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Core Scientific, Inc.

$CORZ·$7.5B·Software - Infrastructure·Technology
$21.02-7.5%YTD+42.2%1Y+51.0%
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COCORZ
$CORZCore Scientific, Inc.
$21.02-7.48%810 posts+22%
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Top X posts

Today's AI verdict on what's driving $CORZ, plus how loud the X conversation is and which way it's leaning.

AI analysis

TickerTalks’ read on the fundamentals and what’s driving the move.

Hinges on a big eventWinding up for a moveAI verdict · as of 2026-07-15

Trading in a tight range and building pressure — a move looks likely soon, but the direction isn't clear yet.

Bitcoin miner pivoting to AI colocation with Aschenbrenner as 8.5% holder — insider selling into strength is the caveat.

Core Scientific runs data-center facilities that historically mined Bitcoin but is now aggressively pivoting to AI/HPC colocation, aiming to be one of the largest independent AI-data-center operators. It's the specific bet on "AI power scarcity" that has attracted institutional interest.

How the setup lands:

  • Revenue is decelerating in the mining business, growing in AI: Q1 revenue at $115M was up 45% year-over-year from the merger-comp base, but the last three EPS misses have been severe (-5200%, -7%, -559%) — the transition is real but expensive.
  • The Leopold Aschenbrenner Situational Awareness fund holds ~8.5% as its third-largest stake — that's a specific institutional endorsement of the AI-infrastructure thesis, and it's what's giving the equity a bid despite the messy P&L.
  • The insider signal is loud and negative: officer Duchene sold $780K across three separate transactions between June 24 and July 8 at prices from $22 to $29 — that's active distribution into every strength bounce, and it's the specific caveat against the bull-fund narrative.

Aug 14 earnings decides direction: any hyperscaler AI-colocation contract announcement combined with the print showing bitcoin-mining revenue stabilizing and HPC pipeline color would break shares above the $24.45 breakout level toward $28, while another wide EPS miss combined with continued Duchene selling would confirm the coil and take shares back to the mid-teens area.

Agrees with X sentimentAgree with the bullish framing — Aschenbrenner's 8.5% stake, the $24.45 breakout level, and the $2.05M Jan 2027 $23 call print are all consistent with the setup. The 131% short-interest reading as squeeze fuel is a legitimate technical anchor. The verdict adds the Duchene insider selling as the specific caveat.

What to watch: Aug 14 earnings: any hyperscaler AI-colocation contract, mining revenue trend, HPC pipeline color, and cash-runway update. Continued Duchene selling with another wide EPS miss confirms the coil and takes shares to mid-teens.

On the calendar: 2026-08-14 — Q2 2026 earnings

X sentiment

What the X crowd is saying right now — descriptive, summarised from the day’s posts.

Bullish sentiment12 posts analyzed · as of 2026-07-15

Core Scientific chatter is bullish AI-datacenter rebound. Leopold Aschenbrenner's fund holds ~8.5% of CORZ (his second-largest stake). Chart bulls describe CORZ 'from panic to potential' with strong bounce, reclaiming MAs, breakout level $24.45, next stop $28. Options traders bought $2.05M of 01/15/2027 $23C at $6.30. Community frames CORZ alongside WULF/CIFR as sub-sector winners with 4-8% moves per session. Community broadly long into the neocloud rebound.

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What it does

Plain-English summary of the business — what they sell and how they make money.

Operates Bitcoin mining data centers and offers HPC and AI colocation hosting to hyperscale customers.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Where Software - Infrastructure sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $CORZ.

Software - Infrastructure · Technology

No material change from last week — Enterprise software infrastructure is in a multiple compression phase (-16.

What this means for $CORZ

Neutral — Operates Bitcoin mining data centers and offers HPC and AI colocation hosting to hyperscale customers; limited exposure means the cloud-native adoption and AI security spend despite multiple compression is not a near-term catalyst or headwind.

Top industry ETF

$IGViShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF
-12.0%YTD
-14.7%1Y

Fundamentals & catalyst

Profitability, valuation, and the next earnings event — at a glance, with rule-of-thumb signals.

