CoreWeave — 2026Q3 earnings
reported 2026-08-11
EPS -$1.14 vs -$1.47 est — beat
next session +19.3% (close 2026-08-11 → 2026-08-12)
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CoreWeave's Q2 2026 (reported 11 August 2026) is a demand story and a capital story at once. The release carries the capacity: active power up nearly 500 MW to 1.5 GW, contracted power to about 3.7 GW, selection for the Nasdaq-100, and a revenue backlog of approximately $104 billion as of June 30, 2026 — a figure the company defines as remaining performance obligations plus other amounts it estimates will be recognized under committed contracts, and one that excludes more than $25 billion of net new commitments added in early Q3. On the call the CEO put revenue at a record $2.6 billion, up 112% year over year, and the CFO raised the full-year 2026 outlook: revenue to $12.4 billion to $13.2 billion, adjusted operating income to $960 million to $1.15 billion, end-of-year active power to more than 1.85 gigawatts and end-of-year annualized run rate revenue to $18.5 billion to $19.5 billion. The same call priced the scaling: a $626 million net loss, $640 million of interest expense in the quarter, Q3 interest expense guided to $860 million to $940 million — well above the $200 million to $260 million of adjusted operating income guided for that same quarter — and 2026 capital spending of $35 billion to $39 billion. Against that, the CFO said the weighted average cost of debt has come down almost 300 basis points over the past year, approximately $1.1 billion of annualized interest saving on the end-of-Q2 debt load. Adjusted operating income of $128 million came in above the high end of guidance and up from $21 million in the prior quarter — but below the $200 million of a year earlier, so the operating-leverage inflection management describes is a sequential one.
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From the report
Capacity and demand carry the release — a revenue backlog of approximately $104 billion as of June 30, 2026, nearly 500 MW of active power added to reach 1.5 GW, contracted power of about 3.7 GW and a Nasdaq-100 entry — with the CEO calling the quarter an operating-leverage inflection point.
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Revenue backlog was approximately $104 billion as of June 30, 2026 — a figure the company defines as remaining performance obligations plus other amounts it estimates will be recognized under committed customer contracts, and which excludes more than $25 billion of net new commitments added in early Q3. show quote
“Revenue backlog 1 was approximately $104 billion as of June 30, 2026. 1 Does not include more than $25 billion of net new customer commitments added in early Q3. Revenue backlog includes remaining performance obligations, plus other amounts we estimate will be recognized as revenue in future periods under committed customer contracts, in each case, subject to the satisfaction of delivery and availability of service requirements.”
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Active power expanded by nearly 500 MW in the quarter to reach 1.5 GW. show quote
“Expanded active power by nearly 500 MWs to reach 1.5 GW”
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Total contracted power grew to approximately 3.7 GW, which the release pairs with a more diversified portfolio of providers and a larger powered-land footprint. show quote
“Grew total contracted power to approximately 3.7 GW while further diversifying portfolio of providers and expanding powered land footprint”
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CEO Michael Intrator framed the quarter as an inflection point at which scale began to translate into expanding operating leverage, with accelerating customer demand and broadening enterprise adoption. show quote
“CoreWeave reached an important inflection point this quarter as our scale began to translate into expanding operating leverage. Customer demand is accelerating, as enterprise adoption broadens and we continue to deepen our technology platform”
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CoreWeave was selected for inclusion in the Nasdaq-100 Index. show quote
“Selected for inclusion in the Nasdaq-100 Index, as one of the 100 largest non-financial companies listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market”
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The quarter's financing highlights include more than $10 billion of unsecured debt and convertible bonds, among them the company's first Eurobond issuance. show quote
“Raised more than $10 billion of unsecured debt and convertible bonds, including CoreWeave's inaugural Eurobond issuance”
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From the call
The CFO raised the full-year 2026 outlook — revenue to $12.4 billion to $13.2 billion, adjusted operating income to $960 million to $1.15 billion, end-of-year active power to more than 1.85 gigawatts and end-of-year annualized run rate revenue to $18.5 billion to $19.5 billion — and set out what that scaling costs: a $626 million net loss and $640 million of interest expense in the quarter, Q3 interest expense guided to $860 million to $940 million, and 2026 capital spending of $35 billion to $39 billion. Q3 itself is guided to revenue of $3.45 billion to $3.6 billion.
