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Core Scientific, Inc.

$CORZ·$6.8B·Software - Infrastructure·Technology
$16.30-1.3%YTD+47.6%1Y+16.4%
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COCORZ
$CORZCore Scientific, Inc.
$16.30-1.27%269 posts+11%
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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.

Comeback attemptCooling offAI verdict · as of 2026-08-30

Catching its breath after a run — could pick back up or fade from here.

Miner-turned-AI-landlord with $24B of contracted revenue — the tape is testing whether the sold-out narrative holds.

Core Scientific is the recently reorganized Bitcoin miner that's leaning hard into becoming an AI/HPC data-center provider — 74% of CoreWeave's HPC revenue reportedly bills through Core, and the company just closed a $600M senior secured credit facility. The stock is +48% YTD but off 6% today into a broader data-center-name sell-off.

  • The revenue and EPS mix reflects a business in transition: quarterly revenue ran $79M / $81M / $80M / $115M with gross margin around 17%, and quarterly EPS printed $-0.04 / $-0.46 / $0.60 / $-1.06 — analysts model $667M of full-year revenue and a $-3.68 EPS loss, so the equity is priced on the AI-landlord backlog, not the miner P&L.
  • The contracted revenue stack is the whole thesis: $24B of contracted revenue, 2026 sold out, 2027 basically gone, 2028 already being fought over — that combination is what supports a real re-rate from the mining base, and the CoreWeave relationship is a customer-concentration risk but also the strongest single validation the strategy has.
  • The corporate housekeeping is aligning: the $600M credit facility unlocks ~$300M in restricted cash for buildout, a director bought 6,000 shares for $110K (small but positive), One Battery filed an amended 13D reporting ~4.4% ownership — all supportive.

An Oct 23 print that shows AI-hosting revenue crossing the mining line and adds specific new customer wins extends the pivot; a CoreWeave concentration disclosure that spooks the market, a data-center-basket sell-off continuation, or a Polaris DS integration cost overrun is what caps the tape.

Agrees with X sentimentX's bullish framing matches the mechanics — the $24B contracted, the CoreWeave relationship, and the $600M facility are real; the sample missing a CoreWeave-concentration bear voice is a gap in what the crowd is thinking about.

What to watch: The Oct 23 Q3 print — AI-hosting revenue vs mining, CoreWeave concentration, and any commentary on new powered-shell customers. A data-center-basket sell-off continuation is what caps the tape.

On the calendar: 2026-10-23 — Q3 earnings

X sentiment

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

Bullish sentiment28 posts analyzed · as of 2026-08-31

Sentiment on Core Scientific is bullish, with posters framing sub-$17 as an entry into the AI/HPC transition story. A freshly announced $600M in senior secured credit facilities, an insider director buying 6,000 shares for $110k, and the 15-year AMD 2.5GW colocation partnership dominate the case, alongside a #3 ranking among data-center stocks. One technical voice flags a weekly bear signal and warns the $16.92 shelf must hold to avoid a slide toward $13.

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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

SaaS multiples remain compressed as rate-sensitive valuations weigh on pure-play software; customers are lengthening deal cycles outside of AI-native workloads. AI co-pilot upsell is the only clear near-term catalyst — companies without it are treading water.

What this means for $CORZ

Direct beneficiary — AI-native product or platform captures spend from the same capex cycle driving the industry; Operates Bitcoin mining data centers and offers HPC and AI colocation hosting to hyperscale customers.

Top industry ETF

$IGViShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF
-4.2%YTD
+2.5%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
Q2 2026Jul 28, 2026$-3.32$-0.06-5201.8%
Q1 2026May 6, 2026$-1.06$-0.02-5200.0%
Q4 2025Mar 2, 2026$-0.42$-0.16-156.8%
Q3 2025Oct 24, 2025$-0.46$-0.07-558.9%
Next earningsFri, Oct 23·consensus EPS $-0.01

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 11 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$667.5M$640.9M – $689.6M-$3.68-$4.94 – -$3.0210
FY27$1.2B$1.1B – $1.2B$0.31$0.03 – $0.5911
FY28$1.6B$1.3B – $2.6B$0.52-$1.89 – $2.079
FY29$2.5B$2.1B – $3.1B-$0.48-$0.65 – -$0.404
FY30$4.4B$3.8B – $5.5B$1.48$1.22 – $1.994

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.0.8×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.19%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.-25.0%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.-16.0%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

