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Applied Digital Corp.

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Technology · Information Technology Services
Dallas, TX 75219, United States IPO 2022 applieddigital.com Updated Jul 8, 11:09am
Price
$30.75
Market Cap
$8.8B
Employees
205
Beta
5.68
Avg Volume
23,158,556
CEO
Wes Cummins

Applied Digital Corporation designs, develops, and operates digital infrastructure solutions to high-performance computing (HPC) and artificial intelligence industries in North America. It operates through: Data Center Hosting 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 has an lease agreement with CoreWeave for an additional 150MW at its Polaris Forge 1 Campus in Ellendale, North Dakota. Applied Digital Corporation is based in Dallas, Texas.

Runs with full report Generated: Apr 23, 2026 10:00am
Price Overview
Last updated: Jul 8, 2026 7:20pm (just now)
Current data · timestamped when a report runs
$31.44
Change · Jul 8
+0.73 (+2.38%)
Day Range
$29.93 – $32.15
52-Week Range
$9.02 – $50.73
50-Day MA
$41.26
200-Day MA
$32.40
Volume
17,691,688.00
Analyst Price Targets
Low $65.00
Consensus $78.17
High $90.00
(42 analysts)
Share Structure
Outstanding 285,769,539.00
Float 258,224,776.00
Free Float 90.4%
High free float — 90.4% of shares trade freely, ~9.6% held by insiders/institutions
Very liquid — most shares trade freely. Low insider ownership can mean less management alignment, but makes large position sizing straightforward.
Price History (1 Year)
Last updated: Jul 8, 2026 11:10am (8h ago)
Revenue & Net Income Trend
The directional story — useful even when net income is negative.
Last updated: Jul 5, 2026 2:00pm (3d ago)
Revenue
The top line — total sales before any costs or taxes are subtracted. A measure of how much business the company is doing.
Net Income
The bottom line — profit left after subtracting all expenses, interest, and taxes from revenue. Reflects accounting profitability, but includes non-cash items like depreciation, so it isn't the same as cash earned.
Operating Cash Flow
The real cash generated by the day-to-day business — selling products, paying suppliers, collecting from customers. Calculated from net income by adding back non-cash items and adjusting for timing (unpaid bills, unsold inventory). When OCF consistently lags net income, the reported profit may not be converting to real money.
Period Revenue Net Income Net Margin YoY/QoQ
Key Metrics
API Direct from provider CALC Derived from statements
Industry comparison last run: May 13, 2026 11:22am
P/E Ratio (Price per dollar of earnings)
CALC
Stock Price / EPS (Diluted)
-26.51
Stock Price: $30.75
EPS (Diluted): -1.16
P/B Ratio (Price vs net asset value)
API
Stock Price / Book Value Per Share
2.17
Stock Price: $30.75
Total Equity: $633.73M
Shares: 201,194,451
EV/EBITDA (Total value vs operating profit)
API
Enterprise Value / EBITDA
-107.95
Market Cap: $8.79B
Total Debt: $688.16M
Cash: $113.92M
EBITDA: -$91.82M
Enterprise Value (Takeover price (cap + debt - cash))
API
Market Cap + Total Debt - Cash
$2.0B
Market Cap: $8.79B
Total Debt: $688.16M
Cash: $113.92M
P/S Ratio (Price per dollar of revenue)
API
Stock Price / Revenue Per Share
6.38
Stock Price: $30.75
Revenue: $215.51M
Shares: 201,194,451
EV/Sales (Total value vs revenue — works when P/E can't)
API
9.11
Gross Margin (Revenue left after direct costs)
API
Gross Profit / Revenue
10.5%
Gross Profit: $22.70M
Revenue: $215.51M
Operating Margin (Revenue left after all operations)
API
Operating Income / Revenue
-33.5%
Operating Income: -$72.25M
Revenue: $215.51M
Net Margin (Revenue left as actual profit)
API
Net Income / Revenue
-107.2%
Net Income: -$231.07M
Revenue: $215.51M
ROE (Profit from shareholder equity)
API
Net Income / Total Equity
-15.8%
Net Income: -$231.07M
Total Equity: $633.73M
ROIC (Profit from all invested capital)
API
NOPAT / Invested Capital
-1.6%
Operating Income: -$72.25M
Tax Rate: -0.1%
Equity: $633.73M
Total Debt: $688.16M
Cash: $113.92M
Current Ratio (Can it pay short-term bills)
API
Current Assets / Current Liabilities
0.77
Current Assets: $430.59M
Current Liabilities: $558.14M
Debt/Equity (Leverage — debt vs equity)
CALC
Total Debt / Total Equity
1.09
Short-Term Debt: $10.33M
Long-Term Debt: $677.83M
Total Debt: $688.16M
Total Equity: $633.73M
Rev/Share (Top-line per share)
CALC
Revenue / Shares Outstanding
$1.07
Revenue: $215.51M
Shares: 201,194,451
Book Value/Share (Net assets per share)
CALC
(Total Assets - Total Liabilities) / Shares
$3.15
Total Equity: $633.73M
Shares: 201,194,451
FCF/Share (Real cash generated per share)
CALC
(Operating Cash Flow + CapEx) / Shares
$-3.96
Operating CF: -$115.40M
CapEx: -$681.60M
Shares: 201,194,451
CapEx is negative (outflow) — added to OCF to get FCF
Div Yield (Annual income from holding)
API
Last Annual Dividend / Stock Price
0.2%
Last Dividend: N/A
Stock Price: $30.75
Payout Ratio (Earnings paid out as dividends)
Dividends Paid / Net Income
Dividends Paid: N/A
Net Income: -$231.07M
Dividends paid not available in cash flow statement
Industry Benchmarks
Last run: May 13, 2026 11:22am
Compares APLD against LLM-researched typical ranges for its industry. One research call per industry, cached indefinitely — every stock in the same industry reuses the same baseline.
Deep Analysis
Last run: May 13, 2026 11:25:33 am