Key ratios

P/E
-7.1How much investors are paying per dollar of profit the company actually earned in the last 12 months. Lower means the stock looks cheaper relative to earnings.~15–25 is typical for the S&P 500; high-growth names trade 30+; hyper-growth or speculative can be 100+ or negative.
ROIC
-7.3%What percentage return the business earns on every dollar of capital (equity + debt) deployed in operations. The cleanest measure of business quality.Above ~15% is high-quality; consistently above 25% suggests a real moat. Below the company's cost of capital is value-destroying.
Op margin
-28.9%Operating profit (after sales, marketing, R&D, and overhead but before interest and taxes) as a percentage of revenue. The clearest view of how well the underlying business is run.Mature business above 20% is healthy; software businesses can run 30%+; commodity / retail businesses operate in single digits.
FCF yield
-5.5%Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex) divided by the company's market cap. The cash-on-cash return you'd get owning the whole business at today's price.Above ~5% is attractive; below ~2% means you're paying up for growth. Capital-light businesses (software) run higher than capital-heavy ones (utilities).
P/S
24.1Same idea as P/E but per dollar of revenue. Useful for companies that aren't profitable yet, where P/E is meaningless.Under ~2 is cheap; software / SaaS often runs 8–15; well above 20 implies the market is pricing in very high future growth.
ROE
109%Net income as a percentage of shareholders' equity. Similar to ROIC but counts only the equity side.Above 20% is strong, but can be inflated by leverage — a heavily indebted company can show high ROE with weak underlying ROIC.
Gross margin
16.8%Revenue minus the direct cost of producing what was sold, as a percentage of revenue. The first read on whether the product is structurally profitable.Software / SaaS is typically 70%+; consumer goods 30–50%; commodity / hardware businesses can be under 20%.
D/E
-1.6Total debt divided by shareholders' equity. Measures how much the business runs on borrowed money versus owner capital.Under 1 is conservative; 1–2 is typical for mature businesses; over 2 is leveraged and more sensitive to interest rates.

Past earnings

QuarterReportedActualEstimateSurprise
Q1 2026May 6, 2026$-1.06$-0.02-5200.0%
Q4 2025Mar 2, 2026$-0.29$-0.27-7.4%
Q3 2025Oct 24, 2025$-0.46$-0.07-558.9%
Q2 2025Aug 8, 2025$-0.04$-0.07+42.9%
Next earningsFri, Aug 14·consensus EPS $-0.02

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q1 FY26$115.2M+44.9%25.8%-20.6%$-1.06$-139.3M
Q4 FY25$79.8M-16.0%26.2%16.3%$0.60$-121.7M
Q3 FY25$81.1M-14.9%4.7%-80.7%$-0.46$-122.8M
Q2 FY25$78.6M-44.3%6.4%-33.4%$-0.04$-87.3M

Forward consensus

5-year forecast · up to 12 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$648.3M$636.4M – $660.2M-$1.06-$2.91 – $0.7912
FY27$1.1B$999.9M – $1.2B$0.44$0.05 – $0.8311
FY28$1.6B$1.2B – $1.9B$1.13-$0.06 – $3.716
FY29$2.4B$1.8B – $2.8B$0.52$0.35 – $0.655
FY30$3.9B$2.9B – $4.6B$1.48$0.99 – $1.853

Setup & momentum

Volume, range, and moving-average position — the technical setup driving short-term moves.

Right now

Vol vs 30dToday's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.0.6×Today's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.
52w rangeWhere the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.47%Where the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.
vs 50d MALatest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.-17.1%Latest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.
vs 200d MALatest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.+7.8%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Insider activity

Recent open-market buys and sells by officers and directors — flagged when multiple insiders cluster.

