CoreWeave Inc. (NASDAQ:CRWV) Receives $136.67 Average PT from Analysts

Shares of CoreWeave Inc. (NASDAQ:CRWV) have received an average recommendation of “Moderate Buy” from the thirty-six research firms that are currently covering the firm, Marketbeat reports. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell recommendation, eleven have issued a hold recommendation and twenty-two have given a buy recommendation to the company. The average 12-month price target among analysts that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $138.7188.

A number of research analysts have commented on the stock. DA Davidson restated a “neutral” rating and set a $100.00 price target (down from $175.00) on shares of CoreWeave in a research note on Monday, May 18th. Oppenheimer upped their price objective on CoreWeave from $140.00 to $150.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, April 29th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $150.00 target price on shares of CoreWeave in a report on Friday, August 7th. Wells Fargo & Company boosted their price target on CoreWeave from $155.00 to $160.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group cut CoreWeave from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 22nd.

CoreWeave Stock Performance

Shares of CRWV stock opened at $105.26 on Monday. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $90.50 and a 200-day moving average of $94.99. The stock has a market cap of $48.30 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -28.84 and a beta of 7.45. CoreWeave has a 52-week low of $60.55 and a 52-week high of $153.20. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 5.53, a quick ratio of 0.46 and a current ratio of 0.46.

CoreWeave (NASDAQ:CRWV) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, August 11th. The company reported ($1.14) earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of ($1.52) by $0.38. The business had revenue of $2.58 billion for the quarter. CoreWeave had a negative net margin of 25.41% and a negative return on equity of 47.95%. CoreWeave’s revenue was up 112.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted ($0.27) earnings per share. On average, equities research analysts forecast that CoreWeave will post -5.69 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling at CoreWeave

In related news, Director Jack D. Cogen sold 986,540 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, May 26th. The shares were sold at an average price of $107.80, for a total transaction of $106,349,012.00. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, CEO Michael N. Intrator sold 278,560 shares of CoreWeave stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, June 30th. The shares were sold at an average price of $97.43, for a total transaction of $27,140,100.80. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 3,138,612 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $305,794,967.16. This represents a 8.15% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. The sale was made to cover tax withholding obligations related to the vesting of equity awards. Over the last three months, insiders sold 9,367,098 shares of company stock valued at $925,246,837. 24.20% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Institutional Trading of CoreWeave

Several large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Freestone Grove Partners LP bought a new position in CoreWeave in the 2nd quarter valued at $2,637,000. Jupiter Topco LLC acquired a new position in shares of CoreWeave during the second quarter valued at $17,035,000. Wedbush Fund Advisers LLC acquired a new position in shares of CoreWeave during the second quarter valued at $23,563,000. Kinetic Partners Management LP boosted its holdings in CoreWeave by 70.5% in the second quarter. Kinetic Partners Management LP now owns 904,900 shares of the company’s stock valued at $90,074,000 after acquiring an additional 374,300 shares during the last quarter. Finally, EFG International AG boosted its holdings in CoreWeave by 2.5% in the second quarter. EFG International AG now owns 50,479 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,023,000 after acquiring an additional 1,232 shares during the last quarter.

Key Headlines Impacting CoreWeave

Here are the key news stories impacting CoreWeave this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Citigroup raised its price target to $159 and upgraded CoreWeave to “Buy,” implying substantial potential upside from recent levels and reinforcing bullish analyst sentiment. Benzinga
• Positive Sentiment: CoreWeave’s strong second-quarter results remain the main catalyst: revenue increased 112% year over year to approximately $2.6 billion, adjusted EBITDA reached $1.51 billion, and the company reported a $104.2 billion backlog—or $129.2 billion including incremental commitments. Full-year revenue guidance was raised to $12.4 billion–$13.2 billion. Seeking Alpha article
• Positive Sentiment: Analysts and market commentators said hyperscaler results and rising AI data-center pricing validate the monetization of AI demand. Robert W. Baird lifted its target to $130, while other coverage remained constructive on CoreWeave’s growth prospects. Baird price target article
• Neutral Sentiment: Technical coverage remains bullish after the earnings-driven surge, but the pullback indicates investors may be taking profits and reassessing valuation following the rapid advance. Barron’s technical analysis
• Negative Sentiment: Funding the growth plan remains a key risk. CoreWeave raised 2026 capital-expenditure expectations to $35 billion–$39 billion, while high debt and approximately $640 million in quarterly net interest expense could pressure cash flow and delay profitability. Zacks capex article
• Negative Sentiment: CEO Michael Intrator and co-founder Brannin McBee disclosed sizable sales executed under pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plans. Although planned transactions do not necessarily signal deteriorating business conditions, they can add pressure after a major rally. SEC insider filing

CoreWeave Company Profile

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.