What's Wrong With CoreWeave Stock?
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CoreWeave ( CRWV 7.55% ) has been struggling of late, and over the past year, its share price has been cut nearly in half. The company has experienced incredible growth due to artificial intelligence (AI) and businesses seeking out compute power, but it's been facing headwinds of late. Recently, there's been some bad news for investors, with tech giant Meta Platforms announcing that it plans to create a business to sell excess compute power. Not only does that mean more competition for CoreWeave, but it also highlights a fairly big risk with the stock. While CoreWeave has benefited from surging AI-related demand for compute power, the big risk with its business is that there is no defendable competitive advantage, also known as a moat, to protect it from competition. That's why when big tech companies such as Meta offer up their excess compute power, it can have a devastating impact on CoreWeave's growth prospects. If the companies that once were in need of compute capacity recognize they don't need as much and begin selling it, that's bad news on multiple fronts for CoreWeave, as it signals an increase in competition and less demand. At that stage, what CoreWeave may be left to do is to compete on price, which would make it more challenging for the company to get out of the red. Last year, while the company reported $5.1 billion in revenue, more than doubling the $1.9 billion it posted in the previous year, its net loss actually grew from $937 million to $1.2 billion.
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