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IREN's earnings were worth a bullish bet built to pay off as long as the stock holds $45 through December, even if it tanks on the report. Rather than just buying calls, the structure pairs sold December puts with call spreads and collected a credit up front, using options as intended for an earnings gamble. x.comÂ
IREN is worth $68 versus about $40 now, making this dip a generational buying opportunity for investors under 55. Microsoft gave IREN a $9.7B AI cloud contract, and its power is already secured. Real wealth is built by buying weeks like this and holding, not by buying all-time highs. x.comÂ
IREN's $8 billion in cash against a valuation of just $10 billion points to unfathomable upside potential. Its shares are back below their $28 IPO price. x.comÂ
IREN's predatory management and markedly weaker execution than Nebius make it hard to take seriously while Mike Alfred remains on its board. Barring an oversold bounce, IREN looks cooked big time with more time. x.com x.comÂ
IREN's long-term appeal rests on its standing as one of the best vertically integrated AI neoclouds. In the short term, the stock has not been this oversold since 2022. x.comÂ
IREN looks cheap below $35 and is favored over DigitalOcean, whose stock looks bubbly against an estimated $110 value despite its appeal as a business. A switch toward IREN is under consideration if things go well. x.com x.comÂ
IREN's Microsoft buildout is close to the contract's size even if everything goes well, leaving it essentially trying to break even while executives collect generous pay and perks. Perhaps only four or five customers worldwide can afford or need to prepay a multibillion-dollar bare-metal deal, so talk of diversification rings hollow. This is a classic pump and dump. x.comÂ
IREN's forecast revenue ramp underpins the $100-plus share-price view. It will do $4 billion in ARR by Q1 and $13 billion by the end of next year; comparing today's share price and shares outstanding with its IPO overlooks that expected growth. x.com x.comÂ
IREN has huge upside, with Wall Street analysts' average 12-month price target of $84.71 implying about 94% upside. x.comÂ
IREN might be exposed to a Microsoft capacity-delivery delay. Microsoft said some third-party GPU-as-a-service contracts have been delayed to the second half of FY27, while RHouse Research asked which neocloud committed to deliver capacity in Q4 2026. The provider is unidentified, but that possibility leaves IREN at risk. x.comÂ
IREN is one of the stocks set to make millionaires over the next three years because the AI buildout is just getting started; only 2% of US households pay for an AI subscription. IREN signed a $9.7 billion AI cloud contract with Microsoft, added customers such as Cohere and Perplexity, and has reached $4 billion in contracted ARR. It targets 0.8 GW of capacity by 2027, with a pipeline above 5 GW. x.comÂ
