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MARA Holdings Inc

MARANASDAQ

SectorFinancials

IndustryCapital Markets

Beta (adjusted)3.89

Intrinsic Value

Insufficient data for a value estimateNot enough reliable inputs to publish a fair value for this company yet.

Market Price $11.21Price as of 1 Oct 2026

Data confidenceNot applicable

Market Cap $4.3B

Enterprise Value $6.3B

Shares Outstanding 386.3M diluted

Next Earnings Date11 Nov 2026

All prices and values are periodic snapshots, not live quotes. Source dates are shown for reference.

Thesis

Street consensus, scenarios, merits, risks, and invalidation triggers

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Thesis Summary

MARA Holdings is successfully transitioning from a pure-play Bitcoin miner into a diversified digital energy and high-performance computing (HPC) infrastructure platform. While near-term earnings remain highly sensitive to Bitcoin price volatility and mark-to-market adjustments, MARA's aggressive vertical integration strategy—highlighted by the pending acquisition of Long Ridge Energy & Power and its strategic joint venture with Starwood Digital Ventures—positions the company to capture highly predictable, long-duration cash flows from enterprise AI and cloud customers. This structural evolution reduces its correlation to pure crypto economics and supports a re-rating toward higher-multiple digital infrastructure peers.

This section is the 12-month view: analyst targets and the probability-weighted scenarios built from them. The intrinsic value at the top of this page answers a different question: what the business is worth today.

Street view · analyst 12-month targets11 analysts · as of 18 Aug 2026

Low · most bearish analyst$6.00

Mean target$17.99

High · most bullish analyst$30.00

Our research · scenarios, merits, risks, and invalidation triggersResearch as of 18 Sep 2026

Scenarios · 12-month scenario targetsAnchored at research date

Bear CaseDownside scenario

$6.0020%

A prolonged crypto winter depresses Bitcoin prices below $60,000, causing severe mark-to-market losses on MARA's treasury. Execution delays in the HPC/AI pivot, high power costs, and capital-intensive infrastructure build-outs strain liquidity, forcing dilutive equity raises or strategic debt additions.

Base CaseCentral scenario

$17.9955%

Matches the consensus mean

Bitcoin prices stabilize in the $85,000 to $110,000 range. MARA successfully closes the Long Ridge acquisition in 2H 2026, expanding its owned/operated capacity to over 2.2 GW. The company steadily deploys its AI inference racks and begins generating initial HPC billings by 2028, achieving a 10.5% annual revenue growth rate and normalizing its operating profile.

Bull CaseUpside scenario

$30.0025%

A sovereign cloud boom and a Bitcoin supercycle drive BTC prices consistently above $100,000. MARA rapidly scales its energized hashrate, successfully integrates the Long Ridge power assets ahead of schedule, and accelerates its AI/HPC data center joint venture with Starwood, capturing high-margin enterprise leases and driving normalized EBITDA margins toward 42%.

Scenarios are anchored to street consensus at the research date, with our probabilities and rationale.

Key Investment Merits

Aggressive vertical integration and transition to owned power assets (e.g., Long Ridge Energy & Power) to secure low-cost energy and insulate operations from grid pricing volatility.
Strategic diversification into high-performance computing (HPC) and AI hosting through the Starwood Digital Ventures joint venture, opening up predictable, long-duration enterprise revenue streams.
Industry-leading scale with a record energized hashrate of 72.2 EH/s in Q1 2026 and a massive strategic treasury of over 38,000 BTC.

Key Investment Risks

High sensitivity of earnings and balance sheet valuation to Bitcoin price volatility, as evidenced by the $1 billion unfavorable mark-to-market adjustment in Q1 2026.
Execution and capital allocation risks associated with the highly capital-intensive pivot into enterprise-grade AI data center infrastructure.
Regulatory and financing hurdles, including securing necessary FERC and HSR approvals for large-scale power asset acquisitions.

Thesis Invalidation Triggers

Failure to close the Long Ridge Energy & Power acquisition or material delays in obtaining FERC/HSR regulatory approvals.
Inability to secure anchor enterprise tenants or lease commitments for the planned AI/HPC data center capacity.
A sustained drop in Bitcoin price below the company's marginal cost of production, forcing a liquidation of its HODL treasury under distressed conditions.

All scenarios are estimates and subject to change. Past performance is not indicative of future results.

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