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Core Scientific Inc.

CORZ
Q2 2026

Revenue

$164M

+42%

Net Income

$-1,155M

+233%
CORZ
Technology
Data Centers

Core Scientific Inc.

CIK: 0001839341

Core Scientific Inc. logo

Next Earnings Report

Estimated based on historical filing patterns

Sun, Oct 25, 2026
Estimated
10-Q
FQ3 2026

This date is an estimate based on the company's typical quarterly filing schedule. The actual filing date may vary.

Earnings Analysis

Analyzed 11 of 12 reports

Performance Summary - Q2 2026
neutral (51)
not_provided

Revenue
$164.201M
QoQ:+42.5%
YoY:+108.8%
Net Income
$-1,155.31M
QoQ:+232.8%
YoY:+23.3%
Peer Comparison
Infrastructure
(2 peers)
Peers: DOCN, IONQ
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Reality-Based Sentiment Analysis
neutral
51/100

Based on actual market data, not just management spin. Weighted score: 10% management tone + 40% earnings beat/miss + 30% price action + 20% guidance accuracy.

Management Tone (10%)
30
From earnings report
Earnings Beat/Miss (40%)
50
7-Day Price Action (30%)
50
Guidance Accuracy (20%)
50
Unknown

Financial Performance Trend

Market:
bear
18
bull
79
bear
39
bear
18
bear
27
neut
42
bear
10
bear
27
bear
17
neut
53
neut
51
Guidance:

Overall Analysis & Outlook

Over the past 5 quarters, Core Scientific Inc. has been showing bearish trends with stable guidance. Revenue has grown 45.4% during this period. The latest quarter shows bearish sentiment with neutral tone from management.

Latest Quarter Highlights:

Core Scientific's Q2 2026 results show massive colocation revenue growth driven by its strategic shift to AI/HPC infrastructure, but the company is heavily loss-making due to $1.1 billion in warrant liability mark-to-market charges and $266.5 million in mining equipment impairments. The company successfully raised $3.3 billion in Senior Secured Notes and secured significant new partnerships including AMD leasing 377 MW of capacity, demonstrating strong market demand for its data center infrastructure, but warrant volatility and legacy mining segment challenges create substantial balance sheet headwinds.

Detailed Quarterly Reports

In-depth analysis of each quarter's earnings filing

Q2 2026

10-Q • Filed 7/28/2026

bearish

Summary

Core Scientific's Q2 2026 results show massive colocation revenue growth driven by its strategic shift to AI/HPC infrastructure, but the company is heavily loss-making due to $1.1 billion in warrant liability mark-to-market charges and $266.5 million in mining equipment impairments. The company successfully raised $3.3 billion in Senior Secured Notes and secured significant new partnerships including AMD leasing 377 MW of capacity, demonstrating strong market demand for its data center infrastructure, but warrant volatility and legacy mining segment challenges create substantial balance sheet headwinds.

Revenue

$164.201M

Net Income

$-1,155.31M

Guidance

not_provided

Tone

neutral

Capex

$954.24B

Partnerships

CoreWeave strategic colocation contract
AMD lease agreements for 377 MW capacity across three sites
Polaris DS LLC acquisition for 440 MW capacity
AMD
CoreWeave

Key Quotes

"The Company develops and operates facilities serving artificial intelligence and high-performance computing related workloads and is a premier provider of digital infrastructure."

"During the six months ended June 30, 2026, the Company recognized impairment charges of $266.5 million on its mining-related property, plant and equipment, consisting of $151.6 million related to mining equipment and $114.9 million related to mining infrastructure."

"On July 27, 2026, the Company entered into Lease Agreements with Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. for an aggregate of 377 MW of critical IT capacity at the Company's Pecos, TX; Muskogee, OK; and Hunt County, TX sites."

Q1 2026

10-Q • Filed 5/6/2026

bearish

Summary

Core Scientific reported Q1 2026 revenue of $115.2M, up 45% YoY, driven by strong colocation segment growth ($77.5M, up 804% YoY) as the CoreWeave partnership scales AI/HPC workloads. However, the company posted a net loss of $347.2M primarily due to a $266.5M impairment charge on mining equipment and infrastructure reflecting sustained declines in bitcoin prices and hashprice, partially offset by $249.9M in operating cash flow. The company significantly increased capex to $389.2M (up 363% YoY) to support datacenter expansion and raised $1B in a term loan facility in Q1, with subsequent refinancing via a $3.3B senior secured notes offering in April 2026.

