Business Description
Applied Digital Corporation designs, develops, and operates digital infrastructure solutions and cloud services high-performance computing (HPC) and artificial intelligence industries in North America. It operates through three segments: Data Center Hosting Business, Cloud Services Business, and HPC Hosting Business. The company offers infrastructure services to crypto mining customers; and GPU computing solutions for critical workloads related to AI, machine learning, and other HPC tasks. It also engages in the designing, constructing, and managing of data centers to support HPC applications. The company was formerly known as Applied Blockchain, Inc. and changed its name to Applied Digital Corporation in November 2022. Applied Digital Corporation is based in Dallas, Texas.
Business History
Generated: Apr 23, 2026 10:00amPrice Overview
Last updated: May 24, 2026 1:32pm (just now)Price History (1 Year)
Revenue & Net Income Trend
| Period | Revenue | Net Income | Net Margin | YoY/QoQ |
|---|
Key Metrics
EPS (Diluted): -1.16
Total Equity: $633.73M
Shares: 201,194,451
Total Debt: $688.16M
Cash: $113.92M
EBITDA: -$91.82M
Total Debt: $688.16M
Cash: $113.92M
Revenue: $215.51M
Revenue: $215.51M
Revenue: $215.51M
Total Equity: $633.73M
Tax Rate: -0.1%
Equity: $633.73M
Total Debt: $688.16M
Cash: $113.92M
Current Liabilities: $558.14M
Long-Term Debt: $677.83M
Total Debt: $688.16M
Total Equity: $633.73M
Shares: 201,194,451
Shares: 201,194,451
CapEx: -$681.60M
Shares: 201,194,451
Stock Price: $45.87
Net Income: -$231.07M
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Deep Analysis
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Income Statement (Annual)
Last updated: May 24, 2026 1:32pm (just now)| Metric | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $0 | $8.5M | $55.4M | $136.6M | $215.5M |
| Cost of Revenue | $1,000 | $21.9M | $44.4M | $106.7M | $192.8M |
| Gross Profit | $-1,000 | -$13.3M | $11.0M | $30.0M | $22.7M |
| Operating Expenses | $331,000 | $7.6M | $55.1M | $45.0M | $94.9M |
| Operating Income | $-332,000 | -$20.9M | -$44.1M | -$15.1M | -$72.3M |
| Net Income | $-568,000 | -$23.5M | -$44.6M | -$149.3M | -$231.1M |
| EBITDA | $-331,000 | -$20.7M | -$36.9M | -$34.2M | -$91.8M |
| EPS | $-0.06 | $-0.41 | $-0.48 | $-1.31 | $-1.16 |
| EPS (Diluted) | — | — | — | — | — |
Balance Sheet (Annual)
Last updated: May 22, 2026 1:02am (2d ago)| Metric | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash & Equivalents | $11.8M | $38.8M | $29.0M | $3.3M | $113.9M |
| Total Current Assets | $11.8M | $40.4M | $45.8M | $404.1M | $430.6M |
| Total Assets | $15.1M | $120.0M | $264.0M | $762.9M | $1.9B |
| Current Liabilities | $2.5M | $29.0M | $115.5M | $554.1M | $558.1M |
| Long-Term Debt | $0 | $5.9M | $68.5M | $79.5M | $677.8M |
| Total Liabilities | $17.6M | $40.7M | $194.3M | $638.0M | $1.2B |
| Total Equity | -$2.6M | $72.3M | $59.5M | $124.8M | $633.7M |
| Retained Earnings | -$21.6M | -$56.1M | -$100.7M | -$250.0M | -$481.1M |
Cash Flow (Annual)
Last updated: May 24, 2026 1:32pm (just now)| Metric | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Cash Flow | $-83,000 | $-872,000 | $58.7M | $13.8M | -$115.4M |
| Capital Expenditure | -$3.3M | -$55.0M | -$131.3M | -$141.8M | -$681.6M |
| Free Cash Flow | -$3.4M | -$55.8M | -$72.5M | -$128.0M | -$797.0M |
| Acquisitions (net) | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Debt Repayment | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dividends Paid | — | — | — | — | — |
| Stock Buybacks | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | -$31.3M |
| Net Change in Cash | $11.8M | $34.5M | -$2.7M | -$11.9M | $89.2M |
Analyst Estimates (Annual)