Pre-flight intelligence scans the company first, then routes to the right analytical methods.

0 Company Classification — What type of company is this?
1 Industry Landscape — Where is the industry headed?
2 Company Momentum — Where is this company trending?
3 Forward Projection — 1Y & 2Y projected metrics (requires Layer 1 + 2)
4a DCF Valuation — Present value of future cash flows
Not applicable for Narrative Platform companies
4b Earnings Power Value — Floor value — worth with zero growth
Not applicable for Narrative Platform companies
4c Anchored PE — Industry PE adjusted for growth differential
Not applicable for Narrative Platform companies
4d Reverse DCF — What growth is the market pricing in?
Not applicable for Narrative Platform companies
4e Revenue-Based DCF — For growth/narrative companies (skip if mature earner)
4f Anchored P/S — Price-to-Sales peer comparison (skip if mature earner)
4g Scenario Analysis — Bull / Base / Bear (skip if mature earner)
4h Dividend Discount Model — For dividend/income stocks only
Not applicable for Narrative Platform companies
4i Book Value Analysis — For deep value / turnaround stocks only
Not applicable for Narrative Platform companies
4j Insider Activity — Are insiders buying or selling?
4f Cash Flow Quality — How trustworthy is the FCF?
4g Debt Maturity Risk — Can it handle its debt?
4h Macro Environment — Rates, market valuation, volatility
4i Sector Intelligence — How does this company compare within its sector?
4j Revenue Confidence — How reliable is the growth projection?
4k Sensitivity Analysis — How fragile is the fair value estimate?
Not applicable for Narrative Platform companies
4l Sector Demand Cycle — Is the sector in a boom, steady state, or contraction?
5 AI Investigation — Adaptive research engine (Claude)
5b Thesis Evaluation — What does the market believe? (narrative/platform stocks only)
6 Valuation Synthesis — Weighted verdict from all methods (requires Layer 4)
Income Statement (Annual)
Last updated: Jul 5, 2026 2:00pm (3d ago)
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: Jul 5, 2026 2:02pm (3d 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: Jul 5, 2026 2:02pm (3d ago)
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 $-168,000 $0 -$31.3M
Net Change in Cash $11.8M $34.5M -$2.7M -$11.9M $89.2M
Analyst Estimates (Annual)
Last updated: Jul 8, 2026 11:09am (8h ago)
Metric 2027 2028 2029 2030
Revenue $819.0M
$648.0M – $910.8M
$2.1B
$1.6B – $2.3B
$3.3B
$2.6B – $3.7B
$6.9B
$5.5B – $7.7B
EBITDA -$219.8M
-$244.5M – -$173.9M
-$554.3M
-$616.5M – -$438.6M
-$896.3M
-$996.8M – -$709.2M
-$1.9B
-$2.1B – -$1.5B
Net Income -$137.9M
-$168.6M – -$107.2M
-$39.9M
-$56.8M – -$22.9M
$302.0M
-$336.9M – $1.2B
$74.4M
$54.2M – $85.3M
EPS
Growth Trends (YoY %)
Last updated: Jul 5, 2026 2:00pm (3d ago)
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)
Type codes PPurchase SSale AAward / grant MOption exercise FIn-kind (tax) CConversion GGift DReturn to issuer
All SEC Form 4 codes
Open market
P Purchase
Open-market or private purchase of shares.
S Sale
Open-market or private sale of shares.
Compensation (Rule 16b-3)
A Award / grant
Grant or award of securities (RSUs, options, etc.) under Rule 16b-3.
D Return to issuer
Securities disposed back to the company under Rule 16b-3.
F In-kind (tax)
Shares withheld or delivered to pay the option-exercise price or tax — not an open-market sale.
I Discretionary
Discretionary transaction under an employee plan — Rule 16b-3(f).
M Option exercise
Exercise or conversion of a derivative (option/RSU) into shares — exempt.
Derivatives
C Conversion
Conversion of a derivative security into the underlying shares.
E Short expiration
Expiration of a short derivative position.
H Long expiration
Expiration or cancellation of a long derivative position with value received.
O OTM exercise
Exercise of an out-of-the-money derivative.
X ITM exercise
Exercise of an in-the-money or at-the-money derivative.
Other exempt
G Gift
Bona fide gift of securities.
L Small acquisition
Small acquisition under Rule 16a-6.
W Inheritance
Acquisition or disposition by will or the laws of descent.
Z Voting trust
Deposit into or withdrawal from a voting trust.
Other
J Other
Other acquisition or disposition (explained in a Form 4 footnote).
K Equity swap
Transaction in an equity swap or similar instrument.
U Tender / buyout
Disposition via tender of shares in a change-of-control transaction.

