CoreWeave: Favorable Demand & Leadership in AI Infrastructure Balanced by Limited Near-Term Margin Upside; Maintain Neutral & Establishing Dec-27 Price Target of $110

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J P M O R G A N

North America Equity Research

11 August 2026

CoreWeave

Favorable Demand & Leadership in AI Infrastructure

Balanced by Limited Near-Term Margin Upside;

Maintain Neutral & Establishing Dec-27 Price Target of

$110

Neutral

CRWV, CRWV US

Price (10 Aug 26):$88.19

▲Price Target (Dec-27):$110.00

Prior (Dec-26):$105.00

In this report, we discuss some of the top-of-mind themes for investors, which in

aggregate leave us with a constructive outlook for CoreWeave which has

established itself as a leader in scaling AI compute while at the same time

continuing to progress towards an increasingly relevant PaaS vendor with highmargin hardware and software attach to the offered compute. We are favorable on

the demand outlook for CoreWeave, with recent datapoints in relation to pricing

for compute deals from SpaceX highlighting the supply-demand imbalance in the

industry, which we forecast to widen in the medium-term. In relation to investor

concerns relative to the risks associated with sustainability of demand and

overcapacity on account of lower demand in the future, we believe CoreWeave is

appropriately mitigating risk through capacity investments tied to specific

customers and also by limiting challenges from component price inflation by

locking in supply for a committed customer, even though both of the above, on the

flip-side, do limit the magnitude of upside to near-term forecasts. Despite our

favorable outlook for the company, we envision execution to margins is the most

critical watchpoint for investors and, in that regard, we see limited near-term

catalysts with our forecast for F3Q Op. margins of 7.0% vs. consensus of 7.5%,

leading us to stay Neutral rated at this time.

Favorable view on demand, leadership in technology, and business model.

We have a favorable view on the long-term demand drivers for the AI

infrastructure industry with the imbalance between compute demand and

supply apparent in the favorable pricing for on-demand compute in the

industry, for example with SpaceX’s contracts with Anthropic and Google.

Additionally, CoreWeave’s technology leadership is already well established

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