Insider Selling: CoreWeave (NASDAQ:CRWV) EVP Sells $792,740.64 in Stock

CoreWeave Inc. (NASDAQ:CRWV) EVP Chen Goldberg sold 8,628 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, August 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $91.88, for a total transaction of $792,740.64. Following the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 72,974 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $6,704,851.12. This represents a 10.57% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. The sale was made to cover tax withholding obligations related to the vesting of equity awards.

Chen Goldberg also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Monday, August 17th, Chen Goldberg sold 6,397 shares of CoreWeave stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $106.11, for a total value of $678,785.67.
• On Wednesday, August 5th, Chen Goldberg sold 19,208 shares of CoreWeave stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $92.29, for a total value of $1,772,706.32.
• On Tuesday, August 4th, Chen Goldberg sold 6,397 shares of CoreWeave stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $90.00, for a total transaction of $575,730.00.
• On Tuesday, June 30th, Chen Goldberg sold 4 shares of CoreWeave stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $95.69, for a total transaction of $382.76.
• On Monday, June 15th, Chen Goldberg sold 5,541 shares of CoreWeave stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $107.29, for a total value of $594,493.89.

CoreWeave Stock Down 2.1%

Shares of CoreWeave stock traded down $1.91 during trading on Friday, hitting $87.85. 22,074,299 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 33,432,112. The company has a quick ratio of 0.46, a current ratio of 0.46 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 5.53. CoreWeave Inc. has a twelve month low of $60.55 and a twelve month high of $153.20. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $89.99 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $94.74.

CoreWeave (NASDAQ:CRWV) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, August 11th. The company reported ($1.14) EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of ($1.52) by $0.38. The firm 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 company’s quarterly revenue was up 112.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted ($0.27) EPS. As a group, research analysts forecast that CoreWeave Inc. will post -5.17 EPS for the current year.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

CRWV has been the topic of several research analyst reports. DA Davidson reaffirmed a “neutral” rating and issued a $100.00 price target (down from $175.00) on shares of CoreWeave in a research report on Monday, May 18th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their price objective on CoreWeave from $105.00 to $110.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Tuesday, August 11th. Cantor Fitzgerald set a $176.00 target price on CoreWeave and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, August 12th. Jefferies Financial Group downgraded CoreWeave from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 22nd. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company upped their price target on CoreWeave from $155.00 to $160.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday, August 12th. Twenty-one research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, ten have given a Hold rating and three have issued a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $141.57.

Trending Headlines about CoreWeave

Here are the key news stories impacting CoreWeave this week:

• Positive Sentiment: CoreWeave announced a multiyear agreement with Hudson River Trading (HRT) to provide AI infrastructure for trading research and model development. The deal reportedly could be worth billions and will use NVIDIA’s next-generation Vera Rubin NVL72 platform and Spectrum-X networking, expanding CoreWeave’s exposure to financial-services customers and supporting demand visibility. Hudson River Trading agreement
• Positive Sentiment: Analysts continue to point to CoreWeave’s powerful growth: recent quarterly revenue rose 112.5% year over year to $2.58 billion, while its backlog reached more than $104 billion. A bullish research view cited improving margins, operating leverage and strong AI demand, although it acknowledged capital-intensity risks. CoreWeave growth and valuation analysis
• Neutral Sentiment: Short seller Martin Shkreli reportedly covered his CoreWeave position after holding it for roughly a week. The move removes one source of short-selling pressure but is not necessarily a bullish signal, particularly as the stock continued to face broader volatility. Martin Shkreli covers CoreWeave short
• Negative Sentiment: CEO Michael Intrator sold 307,692 shares for approximately $29.5 million at an average price of $95.72. The sales were made under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plan, and he still owns a significant stake, but the size of the transaction weighed on sentiment and raised concerns about insider selling. CoreWeave CEO share sale
• Negative Sentiment: Bearish commentary argues that CoreWeave’s highly leveraged business model could struggle if AI infrastructure spending slows, capacity becomes excessive or interest rates remain elevated. With a debt-to-equity ratio above 5 and negative earnings, investors remain sensitive to funding costs, dilution risk and the company’s path to profitability. CoreWeave leverage and market risks
• Negative Sentiment: Northland Securities’ estimates show continued losses through 2027, including projected fiscal 2026 EPS of negative $5.50 and fiscal 2027 EPS of negative $3.18, although the firm expects a return to quarterly profitability in the fourth quarter of 2027. CoreWeave analyst estimates

Institutional Investors Weigh In On CoreWeave

Large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Sivia Capital Partners LLC acquired a new position in CoreWeave in the second quarter worth $39,824,000. Quantbot Technologies LP acquired a new stake in shares of CoreWeave in the second quarter valued at $311,000. Invesco Ltd. bought a new position in shares of CoreWeave in the second quarter valued at about $882,000. First Trust Advisors LP bought a new position in shares of CoreWeave in the second quarter valued at about $20,260,000. Finally, Baird Financial Group Inc. acquired a new position in CoreWeave during the 2nd quarter worth about $455,000.

CoreWeave Company Profile

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.