Core Scientific (CORZ) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Core Scientific, Inc. (NASDAQ: CORZ) is a digital infrastructure company that develops and operates data centers for high-performance computing. Its business has historically centered on large-scale bitcoin mining, including the deployment and operation of specialized computing equipment and supporting power, networking and facility infrastructure.

The company also provides hosting and colocation services for digital asset miners and other high-performance computing customers. Core Scientific has increasingly focused on expanding its data center platform for artificial intelligence and other compute-intensive workloads, including infrastructure designed to support graphics processing unit (GPU) deployments.

Founded in 2017, Core Scientific operates data center facilities in the United States and emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in January 2024. The company is led by Chief Executive Officer Adam Sullivan.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $18.11 to $18.95
• 50-Day Range: $16.04 to $24.01
• 52-Week Range: $13.35 to $30.46
• Volume: 10.05 million shs
• Average Volume: 10.86 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $6.04 billion
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $31.16
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Core Scientific Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Core Scientific scored higher than 73% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 209th out of 594 stocks in the technology sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 4.5 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Core Scientific has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.91, and is based on 2 strong buy ratings, 17 buy ratings, 2 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

Upside Potential

Core Scientific has a consensus price target of $31.16, representing about 65.8% upside from its current price of $18.79.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Core Scientific has been the subject of 11 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.6 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: Growing

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Core Scientific are expected to grow in the coming year, from ($1.36) to $0.38 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Core Scientific is -4.25, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Core Scientific is -4.25, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Short Interest

• Score: 1.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

20.51% of the float of Core Scientific has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Core Scientific has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 5.88.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Core Scientific has recently increased by 2.13%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

Dividend Yield

Core Scientific does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

Core Scientific does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.7 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.85

News Sentiment

Core Scientific has a news sentiment score of 0.85. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.54 average news sentiment score of Technology companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 20 news articles for Core Scientific this week, compared to 7 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 52 people have searched for CORZ on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -67% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

10 people have added Core Scientific to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 25% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 2.2 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Cluster Insider Buying

2 insiders have purchased shares of Core Scientific in the last three months. Multiple insiders buying is a strong bullish signal.

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Core Scientific insiders have sold 483.31% more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $342,290.00 in company stock and sold $1,996,600.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

1.70% of the stock of Core Scientific is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

Core Scientific has minimal institutional ownership at this time.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 7/28/2026
• Today: 9/22/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 10/23/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Technology
• Industry: IT Services
• Sub-Industry: Internet Services & Infrastructure
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:CORZ
• CIK: 1839341
• Web: www.corescientific.com
• Phone: (425) 998-5300
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 325
• Year Founded: 2017

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Core Scientific: $31.16
• High Price Target: $42.00
• Low Price Target: $16.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +65.8%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.91
• Research Coverage: 22 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): ($4.42)
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: -$288.62 million
• Net Margins: -325.50%
• Pretax Margin: -324.28%
• Return on Equity: N/A
• Return on Assets: -9.64%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: 0.89
• Quick Ratio: 0.89

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $319.02 million
• Price / Sales: 18.93
• Cash Flow: N/A
• Price / Cash Flow: N/A
• Book Value: ($3.11) per share
• Price / Book: -6.04

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 321,340,000
• Free Float: 315,877,000
• Market Cap: $6.04 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 5.48