Core Scientific carries the strongest revenue growth in its peer group at 45% year-over-year, but an overall quality profile well below the minimum threshold — near-zero gross margins, poor operating margins, 26% short interest, and a single-customer concentration risk — means the growth narrative is not yet supported by the financial fundamentals needed to justify a forward P/E of 95x.
Thesis pillars
- Quality Below Minimum Floor↓Deteriorating
- 26pct Short Interest Elevated Put Call↓Deteriorating
- Single Customer Supplier Concentration↓Deteriorating
- +1 more pillar — see the Why tab for full reasoning
Pillars as of Jul 3, 2026, based on the 10-K filed Mar 2, 2026· older than 90 days
Core Scientific, Inc. (CORZ) Stock Analysis
Recovery setup
Technology · Software - Infrastructure
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $12.76: a dimension score below its floor triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 5.7/10 and A.R:R 7.7:1 is above the 1.5:1 BUY gate. Specifically: High short interest: 27%; Elevated put/call ratio: 1.65; Below-average business quality.
Core Scientific designs, builds, and operates ten large-scale data centers across seven U.S. states, totaling 920 MW of leasable customer power capacity, focused on high-density colocation for AI/HPC and bitcoin self-mining. Revenue was derived primarily from bitcoin self-mining... Read more
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $12.76: a dimension score below its floor triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 5.7/10 and A.R:R 7.7:1 is above the 1.5:1 BUY gate. Specifically: High short interest: 27%; Elevated put/call ratio: 1.65; Below-average business quality. Chart setup: Death cross but MACD improving, RSI 42. Score 5.7/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 6/9 gates (favorable risk/reward ratio, clean insider activity, news events none recent, earnings proximity no date, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on weak momentum and death cross (50MA < 200MA). Suitability: speculative.
About Core Scientific, Inc.
About Core Scientific, Inc.
Core Scientific entered the high-density colocation market through contracts with CoreWeave totaling approximately 590 megawatts of leased customer power capacity at December 31, 2025, anchoring a strategic pivot away from bitcoin self-mining. The portfolio spanned ten data centers across seven U.S. states — Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, and Texas — representing 1.4 gigawatts of gross utility power capacity and 920 megawatts of leasable customer power, staffed by 325 full-time employees.
Core Scientific operates three revenue segments: Colocation (high-density services for AI/HPC customers), Digital Asset Self-Mining (bitcoin mining for the company's own account), and Digital Asset Hosted Mining (third-party hosting, which the company does not intend to expand beyond 2025). Under Colocation contracts, customers pay fixed capacity-based fees plus variable charges, structured as triple-net or modified gross leases with take-or-pay commitments that provide multi-year revenue visibility. The company sources power from ten utilities, led by Denton Municipal Electric (394 megawatts at Dallas-Denton, Texas) and Texas New-Mexico Power (300 megawatts at Pecos, Texas). Mining hardware has historically been sourced substantially from Bitmain Technologies Limited; a 2024 agreement with Block, Inc. adds customized 3 nm ASICs. Competitors in the HDC market include Equinix, Digital Realty Trust, QTS, and Vantage Data Centers; mining competitors include CleanSpark and Bitfarms.
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Core Scientific's colocation buildout faces a compounded single-source exposure: the 10-K discloses the high-density colocation business is highly dependent on a single customer — CoreWeave, with approximately 590 megawatts contracted, or roughly 64% of total leasable capacity. Mining hardware has simultaneously been sourced substantially from a single manufacturer, Bitmain Technologies Limited. The company also disclosed a material weakness in internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2025, under remediation with no assured resolution timeline. In May 2026, Core Scientific completed a $3.3 billion senior secured notes offering, providing capital to fund the portfolio conversion.
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From Core Scientific, Inc.'s most recent 10-K filing, extracted June 9, 2026.
Recent developments
updated Nov 4, 2026Recent Developments — Core Scientific, Inc.
