CoreWeave (CRWV) has just wrapped up FY 2025 with Q4 total revenue of US$1.6b, a basic EPS loss of US$0.89 and net income loss of US$452.0m. This caps off a year in which trailing twelve month revenue reached US$5.1b alongside a TTM basic EPS loss of US$2.75. Over the past six reported quarters, the company has seen revenue move from US$584.0m in Q3 2024 to US$1.6b in Q4 2025. During the same period, quarterly basic EPS has ranged between a loss of US$0.22 and a loss of US$1.82, so the latest print keeps the focus squarely on how quickly margins can catch up to that top line scale.

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With the headline numbers on the table, the next step is to compare these results with the most widely held narratives around CoreWeave to see which stories the latest figures support and which ones they begin to challenge.

Revenue Near US$5.1b TTM, But Losses Still Large

• On a trailing twelve month basis CoreWeave generated about US$5.1b of revenue with a net income loss of roughly US$1.2b, so the scale is large but the business is still firmly in the red.
• Supporters with a bullish view point to the 167.9% revenue growth over the last year and forecasts of about 35.5% annual revenue growth as evidence that this top line momentum can help earnings over time, yet the TTM EPS loss of US$2.75 and forecasts for earnings to decline around 10% per year show that profitability is not tracking that growth as quickly as bulls might hope.
  • Consensus narrative expects margins to improve from a current loss position, but the current TTM net loss of about US$1.2b keeps the gap between revenue scale and bottom line front and center.
  • Bulls also highlight a large revenue backlog and contracted power, and the current US$5.1b of TTM revenue gives some support to that story while still leaving plenty of execution risk around converting future commitments into earnings.

Supporters who think the growth story outweighs the current losses often focus on how quickly those US$5.1b of trailing sales arrived and what that could mean if margins turn, and they lay out that case in much more detail in the bullish thesis for CoreWeave. 🐂 CoreWeave Bull Case

EPS Swings Highlight Bear Concerns On Profit Path

• Quarterly basic EPS moved between a loss of US$0.22 and a loss of US$1.82 over the last six reported quarters, and in FY 2025 alone EPS ranged from a loss of US$0.22 in Q3 to a loss of US$1.40 in Q1, which lines up with the view that the path to stable earnings is still uneven.
• Critics with a bearish stance argue that, even with strong revenue growth, CoreWeave is expected to stay unprofitable for at least the next three years and that earnings are forecast to decline by about 10% per year, and the pattern of quarterly losses between roughly US$80 million and US$452 million over the last six quarters gives that concern something very concrete to anchor to.
  • Bears also flag that capital expenditure plans are heavy and funded with rising debt, and the repeated quarterly net losses combined with forecasts for continued negative earnings support that worry about future interest costs biting into any improvement.
  • On top of that, recent shareholder dilution and significant insider selling over the past three months feed into the bearish case that existing holders are shouldering both ongoing losses and ownership dilution at the same time.

If you are weighing those EPS swings and ongoing losses against the cautious view on heavy spending and dilution, the bearish thesis lays out how that side of the market is thinking through the risks in more detail. 🐻 CoreWeave Bear Case

Mixed Signals From P/S Of 13.6x And Ongoing Dilution

• CoreWeave trades on a P/S of 13.6x, which is lower than the 17.6x peer group average but well above the US IT industry average of 2x, so the stock sits in a middle ground where it is cheaper than close comparables on sales but still carries a high multiple versus the broader sector.
• Consensus narrative highlights that this valuation sits alongside persistent losses and governance questions, with the company unprofitable on TTM numbers, expected to remain so for the next three years, and with shareholders having been diluted in the last year while insiders sold stock, which together can make that 13.6x P/S look demanding if the earnings profile does not shift closer to the analyst price target of about US$132.19 relative to the current share price of US$128.84.
  • Supporters of the consensus view see the lower P/S versus peers as a potential relative value marker, but the forecast earnings declines and ongoing dilution mean that metric needs to be weighed against a still negative earnings base.
  • For a holder, the combination of a high industry relative P/S, continued net losses, and insider selling may be a signal to track future quarters closely to see whether revenue and backlog conversion start to close the gap to profits.

Next Steps

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Seeing both the excitement around growth and the concern about ongoing losses, it makes sense to look at the full picture yourself and move quickly to your own stance using the 2 key rewards and 5 important warning signs

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