CoreWeave (NASDAQ:CRWV) Trading Down 4.4% – Should You Sell?

CoreWeave Inc. (NASDAQ:CRWV)’s stock price dropped 4.4% during trading on Tuesday . The company traded as low as $81.56 and last traded at $82.12. Approximately 17,168,149 shares traded hands during mid-day trading, a decline of 36% from the average daily volume of 26,709,691 shares. The stock had previously closed at $85.86.

Key CoreWeave News

Here are the key news stories impacting CoreWeave this week:

• Positive Sentiment: CoreWeave announced integrations that boost its AI cloud stack for production-grade agent workflows (Cline integration, W&B inference support) and highlighted expanded NVIDIA GTC momentum including support for HGX B300 — these signal stronger product footing for higher-margin AI workloads and potential demand acceleration. CoreWeave Integrates With Cline CoreWeave’s AI Cloud Push With Cline Integration And NVIDIA GTC Momentum
• Positive Sentiment: New commercial wins/partnerships (Perplexity deal) and analyst commentary highlighting a very large backlog provide revenue visibility that supports growth expectations. CoreWeave deal with Perplexity CoreWeave: Deeply Undervalued Against Peers
• Neutral Sentiment: CoreWeave is moving into hyperscale with a planned 300 MW AI data center in Saskatchewan (partnering with Cerebras and BCE). That expands capacity and TAM but also increases execution, timing and capital intensity risks. Saskatchewan hyperscale build
• Neutral Sentiment: Evercore ISI trimmed CoreWeave’s target but kept an Outperform — a mixed signal that keeps institutional interest but reduces near-term price targets; CoreWeave also appears in thematic funds (e.g., ARKK) which can amplify moves as flows shift.
• Negative Sentiment: Insider selling: director/insider Brannin McBee disclosed large share sales (totaling ~166k shares across filings), reducing insider ownership materially — can be viewed as a negative near-term signal to some investors. Insider selling filing
• Negative Sentiment: Analyst/media pieces note a 15% one-month drop citing surging debt, massive AI capex/spend, weak earnings quality (recent EPS miss) and high leverage — these fundamentals concerns are pressuring the valuation despite fast revenue/backlog growth. CRWV Stock Falls 15% in a Month CRWV Stock Falls 15% in a Month (Yahoo)

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of analysts have issued reports on CRWV shares. UBS Group reissued a “neutral” rating on shares of CoreWeave in a research report on Friday, January 16th. Sanford C. Bernstein initiated coverage on CoreWeave in a research note on Thursday, March 5th. They set an “underperform” rating and a $56.00 price target for the company. Roth Mkm restated a “buy” rating on shares of CoreWeave in a research note on Monday, February 23rd. DA Davidson upped their price objective on shares of CoreWeave from $110.00 to $125.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, February 27th. Finally, Macquarie Infrastructure reiterated a “neutral” rating and set a $115.00 target price on shares of CoreWeave in a research report on Tuesday, January 27th. Eighteen investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, twelve have given a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $122.35.

CoreWeave Stock Performance

The company has a quick ratio of 0.46, a current ratio of 0.46 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 4.46. The company has a market capitalization of $33.81 billion and a PE ratio of -25.25. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $89.27 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $97.88.

CoreWeave (NASDAQ:CRWV) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 26th. The company reported ($0.89) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.61) by ($0.28). The company had revenue of $1.57 billion for the quarter. CoreWeave had a negative return on equity of 33.82% and a negative net margin of 22.75%.The business’s revenue was up 110.4% on a year-over-year basis.

Insider Activity

In other CoreWeave news, insider Brian M. Venturo sold 281,250 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, March 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $79.33, for a total value of $22,311,562.50. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. Also, insider Brannin Mcbee sold 43,750 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Monday, March 16th. The shares were sold at an average price of $84.44, for a total transaction of $3,694,250.00. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. In the last three months, insiders sold 4,633,778 shares of company stock valued at $393,272,588.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in CRWV. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its position in CoreWeave by 275.6% during the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 27,920,979 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,999,421,000 after buying an additional 20,487,478 shares in the last quarter. Proficio Capital Partners LLC raised its holdings in shares of CoreWeave by 446,194.0% in the 3rd 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 in the last quarter. Deutsche Bank AG boosted its position in shares of CoreWeave by 22,624.0% during the 4th 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 last quarter. Altimeter Capital Management LP bought a new stake in shares of CoreWeave during the 4th quarter valued at about $230,099,000. Finally, Alyeska Investment Group L.P. grew its holdings 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 worth $286,440,000 after purchasing an additional 3,000,000 shares in the last quarter.

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.