Core Scientific, Inc. (CORZ)Technology | Software - Infrastructure | Dover, United States | NasdaqGS
15.02 USD
-0.39
(-2.531%) ⇩
(Oct. 12, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
|
Hot Take ↕ | Oct. 10, 2026, 2:14 a.m. EDT
The immediate outlook is driven by a massive divergence between the company's precarious financial reality and aggressive speculative positioning. Fundamentally, Core Scientific presents a classic value trap: despite a recent 55% price rally, the balance sheet remains broken with negative book value, negative operating income, and a forward P/E of nearly 95x based on minimal earnings. The company is burning cash and relies on volatile crypto mining revenues, making it a high-risk speculative vehicle rather than a stable investment. However, the options market is screaming 'bullish,' with massive open interest walls at $20, $21, and $30, suggesting traders are betting on a continuation of the recent uptrend. This creates a dangerous setup where the stock is priced for perfection while the fundamentals remain fragile. The statistical forecasting model offers no guidance, citing low confidence and noise, which aligns with the view that the recent price action is driven by sentiment rather than value discovery. For investors, this is a binary gamble: the upside is capped only by the speculative frenzy, but the downside is anchored by the deteriorating balance sheet and lack of sustainable profitability. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoETS ✓ | 0.244908 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.244909 |
| MSTL | 0.246757 |
| AutoTheta | 0.266114 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoETS
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 34% |
| H-stat | 4.16 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.279 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -0.75 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Technology |
| Revenue per Share | 1.368 |
| Market Cap | 4,826,533,888 |
| Forward P/E | 92.28 |
| Beta | 5.48 |
| Website | https://corescientific.com |
As of Oct. 10, 2026, 2:14 a.m. EDT: Options activity reveals a distinct bullish bias with heavy open interest walls at strikes significantly above the current price ($20, $21, $23, $25, $30). Call volume and open interest are overwhelmingly out-of-the-money, suggesting speculators are positioning for a substantial upside move. Conversely, put activity is concentrated near the money and slightly below, indicating a defensive floor rather than a bearish bet. The implied volatility structure shows elevated premiums for deep OTM calls, reflecting a market expectation of significant upside volatility.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | -0.20696938 |
| Address1 | 838 Walker Road |
| Address2 | Suite 21-2105 |
| All Time High | 30.46 |
| All Time Low | 2.61 |
| Ask | 19.2 |
| Ask Size | 2 |
| Audit Risk | 10 |
| Average Analyst Rating | 1.3 - Strong Buy |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 11,150,300 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 11,884,260 |
| Average Volume | 11,884,260 |
| Average Volume10Days | 11,150,300 |
| Beta | 5.481 |
| Bid | 11.04 |
| Bid Size | 2 |
| Board Risk | 10 |
| Book Value | -7.57 |
| City | Dover |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 9 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 15.02 |
| Current Ratio | 0.893 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,790,726,400 |
| Day High | 15.51 |
| Day Low | 14.96 |
| Display Name | Core Scientific |
| Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,778,099,400 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,778,099,400 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,785,241,800 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,792,758,600 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,792,758,600 |
| Ebitda | -78,245,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | -0.1777 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | -95.394 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 16.952 |
| Enterprise Value | 7,464,140,288 |
| Eps Current Year | -3.79214 |
| Eps Forward | 0.16276 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | -4.25 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NMS |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 15 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 17.9938 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | -2.9737988 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | -0.16526797 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | -20.696938 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 30.46 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -15.439999 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.50689423 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 13.355 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 1.6650009 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.12467248 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 13.355 - 30.46 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,706,106,600,000 |
| Float Shares | 292,876,105 |
| Forward Eps | 0.16276 |
| Forward P E | 92.28312 |
| Free Cashflow | 464,833,248 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqGS |
| Full Time Employees | 325 |
| Fullday Change | -0.20000076 |
| Fullday Change Percent | -1.331563 |
| Fullday Price | 14.82 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,790,812,800 |
| Gross Margins | 0.32136002 |
| Gross Profits | 141,500,000 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.01397 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 1.2072899 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 321,340,441 |
| Industry | Software - Infrastructure |
| Industry Disp | Software - Infrastructure |
| Industry Key | software-infrastructure |
| Ipo Expected Date | 2,024-01-24 |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 1 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,139,200 |
| Long Business Summary | Core Scientific, Inc. provides infrastructure for high-density colocation services and digital asset mining in the United States. It operates through three segments: Colocation, Digital Asset Self-Mining, and Digital Asset Hosted Mining. The company offers space, power, cooling, facilities operations, security, and other services to third-party customers to support workloads for machine learning and artificial intelligence; deployment, monitoring, troubleshooting, optimization, and maintenance of its customers' digital asset mining equipment; and electrical power, repair, and other infrastructure services for its customers to operate, maintain, and mine digital assets. It is also involved in the deployment and operation of its fleet of miners within its digital infrastructure as part of a pool of users that process transactions conducted on one or more blockchain networks to receive digital assets in the form of bitcoin. It also deploys and operates its fleet of miners within its digital infrastructure as part of a pool of users that process transactions conducted on one or more blockchain networks; and provides hosting services for digital asset mining customers, which include deployment, monitoring, trouble shooting, optimization, and maintenance of its customers' digital asset mining equipment. Core Scientific, Inc. was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Dover, Delaware. |
| Long Name | Core Scientific, Inc. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 4,826,533,888 |
| Market State | PRE |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_575837243 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,782,777,600 |
| Net Income To Common | -1,632,798,976 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 5,816,261,982 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 21 |
| Open | 15.31 |
| Operating Cashflow | 520,240,000 |
| Operating Margins | 0.06874 |
| Overall Risk | 10 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Phone | 512 402 5233 |
| Pre Market Change | -0.20000076 |
| Pre Market Change Percent | -1.331563 |
| Pre Market Price | 14.82 |
| Pre Market Time | 1,791,879,634 |
| Previous Close | 15.41 |
| Price Eps Current Year | -3.9608243 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | -1.984148 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 10.961647 |
| Profit Margins | 0.0 |
| Quick Ratio | 0.646 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | strong_buy |
| Recommendation Mean | 1.31818 |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | -0.389999 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | -2.53082 |
| Regular Market Day High | 15.51 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 14.96 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 14.96 - 15.51 |
| Regular Market Open | 15.31 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 15.41 |
| Regular Market Price | 15.02 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,791,835,201 |
| Regular Market Volume | 6,230,975 |
| Return On Assets | -0.024330001 |
| Revenue Growth | 1.088 |
| Revenue Per Share | 1.368 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.17318833 |
| Sector | Technology |
| Sector Disp | Technology |
| Sector Key | technology |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 7 |
| Shares Outstanding | 321,340,441 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.2054 |
| Shares Short | 65,988,563 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,788,134,400 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 64,789,716 |
| Short Name | Core Scientific, Inc. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.2321 |
| Short Ratio | 5.85 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | DE |
| Symbol | CORZ |
| Target High Price | 47.0 |
| Target Low Price | 16.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 33.04762 |
| Target Median Price | 35.0 |
| Total Cash | 1,769,735,040 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 5.507 |
| Total Debt | 4,407,342,080 |
| Total Revenue | 440,311,008 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | -4.25 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 19.81745 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -4.797449 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.24208206 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 6,230,975 |
| Website | https://corescientific.com |
| Zip | 19,904 |