Chen Goldberg Sells 8,628 Shares of CoreWeave (NASDAQ:CRWV) Stock

CoreWeave Inc. (NASDAQ:CRWV) EVP Chen Goldberg sold 8,628 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, August 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $91.88, for a total value of $792,740.64. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president owned 72,974 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $6,704,851.12. The trade was a 10.57% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. The sale was made to cover tax withholding obligations related to the vesting of equity awards.

Chen Goldberg also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Monday, August 17th, Chen Goldberg sold 6,397 shares of CoreWeave stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $106.11, for a total value of $678,785.67.
• On Wednesday, August 5th, Chen Goldberg sold 19,208 shares of CoreWeave stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $92.29, for a total value of $1,772,706.32.
• On Tuesday, August 4th, Chen Goldberg sold 6,397 shares of CoreWeave stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $90.00, for a total value of $575,730.00.
• On Tuesday, June 30th, Chen Goldberg sold 4 shares of CoreWeave stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $95.69, for a total value of $382.76.
• On Monday, June 15th, Chen Goldberg sold 5,541 shares of CoreWeave stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $107.29, for a total value of $594,493.89.

CoreWeave Stock Down 2.1%

Shares of NASDAQ:CRWV opened at $87.85 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $40.31 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -24.07 and a beta of 7.44. CoreWeave Inc. has a 12-month low of $60.55 and a 12-month high of $153.20. The business has a 50-day moving average price of $89.99 and a 200 day moving average price of $94.74. The company has a current ratio of 0.46, a quick ratio of 0.46 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 5.53.

CoreWeave (NASDAQ:CRWV) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, August 11th. The company reported ($1.14) EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of ($1.52) by $0.38. The company 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%. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 112.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned ($0.27) EPS. Sell-side analysts expect that CoreWeave Inc. will post -5.17 EPS for the current year.

Key Stories 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

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Parallel Advisors LLC grew its holdings in shares of CoreWeave by 4.0% in the first quarter. Parallel Advisors LLC now owns 2,340 shares of the company’s stock valued at $181,000 after purchasing an additional 91 shares in the last quarter. Pathway Wealth Management LLC increased its stake in CoreWeave by 2.9% during the 1st quarter. Pathway Wealth Management LLC now owns 3,593 shares of the company’s stock worth $278,000 after buying an additional 100 shares during the period. Azzad Asset Management Inc. ADV lifted its holdings in CoreWeave by 2.1% during the 1st quarter. Azzad Asset Management Inc. ADV now owns 5,020 shares of the company’s stock worth $389,000 after buying an additional 104 shares in the last quarter. Hazlett Burt & Watson Inc. lifted its holdings in CoreWeave by 34.7% during the 4th quarter. Hazlett Burt & Watson Inc. now owns 462 shares of the company’s stock worth $33,000 after buying an additional 119 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Cullen Frost Bankers Inc. boosted its position in CoreWeave by 45.8% in the 4th quarter. Cullen Frost Bankers Inc. now owns 385 shares of the company’s stock valued at $28,000 after buying an additional 121 shares during the period.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several equities analysts have recently commented on CRWV shares. Barclays upped their price objective on shares of CoreWeave from $90.00 to $105.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Thursday, August 13th. DA Davidson reiterated a “neutral” rating and issued a $100.00 target price (down from $175.00) on shares of CoreWeave in a report on Monday, May 18th. Cantor Fitzgerald set a $176.00 target price on CoreWeave and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, August 12th. Raymond James Financial cut CoreWeave from a “moderate buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 22nd. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft restated a “buy” rating and set a $150.00 price target on shares of CoreWeave in a research report on Friday, August 7th. Twenty-one investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, ten have assigned a Hold rating and three have issued a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $141.57.

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.