Applied Digital Corporation (APLD) Stock Analysis
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Technology · Information Technology Services
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $34.66: Quality below floor (2.5 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 5.5/10 and A.R:R 2.3:1 is above the 1.5:1 BUY gate. Specifically: High short interest: 30%; Below-average business quality.
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... Read more
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $34.66: Quality below floor (2.5 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 5.5/10 and A.R:R 2.3:1 is above the 1.5:1 BUY gate. Specifically: High short interest: 30%; Below-average business quality. Chart setup: Golden cross, above all MAs, RSI 70, MACD bullish. Score 5.5/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 7/8 gates (positive momentum, favorable risk/reward ratio, clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, news events none recent, earnings proximity 90d clear, semi cycle peak clear). Suitability: aggressive.
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3 floor-breakers·1 ceiling hit
Hyper-growth tech sacrificing current profitability for scale. Floor tripped because model treats negative margins uniformly; the growth dimension tells the other half of the story.static
Ranks in the bottom of its industry peers on the composite signal. Better names in the same sector exist.static
Technicals below the gate floor. Component breakdown shows what dragged the score down.static
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Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $34.66: Quality below floor (2.5 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 5.5/10 and A.R:R 2.3:1 is above the 1.5:1 BUY gate. Specifically: High short interest: 30%; Below-average business quality. Chart setup: Golden cross, above all MAs, RSI 70, MACD bullish. Prior stop was $32.40. Score 5.5/10, moderate confidence.
Take-profit target: $46.90 (+34.6% upside). Prior stop was $32.40. Stop-loss: $32.40.
Quality below floor (2.5 < 4.0).
Applied Digital Corporation trades at a P/E of N/A (forward -32.2). TrendMatrix value score: 5.4/10. Verdict: Sell.
19 analysts cover APLD with a consensus score of 4.2/5. Average price target: $54.
What does Applied Digital Corporation do?Applied Digital Corporation designs, develops, and operates digital infrastructure solutions to high-performance...
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.