Last updated: May 24, 2026 1:32pm (just now)| Metric | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 | 2030 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue |
$700.5M $618.9M – $782.2M
|
$1.6B $1.3B – $1.9B
|
$2.4B $1.9B – $2.8B
|
$4.7B $3.7B – $5.5B
|
| EBITDA |
-$188.0M -$209.9M – -$166.1M
|
-$437.5M -$510.0M – -$346.9M
|
-$636.9M -$742.5M – -$504.9M
|
-$1.3B -$1.5B – -$1.0B
|
| Net Income |
-$171.7M -$1.2B – $872.6M
|
-$4.6M -$5.7M – -$3.4M
|
$786.7M $574.8M – $956.2M
|
$74.4M $54.4M – $90.5M
|
| EPS | — | — | — | — |
Growth Trends (YoY %)
Last updated: May 24, 2026 1:32pm (just now)| Metric | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue Growth | — | +547.9% | +146.6% | +57.7% |
| Gross Profit Growth | -1,334,200.0% | +182.5% | +172.3% | -24.3% |
| Operating Income Growth | -6,194.6% | -110.8% | +65.8% | -379.9% |
| Net Income Growth | -4,040.8% | -89.8% | -234.4% | -54.8% |
| EBITDA Growth | -6,158.0% | -78.1% | +7.4% | -168.8% |
Insider Trading (Recent)
| Date | Insider | Type | Shares | Price | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-28 | Nottenburg Richard N | S-Sale | 12,500.00 | $32.00 | $400,000 |
| 2026-04-30 | Nottenburg Richard N | S-Sale | 12,500.00 | $34.59 | $432,375 |
| 2026-04-27 | MILLER DOUGLAS S | S-Sale | 10,000.00 | $34.98 | $349,800 |
| 2026-04-10 | Cummins Wes | M-Exempt | 100,000.00 | $0.00 | $0 |
| 2026-04-10 | Cummins Wes | F-InKind | 39,350.00 | $26.26 | $1.0M |
| 2026-04-10 | Cummins Wes | M-Exempt | 100,000.00 | $0.00 | $0 |
| 2026-04-04 | Mohmand Mohammad Saidal LaVanway | M-Exempt | 81,667.00 | $0.00 | $0 |
| 2026-04-04 | Mohmand Mohammad Saidal LaVanway | F-InKind | 32,136.00 | $24.56 | $789,260 |
| 2026-04-04 | Mohmand Mohammad Saidal LaVanway | M-Exempt | 12,500.00 | $0.00 | $0 |
| 2026-04-04 | Mohmand Mohammad Saidal LaVanway | F-InKind | 4,194.00 | $24.56 | $103,005 |
| 2026-04-04 | Mohmand Mohammad Saidal LaVanway | M-Exempt | 81,667.00 | $0.00 | $0 |
| 2026-04-04 | Mohmand Mohammad Saidal LaVanway | M-Exempt | 12,500.00 | $0.00 | $0 |
| 2026-04-04 | Cummins Wes | M-Exempt | 100,000.00 | $0.00 | $0 |
| 2026-04-04 | Cummins Wes | F-InKind | 34,579.00 | $24.56 | $849,260 |
| 2026-04-04 | Cummins Wes | M-Exempt | 100,000.00 | $0.00 | $0 |
| 2026-03-12 | Zhang Jason Gechen | F-InKind | 93,037.00 | $27.48 | $2.6M |
| 2026-01-06 | Laltrello Laura | F-InKind | 82,764.00 | $30.27 | $2.5M |
| 2026-02-06 | Zhang Jason Gechen | A-Award | 500,000.00 | $0.00 | $0 |
| 2026-02-06 | Mohmand Mohammad Saidal LaVanway | A-Award | 250,000.00 | $0.00 | $0 |
| 2026-01-29 | HASTINGS CHUCK | S-Sale | 45,987.00 | $38.57 | $1.8M |
Narrative Economics
Delvantic AI Findings
The raw quarterly tape is the most informative thing in this file, and it's louder than any model output: revenue went $14.7M → $60.7M → $63.9M → $52.9M → $38.0M → $64.2M → $126.6M → $126.6M. The sequential doubling from Aug to Nov 2025 followed by a flat Feb 2026 print is the entire story — the Ellendale HPC contract appears to be ramping, but the flat sequential is the first yellow flag that the ramp may be lumpier than bulls think. Meanwhile the Feb 2026 net loss exploded to -$99.3M on the same revenue base as Nov's -$17.5M, which means operating leverage went the wrong way quarter-on-quarter — likely depreciation/interest from the GPU buildout hitting the P&L, but worth scrutinizing before assuming the margin trajectory bends positive. Annual FCF of -$797M against $113.9M cash means this company has already raised, and will continue to raise, very large amounts of capital. The balance sheet tile is missing total debt — a critical omission given a $681.6M annual capex run rate funded externally.