Latest news
- NEWS AMD's AI Data Center Guarantees Reach $8.5 Billion as It Challenges Nvidia — benzinga Nov 4, 2026 neutral
- NEWS Keefe Bruyette Adjusts Price Targets for Core Scientific and Other AI Infrastructure Miners — fiscal.ai Nov 2, 2026 neutral
- NEWS B. Riley Adjusts Core Scientific Price Target to $31 From $42 — fiscal.ai Oct 30, 2026 negative
- NEWS B. Riley Securities Maintains Buy on Core Scientific, Lowers Price Target to $31 — benzinga Oct 30, 2026 neutral
- NEWS RIOT, MARA, IREN, and CORZ Stocks Slide as Bitcoin Miners Turn Neoclouds Face Credit Risks — benzinga Oct 24, 2026 negative
Latest item Nov 4, 2026 · Generated 2026-11-05T11:44:07Z.
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Concentration Risks(10-K Item 1A)
- HIGHCustomersingle customer10-K Item 1A: 'our high-density colocation business is highly dependent on a single customer'
- HIGHSupplierBitmain10-K Item 1: 'we have sourced substantially all of our miners from Bitmain Technologies Limited'
Material Events(8-K, last 90d)
- 2026-05-26Item 5.02LOWSteve M. Smith appointed to the Board of Directors and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, effective May 26, 2026. Previously CEO of Zayo and Equinix. No departures noted; no reason cited.SEC filing →
- 2026-05-06Item 1.01MEDIUMCore Scientific Finance I LLC completed $3.3 billion of 7.750% Senior Secured Notes due 2031, issued at 99.250% of par via Rule 144A/Reg S. Representatives: Morgan Stanley and J.P. Morgan Securities.SEC filing →
- 2026-05-06Item 2.03MEDIUMCreation of direct financial obligation: $3.3 billion aggregate principal of 7.750% Senior Secured Notes due 2031 issued by Core Scientific Finance I LLC, a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary.SEC filing →
- 2026-05-05Item 5.02LOWJorge Ray appointed Principal Accounting Officer effective May 7, 2026. Serves as Chief Accounting Officer since March 2026; previously Corporate Controller at Raymond James Financial. No disagreement cited.SEC filing →
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Rating Breakdown
3 floor-breakers·1 ceiling hit
Volatile — 9.0% daily ATR makes tight stops impractical. Position-size conservatively.static
Quality below the gate floor. Component breakdown shows what dragged the score down.static
No near-term catalyst priced in. Thesis progression will come from fundamentals grinding, not event reaction.static
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Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $12.76: a dimension score below its floor triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 5.7/10 and A.R:R 7.7:1 is above the 1.5:1 BUY gate. Specifically: High short interest: 27%; Elevated put/call ratio: 1.65; Below-average business quality. Chart setup: Death cross but MACD improving, RSI 42. Prior stop was $11.94. Score 5.7/10, moderate confidence.
Analyst target: $27.56 (+116.0% upside). Prior stop was $11.94. Stop-loss: $11.94.
Concentration risk — Customer: single customer; Concentration risk — Supplier: Bitmain; Quality below floor (3.0 < 4.0).
Core Scientific, Inc. trades at a P/E of N/A (forward 78.4). TrendMatrix value score: 5.3/10. Verdict: Sell.
28 analysts rate CORZ, with a consensus score of 4.2/5. 21 analysts publish price targets averaging $31.
What does Core Scientific, Inc. do?Core Scientific designs, builds, and operates ten large-scale data centers across seven U.S. states, totaling 920 MW of...
Core Scientific designs, builds, and operates ten large-scale data centers across seven U.S. states, totaling 920 MW of leasable customer power capacity, focused on high-density colocation for AI/HPC and bitcoin self-mining. Revenue was derived primarily from bitcoin self-mining in 2025, with the company converting its portfolio to colocation under long-term contracts led by CoreWeave.