Applied Digital Corporation (APLD)
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Applied Digital builds "AI factories" in North Dakota: data centers leased to AI cloud provider CoreWeave and to a hyperscaler for up to 15 years. Revenue has doubled year over year, and the stock ranks no. 4 in the U.S. selection of our in-house Big Earnings Surprise scanner (as of July 18, 2026). We read the quarterly reports (10-Q), the annual report (10-K) and the deal filings: the celebrated earnings surprise is an adjusted figure — under GAAP, $100.9 million of loss fell to common stockholders in the very same quarter. Three customers generate 100 percent of revenue, $6.09 billion of notes have been sold since November 2025, and the share count grew 27 percent in nine months. Not investment advice — just the question of which profit actually did the surprising here.
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Sells AIGeprüft am 19.07.2026 gegen die 10-K für die Geschäftsjahre 2025 (eingereicht 30.07.2025) und 2024 (30.08.2024) sowie die vier jüngsten Quartalsberichte (10-Q, zuletzt zum 28.02.2026, eingereicht 08.04.2026): KI-Infrastruktur und KI-Rechenleistung sind bei Applied Digital nachweislich Umsatzquelle, nicht bloß interner Werkzeugkasten. Erstens beschreibt sich der Konzern im 10-Q zum 28.02.2026 als Entwickler und Betreiber von Rechenzentren und Colocation-Diensten ausdrücklich „for artificial intelligence (AI), networking, and blockchain workloads“ und vermarktet die HPC-Campusse als „Polaris Forge AI Factory“; die eigens für KI-Workloads gebauten HPC-Rechenzentren sind an den KI-Cloud-Anbieter CoreWeave verleast (250 MW ab 28.05.2025, +150 MW ab 28.08.2025, insgesamt 400 MW unter Vertrag laut 10-Q) und erlösten im Quartal zum 28.02.2026 71,0 Mio. US-Dollar (56 % des Konzernumsatzes). Zweitens verkaufte die Cloud-Sparte bis zu ihrer Einbringung in ChronoScale (Closing 05.05.2026) direkt KI-Rechenleistung: laut 10-Q „high-performance computing power for artificial intelligence and machine learning applications“ mit 18,1 Mio. US-Dollar Quartalsumsatz (14 % des Konzernumsatzes). Der 10-K FY2025 ordnet das Geschäft denselben Märkten zu (Datacenter-Infrastruktur für HPC und AI, Item 1). Nach der Vorrang-Regel gewinnt „Verkauft KI“ vor allen anderen Kategorien; das parallel fortgeführte Krypto-Hosting (30 % des Umsatzes) ändert daran nichts.
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„We are a U.S. designer, developer, and operator of high-performance, sustainably engineered data centers and colocation services for artificial intelligence (“AI”), networking, and blockchain workloads. Headquartered in Dallas, TX, and founded in 2021, the Company combines hyperscale expertise, proprietary waterless cooling, and rapid deployment capabilities to deliver secure, scalable compute at industry-leading speed and efficiency, while creating economic opportunities in underserved communities through its award-winning Polaris Forge AI Factory model."
Wir sind ein US-amerikanischer Entwickler, Erbauer und Betreiber von leistungsstarken, nachhaltig konstruierten Rechenzentren und Colocation-Diensten für Künstliche-Intelligenz-(KI-), Netzwerk- und Blockchain-Workloads. Mit Hauptsitz in Dallas, Texas, und gegründet 2021, verbindet das Unternehmen Hyperscale-Expertise, proprietäre wasserlose Kühlung und schnelle Bereitstellung, um sichere, skalierbare Rechenleistung mit branchenführender Geschwindigkeit und Effizienz zu liefern — und schafft dabei über sein preisgekröntes Polaris-Forge-KI-Fabrik-Modell wirtschaftliche Chancen in unterversorgten Regionen.
„Our Cloud Services Business provides high-performance computing power for artificial intelligence and machine learning applications. We recognized revenue of $18.1 million and $53.2 million from this business segment during the three and nine months ended February 28, 2026, respectively."
Unser Cloud-Services-Geschäft stellt Hochleistungs-Rechenleistung für Anwendungen der Künstlichen Intelligenz und des maschinellen Lernens bereit. Aus diesem Geschäftssegment erfassten wir im Dreimonats- bzw. Neunmonatszeitraum zum 28. Februar 2026 Umsatzerlöse von 18,1 Millionen bzw. 53,2 Millionen US-Dollar.
„These facilities are being designed and purpose-built to host high-density graphics processing unit architecture or other HPC applications, such as artificial intelligence, natural language processing, machine learning, and additional HPC developments."
Diese Anlagen werden eigens dafür entworfen und gebaut, hochdichte Grafikprozessor-Architekturen oder andere HPC-Anwendungen zu beherbergen — etwa Künstliche Intelligenz, natürliche Sprachverarbeitung, maschinelles Lernen und weitere HPC-Entwicklungen.
Rated on July 19, 2026 · How the Rating Is Built
Highlighted are things our editorial team noticed: green = stands out as strong, red = deserves a closer look. No single metric is a verdict on its own — always read it in context.
Quarterly Figures
| Quarter | EPS (Earnings Per Share) | EPS YoY (%) | Sales ($M) | Sales YoY (%) | Net Margin (%) | OCF ($M) | FCF ($M) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024: Q4 | -0.66 | – | 64 | 51.30 | -217.20 | -52 | -223 |
| 2025: Q1 | -0.16 | – | 53 | 22.10 | -67.20 | 6 | -252 |
| 2025: Q2 | -0.26 | – | 38 | 157.80 | -138.20 | 7 | -191 |
| 2025: Q3 | -0.07 | – | 64 | 5.80 | -26.40 | -82 | -331 |
| 2025: Q4 | -0.07 | – | 127 | 98.20 | -13.80 | -16 | -568 |
| 2026: Q1 | -0.37 | – | 127 | 139.30 | -78.40 | 55 | -720 |
- EPS (Earnings Per Share):
- Quarterly profit divided by the total share count — how much of the profit works out to a single share.
