BlockBeats News, August 13th - Guotai Junan Securities' Overseas Investment Research Institute commented on CoreWeave's 2026 Q2 financial report, maintaining a Buy rating and a $172 price target. Analysts are bullish on CoreWeave for reasons including strong demand for AI infrastructure, a 25% across-the-board price increase, $129 billion in massive backlog orders providing high visibility, and a new financing structure supporting shorter contracts. Additionally, operating costs are 47% lower than traditional cloud giants.

Revenue is forecasted to be $12.7 billion, $27.3 billion, and $41.8 billion for 2026, 2027, and 2028 respectively, with EBITDA at $7.5 billion, $15.6 billion, and $21.2 billion.