Revenue

$115.244M

Net Income

$-347.188M

Guidance

not_provided

Tone

neutral

Capex

$389.226M(+362.8% YoY)

Partnerships

CoreWeave, Inc. - high-density colocation contract for AI/HPC workloads

Key Quotes

"The Company is in the process of repurposing its remaining mining facilities to support its high-density colocation services business as circumstances allow."

"During the three months ended March 31, 2026, the Company identified indicators of impairment of its mining equipment and mining infrastructure asset groups, including sustained declines in bitcoin prices, declines in bitcoin hashprice, and significant decreases in secondary market values for digital asset mining equipment."

"Colocation segment revenue is concentrated with a single customer; see Note 13 — Segment Reporting."

Q4 2025

10-K • Filed 3/2/2026

bearish

Summary

Core Scientific experienced significant deterioration in 2025 with revenue declining 37% to $319.0M and net losses of $288.6M as the company transitions from bitcoin mining to high-density colocation services. The company faced major headwinds including bitcoin price volatility (30%+ decline in Q4 2025), a failed merger with CoreWeave, material control weaknesses requiring financial restatement, and substantial capex of $729M to convert facilities. Management's tone is defensive with extensive risk disclosures around regulatory uncertainty, crypto market risks, and execution challenges in their strategic pivot.

Revenue

$79.763M

Net Income

$214.15M

Guidance

not_provided

Tone

cautious

Capex

$729M(+667.4% YoY)

Partnerships

CoreWeave, Inc. - high-density colocation customer with 590 MW contracted capacity (merged and terminated)
Block, Inc. - ASIC mining equipment supplier agreement with $64.8M remaining cash payments

Key Quotes

"During 2025, total revenue decreased to $319.0 million from $510.7 million, primarily due to lower digital asset self-mining revenue and digital asset hosted mining revenue as we shifted capital and infrastructure toward colocation"

"We have identified a material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting...the Company did not effectively operate controls to account for intended demolition of building and infrastructure assets"

"We intend to convert every megawatt in our portfolio to high-density colocation infrastructure over the next three years"

Q3 2025

10-Q • Filed 10/24/2025

bearish

Summary

Core Scientific reported Q3 2025 revenue of $81.1M, down 15% YoY, with a net loss of $146.7M driven primarily by $74.9M in warrant fair value changes rather than operational performance. The company is actively transitioning from crypto mining to high-density colocation for AI workloads via its CoreWeave partnership, with significant deferred revenue growth ($344.1M, up from $18.1M) reflecting long-term customer commitments, but faces substantial capital commitments ($1.24B) and burn despite positive operating cash flow.

Revenue

$81.103M

Net Income

$-146.66M

Guidance

not_provided

Tone

neutral

Capex

$454.19B

Partnerships

CoreWeave, Inc. - multiple contractual agreements for high-density colocation services for AI and HPC workloads
Bitmain

Key Quotes

"We currently derive the majority of our revenue from earning digital assets for our own account but expect to rapidly increase revenue derived from high-density colocation (HDC)."

"As of September 30, 2025, the Company was contractually committed for and on behalf of our high-density colocation customer for approximately $1.24 billion of capital expenditures, primarily related to infrastructure modifications, equipment procurement, and labor."

"The extension of our business into the Colocation segment involves significant risk, including risks involving facility construction, supply chain and the risk of nonperformance by our single customer."

Q2 2025

10-Q • Filed 8/8/2025

bearish

Summary

Core Scientific reported Q2 2025 revenue of $78.6M, down 44% YoY, with a net loss of $937M driven primarily by a $924M increase in warrant fair value liabilities and a $30M decrease in digital asset fair values. The company is heavily dependent on a single CoreWeave customer for its new colocation segment, with $1.71B in committed capex over 12-24 months, while facing pending acquisition by CoreWeave and significant litigation headwinds.

Revenue

$78.628M

Net Income

$-936.799M

Guidance

not_provided

Tone

neutral

Capex

$209.701M

Partnerships

CoreWeave, Inc. - high-performance computing (HPC) operations for GPU-based workloads
Mining pool operators - digital asset self-mining participation

Key Quotes

"The Company is in the process of converting most of our existing facilities to support artificial intelligence workloads and next generation colocation services."

"As of June 30, 2025, the Company was contractually committed for and on behalf of our high-density colocation customer for approximately $1.71 billion of capital expenditures, primarily related to infrastructure modifications, equipment procurement, and labor."

"The extension of our business into the Colocation segment involves significant risk, including risks involving facility construction, supply chain and the risk of nonperformance by our single customer."

