TLDR
- Applied Digital posted adjusted EPS of $0.09, beating the Wall Street estimate of a loss of $0.16 per share
- Revenue jumped 139% year-over-year to $126.64 million, well above the $75.5 million estimate
- APLD stock rose 10% during Wednesday’s regular session before dropping 6.2% in Thursday premarket
- The company’s first 100 MW direct-to-chip liquid-cooled data center is now fully operational
- CEO Wes Cummins said hyperscaler demand is “as aggressive as we have ever seen”
Applied Digital delivered one of its strongest quarters on record, and the market said: thanks, but no thanks — at least for now.
$APLD (Applied Digital) #earnings are out: pic.twitter.com/9IdfBetx3y
— The Earnings Correspondent (@earnings_guy) April 8, 2026
The Dallas-based AI data-center developer reported fiscal Q3 adjusted earnings of $0.09 per share, blowing past Wall Street’s consensus estimate of a loss of $0.16. That’s a wide margin by any measure.
Revenue came in at $126.64 million, up 139% year-over-year and nearly double the $75.5 million analysts had penciled in. Adjusted revenue hit $108.6 million, also above expectations.
Applied Digital Corporation, APLD
Despite the beat, APLD dropped 6.2% to $26.07 in Thursday’s premarket. The stock had already surged 10% to $27.79 on Wednesday, partly lifted by a broader market rally following news of a ceasefire in the Iran war. The Nasdaq gained 2.8% the same day.
The sell-off after a beat isn’t unusual when a stock has run hard into earnings. Traders who bought the rally sold the news.
Hyperscaler Demand Picks Up
CEO Wes Cummins pointed to a clear shift in customer activity. “We are seeing a clear acceleration in demand for high-performance AI data center capacity, with hyperscalers as aggressive as we have ever seen them,” he said in the earnings release.
Management also confirmed that its first 100 MW direct-to-chip liquid-cooled data center is now fully operational and contributed a full quarter of revenue in Q3.
In January, the company said it was in “advanced talks” with an investment-grade hyperscaler for 900 megawatts of power across three sites, with a possible deal closing in early 2026.
Back in August 2025, Applied Digital finalized a new lease with CoreWeave for an additional 150 MW data center in North Dakota. That deal pushed its total anticipated contracted lease revenue to around $11 billion, including $7 billion locked in from two 15-year leases signed in May 2025.
Stock Context
APLD is up around 13% year-to-date after a standout 2025, when the stock climbed 221% — far outpacing the Nasdaq’s 20% gain over the same period.
Even so, the stock sits 74% below its all-time closing high of $107.28, reached in August 2023, according to Dow Jones Market Data.
The current market cap sits at $7.77 billion, with an average daily trading volume of over 24 million units.
Technical sentiment is flagged as a buy signal heading into the next session.
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