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Hut 8 (HUT)

Q3'24 earnings call · held November 13, 2024 · compared with the Q2'24 call · management-credibility review
7/12
Disclosure score
2 high, 4 medium, 1 low flags
Financial quality
Bottom line
The sleeper story is HUT's brilliant optionality play: they locked in 15 exahash of miners at pre-rally prices through a hosting deal, giving them a free call option worth $200M+ if Bitcoin sustains these levels. The market sees 'another Bitcoin miner upgrading fleet' but misses that HUT essentially got paid $30M to receive this option. The binding constraint isn't power or capital, it's their complete lack of signed AI customers despite 18 months of 'active discussions.' Most revealing quote: 'As things materialize and become definitive, we'll open to the market' which is management-speak for 'we have nothing firm.' My view changes if they announce even one named AI customer with committed megawatts.

The 30-second version

  • The 15 exahash Vega hosting deal is actually a Trojan horse for owning 24 EH/s at market bottom
  • AI pipeline exploded to 6 GW under evaluation but zero signed deals means they're playing catch-up
  • Energy costs collapsed 28% in two quarters despite ancient fleet, proving operational excellence matters more than hardware

What changed this quarter

MetricQ2'24Q3'24Change
Revenue$35.2M (72% YoY)$43.7M (102% YoY)+24% QoQ acceleration
Net Income-$71.9M loss$0.9M profitTurned profitable
Adjusted EBITDA-$57.5M loss$5.6M profitSwung $63M positive
Digital Asset Mining Revenue$13.9M$11.6M-17% QoQ decline
Managed Services Revenue$9.0M$20.8M+131% QoQ surge
Mining Gross Margin46%37%-900 bps compression
Average Energy Cost/kWh$0.032$0.029-9% QoQ reduction
Self-Mining Hash Rate5.6 EH/s5.6 EH/sFlat, upgrade pending
Power Pipeline Under Evaluation~4 GW6+ GW+2 GW quarter expansion
Power Under Exclusivity1.0 GW1.5 GW+500 MW secured

Accountability tracked

5 new promises made4 narrative shifts flagged6 prior promises scored
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