On the prior models: the synthesis verdict of "High Conviction Required" is directionally correct but soft. At $12.7B market cap on $215M trailing revenue (59x P/S) and roughly $500M annualized run-rate from the last two quarters (~25x forward P/S), the stock is priced for CoreWeave-like execution without CoreWeave's $20B+ contracted backlog visibility in this file. Market Forces' "avoid" is harsher and, I think, closer to right on risk-adjusted basis — the model correctly flags that GPU-as-a-Service is shifting from scarcity to potential oversupply as Oracle, Microsoft, AWS, and CoreWeave all add capacity through 2026. The Pre-Flight thesis implicitly requires 2-4% AI training share by 2028 — that is an aggressive ask for a sub-scale operator competing against hyperscalers with cost-of-capital advantages of 300-500bps. The "Adequate Revenue Confidence" tag is too generous given one flat sequential quarter; "accelerating" is a backward-looking artifact.
The contrarian bull case I'd steelman: Ellendale is a single-tenant hyperscaler contract (reportedly CoreWeave/Microsoft adjacent) with 10-15 year duration, and once steady-state, this becomes an infrastructure annuity at 60-70% gross margins, not a 10.5% gross margin business. If you annualize the $126.6M quarterly run-rate at maturity with proper scaling, $1.5-2B revenue with 25-30% EBITDA margins gets you $400-600M EBITDA, and at 20x that's $8-12B EV — i.e., the stock is roughly fair to slightly rich today, not 3x overvalued. But this requires (a) the contract converting fully without renegotiation, (b) no further dilution beyond what's modeled, and (c) the gross margin inflection actually showing up in the next 2-3 prints. The insider activity — multiple M-Exempt + F-InKind + open-market sales in April 2026 — is exactly the option-exercise-and-flip pattern you'd expect at the top of a narrative move, not insiders accumulating. That's a real tell.
I dissent partially from the synthesis. "High Conviction Required" implies the bull case is live with proper risk management; I'd argue the asymmetry is worse than that framing suggests because the dilution risk is unquantified in this file (no debt figure, $797M FCF deficit, 0.77 current ratio). At $44.45, you're paying for flawless execution in a market where the customer concentration risk is enormous and the moat is essentially "we built data centers near cheap power" — replicable. Fair value under base-case execution is closer to $25-30 (15-18x mature EBITDA, discounted for dilution and 3-4 year wait); the bull case to $60-70 requires multi-tenant expansion beyond the lead contract. I would not initiate here; I'd want either a pullback to the $28-32 range or a clean Q4 print showing gross margin moving from 10% toward 25%+ with no surprise raise.
GPT Critique
Upon reviewing the raw data for Applied Digital Corporation, a few key elements stand out. The company is experiencing steep growth in revenue, with a recent doubling from $64.2 million in August 2025 to $126.6 million by November 2025. However, the stagnant revenue in February 2026, remaining at $126.6 million, suggests potential volatility and challenges in sustaining this growth trajectory. Despite the impressive revenue increase, the company's net income remains deeply negative, with a significant spike in losses from $17.5 million in November 2025 to $99.3 million in February 2026. This suggests deteriorating operational leverage, possibly due to high depreciation and interest costs from their capital expenditures. The free cash flow deficit of $797 million and a relatively low cash reserve of $113.9 million indicate a precarious financial position that necessitates further capital raising.
I agree with Opus's assessment that the valuation is overstated, given the current financial metrics. Specifically, Opus highlights the sequential revenue stagnation and the explosion in net losses as red flags, which align with my interpretation of the data. The lack of disclosed debt, paired with significant capital expenditures, indeed raises critical questions about the company's financial health and strategy. I also concur with Opus's skepticism towards the optimistic "High Conviction Required" thesis, given the speculative nature of Applied Digital's market positioning in AI infrastructure.
Where I diverge from Opus's analysis is in the degree of potential fair value adjustment. While Opus suggests a fair value of $28-32 absent multi-tenant expansion, I perceive a greater risk of undervaluation in this range, given the company's current cash burn and lack of debt disclosure. The insider selling activity further compounds this risk, implying potential insider doubts about the company’s near-term prospects. Opus's fair value assumption rests heavily on a successful expansion and margin improvement, which may be overly optimistic without clearer evidence of operational efficiency gains.
A careful skeptic might argue that both Opus and I are underestimating the potential for Applied Digital to secure long-term contracts that could stabilize revenue streams and improve margins. They might cite the company's rapid revenue growth as a signal of latent demand that could translate into sustainable profitability once capital investments stabilize. However, given the current financial strains and competitive pressures, such optimism requires substantial corroboration from future earnings reports.