SellAug 24Todd M DucheneSee remarks10.0K sh$174KBuyAug 20Elizabeth CrainDirector6.0K sh$110KBuyAug 18Weiss Eric StantonDirector7.0K sh$134KSellAug 17Todd M DucheneSee remarks10.0K sh$201KSellAug 10Todd M DucheneSee remarks10.0K sh$200KSellAug 3Todd M DucheneSee remarks10.0K sh$222KSellJul 27Todd M DucheneSee remarks10.0K sh$209KSellJul 20Todd M DucheneSee remarks10.0K sh$223KSellJul 13Todd M DucheneSee remarks10.0K sh$224KSellJul 6Todd M DucheneSee remarks10.0K sh$226K
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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

8-KPress release / Reg FDAug 148-K — Item 7.01: Press release / Reg FD · Item 8.01: Other event
AI summary

Core Scientific completed the acquisition of Polaris DS LLC (Nevada) on August 13, 2026 via merger of its wholly owned subsidiary Polar Merger Sub, LLC into Polaris DS, with Polaris DS surviving as a Core subsidiary. The deal was agreed under an Agreement and Plan of Merger dated May 5, 2026; the seller was Top Access Enterprises Limited (Hong Kong). No acquisition price is disclosed in the 8-K body. Material acquisition that expands Core Scientific's infrastructure footprint; financial terms remain undisclosed.

SC 13D/AActivist amendmentAug 4SC 13D/A
AI summary

One Battery filed a amended Schedule 13D disclosing significant beneficial ownership of CORZ. The filer reported owning approximately 4.4 % of CORZ's outstanding shares. 13D filings are required when a party acquires more than 5% of a company with intent to engage management, and may signal activist interest or strategic accumulation in CORZ.

3New insider — initial holdingsAug 33
AI summary

Core Scientific, Inc. (CORZ) filed a Form 3 for a newly appointed director as of August 3, 2026. The reporting person holds no securities of the issuer at the time of filing; filed via attorney-in-fact Todd DuChene. This is a routine initial insider ownership disclosure for a new board member with no current equity stake.

8-KOfficer or director changeJul 298-K — Item 5.02: Officer or director change · Item 7.01: Press release / Reg FD
AI summary

Core Scientific, Inc. filed an 8-K on July 29, 2026 under Items 5.02 and 7.01 to announce the appointment of Mark Adams to its board of directors and to furnish a related press release. Adams is the former President of Micron Technology, Inc., one of the world's largest memory chip manufacturers, bringing deep experience in semiconductor manufacturing, large-scale data infrastructure, and capital-intensive technology operations. His appointment is strategically significant for Core Scientific, a large-scale Bitcoin miner and high-performance computing (HPC) hosting company, given the company's push to expand HPC and AI datacenter capacity beyond Bitcoin mining. The press release detailing Adams' background and the board's comments on his appointment is furnished as Exhibit 99.1.

8-KPress release / Reg FDJul 288-K — Item 2.02: Earnings release · Item 7.01: Press release / Reg FD
AI summary

Core Scientific Inc. (CORZ) reported Q2 2026 financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2026 on July 28, 2026 via press release and investor presentation slides furnished as exhibits. No specific financial metrics are included in the 8-K body. This is a standard quarterly earnings disclosure for the Bitcoin mining and HPC hosting company; revenue, hash rate, and hosting capacity metrics are in the attached exhibits.

8-KUnregistered equity saleJul 288-K — Item 3.02: Unregistered equity sale · Item 7.01: Press release / Reg FD
AI summary

Core Scientific Inc. (CORZ) issued Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) a warrant on July 27, 2026 to purchase up to 30 million shares of CORZ common stock at $23.47/share (5-day VWAP prior to execution), vesting at 12,222 shares per MW of critical IT load delivered under new AMD lease agreements; approximately 6.5 million warrant shares vested immediately from 377 MW of Leases executed at Core's Pecos TX, Muskogee OK and additional sites. The warrant is immediately exercisable upon vesting and expires July 27, 2031; shares are issued under the Section 4(a)(2) private placement exemption. This is a materially dilutive deal — up to 30 million new shares (~mid-single-digit % dilution) — but signals a major HPC/AI infrastructure expansion with AMD as an anchor customer worth monitoring for revenue impact.

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.

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Recent news

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

A Look at Core Scientific Inc (CORZ) After 6.3% Decline -- GF Value $11.61 vs Price $16.51gurufocus.com·3d agoApplied Digital Sinks 7%, IREN Tumbles 13% as Data Center Selloff Broadens Past One Name247wallst.com·3d agoCore Scientific Secures $600 Million of Senior Secured Credit Facilitiesgurufocus.com·5d agoCore Scientific Secures $600 Million of Senior Secured Credit Facilitiesbusinesswire.com·5d agoAvala Global LP Takes Position in Core Scientific, Inc. $CORZdefenseworld.net·5d ago

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