Insider Selling: CoreWeave (NASDAQ:CRWV) CEO Sells 50,000 Shares of Stock

CoreWeave Inc. (NASDAQ:CRWV) CEO Michael Intrator sold 50,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, December 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $65.47, for a total transaction of $3,273,500.00. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this link.

CoreWeave Stock Up 22.6%

CRWV stock traded up $15.32 during trading on Friday, hitting $83.00. The company had a trading volume of 69,090,981 shares, compared to its average volume of 28,632,486. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $98.57 and a 200-day moving average price of $118.44. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.66, a quick ratio of 0.49 and a current ratio of 0.49. CoreWeave Inc. has a 1-year low of $33.51 and a 1-year high of $187.00.

CoreWeave (NASDAQ:CRWV) last released its earnings results on Monday, November 10th. The company reported ($0.22) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.36) by $0.14. The company had revenue of $1.36 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.28 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted ($1.82) EPS. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 133.7% on a year-over-year basis.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of research analysts recently weighed in on CRWV shares. Seaport Res Ptn raised CoreWeave to a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, September 15th. Bank of America dropped their price objective on CoreWeave from $168.00 to $140.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, November 11th. Compass Point assumed coverage on shares of CoreWeave in a research note on Thursday, November 13th. They set a “buy” rating and a $150.00 price objective on the stock. DA Davidson restated an “underperform” rating and set a $36.00 price objective on shares of CoreWeave in a report on Tuesday, November 11th. Finally, Morgan Stanley lifted their price target on CoreWeave from $91.00 to $99.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a report on Tuesday, November 11th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, seventeen have assigned a Buy rating, twelve have given a Hold rating and three have given a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, CoreWeave presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $127.70.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On CoreWeave

A number of hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in CRWV. Gamco Investors INC. ET AL acquired a new position in shares of CoreWeave during the 1st quarter valued at $318,000. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. purchased a new stake in CoreWeave during the first quarter valued at about $963,000. Howard Financial Services LTD. purchased a new stake in shares of CoreWeave in the second quarter valued at $489,000. McAlister Sweet & Associates Inc. acquired a new position in shares of CoreWeave in the 2nd quarter valued at about $277,000. Finally, Thurston Springer Miller Herd & Titak Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of CoreWeave during the second quarter worth approximately $117,000.

CoreWeave News Summary

Here are the key news stories impacting CoreWeave this week:

• Positive Sentiment: CoreWeave announced it will join the Department of Energy’s Genesis Mission — a high‑profile government program pairing AI and supercomputing for national research and energy innovation. That contract/partnership news is the primary catalyst cited across outlets for the rally. BusinessWire: CoreWeave Joins DOE Genesis
• Positive Sentiment: Citi reaffirmed a Buy on CRWV (new $135 price target), and other brokerage/independent upgrades (including bullish writeups and “Strong Buy” pieces) amplified demand by framing CoreWeave as a beneficiary of surging AI compute demand and large contract backlog. Analyst optimism likely fed short‑covering and fresh buying. Yahoo Finance: Citi Buy
• Positive Sentiment: Fundamental bulls point to very strong revenue/backlog growth (Q3 revenue +~134% YoY; reported backlog cited at ~$55.6B) and long‑dated take‑or‑pay contracts that raise revenue visibility — arguments repeated in upgrade coverage. That narrative supports re-rating despite past volatility. Seeking Alpha: Screaming Buy
• Neutral Sentiment: Technical and options commentary is intensifying: chart analysts are highlighting new support/resistance levels and volume nodes — this elevates short‑term momentum trading and may increase intraday volatility (technical videos and options corner pieces noted). YouTube: Options Corner: CRWV Technical Trends
• Neutral Sentiment: Heavy media attention (TV commentators and social buzz) is driving FOMO; that amplifies flows but doesn’t change core fundamentals — good for momentum, ambiguous for long‑term valuation. YouTube: DOE Partnership Powers CRWV Comeback Rally
• Negative Sentiment: Insider selling: CFO Nitin Agrawal disclosed a sale of 36,317 shares (~$2.5M) and other insiders have reduced holdings recently — investors often view clustered insider sales as a caution signal even when the company posts strong growth. SEC Form 4
• Negative Sentiment: Balance‑sheet and execution risks remain a meaningful counterweight: analysts and pieces warning about high leverage, heavy CapEx and supply‑chain pressure (and a ~50% pullback from recent highs cited by some outlets) argue the stock remains vulnerable if growth or margins slip. These concerns limit how far and how fast multiple expansion can run. Zacks: CRWV Crash Analysis Fool: Growth vs Leverage Risk

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.