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CoreWeave’s stock slides on weak guidance even as revenue more than doubles
Published Mon, Nov 10 20254:32 PM ESTUpdated 5 Hours Ago
Jordan Novet @in/jordannovet/
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Key Points
- CoreWeave’s revenue in the third quarter exceeded analysts’ estimates, but guidance for the full year came in below consensus.
- The company won an expansion from a large unnamed company during the quarter, in addition to deals with Meta and OpenAI.
- CoreWeave shares have soared 164% since the company’s IPO in March.
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Michael Intrator, co-founder and CEO of CoreWeave, speaks at the Semafor World Economy Summit during the International Monetary Fund and World Bank Spring meetings in Washington on April 25, 2025.
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CoreWeave
, a provider of infrastructure for artificial intelligence companies, reported better-than-expected third-quarter revenue on Monday, but the company delivered disappointing full-year guidance. The stock dropped 6% in extended trading.
Here’s how the company did in comparison with LSEG consensus:
- Earnings: Loss of 22 cents per share
- Revenue: $1.36 billion vs. $1.29 billion expected
Revenue in the quarter soared 134% from $583.9 million a year ago, according to a statement. The company reported a net loss of $110 million, narrowing from about $360 million in the same quarter last year.
CoreWeave’s growth is tied directly to the AI boom, as the company rents out Nvidia
graphics processing units and has won business from leading cloud infrastructure providers, including Google and Microsoft. The company’s backlog now stands at $55.6 billion, with 2.9 gigawatts in contracted power, up from 2.2 gigawatts on June 30, according to the statement.
However, CoreWeave now sees 2025 revenue coming in between $5.05 billion and $5.15 billion, trailing the average analyst estimate of $5.29 billion, according to LSEG.
A third-party data center developer is behind schedule, CEO Mike Intrator said on the company’s earnings call. But he added that the delay won’t affect CoreWeave’s backlog.
“There was a problem at one data center that’s impacting us, but there are 32 data centers in our portfolio,” Intrator said.
During the quarter, CoreWeave announced a $6.5 billion expansion of its business with OpenAI and a six-year deal with Meta
worth up to $14.2 billion. CoreWeave also received its sixth contract from “a leading hyperscaler.”
The company remains supply-constrained, Intrator said. The shortage is not in power but instead has to do with the availability of partly completed “powered-shell” data centers in which CoreWeave can set up its own equipment, he said.
Meanwhile, CoreWeave is building its own data center infrastructure from the ground up in Pennsylvania, he said.
“The overwhelming majority of the delay that you’re seeing should be taken care of within Q1 of next year.” Intrator said.
CoreWeave went public on the Nasdaq in March, selling shares at $40 each. On Monday the stock closed at $105.61, representing a 164% return. The Nasdaq has gained 32% over a similar period. CoreWeave shares slipped in extended trading on Monday.
Less than four months after its IPO, CoreWeave announced its intent to acquire data center infrastructure operator Core Scientific
for $9 billion, but Core Scientific shareholders voted against the proposed deal.
CoreWeave’s 2026 capital expenditures should be “well in excess of double” the total for 2025, which will end up between $12 billion and $14 billion, said Nitin Agrawal, the company’s finance chief.
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