Mizuho Issues Pessimistic Forecast for CoreWeave (NASDAQ:CRWV) Stock Price

CoreWeave (NASDAQ:CRWV) had its price objective dropped by equities research analysts at Mizuho from $100.00 to $95.00 in a report issued on Friday,Benzinga reports. The brokerage currently has a “neutral” rating on the stock. Mizuho’s price objective points to a potential upside of 19.41% from the company’s current price.

CRWV has been the subject of a number of other reports. Stifel Nicolaus set a $120.00 target price on CoreWeave in a research note on Tuesday, November 11th. Wells Fargo & Company reduced their price objective on CoreWeave from $150.00 to $125.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, January 8th. Melius Research set a $140.00 price objective on CoreWeave in a research note on Tuesday, November 11th. Cantor Fitzgerald reaffirmed an “overweight” rating and issued a $131.00 target price on shares of CoreWeave in a research report on Friday. Finally, Citigroup reissued a “buy” rating and set a $135.00 price target (down from $192.00) on shares of CoreWeave in a report on Friday, December 19th. Seventeen analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, twelve have given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $124.34.

CoreWeave Stock Down 18.5%

CRWV stock opened at $79.56 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $30.74 billion and a price-to-earnings ratio of -24.86. CoreWeave has a 1-year low of $33.51 and a 1-year high of $187.00. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $88.88 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $99.61. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.66, a current ratio of 0.49 and a quick ratio of 0.49.

CoreWeave (NASDAQ:CRWV) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 26th. The company reported ($0.89) EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($0.61) by ($0.28). CoreWeave had a negative net margin of 22.75% and a negative return on equity of 35.39%. The business had revenue of $1.57 billion during the quarter. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 110.4% compared to the same quarter last year.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, CEO Michael N. Intrator sold 111,427 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, December 31st. The stock was sold at an average price of $72.39, for a total value of $8,066,200.53. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 5,922,620 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $428,738,461.80. This represents a 1.85% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Also, insider Brian M. Venturo sold 281,250 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, December 10th. The shares were sold at an average price of $87.75, for a total value of $24,679,687.50. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. In the last quarter, insiders sold 4,650,896 shares of company stock worth $397,218,577.

Institutional Trading of CoreWeave

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Alpine Global Management LLC boosted its holdings in shares of CoreWeave by 34,895.7% in the fourth quarter. Alpine Global Management LLC now owns 8,049 shares of the company’s stock valued at $576,000 after acquiring an additional 8,026 shares in the last quarter. MidFirst Bank bought a new stake in CoreWeave during the fourth quarter worth approximately $117,000. Floyd Financial Group LLC lifted its position in CoreWeave by 111.0% in the fourth quarter. Floyd Financial Group LLC now owns 16,748 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,199,000 after purchasing an additional 8,809 shares during the period. Virtu Financial LLC bought a new position in CoreWeave during the 4th quarter valued at $11,907,000. Finally, Mcguire Capital Advisors Inc. bought a new position in CoreWeave during the 4th quarter valued at $105,000.

CoreWeave News Summary

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

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.