Brian Venturo Sells 281,250 Shares of CoreWeave (NASDAQ:CRWV) Stock

CoreWeave Inc. (NASDAQ:CRWV) insider Brian Venturo sold 281,250 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, March 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $79.33, for a total value of $22,311,562.50. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link.

CoreWeave Price Performance

NASDAQ CRWV opened at $72.99 on Friday. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $88.48 and a 200 day simple moving average of $98.72. CoreWeave Inc. has a 52-week low of $33.51 and a 52-week high of $187.00. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 4.46, a quick ratio of 0.49 and a current ratio of 0.46. The stock has a market cap of $30.58 billion and a price-to-earnings ratio of -22.81.

CoreWeave (NASDAQ:CRWV) last announced its 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). The company 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%.The business’s quarterly revenue was up 110.4% compared to the same quarter last year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities analysts recently weighed in on the stock. Bank of America reduced their target price on shares of CoreWeave from $168.00 to $140.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, November 11th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft raised CoreWeave from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and lifted their price target for the company from $100.00 to $140.00 in a research note on Tuesday, January 27th. HC Wainwright restated a “buy” rating and issued a $180.00 price target on shares of CoreWeave in a report on Monday, March 2nd. Compass Point began coverage on CoreWeave in a research report on Thursday, November 13th. They set a “buy” rating and a $150.00 price objective for the company. Finally, Mizuho decreased their price objective on CoreWeave from $100.00 to $95.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Friday, February 27th. Eighteen research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, twelve have issued a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, CoreWeave presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $122.35.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Renaissance Capital LLC grew its holdings in shares of CoreWeave by 49.9% during the 3rd quarter. Renaissance Capital LLC now owns 47,162 shares of the company’s stock valued at $6,454,000 after purchasing an additional 15,697 shares during the last quarter. Munro Partners lifted its stake in CoreWeave by 5,272.4% in the 3rd quarter. Munro Partners now owns 616,485 shares of the company’s stock valued at $84,366,000 after purchasing an additional 605,010 shares during the last quarter. AE Wealth Management LLC bought a new position in CoreWeave in the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $4,241,000. HWG Holdings LP acquired a new stake in CoreWeave in the third quarter valued at approximately $1,863,000. Finally, Liontrust Investment Partners LLP acquired a new stake in CoreWeave in the second quarter valued at approximately $5,692,000.

CoreWeave News Summary

Here are the key news stories impacting CoreWeave this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Won a multi‑year agreement to power Perplexity’s AI inference workloads, validating CoreWeave’s performance positioning in the high‑margin inference market and supporting long‑term revenue growth. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Backlog surged to $66.8B (up >4x YoY), giving strong contract visibility that supports management’s aggressive expansion plan and future revenue conversion. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Oppenheimer initiated coverage with an “Outperform” and a $140 price target, signaling conviction in CRWV’s multi‑year growth runway despite current headwinds. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: Company presented at the Morgan Stanley TMT conference (analyst/transcript coverage) — useful for model/visibility but not an immediate catalyst. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Multiple class‑action filings and numerous law‑firm deadline notices following Q4 results — litigation risk, potential legal costs and management distraction that typically pressure share prices. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Large Q4 loss (~$452M), soft guidance and reports of a $30–$35B 2026 capex plan have sparked “capex shock” concerns — raises near‑term cash‑flow and profitability risk despite backlog. Read More. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Negative analyst moves (Sanford C. Bernstein “underperform/strong sell” coverage) and recent CFO share sales amplify downside sentiment and signal caution to some investors. Read More. Read More.

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.