CoreWeave (NASDAQ:CRWV) Shares Gap Down on Disappointing Earnings

CoreWeave Inc. (NASDAQ:CRWV)’s stock price gapped down prior to trading on Friday following a dissappointing earnings announcement. The stock had previously closed at $97.63, but opened at $84.22. CoreWeave shares last traded at $80.72, with a volume of 25,671,041 shares trading hands.

The company reported ($0.89) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($0.61) by ($0.28). The business had revenue of $1.57 billion for the quarter. CoreWeave’s revenue for the quarter was up 110.4% on a year-over-year basis.

Key Headlines Impacting CoreWeave

Here are the key news stories impacting CoreWeave this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Revenue beat and record backlog support growth thesis: CoreWeave topped Q4 revenue estimates as AI demand pushed platform usage and backlog approached ~$67B, evidence of strong contracted demand. CNBC: CoreWeave beats revenue
• Positive Sentiment: High revenue guidance and large contracted pipeline: Management is targeting substantially higher FY26 revenue (company guidance implies a step-up in scale), which underpins the long-term growth story if margins recover as capacity ramps. Press release / slide deck
• Positive Sentiment: Strategic financing / partner support: Reports note syndication of large loans tied to long-term customer contracts and renewed Nvidia interest via a multibillion equity tie‑up, which can de‑risk expansion financing. Yahoo Finance: financing and Nvidia
• Neutral Sentiment: Analyst mix: Citizens Jmp reaffirmed a “market outperform” rating with a $180 target, while Needham left a “hold” — showing divergent views on payoff from current spending. Benzinga: analyst notes
• Neutral Sentiment: Mixed quarter — revenue growth strong but profitability lagging: Revenue surged >100% YoY, yet adjusted losses widened and EPS missed consensus, leaving the report technically mixed for traders. MarketBeat: earnings summary
• Negative Sentiment: Doubling capital expenditure raises margin and return concerns: Plans to materially increase capex this year triggered investor worry about near‑term margin pressure and the effectiveness of the spend. That prompted heavy selling in pre‑market trade. Reuters: capex concerns
• Negative Sentiment: Rising debt, interest costs and wider losses: Coverage (Barron’s/MSN) highlights growing interest expense and higher leverage after the quarter, which amplifies execution and liquidity risk while capex is ramping. Barron’s: debt and losses
• Negative Sentiment: Multiple securities‑fraud class action notices filed: Several law firms have announced suits and lead‑plaintiff deadlines alleging disclosure issues around data‑center delays and infrastructure risks — a reputational and legal overhang. Pomerantz PR: class action
• Negative Sentiment: Insider selling and short‑term selling pressure: Reports of insider sales and sizable short interest increases add to near‑term headwinds for the stock. AmericanBankingNews: insider selling

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities analysts have recently weighed in on the company. Needham & Company LLC reiterated a “hold” rating on shares of CoreWeave in a report on Friday. UBS Group restated a “neutral” rating on shares of CoreWeave in a report on Friday, January 16th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reiterated a “neutral” rating and set a $110.00 price objective on shares of CoreWeave in a report on Tuesday, November 11th. HC Wainwright reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a $180.00 target price on shares of CoreWeave in a research report on Wednesday, November 12th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company reduced their price target on CoreWeave from $150.00 to $125.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, January 8th. Seventeen equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, twelve have given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $124.48.

Insider Transactions at CoreWeave

In related news, EVP Chen Goldberg sold 18,950 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, February 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $90.84, for a total transaction of $1,721,418.00. Following the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 58,689 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $5,331,308.76. This represents a 24.41% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, insider Jeff Baker sold 2,374 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, February 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $90.83, for a total value of $215,630.42. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider directly owned 41,275 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,749,008.25. This trade represents a 5.44% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Over the last 90 days, insiders sold 4,565,769 shares of company stock worth $388,715,556.

Institutional Trading of CoreWeave

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its stake in CoreWeave by 275.6% during the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 27,920,979 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,999,421,000 after purchasing an additional 20,487,478 shares in the last quarter. Nvidia Corp boosted its holdings in CoreWeave by 0.4% during the 2nd quarter. Nvidia Corp now owns 24,277,573 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,958,701,000 after acquiring an additional 95,113 shares during the period. Proficio Capital Partners LLC grew its holdings in shares of CoreWeave by 446,194.0% in the third quarter. Proficio Capital Partners LLC now owns 17,851,760 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,443,013,000 after purchasing an additional 17,847,760 shares during the last quarter. Clear Street Group Inc. increased its position in shares of CoreWeave by 57.2% during the fourth quarter. Clear Street Group Inc. now owns 4,653,815 shares of the company’s stock worth $333,260,000 after acquiring an additional 1,692,916 shares during the period. Finally, Alyeska Investment Group L.P. raised its position in CoreWeave by 300.0% during the 4th quarter. Alyeska Investment Group L.P. now owns 4,000,000 shares of the company’s stock valued at $286,440,000 after purchasing an additional 3,000,000 shares in the last quarter.

CoreWeave Trading Down 17.7%

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 $31.03 billion and a P/E ratio of -55.39. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $88.95 and its 200-day simple moving average is $100.37.

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.