inc. has a 12-month low of $33.51 and a 12-month high of $187.00. The business has a 50 day moving average of $81.79 and a two-hundred day moving average of $109.53. The company has a market capitalization of $30.97 billion and a PE ratio of -55.27.

CoreWeave (NASDAQ:CRWV) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Monday, November 10th. The company reported ($0.22) EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.36) by $0.14. The firm 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 business earned ($1.82) EPS. CoreWeave’s revenue for the quarter was up 133.7% compared to the same quarter last year.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On CoreWeave

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Family Legacy Financial Solutions LLC raised its holdings in CoreWeave by 166.7% in the 3rd quarter. Family Legacy Financial Solutions LLC now owns 200 shares of the company’s stock valued at $27,000 after acquiring an additional 125 shares during the last quarter. HighMark Wealth Management LLC purchased a new stake in shares of CoreWeave in the third quarter valued at approximately $27,000. OLD Second National Bank of Aurora purchased a new stake in shares of CoreWeave in the third quarter valued at approximately $27,000. KERR FINANCIAL PLANNING Corp acquired a new stake in shares of CoreWeave in the third quarter valued at approximately $27,000. Finally, Princeton Global Asset Management LLC purchased a new position in CoreWeave during the third quarter worth approximately $28,000.

Analyst Ratings Changes

CRWV has been the topic of a number of research analyst reports. The Goldman Sachs Group dropped their price target on shares of CoreWeave from $120.00 to $105.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, November 17th. Evercore ISI dropped their target price on shares of CoreWeave from $175.00 to $160.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, November 11th. Raymond James Financial assumed coverage on shares of CoreWeave in a research report on Monday, September 15th. They set an “outperform” rating and a $130.00 price target for the company. Loop Capital decreased their price target on shares of CoreWeave from $165.00 to $120.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, November 12th. Finally, Citizens Jmp upgraded CoreWeave from a “market perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $180.00 price objective for the company in a research note on Tuesday, September 16th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, seventeen have issued a Buy rating, fourteen have given a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, CoreWeave presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $125.39.

CoreWeave News Roundup

Here are the key news stories impacting CoreWeave this week:

• Positive Sentiment: DA Davidson upgraded CRWV to “Neutral” (from Underperform), citing OpenAI fundraising as a potential short‑term demand catalyst for GPU capacity — a near‑term positive for revenue visibility. DA Davidson upgrade
• Positive Sentiment: Recent quarterly results showed a revenue beat and much faster year‑over‑year top‑line growth (revenue +133.7% YoY and EPS ahead of estimates), supporting the growth narrative that attracts investors to GPU cloud providers. Earnings summary
• Neutral Sentiment: Wells Fargo lowered its price target from $150 to $125 but kept an Overweight rating — a mixed analyst view that reduces upside expectations while maintaining conviction in the thesis. Wells Fargo note
• Neutral Sentiment: Other brokers have shifted toward cautious/hold stances or initiated coverage at neutral/hold levels — sentiment is moving from aggressive growth euphoria toward more measured expectations. Analyst coverage shift
• Negative Sentiment: Significant insider selling in early January: CEO Michael Intrator (~61,386 shares), Brian Venturo (~206,952 shares across Jan 6–7), and Brannin McBee (~166,670 shares) together sold ~435k shares (~$34M). Heavy insider sales can be interpreted by the market as a negative signal on near‑term conviction. SEC Form 4 filings
• Negative Sentiment: Multiple law firms (Kessler Topaz, Pomerantz, Kaplan Fox, Schall) have opened securities‑class‑action investigations into CoreWeave, increasing litigation and disclosure risk which can pressure the stock and add potential future costs. Kessler Topaz alert
• Negative Sentiment: Fundamental concerns: a Seeking Alpha piece highlights that CoreWeave’s strong backlog may be offset by high leverage and balance‑sheet risks — a reminder that fast growth carries financing and margin pressures. Seeking Alpha analysis

About CoreWeave

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.