Iren, the bitcoin miner and AI cloud service supplier, reported its Q1 2026 earnings report on November 6 after market shut.
Its inventory has been risky this month, closing 6.8% decrease on Friday, Nov. 7, even because it posted a 2.7% acquire this week, however confirmed a 2.3% decline over the previous month.
The corporate’s earnings underscore a speedy transformation from a bitcoin miner to a serious participant in large-scale AI cloud infrastructure.
Its inventory fell regardless of substantial beneficial properties, as analysts flagged execution and financing dangers related to its formidable plans for additional enlargement, nevertheless it gained traction after hours.
Iren AI cloud providers contributed $7.3 million in income.
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Iren’s development led by partnerships
Iren’s income this quarter surged 355% yr over yr to $240.3 million, up from the $52.8 million a yr earlier, reflecting sturdy bitcoin mining exercise.
The inventory worth of the bitcoin miner has risen 435% yr so far, highlighting optimism over its transition from a cryptocurrency miner into a serious participant in AI-powered information heart infrastructure.
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Internet Revenue for Iren reached document highs, at $384.6 million, in comparison with the $51.7 million internet loss reported in Q1 2025. The NI additionally contains some unrealized beneficial properties.
Adjusted EBITDA rose to $91.7 million, up a major 3,500% yr over yr.
A bulk of the income nonetheless got here from bitcoin mining, which delivered $232.9 million, whereas AI cloud providers contributed $7.3 million, pushed by early business GPU deployments.
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Earlier this month, Iren introduced a $9.7 billion, five-year cloud contract cope with Microsoft for the 200 megawatts of IT load at its Childress, Texas, website. The settlement features a 20% buyer prepayment and is anticipated to contribute roughly $1.9 billion in annual recurring income (ARR) as soon as totally deployed.
The announcement propelled its inventory worth, which has seen a 238% enhance this quarter.
The latest offers, a $9.7 billion settlement with Microsoft and a $5.8 billion settlement with Dell Applied sciences to buy the GPUs and ancillary tools, have led to elevated dialog round its inventory potential.
Iren enlargement and outlook
Iren is now concentrating on $3.4 billion in AI cloud ARR by means of an enlargement to 140,000 GPUs throughout its websites.
Iren reported $1.8 billion of money and money equivalents as of October 31, boosted by $1 billion zero-coupon convertible be aware issued in October and a document $400 million in GPU financing.
The corporate elaborated on its plans to fund near-term capital expenditures by means of a mixture of present money, working money flows, and prepayments from Microsoft.
Analysts, nevertheless, discover the 20226 income steering “lofty.” HC Wainwright raised its value goal on IREN to $56 from $45, however saved a promote ranking and referred to as the Q1 earnings “underwhelming.”
It additionally cautioned traders in opposition to the considerably excessive execution and monetary dangers related to the corporate assembly its 2026 income outlook, in keeping with TheFly.
Cantor Fitzgerald, then again, lowered its value goal to $136 from $142, sustaining an obese ranking, citing that the centerpiece of Iren’s earnings is its Microsoft deal, which positions it as an rising neocloud supplier and can end in extra large-scale offers within the close to time period, TheFly reported.
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