CoreWeave Stock Drops as Nvidia-Backed Firm's Loss Exceeds Forecasts
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The provider of artificial intelligence computing products and services said it was operating in an environment where it can’t meet demand
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CoreWeave posted a bigger-than-anticipated loss as it spent more to meet demand.
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The Nvidia-backed provider of artificial intelligence computing products and services said it was operating in an environment where it can’t meet demand.
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CoreWeave expects to spend more to increase its offerings.
CoreWeave (CRWV) shares dropped more than 10% Wednesday, a day after the Nvidia-backed provider of artificial intelligence (AI) computing reported a much larger-than-expected loss as costs skyrocketed.
The company posted a second-quarter loss of $0.60 per share, while analysts surveyed by Visible Alpha had anticipated a loss of $0.45 per share. Revenue soared 207% year-over-year to $1.21 billion, beating estimates.
Operating expenses jumped 276% to $1.19 billion, also more than anticipated. Co-founder and CEO Michael Intrator explained that CoreWeave was “scaling rapidly as we look to meet the unprecedented demand for AI.”
CFO Nitin Agrawal added on the earnings call with analysts that the company is “still operating in a structurally supply-constrained environment, where demand far outstrips supply for our products and services,” according to an AlphaSense transcript. Agrawal explained that because of the need to invest more to meet that demand, expenses will continue to rise, including debt, adding that “these costs ahead of revenue have a short-term impact on our margins.”
Agrawal noted that with the expectation of rising sales, CoreWeave was boosting its full-year revenue guidance to $5.15 billion to $5.35 billion, versus its earlier outlook of $4.9 billion to $5.1 billion.
Despite today’s sharp declines, CoreWeave shares have soared more than 200% since their March debut.
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