Rakuten Securities Inc. Cuts Stock Holdings in CoreWeave Inc. $CRWV

Rakuten Securities Inc. lessened its stake in CoreWeave Inc. (NASDAQ:CRWV) by 38.5% during the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 22,102 shares of the company’s stock after selling 13,851 shares during the quarter. Rakuten Securities Inc.’s holdings in CoreWeave were worth $2,200,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Sivia Capital Partners LLC acquired a new stake in shares of CoreWeave during the 2nd quarter worth $39,824,000. Quantbot Technologies LP acquired a new position in CoreWeave in the second quarter valued at $311,000. Invesco Ltd. acquired a new position in CoreWeave in the second quarter valued at $882,000. First Trust Advisors LP purchased a new stake in CoreWeave during the second quarter valued at about $20,260,000. Finally, Baird Financial Group Inc. purchased a new stake in CoreWeave during the second quarter valued at about $455,000.

CoreWeave Trading Down 2.1%

NASDAQ CRWV opened at $87.85 on Friday. CoreWeave Inc. has a 12 month low of $60.55 and a 12 month high of $153.20. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 5.53, a current ratio of 0.46 and a quick ratio of 0.46. The company has a market capitalization of $40.31 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -24.07 and a beta of 7.44. The company’s fifty day moving average price is $89.99 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $94.74.

CoreWeave (NASDAQ:CRWV) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, August 11th. The company reported ($1.14) earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of ($1.52) by $0.38. The company had revenue of $2.58 billion during the quarter. CoreWeave had a negative net margin of 25.41% and a negative return on equity of 47.95%. CoreWeave’s revenue was up 112.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned ($0.27) earnings per share. As a group, research analysts predict that CoreWeave Inc. will post -5.17 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other CoreWeave news, Director Jack D. Cogen sold 986,540 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, May 26th. The stock was sold at an average price of $107.80, for a total transaction of $106,349,012.00. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, CEO Michael N. Intrator sold 278,560 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, June 30th. The stock was sold at an average price of $97.43, for a total value of $27,140,100.80. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 3,138,612 shares in the company, valued at approximately $305,794,967.16. This represents a 8.15% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. The sale was made to cover tax withholding obligations related to the vesting of equity awards. Over the last three months, insiders sold 9,541,014 shares of company stock worth $942,884,194. Corporate insiders own 24.20% of the company’s stock.

Trending Headlines about 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

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities analysts have recently commented on the company. Truist Financial raised their price objective on CoreWeave from $126.00 to $155.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, August 12th. UBS Group reissued an “underperform” rating on shares of CoreWeave in a research note on Wednesday, August 12th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their target price on shares of CoreWeave from $105.00 to $110.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Tuesday, August 11th. TD Cowen raised shares of CoreWeave to a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 22nd. Finally, BNP Paribas Exane assumed coverage on CoreWeave in a report on Tuesday, June 2nd. They issued an “outperform” rating and a $192.00 price target for the company. Twenty-one research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, ten have assigned a Hold rating and three have assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target 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.