Overview
- IREN reported fiscal Q2 revenue of $184.7 million and a net loss of $155.4 million, with results pressured by $219.2 million in unrealized losses and $31.8 million in mining hardware impairments tied to its ASIC-to-GPU transition.
- CleanSpark posted $181.2 million in revenue and a $378.7 million net loss for the same period, attributing the swing largely to non-cash items tied to Bitcoin price movements and asset revaluations.
- Shares sank Thursday as Bitcoin fell more than 11%, with CleanSpark down about 19% to $7.55 after-hours and IREN off 11% to $32.42; IREN shares were roughly flat on Friday trading.
- Accelerating its AI pivot, IREN secured $3.6 billion in GPU financing linked to a Microsoft contract plus a $1.9 billion customer prepayment, covering roughly 95% of GPU capex, while cloud revenue reached $17 million and energized GPUs were fully contracted.
- Analyst views diverged, with JPMorgan keeping an underweight rating as B. Riley raised its target to $83 and Compass Point reiterated a $105 target, while volatility stayed elevated on a 35% trading volume spike and a new 2X short IREN ETF.