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The CEO put revenue at a record $2.6 billion, up 112% year over year, and revenue backlog at $104 billion, excluding over $25 billion of net new commitments added in the early weeks of Q3. show quote
“We generated record revenue of $2.6 billion, up 112% year-over-year, increased revenue backlog to $104 billion, while driving rapidly expanding enterprise adoption. This figure does not include the over $25 billion of net new customer commitments added in the early weeks of Q3.”
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Adjusted operating income of $128 million was above the high end of guidance and up from $21 million in the prior quarter, but below the $200 million reported a year earlier — the improvement management calls operating leverage is sequential, not year over year. show quote
“Adjusted operating income for Q2 was $128 million compared to $200 million in Q2 of 2025 and up from $21 million last quarter well above the high end of our guidance as operating leverage comes into a business with scale.”
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Net loss widened to $626 million from $290 million a year earlier, alongside $640 million of interest expense that the CFO attributed to increased debt raised to scale infrastructure and deliver contracted customer commitments. show quote
“Net loss for Q2 was $626 million, compared to a net loss of $290 million in Q2 of 2025. Interest expense for Q2 was $640 million compared to $267 million in Q2 of 2025, driven by increased debt to support the continued scaling of our infrastructure and delivery of our contracted customer commitments.”
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The CFO said the quarter's margin improvement came before July pricing changes of approximately 25% across SKUs, which he described as a response to the demand environment and to the ROI customers are observing as they shift to inference. show quote
“And this operating margin improvement came before our July pricing changes, which included an approximately 25% increase across SKUs in response to the current demand environment and the increasing ROI, our customers are observing from their investments in the CoreWeave platform as they shift to inference.”
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Set against the rising interest burden, the CFO said the weighted average cost of debt has come down by almost 300 basis points over the past year, worth approximately $1.1 billion of annualized interest saving on the end-of-Q2 debt load. show quote
“Over the past year, we have reduced our weighted average cost of debt by almost 300 basis points, representing approximately $1.1 billion of annualized interest saving based on our end of Q2 debt load.”
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Q3 is guided to revenue of $3.45 billion to $3.6 billion and adjusted operating income of $200 million to $260 million, with margins guided to keep expanding sequentially and to reach low teens in Q4. show quote
“we expect Q3 revenue to be in the range of $3.45 billion to $3.6 billion. We expect Q3 adjusted operating income of $200 million to $260 million as margins continue to sequentially expand, reaching low teens in Q4.”
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Q3 interest expense is guided to $860 million to $940 million, which the CFO tied to the growth in the debt balance financing accelerating deployments, alongside Q3 CapEx of $11.5 billion to $13.5 billion. show quote
“Q3 interest expense is expected to be in the range of $860 million to $940 million, reflecting the growth in our debt balance to finance our accelerating deployments. We expect CapEx to be $11.5 billion to $13.5 billion based on the significant amount of new capacity we will be delivering to customers.”
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The CFO raised the end-of-year active power target to more than 1.85 gigawatts, up from previous guidance of more than 1.7 gigawatts. show quote
“As a result of continued strong execution, we now expect to end the year with more than 1.85 gigawatts of active power, up from our previous guidance of more than 1.7 gigawatts.”
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For the full year the CFO raised revenue guidance to $12.4 billion to $13.2 billion and adjusted operating income to $960 million to $1.15 billion, raised expected end-of-year annualized run rate revenue to $18.5 billion to $19.5 billion, and lifted 2026 CapEx to $35 billion to $39 billion on increased expectations for capacity delivered this year. show quote
“Moving on to full year, our disciplined execution and the momentum we are seeing across our customer base gives us confidence in raising our full year 2026 revenue guidance to $12.4 billion to $13.2 billion, and adjusted operating income to $960 million to $1.15 billion. As a result of our increased expectations around capacity to be delivered to customers this year, as well as some of our significant recent wins, we now expect 2026 CapEx in the range of $35 billion to $39 billion. Finally, we're also raising our expected end of year annualized run rate revenue to $18.5 billion to $19.5 billion.”
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as of 2026-08-11