Company Analysis

Applied Digital Corporation (APLD)

Nasdaq: APLD · Services-Computer Processing & Data Preparation · Dallas, TX · filing with the SEC since 2001
Grade4.5
◀ Past 4.4● Present 3.4▶ Future 6.0
3 est.

The grade of Applied Digital Corporation

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
4.5/10
◀ Past4.430% of the headline
● Present3.440% of the headline
▶ Future6.030% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

Of the nine metrics, 6 read as filed from the record and 3 are SI estimates, each with its reasoning, its confidence and what would change it on its card.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

4.4/1030% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Surviving crises

as filed
3.0/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

2 warning events since 2017; the latest 2025-06-20.

weight 33% of this tense · 31st percentile among 77 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Applied Digital Corporation's filings since 2017 show 2 warning events of 2 kinds: an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, the latest 2025-06-20); a late-report notice (Form NT 10-K or NT 10-Q, the latest 2024-08-30) (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
6.6/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+92.2% a year over 3 filed years; profitable in 0 of 3.

weight 45% of this tense · 66th percentile among 64 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Applied Digital Corporation's 3 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $166 million in fiscal 2024 to $611 million in fiscal 2026, up 92.2% a year; it rose in 2 of 2 years; it never fell from a peak; net income was positive in 0 of 3 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span92.2%top 4% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 21% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 12% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak0.0%top 21% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

SI estimate
1.6/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

SI estimate 1.6/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).

weight 22% of this tense · 16th percentile among 69 sector filers · read for its shareholders

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate
Read from one part only, the share count over the years, which ranks in the bottom 16% of 69 in its family; fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income.
What the record cannot read
Fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income.
How it was reasoned
one part: the share count over the years, the one part on file, ranked among 69 in its family.
Confidence
35 of 100
What would change it
A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: Applied Digital Corporation's shareholder treatment is put at 1.6 of 10 with a confidence of 35 of 100, because read from one part only, the share count over the years, which ranks in the bottom 16% of 69 in its family; fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income. A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

3.4/1040% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Financial health

as filed
2.0/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE -11%: lost 11¢ per shareholder dollar. Leverage 83%: owes 83¢ per asset dollar.

weight 33% of this tense · 20th percentile among 69 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2026-05-31, Applied Digital Corporation lost about 11 cents for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 2 cents per dollar of everything the company owns (revenue less the cost of revenue). Leverage: it owed about 83 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 36.8% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 16% of its family
  • return on equitybottom 30% of its family
  • gross profit against assetsbottom 12% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforebottom 23% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
5.9/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 41% of 68 in its family; net margin -30.2%.

weight 45% of this tense · 59th percentile among 68 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Applied Digital Corporation's standing among 68 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $611 million in fiscal 2026 ranks in the top 47% by size; a net margin of -30.2% ranks in the bottom 29%; revenue growth of 92.2% a year over the last 2 filed years ranks in the top 5% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$611Mtop 47% of its family
  • net margin-30.2%bottom 29% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth92.2%top 5% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

SI estimate
0.3/10

What are the people in charge doing?

SI estimate 0.3/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).

weight 22% of this tense · 3rd percentile among 55 sector filers · read for its shareholders

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate
Read from one part only, officer and director changes on Form 8-K over three years, against the people in charge, which ranks in the bottom 3% of 55 in its family; the record of its people begins on 2022-04-12 (a listing, a merger or a first filing under the rules) and its chief executive and most of the people in charge have filed since then, so the record shows a floor of 4.6 years and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge.
What the record cannot read
The record of its people begins on 2022-04-12 (a listing, a merger or a first filing under the rules) and its chief executive and most of the people in charge have filed since then, so the record shows a floor of 4.6 years and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge.
How it was reasoned
one part: officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge, the one part on file, ranked among 55 in its family.
Confidence
35 of 100
What would change it
A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: Applied Digital Corporation's leadership is put at 0.3 of 10 with a confidence of 35 of 100, because read from one part only, officer and director changes on Form 8-K over three years, against the people in charge, which ranks in the bottom 3% of 55 in its family; the record of its people begins on 2022-04-12 (a listing, a merger or a first filing under the rules) and its chief executive and most of the people in charge have filed since then, so the record shows a floor of 4.6 years and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge. A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

6.0/1030% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Room to expand

as filed
2.5/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 25% of 68 in its family for room to expand.

weight 22% of this tense · 25th percentile among 68 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Applied Digital Corporation's room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2026): cash of $1.6 billion against no long-term debt tagged leaves 16% of its assets as net cash, bottom 49% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is -454.1% of revenue (bottom 10%); a gross margin of 35.1% (bottom 18%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets16.0%bottom 49% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue-454.1%bottom 10% of its family
  • gross margin35.1%bottom 18% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
8.5/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 15% of 64 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 45% of this tense · 85th percentile among 64 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Applied Digital Corporation's growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2026: revenue grew 92.2% a year over the last three filed years against 92.2% over all 3, speeding up (top 31% of its family); the newest year grew 167.6% (top 10%); capital spending grew 179.4% a year (top 5%) (its annual reports). Applied Digital Corporation reported 2 lines of business in fiscal 2025: Data Center Hosting Business at $144 million, HPC Hosting Business at $0 thousand. Their growth is not matched year over year yet, and the largest line is 100% of revenue (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span+0.0 points a yeartop 31% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth167.6%top 10% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending179.4%top 5% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

SI estimate
5.1/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

SI estimate 5.1/10, confidence 20 of 100 (family median).

weight 33% of this tense · 50th percentile among 56 sector filers · read for its shareholders

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate
The record does not carry four filed years of revenue and two of the three parts: revenue against the prior pace, earnings against the prior average, the margin change, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 56 members with one.
What the record cannot read
The record does not carry four filed years of revenue and two of the three parts: revenue against the prior pace, earnings against the prior average, the margin change.
How it was reasoned
family median, 56 readings behind it.
Confidence
20 of 100
What would change it
Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: Applied Digital Corporation's expectations vs reality is put at 5.1 of 10 with a confidence of 20 of 100, because the record does not carry four filed years of revenue and two of the three parts: revenue against the prior pace, earnings against the prior average, the margin change, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 56 members with one. Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton APLD · research, not advice