Recent transactions

SellJul 13Todd M DucheneSee remarks10.0K sh$224KSellJul 6Todd M DucheneSee remarks10.0K sh$226KSellJun 29Todd M DucheneSee remarks10.0K sh$262KSellJun 22Todd M DucheneSee remarks10.0K sh$293KSellJun 15Todd M DucheneSee remarks10.0K sh$282KSellJun 8Todd M DucheneSee remarks10.0K sh$268KSellMay 26Todd M DucheneSee remarks10.0K sh$263KSellMay 18Todd M DucheneSee remarks10.0K sh$231KSellMay 11Todd M DucheneSee remarks10.0K sh$232KSellMay 4Todd M DucheneSee remarks10.0K sh$209K
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SEC filings

Material 8-K, 13D, S-3, and 424B5 events from the last 180 days — the filings that actually move the price.

Recent material filings

3New insider — initial holdingsMay 283
AI summary

Stephen M. Smith filed an initial Form 3 for Core Scientific, Inc. (CORZ) effective May 26, 2026, reporting his initial beneficial ownership of Core Scientific securities upon becoming a Section 16 officer. This is a routine compliance filing required for new insiders, with no securities transaction disclosed.

8-KOfficer or director changeMay 268-K — Item 5.02: Officer or director change · Item 7.01: Press release / Reg FD
AI summary

Core Scientific (CORZ) appointed Steve M. Smith to its Board and Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee effective May 26, 2026. Smith, age 70, is current CEO of Zayo and former CEO/President of Equinix (2007-2018); a West Point graduate deemed independent under Sarbanes-Oxley and Nasdaq rules. He will receive standard board cash and equity compensation. This is a materially significant governance addition given Smith's deep hyperscale data center expertise directly relevant to CORZ.

8-KShareholder voteMay 158-K — Item 5.07: Shareholder vote
AI summary

CORZ held its Annual Meeting of stockholders around 2026-05-15 (8-K Item 5.07). Stockholders elected 7 directors to the board. A non-binding say-on-pay vote on executive compensation was conducted. Routine governance event — monitor for unusually high withhold votes as an activist signal.

3New insider — initial holdingsMay 113
AI summary

Form filed by More than One Reporting Person Table I - Non-De filed a Form 3 (initial ownership statement) for CORZ on 2026-05-11, initiating required Section 16 reporting. Role: of Reporting Person. Form 3 is a mandatory administrative filing upon first becoming an insider or 10%+ holder; it does not reflect a purchase or sale event.

8-KPress release / Reg FDMay 68-K — Item 2.02: Earnings release · Item 7.01: Press release / Reg FD
AI summary

CORZ reported first fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2026. A copy of financial results (8-K Item 2.02). Investors should review the full earnings press release and any management guidance for forward outlook.

8-KAgreement terminatedMay 68-K — Item 1.01: Material agreement · Item 1.02: Agreement terminated · Item 2.03: Material debt obligation · Item 8.01: Other event
AI summary

CORZ entered into a purchase agreement (8-K Item 1.01, dated 2026-05-06). Size: approximately $3.3 billion. Rate: 7.750%. Due 2031. Material definitive agreement — investors should review the full exhibit for covenants, conditions, and use of proceeds.

8-KMaterial agreementMay 68-K — Item 1.01: Material agreement · Item 7.01: Press release / Reg FD
AI summary

CORZ entered into a merger agreement (8-K Item 1.01, dated 2026-05-06). Counterparty: Polar Merger Sub, LLC. Material definitive agreement — investors should review the full exhibit for covenants, conditions, and use of proceeds.

8-KOfficer or director changeMay 58-K — Item 5.02: Officer or director change
AI summary

CORZ disclosed a personnel change (8-K Item 5.02, dated 2026-05-05). An executive departure and a new appointment are both reported. President and Chief Accounting Officer. Personnel changes are generally administrative; materiality depends on seniority and circumstances.

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Recent news

Latest headlines from major outlets, sourced and timestamped — context for whatever just moved.

Bitcoin Miners Cash In as AI Hits a Power Bottlenecketftrends.com·2d agoWhy Core Scientific Stock Was Up 75.8% In The First Half of 2026fool.com·3d agoBitcoin’s Next $1 Trillion Move Could Change Crypto Forever247wallst.com·8d agoCore Scientific: A Bullish Bet On AI Power Scarcityseekingalpha.com·12d agoThese 3 Bitcoin Miner Stocks Are Riding the AI Data Center Boommarketbeat.com·25d ago

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