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Applied Digital (APLD)

Q4'25 earnings call · held July 30, 2025 · compared with the Q3'25 call · management-credibility review
6/12
Disclosure score
3 high, 5 medium, 1 low flags
Financial quality
Bottom line
The sleeper story: APLD is burning $140M quarterly while reporting only $27M losses, suggesting massive working capital consumption that management won't discuss. Yes, they landed CoreWeave for $7B over 15 years, but they're entirely dependent on closing project financing in '4 to 10 weeks' while already having diluted shareholders with $270M in emergency capital raises. The binding constraint isn't demand, it's whether they can finance construction before running out of cash. Most revealing quote: 'difficult to determine when and if any of them will be finalized.' My view changes if they close project financing at stated terms within 4 weeks, not 10.

The 30-second version

  • The real story: APLD just became a different company with CoreWeave's $7B commitment, but they're burning $30-50M monthly while waiting 4-10 weeks for financing
  • The obvious play: Stock will pop on '$7 billion contracted revenue' but the binding constraint is construction financing, not demand
  • The vanishing act: Cloud Services strategic review is 'ongoing' with zero details after announcing it 3 months ago

What changed this quarter

MetricQ3'25Q4'25Change
Revenue$52.9M (+22% YoY)$38.0M (+41% YoY)-28% sequential decline
Revenue (Continuing Ops Only)$35.2M$38.0M+8% sequential growth
Cloud Services Revenue$17.8MDiscontinued operationsSegment removed from continuing ops
Adjusted EBITDA$10.0M$1.0M-90% sequential collapse
Net Loss Per Share$0.16$0.1225% improvement
Adjusted Net Loss Per Share$0.08$0.0363% improvement
Cash & Equivalents$261.2M$120.9M-54% cash burn
Total Debt$689.1M$688.2MFlat
Post-Quarter Capital RaiseN/A$268.9MATM + preferred dilution
Data Center Hosting Capacity286MW286MWZero growth

Accountability tracked

8 new promises made5 narrative shifts flagged6 prior promises scored
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