Capula Management Ltd Acquires 18,679 Shares of CoreWeave Inc. $CRWV

Capula Management Ltd grew its holdings in shares of CoreWeave Inc. (NASDAQ:CRWV) by 62.0% in the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 48,804 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 18,679 shares during the quarter. Capula Management Ltd’s holdings in CoreWeave were worth $3,781,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Sivia Capital Partners LLC bought a new position in CoreWeave during the second quarter valued at about $39,824,000. Quantbot Technologies LP bought a new stake in CoreWeave in the second quarter worth about $311,000. Invesco Ltd. bought a new stake in CoreWeave in the second quarter worth about $882,000. First Trust Advisors LP purchased a new position in CoreWeave in the second quarter valued at about $20,260,000. Finally, Baird Financial Group Inc. purchased a new position in CoreWeave in the second quarter valued at about $455,000.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

CRWV has been the subject of several research analyst reports. Weiss Ratings upgraded shares of CoreWeave from a “sell (e+)” rating to a “sell (d-)” rating in a research note on Wednesday, June 24th. BTIG Research initiated coverage on CoreWeave in a research note on Wednesday. They issued a “buy” rating on the stock. Raymond James Financial lowered CoreWeave from a “moderate buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Wednesday. Truist Financial raised CoreWeave from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and decreased their target price for the stock from $131.00 to $126.00 in a research report on Tuesday. Finally, Mizuho lowered their target price on CoreWeave from $110.00 to $100.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, July 15th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-one have assigned a Buy rating, fourteen have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $136.25.

CoreWeave Price Performance

CRWV stock opened at $81.10 on Friday. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $97.75 and a 200-day moving average of $95.47. The company has a current ratio of 0.31, a quick ratio of 0.31 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.68. CoreWeave Inc. has a 12 month low of $63.80 and a 12 month high of $153.20. The firm has a market capitalization of $36.30 billion, a P/E ratio of -26.08 and a beta of 7.17.

CoreWeave (NASDAQ:CRWV) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, May 7th. The company reported ($1.40) earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of ($1.17) by ($0.23). CoreWeave had a negative return on equity of 43.07% and a negative net margin of 25.57%.The firm had revenue of $2.08 billion for the quarter. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned ($0.60) earnings per share. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 111.6% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, sell-side analysts predict that CoreWeave Inc. will post -4.57 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Key CoreWeave News

Here are the key news stories impacting CoreWeave this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Truist upgraded CoreWeave (CRWV) to Buy, helping drive the shares higher as investors responded to renewed confidence in the company’s AI cloud growth story. CoreWeave Jumps 6% on Truist Buy Upgrade, Pulling Ahead of Cloudflare, Snowflake, Oracle
• Positive Sentiment: Robert W. Baird upgraded CoreWeave (CRWV) to Strong-Buy, reinforcing the bullish view that the company remains a standout “pioneer” in AI infrastructure. CoreWeave was upgraded by Robert W. Baird to strong-buy
• Positive Sentiment: Analysts highlighted CoreWeave’s rapid growth profile, including expectations for strong Q2 revenue expansion and heavy power buildout to support AI demand, which supports the stock’s premium valuation. CoreWeave (CRWV) Is Chasing 108% Q2 Revenue Growth With A Big Power Ramp
• Neutral Sentiment: Barclays reportedly lowered its expectations for CoreWeave (CRWV), which may temper some of the enthusiasm around the stock despite the broader wave of positive ratings. Barclays Has Lowered Expectations for CoreWeave (NASDAQ:CRWV) Stock Price
• Negative Sentiment: News that CoreWeave’s CFO sold $5.5 million of company shares could raise investor concerns about insider confidence, even though it does not necessarily change the business outlook. CoreWeave’s CFO Sold Company Shares for $5.5 Million. What Does That Mean for Investors?

Insider Activity

In other news, insider Brian M. Venturo sold 375,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Monday, April 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of $109.03, for a total value of $40,886,250.00. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, Director Jack D. Cogen sold 986,540 shares of the stock in a transaction on Tuesday, May 26th. The stock was sold at an average price of $107.80, for a total value of $106,349,012.00. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders sold 17,070,099 shares of company stock worth $1,982,943,238 in the last three months. Corporate insiders own 24.20% of the company’s stock.

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.