Brian Venturo Sells 52,473 Shares of CoreWeave (NASDAQ:CRWV) Stock

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

CoreWeave Trading Up 4.0%

CoreWeave stock opened at $80.14 on Friday. CoreWeave Inc. has a 12 month low of $33.51 and a 12 month high of $187.00. The company has a market capitalization of $30.97 billion and a price-to-earnings ratio of -55.27. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is $81.79 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $109.97. 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 (NASDAQ:CRWV) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Monday, November 10th. The company reported ($0.22) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of ($0.36) by $0.14. The company had revenue of $1.36 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.28 billion. CoreWeave’s revenue for the quarter was up 133.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned ($1.82) EPS.

Key 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

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of research firms have recently commented on CRWV. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “sell (d-)” rating on shares of CoreWeave in a report on Monday, December 29th. Citizens Jmp raised CoreWeave from a “market perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $180.00 target price for the company in a report on Tuesday, September 16th. Compass Point began coverage on CoreWeave in a research note on Thursday, November 13th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $150.00 price target for the company. Stifel Nicolaus set a $120.00 price objective on CoreWeave in a research report on Tuesday, November 11th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group reduced their price objective on CoreWeave from $120.00 to $105.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Monday, November 17th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, seventeen have given a Buy rating, fourteen have issued a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, CoreWeave has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $125.39.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On CoreWeave

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the company. Family Legacy Financial Solutions LLC increased its position in CoreWeave by 166.7% during the third 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 bought a new stake in shares of CoreWeave during the 3rd quarter valued at about $27,000. OLD Second National Bank of Aurora purchased a new stake in shares of CoreWeave during the 3rd quarter valued at about $27,000. KERR FINANCIAL PLANNING Corp purchased a new stake in shares of CoreWeave during the 3rd quarter valued at about $27,000. Finally, Princeton Global Asset Management LLC bought a new position in shares of CoreWeave in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $28,000.

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.