CoreWeave delivered explosive 420% revenue growth and secured major contracts, confirming our bullish outlook for the near-term. The stock is trading down pre-market, though, due to panic over higher CapEx spend for the year at $20B-$23B, much higher than the $18.3B projected by Wall Street. Investors need to realize that for guys like CoreWeave, it takes high spend to keep up with the competition and see returns; the higher CapEx is not bad, it's necessary.
CoreWeave (NASDAQ: CRWV), an AI infrastructure provider, recently announced its Q1 results, reporting a loss of $1.49 per share on revenue of $982 million. This exceeded market expectations of $853 million in revenue.
Like Nvidia, CoreWeave has enjoyed a resurgence recently as the hype around AI's potential to bolster earnings and productivity sprang back to life.
CoreWeave's Q1 2025 results delivered a massive revenue beat, showcasing its status as a pure growth AI cloud business. Despite rapid growth, I'm cautious due to CoreWeave's heavy capital requirements, $7.5B net debt, and aggressive $22B capex plan. While revenue is expected to more than double in 2025, growth rates are decelerating and scalability remains a key challenge.
CoreWeave Inc. (NASDAQ:CRWV ) Q1 2025 Earnings Conference Call May 14, 2025 5:00 PM ET Company Participants Deborah Crawford - Vice President, Head of Investor Relations Michael Intrator - CEO Nitin Agrawal - CFO Conference Call Participants Keith Weiss - Morgan Stanley Kash Rangan - Goldman Sachs Mark Murphy - JPMorgan Raimo Lenschow - Barclays Tyler Radke - Citi Brad Zelnick - Deutsche Bank Brent Thill - Jefferies Gregg Moskowitz - Mizuho Michael Turrin - Wells Fargo Brad Sears - Bank of America Mike Cikos - Needham & Company Ben Reitzes - Melius Research Operator [Audio Starts Abruptly] First Quarter 2025 Earnings Conference Call. All lines have been placed on mute to prevent any background noise.
CoreWeave (CRWV) reported first-quarter revenue that grew over 400% year-over-year, sending shares higher in extended trading Wednesday.
The cloud provider posted a wider loss and a five-fold jump in revenue in its first earnings report as a public company, sending shares higher in after-hours trading.
CoreWeave delivered faster revenue growth than analysts were expecting. The cloud provider rents out Nvidia graphics processing units.
As CoreWeave prepares to unveil its earnings report, the echoes of Google's historic IPO and the robust institutional backing paint an optimistic picture for this AI cloud-computing pioneer.
The company provides large-scale access to graphics processing units via the cloud.
Robust growth in the AI infrastructure market bodes well for CRWV. However, competitive pressure and customer concentration risk are concerns.
Shares of CoreWeave (CRWV 12.14%) had a volatile April along with much of the stock market, but the recent IPO ended up with positive gains after a lackluster debut at the end of March.