Q1 2025

10-Q • Filed 5/7/2025

bearish

Summary

Core Scientific reported Q1 2025 revenue of $79.5M, down 56% YoY from $179.3M, driven by a significant decline in digital asset self-mining revenue ($67.2M vs. $150M) as bitcoin holdings decreased and colocation revenue growth could not offset core mining weakness. Despite reporting $580.7M net income due to a $634.3M gain from warrant fair value adjustments (non-cash), underlying operational performance deteriorated with negative operating cash flow of -$40.6M and capital expenditures of $88.4M primarily for CoreWeave colocation infrastructure buildout. The company faces substantial execution risk on its $1.25B colocation capex commitment with a single customer.

Revenue

$79.525M

Net Income

$580.693M

Guidance

not_provided

Tone

neutral

Capex

$88.422M(+176.8% YoY)

Partnerships

CoreWeave, Inc. - GPU-based HPC operations contracts for colocation services beginning March 6, 2024
Bitmain

Key Quotes

"We provide hosting services for large bitcoin mining customers and are in the process of allocating and converting a significant portion of our ten data centers to support artificial intelligence-related workloads under a series of contracts that entail the modification of certain of our data centers to deliver next generation colocation services."

"These capital expenditures are expected to occur within the next 12 to 24 months."

"The extension of our business into the Colocation segment involves significant risk, including risks involving facility construction, supply chain and the risk of nonperformance by our single customer."

Q4 2024

10-K • Filed 2/27/2025

bearish

Summary

Core Scientific reported full-year 2024 revenue of $510.7M, down slightly from $502.4M in 2023, with a net loss of $1.32B primarily driven by impairment charges and convertible note amortization. The company is undergoing a strategic pivot from bitcoin mining to HPC hosting services, with CoreWeave securing up to 502 MW of capacity through options, though this represents future revenue potential rather than current results. Capital expenditures surged to $95M (up 486% YoY), reflecting significant infrastructure conversion costs for HPC operations.

Revenue

$94.925M

Net Income

$-265.541M

Guidance

not_provided

Tone

neutral

Capex

$95M(+486.4% YoY)

Partnerships

CoreWeave HPC hosting agreement - 200 MW initial, with options for additional 302 MW (70 MW + 112 MW + 120 MW)
Bitmain equipment supply agreements for Antminer S19J XP and S21 miners

Key Quotes

"We intend to focus our business development and marketing efforts on expanding our HPC hosting customer base...we believe that using our existing infrastructure for HPC hosting operations will provide more consistent dollar-based revenue and represents substantially less risk than our traditional hosted bitcoin mining or our bitcoin self-mining operations."

"During 2024, we were substantially engaged in constructing, refurbishing, reallocating or converting a substantial portion of our ten facilities...to support artificial intelligence related workloads, primarily for our one existing HPC customer."

"Our business environment is constantly evolving. However, digital asset mining is now dominated by large-scale, industrial miners operating large dedicated facilities around the world, including sovereign nation states with vast resources who mine directly or support mining operations through their sovereign wealth funds."

Q3 2024

10-Q • Filed 11/6/2024

bearish

Summary

Core Scientific reported Q3 2024 revenue of $95.4M (down from $112.9M in Q3 2023) with a net loss of $455.3M driven primarily by $408.5M in warrant fair value adjustments. The company emerged from bankruptcy in January 2024 and secured $447.6M in convertible notes in August 2024, improving its cash position to $253M. However, operating performance shows margin compression with gross loss of $0.2M in Q3 and declining hosted mining revenue, partially offset by new HPC hosting segment contributions.

Revenue

$95.354M

Net Income

$-455.259M

Guidance

not_provided

Tone

neutral

Capex

$66.20B

Partnerships

HPC hosting agreements with third-party provider of HPC operations
GPU-focused colocation partnerships for machine learning and AI workloads
Bitmain

Key Quotes

"We currently operate in three segments: 'Digital Asset Self-Mining,' consisting of digital asset mining for our own account, 'Digital Asset Hosted Mining,' consisting of our digital infrastructure and third-party hosting services for digital asset mining, and 'HPC Hosting,' consisting of our digital infrastructure and third-party hosting services for client HPC operations."

"Beginning on March 6, 2024, we announced a series of new contractual agreements with a third-party provider of HPC operations for customers using specialized graphics processing units ('GPUs'). These new agreements leverage the Company's existing digital infrastructure and expertise in third-party hosting solutions."

"Management has concluded that as of September 30, 2024, the Company's capital, cash flow from operations, and other sources of liquidity are sufficient to fund its operations and debt service obligations for at least the next 12 months following the date these condensed consolidated financial statements were issued."

