Insider Selling: CoreWeave (NASDAQ:CRWV) CEO Sells $4,674,543.90 in Stock

CoreWeave Inc. (NASDAQ:CRWV) CEO Michael Intrator sold 61,386 shares of the stock in a transaction on Tuesday, January 6th. The shares were sold at an average price of $76.15, for a total value of $4,674,543.90. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer owned 5,861,234 shares in the company, valued at approximately $446,332,969.10. The trade was a 1.04% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website.

CoreWeave Trading Up 4.0%

CRWV opened at $80.14 on Friday. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $81.79 and a 200 day moving average price of $109.53. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.66, a current ratio of 0.49 and a quick ratio of 0.49. CoreWeave Inc. has a 12 month low of $33.51 and a 12 month high of $187.00. The stock has a market capitalization of $30.97 billion and a price-to-earnings ratio of -55.27.

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

More CoreWeave News

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

Hedge Funds Weigh In On CoreWeave

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

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several research analysts have commented on CRWV shares. Cantor Fitzgerald reiterated an “overweight” rating and set a $174.00 price target on shares of CoreWeave in a report on Wednesday, November 5th. Evercore ISI lowered their target price on shares of CoreWeave from $175.00 to $160.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, November 11th. Stifel Nicolaus set a $120.00 price target on CoreWeave in a research note on Tuesday, November 11th. Melius raised CoreWeave from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $165.00 price target for the company in a report on Tuesday, September 23rd. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company dropped their price objective on CoreWeave from $150.00 to $125.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, seventeen have assigned a Buy rating, fourteen have assigned a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $125.39.

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.