Stocks · Technology · Software - Infrastructure
Core Scientific, Inc. CORZ
$16.45 +0.61% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $5.29B
Expensive vs sectorHigh risk
Next earnings report: Oct 23, 2026
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Three things to know
- Operating margin widened to -33.7% from -44.3% a year earlier.
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $440.3M, up 26.4% from a year earlier, accelerating from -13.7% a quarter earlier.
- The stock is in a downtrend: below its 200-day average, with the 50-day average below the 200-day.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Technology sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 22%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 3%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 4%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 25%
- Gross marginBottom 20%
- Operating marginBottom 17%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 4%
- Interest coverBottom 26%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 10%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 7%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 7%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 13%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 42%
- 6-month returnBottom 28%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 41%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 27%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 10%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 5%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 12%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 17%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 13%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 24%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 41%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 9%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | -13.7% | 26.4% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 5.1% | 28.3% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | -44.3% | -33.7% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | -73.7% | -219.8% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 26.4% | -13.7% | ↑ | Top 22% |
| Gross margin | 28.3% | 5.1% | ↑ | Bottom 20% |
| Operating margin | -33.7% | -44.3% | ↑ | Bottom 17% |
| Net margin | -325.9% | -310.3% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | -219.8% | -73.7% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | -5.9% | — | Bottom 25% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -20.7% | — | Bottom 3% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -37.1%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 21.3%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -126.4 pp
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- -5.0×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 0.16%
- Shareholder yield
- 0.16%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +2.3%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -4.7%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 28, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 0
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 2 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- -100.0%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +3.4%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 3 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $32.46
- Target vs current price
- +97.3%
- Analysts with a rating
- 22
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 86%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 2026 | -5201.8% | +0.0% | +10.1% | -16.7% | — |
| May 6, 2026 | -5200.0% | +11.0% | +2.7% | +30.4% | -6.6% |
| Mar 2, 2026 | -156.8% | -2.8% | -12.4% | -11.2% | +55.4% |
| Oct 24, 2025 | -558.9% | +7.1% | +14.8% | -16.1% | +0.8% |
| Aug 8, 2025 | +42.9% | +0.4% | -3.6% | -5.1% | +50.1% |
| May 7, 2025 | +1141.7% | -1.0% | +13.9% | +39.7% | +40.7% |
| Feb 26, 2025 | -900.0% | +2.7% | -1.7% | -11.3% | +10.5% |
| Nov 6, 2024 | -1315.0% | +10.1% | +31.0% | +34.2% | -6.2% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 2026 | -$3.32 | -$0.06 | -5201.8% | $164.2M |
| May 6, 2026 | -$1.06 | -$0.02 | -5200.0% | $115.2M |
| Mar 2, 2026 | -$0.42 | -$0.16 | -156.8% | $79.8M |
| Oct 24, 2025 | -$0.46 | -$0.07 | -558.9% | $81.1M |
| Aug 8, 2025 | -$0.04 | -$0.07 | +42.9% | $78.6M |
| May 7, 2025 | $1.25 | -$0.12 | +1141.7% | $79.5M |
| Feb 26, 2025 | -$0.60 | -$0.06 | -900.0% | $94.9M |
| Nov 6, 2024 | -$1.56 | -$0.11 | -1315.0% | $95.4M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EV / Sales | 17.75× | — | — | Bottom 13% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | -18.31% | — | — | Bottom 7% |
| Earnings yield | -25.35% | — | — | Bottom 10% |
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -11.6%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +0.6%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -11.5%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -16.9%
- RSI (14)
- 42.0
- Relative volume
- 0.89×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 81.1%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 46th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 2.56
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.50
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -43.6%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -64.9%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 22, 2024 | Apr 21, 2025 | -65.0% | 99 days | 120 days (Oct 10, 2025) |
| Jun 23, 2026 | Sep 30, 2026 | -45.2% | 69 days | Not yet recovered |
| Nov 3, 2025 | Dec 17, 2025 | -40.7% | 31 days | 95 days (May 6, 2026) |
| Mar 7, 2024 | Apr 17, 2024 | -33.2% | 28 days | 24 days (May 21, 2024) |
| Jul 16, 2024 | Aug 5, 2024 | -29.7% | 14 days | 31 days (Sep 18, 2024) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $5.29B
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$4.17
- Revenue (TTM)
- $440.3M
- 52-week range
- $13.36 – $30.46
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $544.5M | $640.3M | $502.4M | $510.7M | $319.0M |
| Gross profit | $238.9M | $8.4M | $123.5M | $121.1M | $37.9M |
| Operating income | $166.6M | -$2.11B | $9.0M | -$19.2M | -$224.6M |
| Net income | $47.3M | -$2.15B | -$246.5M | -$1.32B | -$288.6M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.20 | -$6.30 | -$0.65 | -$5.14 | -$0.88 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $95.4M | $94.9M | $79.5M | $78.6M | $81.1M | $79.8M | $115.2M | $164.2M |
| Net income | -$455.3M | -$265.5M | $576.3M | -$936.8M | -$146.7M | $214.2M | -$347.2M | -$1.16B |
| EPS (diluted) | -$1.56 | -$0.60 | $1.24 | -$0.04 | -$0.46 | $0.67 | -$1.06 | -$3.32 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | -$56.7M | $205.2M | $65.1M | $42.9M | $278.3M |
| Capital expenditure | -$59.3M | -$601.7M | -$16.2M | -$95.0M | -$729.0M |
| Free cash flow | -$116.0M | -$396.5M | $49.0M | -$52.1M | -$450.8M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | $671.3M | -$31.6M | $0 | $55.0M | $6.9M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $1.77B
- Total assets
- $5.26B
- Total liabilities
- $7.68B
- Total debt
- $4.30B
- Net debt
- $2.53B
- Shareholders’ equity
- -$2.42B
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 28, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 63,129,979
- Days to cover
- 5.86
- Change vs previous report
- -2.6%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.