Q2 2024

10-Q • Filed 8/7/2024

bearish

Summary

Core Scientific reported Q2 2024 revenue of $141.1M (+11.1% YoY) driven by self-mining, but posted a massive net loss of $804.9M primarily due to $809.3M warrant fair value adjustments from bankruptcy emergence. Operating cash flow was positive at $23.4M, but free cash flow turned negative. The company recently emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy and has pivoted toward HPC hosting as a new revenue stream with less volatility than bitcoin mining.

Revenue

$141.102M

Net Income

$-804.896M

Guidance

not_provided

Tone

neutral

Capex

$35.03B

Partnerships

High-performance computing (HPC) operations with third-party GPU provider (announced March 6, 2024)
Bitmain

Key Quotes

"Going forward we intend to focus our efforts on expanding our HPC customer base while maintaining our bitcoin self-mining operations."

"We believe that using our existing infrastructure for HPC customers provides more consistent dollar-based revenue and substantially less risk than our traditional bitcoin mining customers or our bitcoin self-mining operations."

"management has concluded that as of June 30, 2024, the Company's capital, liquidity and cash flow from operations is sufficient to fund its operations and debt service obligations for at least the next 12 months"

Q1 2024

10-Q • Filed 5/9/2024

neutral

Summary

Core Scientific emerged from bankruptcy on January 23, 2024, generating $179.3M in Q1 2024 revenue (48.5% YoY growth) and reporting $210.7M net income, though this was significantly boosted by $111.4M in non-operating gains from reorganization items. Operating cash flow of $22.2M was positive but modest, with free cash flow negative at -$9.8M due to $31.9M in capex. The company restructured its debt significantly through emergence, issuing new secured convertible notes ($260M), secured notes ($150M), and an exit credit facility ($80M), while maintaining operational focus on self-mining (84% of revenue) and hosting services (16%).

Revenue

$179.291M

Net Income

$210.691M

Guidance

not_provided

Tone

neutral

Capex

$31.894M

Partnerships

Bitmain equipment purchase agreements
BlockFi miner equipment lender facility
Stonebriar miner equipment lender facility
Exit Credit Agreement with convertible note holders
Wilmington Trust as trustee for multiple debt instruments
Bitmain

Key Quotes

"For the three months ended March 31, 2024, the Company generated net income of $210.7 million. The Company had unrestricted cash and cash equivalents of $98.1 million as of March 31, 2024, compared to $50.4 million as of December 31, 2023."

"The Company currently focuses primarily on digital asset mining. We employ our own large fleet of computers ('miners') to earn digital assets for our own account and provide hosting services for large customers at our seven operational data centers"

"We believe our experience in digital asset mining can be applied favorably to the design, development and operation of large-scale data centers configured to optimize the performance of specialized computers for other specific, high-value applications such as cloud computing, machine learning and artificial intelligence."

Q3 2023

10-Q • Filed 11/6/2023

bearish

Summary

Core Scientific reported Q3 2023 revenue of $112.9M (down 30.5% YoY from $162.6M) with a net loss of $41.1M. The company remains in Chapter 11 bankruptcy with substantial financial distress: stockholders' deficit of $418.7M, liabilities of $1.1B, and going concern doubts explicitly noted. While digital asset mining revenue of $83.1M provided core cash generation and the company secured a $14M settlement with Celsius Mining, heavy reorganization costs, minimal capex spending, and ongoing litigation create severe uncertainty regarding emergence and viability.

Revenue

$112.904M

Net Income

$-41.146M

Guidance

not_provided

Tone

neutral

Capex

$4.52B(-98.1% YoY)

Partnerships

NYDIG settlement - equipment transfer agreement
Priority Power - energy management agreement
Celsius Mining LLC - purchase and sale agreement for Cedarvale Facility

Key Quotes

"substantial doubt exists regarding our ability to continue as a going concern"

"On September 19, 2023, the Debtors, the ad hoc group of the Debtors' secured convertible notes holders and the equity committee reached an agreement in principle with respect to the economic terms of the Plan"

"The Company had unrestricted cash and cash equivalents of $42.1 million as of September 30, 2023, compared to $15.9 million as of December 31, 2022"

Sector Comparison

How CORZ performs vs Technology sector and Data Centers peers

Sector Ranking (Technology)

#16of 16

Category Ranking (Data Centers)

#1of 1

Key Metrics vs Averages

Revenue (Quarterly)
At average

CORZ

$164.201M

Data Centers Avg

$164.201M

Technology Avg

$40,813.995M

Overall Sentiment
bearish

Guidance: not_provided • Tone: neutral