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JPMorgan's IREN revenue model looks conservative because its pricing sits well below current contract rates. JPMorgan sees IREN reaching 4 GW+ of contracted capacity and about $57 billion of revenue by 2035, roughly $14.7M per MW, while three-year deals now price at $20-25M/MW and shorter deals at $40M/MW. Per @StockSavvyShay, JPMorgan models about $24B of 2030 revenue on 2,065 MW at about $13M per MW; at $25M per MW, that base implies $50B+. x.com
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.com
IREN's worsening fundamentals warrant patience despite its potential. Trailing free cash flow is -$2.45 billion, net income -$703 million and EPS -$1.64 even as revenue has grown; it needs a catalyst change and a positive trend in fundamentals. x.com
Open-source models likely wrecked the heavy-capex thesis behind IREN. Debt CDS and falling token prices make the still-bullish view definitely less so. Unlike Roku, a previous long-term hold with a unique, massive user base, low capex and positive free cash flow, IREN lacks a clear path forward; without one, it is better not to hold it. If Warsh remains hawkish, a full exit from IREN is very likely. x.com x.com
IREN's low-margin bare-metal business is being financed on uncontracted future capacity, so rising opex and added financing will pressure it. A Goldman Sachs report now flags exactly that: extra financing supports a material amount of uncontracted capacity, the Secured Power metric IREN touts. Most AI data center leasing models will be pressured in some way, and IREN is the most obvious example. x.com
IREN keeps falling behind Nebius: it misses estimates, its story keeps getting pushed back, and despite its capacity it fails to sign contracts or bring in meaningful revenue. Its management, software and engineering are all weaker, and it has not beaten Nebius on any front in recent years. @SpoonKidnapper counters that IREN is still converting its Canadian sites from bitcoin mining to AI, so ARR doesn't yet reflect where it will be in a quarter or two. x.com
Lower leverage puts IREN and especially Nebius in a better position than highly indebted neocloud peers to withstand higher interest rates. Debt plus leases equal 1.9 times IREN's equity and 1.0 times Nebius's, versus 10.3 times for CoreWeave; the comparison also includes colocation providers. x.com x.com
IREN is not appealing because management takes huge compensation packages while the company loses money and revenue declines sequentially. That is poison for a company whose cost of capital is literally its own share price. It would look more appealing if it used the tighter credit CoreWeave and Nebius recently tapped instead of funding capex through equity dilution. x.com
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.com
IREN's $363 million in GPU-backed financing makes it a bet to survive neocloud consolidation. Elon Musk warned that drying debt markets could kill or consolidate many of the 200-plus neoclouds, leaving only a few survivors; IREN secured funding in that very market. x.com
IREN's $2B offering of 2033 convertible notes, with a $300M option, may pressure the stock near term on dilution expectations. A higher conversion price limits the immediate dilution, and the proceeds fund AI and HPC infrastructure expansion, strengthening the balance sheet and long-term positioning in data centers. x.com