Ieq Capital LLC Buys 54,913 Shares of CoreWeave Inc. $CRWV

Ieq Capital LLC increased its stake in shares of CoreWeave Inc. (NASDAQ:CRWV) by 1,248.0% during the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 59,313 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 54,913 shares during the period. Ieq Capital LLC’s holdings in CoreWeave were worth $5,904,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Burnham & Co LLC acquired a new stake in CoreWeave in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $32,000. Laidlaw Wealth Management LLC acquired a new position in CoreWeave during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $244,000. Thoroughbred Financial Services LLC grew its stake in shares of CoreWeave by 8.0% during the 2nd quarter. Thoroughbred Financial Services LLC now owns 25,675 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,555,000 after acquiring an additional 1,910 shares in the last quarter. OneAscent Financial Services LLC acquired a new stake in shares of CoreWeave in the second quarter valued at approximately $225,000. Finally, Allworth Financial LP raised its holdings in shares of CoreWeave by 16.7% in the second quarter. Allworth Financial LP now owns 11,740 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,169,000 after purchasing an additional 1,679 shares during the last quarter.

Insider Buying and Selling at CoreWeave

In related news, major shareholder Magnetar Financial Llc sold 307,131 shares of CoreWeave stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, August 14th. The shares were sold at an average price of $108.75, for a total transaction of $33,400,496.25. Following the sale, the insider directly owned 220,810 shares in the company, valued at $24,013,087.50. This trade represents a 58.18% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, Director Jack D. Cogen sold 986,540 shares of CoreWeave stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, May 26th. The stock was sold at an average price of $107.80, for a total value of $106,349,012.00. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Over the last three months, insiders sold 9,541,014 shares of company stock worth $942,884,194. 24.20% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several equities research analysts have commented on CRWV shares. Wells Fargo & Company boosted their price target on shares of CoreWeave from $155.00 to $160.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, August 12th. Rosenblatt Securities reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a $250.00 target price on shares of CoreWeave in a research report on Wednesday, August 12th. Raymond James Financial lowered CoreWeave from a “moderate buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Wednesday, July 22nd. Wolfe Research reissued an “outperform” rating on shares of CoreWeave in a research report on Monday, July 6th. Finally, Oppenheimer boosted their price target on CoreWeave from $140.00 to $150.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, April 29th. Twenty-one research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, ten have issued a Hold rating and three have assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, CoreWeave currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $141.57.

Key Headlines Impacting CoreWeave

Here are the key news stories impacting CoreWeave this week:

• Positive Sentiment: CoreWeave announced a multiyear agreement with Hudson River Trading (HRT) to provide AI infrastructure for trading research and model development. The deal reportedly could be worth billions and will use NVIDIA’s next-generation Vera Rubin NVL72 platform and Spectrum-X networking, expanding CoreWeave’s exposure to financial-services customers and supporting demand visibility. Hudson River Trading agreement
• Positive Sentiment: Analysts continue to point to CoreWeave’s powerful growth: recent quarterly revenue rose 112.5% year over year to $2.58 billion, while its backlog reached more than $104 billion. A bullish research view cited improving margins, operating leverage and strong AI demand, although it acknowledged capital-intensity risks. CoreWeave growth and valuation analysis
• Neutral Sentiment: Short seller Martin Shkreli reportedly covered his CoreWeave position after holding it for roughly a week. The move removes one source of short-selling pressure but is not necessarily a bullish signal, particularly as the stock continued to face broader volatility. Martin Shkreli covers CoreWeave short
• Negative Sentiment: CEO Michael Intrator sold 307,692 shares for approximately $29.5 million at an average price of $95.72. The sales were made under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plan, and he still owns a significant stake, but the size of the transaction weighed on sentiment and raised concerns about insider selling. CoreWeave CEO share sale
• Negative Sentiment: Bearish commentary argues that CoreWeave’s highly leveraged business model could struggle if AI infrastructure spending slows, capacity becomes excessive or interest rates remain elevated. With a debt-to-equity ratio above 5 and negative earnings, investors remain sensitive to funding costs, dilution risk and the company’s path to profitability. CoreWeave leverage and market risks
• Negative Sentiment: Northland Securities’ estimates show continued losses through 2027, including projected fiscal 2026 EPS of negative $5.50 and fiscal 2027 EPS of negative $3.18, although the firm expects a return to quarterly profitability in the fourth quarter of 2027. CoreWeave analyst estimates

CoreWeave Stock Performance

NASDAQ CRWV opened at $87.85 on Monday. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $89.99 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $94.79. The company has a market capitalization of $40.31 billion, a P/E ratio of -24.07 and a beta of 7.45. The company has a quick ratio of 0.46, a current ratio of 0.46 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 5.53. CoreWeave Inc. has a 12-month low of $60.55 and a 12-month high of $153.20.

CoreWeave (NASDAQ:CRWV) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, August 11th. The company reported ($1.14) EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of ($1.52) by $0.38. The company had revenue of $2.58 billion during the quarter. CoreWeave had a negative net margin of 25.41% and a negative return on equity of 47.95%. CoreWeave’s quarterly revenue was up 112.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted ($0.27) earnings per share. Analysts anticipate that CoreWeave Inc. will post -5.17 earnings per share for the current year.

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.