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Afternoon Brief · November 4th 2026

CoreWeave's 2031 bonds fall to 79.5 cents, with yields on its other debt above 15%

CoreWeave's unsecured bonds due in 2031 traded as low as 79.5 cents on the dollar on Wednesday, and bonds due in 2030 and 2032 fell far enough that yields passed 15%, a level the market usually reserves for troubled borrowers. The stock was down about 9.5% when Bloomberg reported the move.

The company carried $35.6 billion of debt at the end of June and paid $640 million in net interest in the second quarter, against $2.58 billion of revenue and a $626 million net loss. It expects to spend $35 billion to $39 billion on infrastructure this year and holds 15-year leases on 800 megawatts at Galaxy Digital's Helios site in Texas, the state whose governor-elect wants approvals stopped. Bond buyers are pricing that exposure far more harshly than Wall Street's analysts, whose average price target is still $129.68. SourcesB C

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This story ran in the Afternoon Brief of November 4th 2026.

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