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Investing.com - DA Davidson has reiterated an Underperform rating on CoreWeave (NASDAQ:CRWV) with a price target of $36.00, following the company’s announcement of a purchase order from Meta. According to InvestingPro data, CoreWeave currently trades at $137.26, with a market capitalization of $63.5 billion and notably high valuation multiples across key metrics.
CoreWeave revealed it has received a purchase order from Meta under a 2023 master service agreement, valued at up to $14.2 billion. The deal represents a significant development for CoreWeave, which has previously been viewed as heavily dependent on OpenAI. Despite impressive revenue growth forecasts of 174% for FY2025, InvestingPro analysis suggests the stock is currently overvalued.
DA Davidson notes that prior to this Meta purchase order, CoreWeave’s future was "tied up almost entirely to OpenAI," which became more concerning when OpenAI made nearly $500 billion of commitments to other providers, primarily Oracle.
The firm acknowledges that OpenAI’s lack of capital or cash flow to fulfill those commitments made CoreWeave’s backlog from OpenAI "seem somewhat speculative," though this concern was partially addressed by NVIDIA’s backstop commitment.
While DA Davidson believes the neocloud business model could be attractive, the firm maintains its Underperform rating on CoreWeave, stating it prefers companies with "better customer mix, unit economics and capital structure."
In other recent news, CoreWeave has announced an expanded agreement with OpenAI, adding up to $6.5 billion in value to their existing partnership. This expansion brings the total contract value between the companies to approximately $22.4 billion. The contract aims to power the training of OpenAI’s next-generation models. Analysts have responded positively to this development. Melius Research upgraded CoreWeave from Hold to Buy, setting a price target of $165.00, citing strong cloud demand growth. Wells Fargo also upgraded the stock from Equal Weight to Overweight, increasing its price target to $170.00. Meanwhile, Citizens JMP reiterated its Market Outperform rating with a $180.00 price target. Barclays maintained its Equalweight rating with a $140.00 price target, following the expanded agreement. These recent developments highlight CoreWeave’s strategic growth in the AI sector.
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