Head-To-Head Analysis: CoreWeave (CRWV) versus Its Rivals

CoreWeave (NASDAQ:CRWV) is one of 252 publicly-traded companies in the “INTERNET SOFTWARE” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its peers? We will compare CoreWeave to related businesses based on the strength of its institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, earnings, valuation, risk and analyst recommendations.

Profitability

This table compares CoreWeave and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CoreWeave	N/A	N/A	N/A
CoreWeave Competitors	-178.57%	-65.77%	-6.95%

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares CoreWeave and its peers gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
CoreWeave	N/A	N/A	-118.25
CoreWeave Competitors	$2.15 billion	$337.44 million	-5.68

CoreWeave’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than CoreWeave. CoreWeave is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for CoreWeave and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CoreWeave	3	11	16	2	2.53
CoreWeave Competitors	1835	10247	20389	550	2.60

CoreWeave presently has a consensus target price of $127.64, indicating a potential downside of 5.31%. As a group, “INTERNET SOFTWARE” companies have a potential upside of 20.01%. Given CoreWeave’s peers stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe CoreWeave has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

60.8% of shares of all “INTERNET SOFTWARE” companies are owned by institutional investors. 17.9% of shares of all “INTERNET SOFTWARE” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

CoreWeave peers beat CoreWeave on 7 of the 11 factors compared.

About CoreWeave

CoreWeave, Inc. engages in the powers of the creation and delivery of the intelligence that drives innovation. It offers a solution used by organizations of all sizes that require sophisticated AI computing, from the largest of enterprises to small, well-funded start-ups. The company was founded by Michael Intrator, Brian Venturo, and Brannin McBee on September 21, 2017 and is headquartered in Livingston, NJ.