Cantor Fitzgerald Reiterates Overweight Rating for CoreWeave (NASDAQ:CRWV)

CoreWeave (NASDAQ:CRWV)‘s stock had its “overweight” rating reiterated by equities researchers at Cantor Fitzgerald in a research note issued to investors on Friday,Benzinga reports. They currently have a $131.00 target price on the stock. Cantor Fitzgerald’s price objective points to a potential upside of 64.66% from the stock’s current price.

Other research analysts have also issued research reports about the company. Melius Research set a $140.00 target price on CoreWeave in a research report on Tuesday, November 11th. Truist Financial began coverage on shares of CoreWeave in a report on Tuesday, January 6th. They set a “hold” rating and a $84.00 price objective on the stock. Stifel Nicolaus set a $120.00 target price on shares of CoreWeave in a research report on Tuesday, November 11th. Compass Point assumed coverage on shares of CoreWeave in a research report on Thursday, November 13th. They set a “buy” rating and a $150.00 price target for the company. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group lowered their price objective on CoreWeave from $155.00 to $120.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Monday, January 5th. Seventeen equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, twelve have assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $124.34.

CoreWeave Price Performance

NASDAQ:CRWV opened at $79.56 on Friday. CoreWeave has a 52 week low of $33.51 and a 52 week high of $187.00. The company has a quick ratio of 0.49, a current ratio of 0.49 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.66. The stock has a market capitalization of $30.74 billion and a PE ratio of -24.86. The stock’s 50-day moving average price is $88.88 and its 200-day moving average price is $99.61.

CoreWeave (NASDAQ:CRWV) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 26th. The company reported ($0.89) earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.61) by ($0.28). CoreWeave had a negative return on equity of 35.39% and a negative net margin of 22.75%.The business had revenue of $1.57 billion during the quarter. The firm’s revenue was up 110.4% on a year-over-year basis.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other CoreWeave news, CFO Nitin Agrawal sold 5,383 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, February 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $90.84, for a total value of $488,991.72. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 173,105 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $15,724,858.20. This trade represents a 3.02% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, insider Jeff Baker sold 2,374 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, February 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $90.83, for a total value of $215,630.42. Following the transaction, the insider owned 41,275 shares in the company, valued at approximately $3,749,008.25. This represents a 5.44% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders have sold 4,650,896 shares of company stock worth $397,218,577 in the last 90 days.

Institutional Trading of CoreWeave

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Cornerstone Planning Group LLC increased its position in CoreWeave by 272.8% during the fourth quarter. Cornerstone Planning Group LLC now owns 343 shares of the company’s stock worth $25,000 after purchasing an additional 251 shares during the last quarter. Family Legacy Financial Solutions LLC grew its stake in shares of CoreWeave by 166.7% in the 3rd quarter. Family Legacy Financial Solutions LLC now owns 200 shares of the company’s stock valued at $27,000 after buying an additional 125 shares during the period. HighMark Wealth Management LLC purchased a new stake in shares of CoreWeave in the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $27,000. OLD Second National Bank of Aurora acquired a new stake in shares of CoreWeave during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $27,000. Finally, KERR FINANCIAL PLANNING Corp purchased a new stake in shares of CoreWeave during the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $27,000.

Key CoreWeave News

Here are the key news stories impacting CoreWeave this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Very strong demand/backlog and revenue growth: Q4 revenue was $1.57B (+~110% YoY) and fiscal 2025 revenue topped ~$5.1B; backlog expanded to roughly $66.8B and management guided FY‑2026 revenue to ~$12–13B, underscoring continued AI-driven demand. CoreWeave: From Growth Story To Capital Story
• Positive Sentiment: Beat on revenue and product progress: CoreWeave topped revenue estimates and launched services (e.g., object storage) while highlighting capacity ramps that should convert backlog into revenue over time. CoreWeave Reports Strong Q4 and FY2025 Results
• Neutral Sentiment: Mixed analyst action — some firms raised targets or reaffirmed overweight/Buy ratings while others trimmed targets or moved to Neutral/Hold; overall street targets remain elevated but commentary is cautious on debt and spending. Reuters: CapEx doubles, market reaction
• Neutral Sentiment: Investor events scheduled — management will present at Morgan Stanley and Cantor investor conferences (early March), offering opportunities for further color on capex plans and timelines. Investor conference notice
• Negative Sentiment: Earnings miss on EPS and wider GAAP loss: Q4 EPS of ($0.89) missed consensus and GAAP loss widened; interest expense jumped materially, pressuring near-term profitability despite strong adjusted EBITDA. MarketBeat: Q4 results
• Negative Sentiment: Big increase in capital spending and debt — management signaled a large CapEx program (management cited $30–$35B CapEx) and financing moves (loan syndication/equity support reported). The planned doubling of capex stoked margin concerns and heightened execution risk. Reuters: CapEx doubles, margin concerns
• Negative Sentiment: Multiple securities-class-action filings and broad law-firm notices alleging disclosure failures about data-center/infrastructure risks — legal risk and headline pressure add to near-term volatility. Hagens Berman class action notice
• Negative Sentiment: Market reaction and management defense: Shares fell sharply on the combination of EPS miss, heavy capex guidance and debt; CEO publicly defended the accelerated buildout but investor skepticism over capital intensity and execution remains high. CNBC: CEO defends spending

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.