CoreWeave (NASDAQ:CRWV) Trading Down 6.4% – What’s Next?

CoreWeave Inc. (NASDAQ:CRWV) fell 6.4% on Friday . The stock traded as low as $92.50 and last traded at $93.19. 24,244,321 shares traded hands during trading, a decline of 19% from the average session volume of 29,932,576 shares. The stock had previously closed at $99.53.

Key Stories Impacting CoreWeave

Here are the key news stories impacting CoreWeave this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Market/analyst momentum: several recent pieces highlight CoreWeave as an AI‑infrastructure leader and a buy candidate amid renewed investor rotation into AI/cloud names — a tailwind for long‑term demand expectations. 5 Stocks to Buy in February: Last Year’s Winners Aren’t Done Yet
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst upgrade/coverage: a January upgrade/coverage note lifted sentiment and helped earlier upside as analysts emphasize CoreWeave’s positioning in the AI datacenter market. CoreWeave Stock Price Up 10.7% After Analyst Upgrade
• Neutral Sentiment: Industry comparison: pieces comparing CoreWeave to larger rivals (e.g., Alphabet/NVIDIA plays) note both upside and execution risks — useful context but mixed near‑term impact. CRVW vs. GOOGL: Which Stock Wins the AI Infrastructure Race?
• Neutral Sentiment: Backlog and balance‑sheet tradeoff: reporting on a large backlog (reported ~$56B) underscores strong demand but also highlights heavy borrowing and capex to scale — a dual signal for growth vs. financial risk. The Artificial Intelligence (AI) Stock That’s Quietly Building the Future of Cloud Computing
• Negative Sentiment: Legal overhang: a large cluster of shareholder law firms (Kessler Topaz, Hagens Berman, Berger Montague, BFA Law, Robbins Geller, Pomerantz, Rosen, Bragar, Levi & Korsinsky, and others) have filed/announced securities‑fraud class actions or investor alerts alleging misstatements about scaling and revenue guidance; a broad litigation wave is the primary driver of today’s selling pressure. Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP Reminds CRWV Investors of March 13, 2026 Deadline
• Negative Sentiment: Reported stock plunge cited in litigation notices: multiple alerts reference a sizeable prior drop (~16% cited by some firms) and use that movement as the basis for claims — reinforcing short‑term uncertainty and potential settlement/defense costs. CRWV LOSS NOTICE: CoreWeave Inc. Plummets 16% Triggering Securities Fraud Class Action
• Negative Sentiment: Insider selling: a disclosed series of insider sales (large block sales by Brannin McBee around $101.45) increases perceived selling pressure and can amplify negative sentiment while litigation unfolds. SEC Form 4 — Insider Sales

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

CRWV has been the topic of several recent research reports. HC Wainwright restated a “buy” rating and issued a $180.00 price target on shares of CoreWeave in a research report on Wednesday, November 12th. Evercore ISI lowered their target price on shares of CoreWeave from $175.00 to $160.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, November 11th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reissued a “neutral” rating and issued a $110.00 target price on shares of CoreWeave in a report on Tuesday, November 11th. Weiss Ratings reissued a “sell (d-)” rating on shares of CoreWeave in a research note on Monday, December 29th. Finally, Barclays dropped their price objective on CoreWeave from $120.00 to $90.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research report on Monday, January 12th. Eighteen investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, twelve have assigned a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $127.27.

CoreWeave Stock Performance

The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.66, a quick ratio of 0.49 and a current ratio of 0.49. The company has a market capitalization of $36.01 billion and a PE ratio of -64.27. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $82.89 and a 200 day moving average price of $104.22.

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

Insider Activity

In other news, insider Brian M. Venturo sold 281,250 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, November 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $87.57, for a total transaction of $24,629,062.50. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Also, CEO Michael N. Intrator sold 111,427 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, December 31st. The stock was sold at an average price of $72.39, for a total value of $8,066,200.53. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 5,922,620 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $428,738,461.80. This represents a 1.85% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Over the last quarter, insiders sold 4,098,633 shares of company stock valued at $341,433,907.

Institutional Trading of CoreWeave

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Renaissance Capital LLC boosted its stake in CoreWeave by 49.9% in the 3rd quarter. Renaissance Capital LLC now owns 47,162 shares of the company’s stock valued at $6,454,000 after buying an additional 15,697 shares in the last quarter. Munro Partners boosted its stake in shares of CoreWeave by 5,272.4% in the 3rd quarter. Munro Partners now owns 616,485 shares of the company’s stock valued at $84,366,000 after purchasing an additional 605,010 shares in the last quarter. Apexium Financial LP bought a new stake in shares of CoreWeave in the 2nd quarter worth about $1,044,000. Chung Wu Investment Group LLC bought a new stake in shares of CoreWeave in the 2nd quarter worth about $755,000. Finally, HWG Holdings LP acquired a new stake in shares of CoreWeave during the 3rd quarter worth about $1,863,000.

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.