CoreWeave (NASDAQ:CRWV) Shares Gap Down – Time to Sell?

CoreWeave Inc. (NASDAQ:CRWV)’s share price gapped down prior to trading on Tuesday . The stock had previously closed at $103.77, but opened at $98.53. CoreWeave shares last traded at $96.2330, with a volume of 5,430,507 shares traded.

More CoreWeave News

Here are the key news stories impacting CoreWeave this week:

• Positive Sentiment: CoreWeave closed a $3.1 billion delayed draw term loan facility, giving it more capital to expand its AI cloud platform and support committed customer deployments. CoreWeave Closes $3.1 Billion Loan Facility, Expanding Access to Public Markets for GPU-Backed Financing
• Positive Sentiment: The new financing could help CoreWeave continue scaling fast in AI infrastructure, reinforcing its position as a major GPU-backed cloud provider. CoreWeave Closes 3.1 Billion Loan Facility
• Neutral Sentiment: DA Davidson reiterated a neutral view on CoreWeave, but sharply cut its price target to $100 from $175, signaling a more cautious stance on valuation and upside. CoreWeave Receives Neutral Rating from DA Davidson
• Neutral Sentiment: Another report said CoreWeave has raised more than $20 billion in capital this year, highlighting aggressive funding needs that may support growth but also raise investor concerns about dilution and leverage. CoreWeave Has Raised 20 Billion in Capital This Year. Should Investors Be Worried?
• Negative Sentiment: Google and Blackstone unveiled a $5 billion AI cloud venture, which investors see as a direct competitive threat to CoreWeave and the broader “neocloud” segment. CoreWeave Stock Falls 4% Why Google Blackstone Deal Is Bad for the Stock
• Negative Sentiment: Market coverage also noted that cloud and tech stocks were under pressure, amplifying the downside move in CRWV after the Google-Blackstone announcement. 5 Things to Know Before the Stock Market Opens May 19 2026

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of research firms have recently commented on CRWV. HC Wainwright restated a “buy” rating and issued a $180.00 price objective on shares of CoreWeave in a report on Monday, March 2nd. DA Davidson reissued a “neutral” rating and issued a $100.00 target price (down from $175.00) on shares of CoreWeave in a research note on Monday. Sanford C. Bernstein raised their target price on shares of CoreWeave from $56.00 to $67.00 and gave the company an “underperform” rating in a research note on Tuesday, April 14th. Oppenheimer raised their target price on shares of CoreWeave from $140.00 to $150.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, April 29th. Finally, Barclays raised their target price on shares of CoreWeave from $106.00 to $120.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Monday, May 11th. Nineteen analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, twelve have assigned a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $129.63.

CoreWeave Stock Down 5.3%

The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.68, a quick ratio of 0.31 and a current ratio of 0.31. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $98.02 and a 200-day simple moving average of $91.45. The company has a market capitalization of $43.96 billion, a PE ratio of -31.56 and a beta of 7.84.

CoreWeave (NASDAQ:CRWV) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 26th. The company reported ($0.89) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate 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 43.07% and a negative net margin of 25.57%.The company’s quarterly revenue was up 110.4% compared to the same quarter last year. Equities research analysts anticipate that CoreWeave Inc. will post -4.15 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, CEO Michael N. Intrator sold 200,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, May 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $105.67, for a total value of $21,134,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 4,466,501 shares in the company, valued at approximately $471,975,160.67. The trade was a 4.29% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, COO Sachin Jain sold 14,750 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, May 8th. The shares were sold at an average price of $118.61, for a total value of $1,749,497.50. Following the completion of the sale, the chief operating officer owned 123,058 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $14,595,909.38. This trade represents a 10.70% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. The sale was made to cover tax withholding obligations related to the vesting of equity awards. In the last three months, insiders have sold 24,708,631 shares of company stock worth $2,771,929,486.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of large investors have recently modified their holdings of CRWV. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its holdings in shares of CoreWeave by 275.6% during the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 27,920,979 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,999,421,000 after purchasing an additional 20,487,478 shares during the period. Proficio Capital Partners LLC increased its stake in shares of CoreWeave by 446,194.0% during the third quarter. Proficio Capital Partners LLC now owns 17,851,760 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,443,013,000 after acquiring an additional 17,847,760 shares during the period. Deutsche Bank AG increased its stake in shares of CoreWeave by 22,624.0% during the fourth quarter. Deutsche Bank AG now owns 3,812,856 shares of the company’s stock valued at $273,039,000 after acquiring an additional 3,796,077 shares during the period. Altimeter Capital Management LP acquired a new position in shares of CoreWeave during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $230,099,000. Finally, Alyeska Investment Group L.P. increased its stake in shares of CoreWeave by 300.0% during the fourth quarter. Alyeska Investment Group L.P. now owns 4,000,000 shares of the company’s stock valued at $286,440,000 after acquiring an additional 3,000,000 shares during the period.

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.