Brian Venturo Sells 76,912 Shares of CoreWeave (NASDAQ:CRWV) Stock

CoreWeave Inc. (NASDAQ:CRWV) insider Brian Venturo sold 76,912 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, July 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $86.99, for a total transaction of $6,690,574.88. Following the completion of the sale, the insider directly owned 283,985 shares in the company, valued at approximately $24,703,855.15. This trade represents a 21.31% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. The sale was made to cover tax withholding obligations related to the vesting of equity awards.

CoreWeave Stock Performance

Shares of CRWV stock opened at $81.75 on Friday. The firm’s 50 day moving average is $107.48 and its 200 day moving average is $94.71. The stock has a market capitalization of $36.59 billion, a P/E ratio of -26.29 and a beta of 7.17. CoreWeave Inc. has a 12 month low of $63.80 and a 12 month high of $166.22. The company has a current ratio of 0.31, a quick ratio of 0.31 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.68.

CoreWeave (NASDAQ:CRWV) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May 7th. The company reported ($1.40) earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of ($1.17) by ($0.23). CoreWeave had a negative net margin of 25.57% and a negative return on equity of 43.07%. The business had revenue of $2.08 billion during the quarter. During the same period last year, the company earned ($0.60) EPS. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 111.6% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, sell-side analysts anticipate that CoreWeave Inc. will post -4.57 earnings per share for the current year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several brokerages have commented on CRWV. BNP Paribas Exane assumed coverage on CoreWeave in a research note on Tuesday, June 2nd. They issued an “outperform” rating and a $192.00 target price for the company. Bank of America upgraded CoreWeave from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $100.00 price target on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, March 24th. Rosenblatt Securities reissued a “buy” rating on shares of CoreWeave in a report on Thursday. Mizuho raised their price objective on shares of CoreWeave from $105.00 to $110.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Friday, May 8th. Finally, Truist Financial boosted their price objective on shares of CoreWeave from $85.00 to $131.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, May 8th. Twenty-one analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, twelve have given a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $135.00.

Institutional Trading of CoreWeave

Large investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its position in shares of CoreWeave by 275.6% in the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 27,920,979 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,999,421,000 after purchasing an additional 20,487,478 shares during the last quarter. Proficio Capital Partners LLC lifted its position in CoreWeave by 446,194.0% during the third quarter. Proficio Capital Partners LLC now owns 17,851,760 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,443,013,000 after purchasing an additional 17,847,760 shares during the last quarter. Bank of America Corp DE lifted its position in CoreWeave by 13.1% during the first quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 5,652,129 shares of the company’s stock valued at $437,870,000 after purchasing an additional 653,398 shares during the last quarter. Clear Street Group Inc. grew its stake in CoreWeave by 57.2% in the 4th quarter. Clear Street Group Inc. now owns 4,653,815 shares of the company’s stock worth $333,260,000 after buying an additional 1,692,916 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Alyeska Investment Group L.P. grew its stake in CoreWeave by 300.0% in the 4th quarter. Alyeska Investment Group L.P. now owns 4,000,000 shares of the company’s stock worth $286,440,000 after buying an additional 3,000,000 shares in the last quarter.

CoreWeave News Roundup

Here are the key news stories impacting CoreWeave this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Rosenblatt Securities reaffirmed a buy rating on CoreWeave, suggesting some analysts still see upside despite the selloff. Coreweave Sell-off Sparks Buying Opportunity, Analyst Says Meta Fears Are Overblown
• Positive Sentiment: Some investors and commentators argue the Meta-driven pullback may be overdone because CoreWeave still has a very large AI backlog and strong demand for compute capacity. CoreWeave (CRWV) Stock May Still Look Cheap Following Record AI Backlog
• Neutral Sentiment: CoreWeave launched ARIA, an AI research agent designed to speed model iteration and automate analysis; this is a constructive product update, but not an immediate stock-moving event. CoreWeave Unveils ARIA to Accelerate AI Research and Agent Development
• Neutral Sentiment: CoreWeave expanded its Livingston headquarters, signaling continued growth, though it has not offset the broader investor concerns. CoreWeave Expands HQ with Additional 31,000 SF in Livingston
• Negative Sentiment: Meta’s reported move into cloud infrastructure intensified fears that large hyperscalers could become direct competitors, threatening CoreWeave’s future pricing and customer growth. Stock Market Today, July 1: CoreWeave Stock Tumbles as Meta Cloud Report Raises Customer Concerns
• Negative Sentiment: Multiple insider sales, including CEO Michael Intrator and insider Brannin McBee, added to sentiment pressure and raised questions about valuation after the recent run-up, even though the trades were largely tied to tax withholding under 10b5-1 plans. CoreWeave Just Slipped Under $50 Billion. Is the Debt Finally Catching Up?

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.