Brian Venturo Sells 1,125,000 Shares of CoreWeave (NASDAQ:CRWV) Stock

CoreWeave Inc. (NASDAQ:CRWV) insider Brian Venturo sold 1,125,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, April 6th. The stock was sold at an average price of $80.86, for a total transaction of $90,967,500.00. Following the transaction, the insider owned 285,327 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $23,071,541.22. This represents a 79.77% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

CoreWeave Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:CRWV opened at $92.00 on Friday. The company has a quick ratio of 0.46, a current ratio of 0.46 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 4.46. The firm has a market capitalization of $38.55 billion and a PE ratio of -28.75. CoreWeave Inc. has a twelve month low of $33.51 and a twelve month high of $187.00. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $85.22 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $95.13.

CoreWeave (NASDAQ:CRWV) last issued its 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). The business had revenue of $1.57 billion for the quarter. CoreWeave had a negative return on equity of 33.82% and a negative net margin of 22.75%.CoreWeave’s revenue for the quarter was up 110.4% on a year-over-year basis.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On CoreWeave

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the company. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of CoreWeave by 275.6% in the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 27,920,979 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,999,421,000 after buying an additional 20,487,478 shares in the last quarter. Nvidia Corp lifted its holdings in shares of CoreWeave by 0.4% in the second quarter. Nvidia Corp now owns 24,277,573 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,958,701,000 after buying an additional 95,113 shares in the last quarter. Proficio Capital Partners LLC lifted its holdings in shares of CoreWeave by 446,194.0% in the third quarter. Proficio Capital Partners LLC now owns 17,851,760 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,443,013,000 after buying an additional 17,847,760 shares in the last quarter. Clear Street Group Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of CoreWeave by 57.2% in the fourth quarter. Clear Street Group Inc. now owns 4,653,815 shares of the company’s stock worth $333,260,000 after buying an additional 1,692,916 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Alyeska Investment Group L.P. lifted its holdings in shares of CoreWeave by 300.0% in the fourth quarter. Alyeska Investment Group L.P. now owns 4,000,000 shares of the company’s stock worth $286,440,000 after buying an additional 3,000,000 shares in the last quarter.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

CRWV has been the subject of a number of research reports. Citigroup cut their target price on shares of CoreWeave from $135.00 to $126.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, March 4th. Truist Financial increased their target price on shares of CoreWeave from $84.00 to $85.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, February 27th. Sanford C. Bernstein initiated coverage on shares of CoreWeave in a research report on Thursday, March 5th. They set an “underperform” rating and a $56.00 target price for the company. DA Davidson increased their target price on shares of CoreWeave from $110.00 to $125.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, February 27th. Finally, Barclays lowered their price target on shares of CoreWeave from $120.00 to $90.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a report on Monday, January 12th. Nineteen investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eleven have issued a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, CoreWeave presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $121.65.

More CoreWeave News

Here are the key news stories impacting CoreWeave this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Major customer commitment — CoreWeave expanded a long‑term AI cloud agreement with Meta worth about $21 billion through 2032, which materially increases revenue visibility and supports aggressive capacity buildout. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Broker coverage/price target lift — new/renewed analyst attention (including Cantor Fitzgerald’s “overweight” coverage with a $149 PT) is providing constructive sentiment and buying interest from institutions and retail.
• Positive Sentiment: Bullish options and institutional flows — unusually large call buying (~288,800 calls) and reports of Ark Invest adding to exposure signal short‑term directional conviction that is amplifying upside momentum.
• Neutral Sentiment: Senior notes priced and upsized — CoreWeave priced $1.75B of 9.75% senior notes due 2031 (upsized from an earlier amount), providing near‑term liquidity for expansion but adding high‑coupon debt; closing expected mid‑April. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: Planned convertible offering — the company earlier disclosed an intention to offer up to $3.0B in convertible senior notes, which signals ready access to capital but also introduces dilution/convert risk depending on terms. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: Positive analyst narrative and backlog commentary — multiple bullish writeups highlight a large revenue backlog and de‑risking of contracts, keeping the story in focus and supporting momentum (can attract buyers but also spark valuation debate).
• Negative Sentiment: Large insider sales — sizable, pre‑arranged Rule 10b5‑1 sales by executives (Brian Venturo sold ~1.125M shares; Brannin McBee also sold shares) are drawing negative optics and likely contributed to earlier intraday weakness. Read More. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Balance‑sheet & leverage concerns — heavy issuing of high‑coupon debt and convertible capacity, along with a high debt/equity ratio noted in reports, keep financial leverage and margins as key risks to monitor.

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.