- YoY (Year over Year):
- Change versus the same quarter a year ago — this is how you compare without seasonal distortion (e.g. the holiday shopping season).
- Sales:
- All revenue for the quarter, before any costs are deducted — the top line of the income statement.
- Net Margin:
- What percentage of sales is left over as profit in the end. Negative means the company is posting a loss.
- OCF (Operating Cash Flow):
- The cash that actually flows into the till from the core business during the quarter — harder to dress up than book profit.
- FCF (Free Cash Flow):
- Operating cash flow minus capital expenditures — the money that's genuinely free to use, say for paying down debt, buybacks, or dividends.
Assessment: Opportunities & Risks
Revenue up 139 percent in the quarter ended February 28, 2026 ($126.6 million) and 99 percent over nine months ($352.6 million); 550 MW leased to CoreWeave, 200 MW for roughly 15 years to an investment-grade hyperscaler, leases signed for Delta Forge 1 and 2 (10-Q as of 02/28/2026; 8-K dated 04/23 and 06/09/2026).
Since November 2025, $6.09 billion of project notes have been placed (9.250/6.750/7.000 percent), plus $900 million of Macquarie preferred capital within a framework of up to $5.8 billion, a $430 million revolver and $1.7 billion of cash (02/28/2026) — the build-out is funded for the visible future.
The earnings surprise (+142.9 percent per our scanner) refers to the adjusted figure (+$0.09/share); under GAAP, $100.9 million of loss fell to common stockholders in the same quarter (−$0.36/share), and the 10-K 2025 announces further net losses "for the foreseeable future" — after $45.6/$149.7/$231.1 million in fiscal years 2023–2025.
Three customers generated 100 percent of revenue in the quarter ended February 28, 2026, per the 10-Q (56/30/14); the largest tenant, CoreWeave, transferred parts of its leases to a special-purpose vehicle in March 2026, secured only by a springing guaranty and a $50 million letter of credit.
Share count up 27 percent in nine months (224.9 to 285.4 million), a Series G conveyor belt (49.2 million new shares), a 46.1-million-share convertible overhang, $39.3 million of additional stock-based compensation in one quarter; plus capital providers with right of way: Macquarie's preferred return ($28.7 million in the quarter, $482.7 million in the future) and $2.94 billion of principal plus $1.10 billion of interest in scheduled debt service (02/28/2026).
Roughly $12 billion of market value (07/18/2026) for about $320 to $355 million of trailing revenue — a price-to-sales ratio around 34 with no GAAP profit; property and equipment ($3.0 billion) and cash ($1.7 billion) cover less than half the market value, the rest is priced-in construction and leasing future.
Applied Digital is the rare combination of genuine substance and maximum capital market dependence: the data centers are standing, CoreWeave and an investment-grade hyperscaler have signed long-term, revenue has doubled and adjusted EBITDA is positive. At the same time, the celebrated earnings surprise comes from a non-GAAP calculation while GAAP assigned $100.9 million of quarterly loss to shareholders; three customers carry 100 percent of revenue, the share count grew 27 percent in nine months, and $6.09 billion of notes plus Macquarie preferred capital stand ahead of common stockholders in the payout order. Whoever invests here buys a construction site with first-class anchor tenants — but pays for it like a finished building. Not investment advice.
- APLD made the research list as rank 4 of our in-house Big Earnings Surprise scanner (U.S. selection, as of July 18, 2026) — part of our series on the top 20 of that selection.
- Scanner metrics (earnings surprise +142.9 percent, Piotroski 5/9, Altman-Z ~4.7, P/S ~34, 18 insider sales/0 purchases) use trailing twelve-month data as of July 18, 2026; the surprise refers to the adjusted non-GAAP earnings figure for the quarter ended February 28, 2026.
- Market value (~$12.0 billion) from the July 18, 2026 feed, sanity-checked against 285.4 million shares outstanding per the quarterly report 10-Q as of February 28, 2026; analyses are evergreen, daily prices are not a buy argument.
About the Company
Applied Digital Corporation entwirft, entwickelt und betreibt Lösungen für digitale Infrastruktur für die Branchen High-Performance-Computing (HPC) und künstliche Intelligenz in Nordamerika. Es ist in den Geschäftsfeldern Data Center Hosting und HPC Hosting tätig.
| Employees | 205 |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Dallas, TX |
| Website | applieddigital.com |
| IPO Date | 22. Jul 2002 |
| Next Earnings | 29. Jul 2026 |
Management
| Name | Title | Birth Year |
|---|---|---|
| Wesley Cummins | Chairman, CEO, Secretary & Treasurer | 1978 |
| Mohammad Saidal L. Mohmand | Chief Financial Officer | 1990 |
| Laura Laltrello | Chief Operating Officer | 1973 |
| Jason Zhang | Co-Founder & President | 1994 |
| Mark Chavez | Chief Compliance Officer & General Counsel | – |
| Nick Phillips | Executive Vice President of External Affairs | – |
| Erin Gracey Kraxberger | Chief Marketing Officer | – |
| Todd Gale | Chief Development Officer | – |
Executives per the latest required filings; titles kept in their original language. Source: fundamental data.
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Data as of: July 20, 2026 · Source: fundamental data & SEC filings (annual and quarterly reports, 10-K/10-Q)
Note: pure fact-based analysis, not investment advice and not a solicitation to buy or sell. All figures without guarantee.