Compensation-plan codes (A, D, F, M) are routine and rarely directional. Open-market P (buy) and S (sale) carry the most signal.

Date Insider Type Shares Price Value
2026-07-06 Laltrello Laura F-InKind 43,440.00 $33.50 $1.5M
2026-07-01 Zhang Jason Gechen A-Award 375,000.00 $0.00 $0
2026-07-01 Zhang Jason Gechen F-InKind 147,563.00 $35.52 $5.2M
2026-07-01 Zhang Jason Gechen A-Award 300,000.00 $0.00 $0
2026-07-01 Zhang Jason Gechen F-InKind 118,050.00 $35.52 $4.2M
2026-06-22 Cummins Wes A-Award 800,000.00 $0.00 $0
2026-06-22 Cummins Wes F-InKind 314,800.00 $45.20 $14.2M
2026-06-22 Mohmand Mohammad Saidal LaVanway A-Award 490,000.00 $0.00 $0
2026-06-22 Mohmand Mohammad Saidal LaVanway F-InKind 192,815.00 $45.20 $8.7M
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
Narrative Economics
The story the market is telling about this stock — the intangible X-factor (founder mythology, cult dynamics, TAM-of-imagination) that moves price beyond what cash flows alone explain. After Shiller, Narrative Economics.
No narrative profile yet for APLD — it's generated by the pipeline (market-narrative step).
Delvantic AI Findings
Independent analyst synthesis · Delvantic - Cairn AI · generated 2026-05-13 11:25:59
Reviews the pipeline's own verdicts
Verdict Overvalued on risk-adjusted basis — fair value $28-32 absent multi-tenant expansion; the flat Feb sequential, -$99M loss spike, missing debt disclosure, and April insider selling pattern argue for waiting, not chasing

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
Second-opinion review · gpt-4o · generated 2026-05-13 11:26:10
Reviews the Opus findings above
Verdict I agree with Opus — overvalued on a risk-adjusted basis, but I see fair value closer to $20-25 due to greater cash burn and lack of debt transparency, diverging from their $28-32 range.

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.

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