Is Applied Digital Corporation (NASDAQ: APLD) A Disaster Waiting To Happen Or Is It A Chance To Make Money?

In the latest trading session, 4.56 million Applied Digital Corporation (NASDAQ:APLD) shares changed hands as the company’s beta touched 5.57. With the company’s most recent per share price at $4.87 changed hands at -$0.05 or -0.99% at last look, the market valuation stands at $1.09B. APLD’s current price is a discount, trading about -156.26% off its 52-week high of $12.48. The share price had its 52-week low at $2.36, which suggests the last value was 51.54% up since then. When we look at Applied Digital Corporation’s average trading volume, we note the 10-day average is 25.17 million shares, with the 3-month average coming to 26.74 million.

Analysts gave the Applied Digital Corporation (APLD) stock a consensus recommendation rating of Buy, calculated at a mean rating of 1.00. If we narrow down to specifics, the data shows that 0 out of 5 analysts rate the stock as a Sell, with a further 0 assigning it an Overweight rating. Of the remaining, 0 recommended APLD as a Hold, 5 felt it is a Buy and 0 rated the stock as Underweight. Applied Digital Corporation’s EPS for the current quarter is expected to be -0.1.

Applied Digital Corporation (NASDAQ:APLD) trade information

Instantly APLD was in red as seen in intraday trades today. With action -13.32%, the performance over the past five days has been red. The company’s shares are showing year-to-date downside of -36.24%, with the 5-day performance at -13.32% in the red. However, in the 30-day time frame, Applied Digital Corporation (NASDAQ:APLD) is -32.90% down. Looking at the short shares, we see there were 59.01 million shares sold at short interest cover period of 1.77 days.

The consensus price target for the stock as assigned by Wall Street analysts is 10, meaning bulls need an upside of 51.3% from its recent market value. According to analyst projections, APLD’s forecast low is 10 with 10 as the target high. To hit the forecast high, the stock’s price needs a -105.34% plunge from its current level, while the stock would need to soar -105.34% for it to hit the projected low.

Applied Digital Corporation (APLD) estimates and forecasts

Year-over-year growth is forecast to reach 54.78% up from the last financial year.

Consensus estimates given by 7 financial analysts project the company’s revenue in the current quarter to hit an average of 62.91M. 7 analysts are of the opinion that Applied Digital Corporation’s revenue for the current quarter will be 68.8M. The company’s revenue for the corresponding quarters a year ago was 43.35M and 43.7M respectively. According to analysts, the company will likely register a growth in its current quarter sales, forecast at 45.13%. The estimates for the next quarter sales put growth at 57.43%.

Looking at the company’s year-on-year earnings, data shows that the past 5-year has an earnings growth rate of -65.58%. The 2025 estimates are for Applied Digital Corporation earnings to increase by 47.67%, but the outlook for the next 5-year period is at 0.38% per year.

Applied Digital Corporation (NASDAQ:APLD)’s Major holders

If we look at who the major shareholders are, we find that insiders hold 18.95% of Applied Digital Corporation shares while 67.40% of the shares are in the hands of institutional holders. The share float percentage for the stock currently stands at 83.16%. There are 67.40% institutions holding the Applied Digital Corporation stock share, with HOOD RIVER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC the top institutional holder. As of 2024-06-30, the company held 8.4132% of the shares, roughly 9.6 million APLD shares worth $57.1 million.

OASIS MANAGEMENT CO LTD. holds the second largest percentage of outstanding shares, with 6.2229% or 7.1 million shares worth $42.23 million as of 2024-06-30.

Among Mutual Funds, the top two as of Dec 31, 2024 were Manager Directed Portfolios-Hood River Small-Cap Growth Fund and VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund. With 9.2 shares estimated at $46.61 million under it, the former controlled 4.13% of total outstanding shares. On the other hand, VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund held about 2.25% of the shares, roughly 5.02 shares worth around $25.42 million.