Core Scientific (Core Scientific) Financial Strength : 1 (As of Mar. 2024)

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What is Core Scientific Financial Strength?

Core Scientific has the Financial Strength Rank of 1. It displays poor financial strength and is likely in financial distress. Usually this is caused by too much debt for the company.

Warning Sign:

Core Scientific Inc displays poor financial strength. Usually, this is caused by too much debt for the company.

GuruFocus Financial Strength Rank measures how strong a company's financial situation is. It is based on these factors:

1. The debt burden that the company has as measured by its Interest Coverage (current year). The higher, the better.
2. Debt to revenue ratio. The lower, the better.
3. Altman Z-Score.

Core Scientific's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 4.31. Core Scientific's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 0.91. As of today, Core Scientific's Altman Z-Score is -2.66.

Competitive Comparison of Core Scientific's Financial Strength

For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, Core Scientific's Financial Strength, along with its competitors' market caps and Financial Strength data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

Core Scientific's Financial Strength Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Core Scientific's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Core Scientific's Financial Strength falls into.

Core Scientific Financial Strength Calculation

GuruFocus Financial Strength Rank measures how strong a company's financial situation is. It is based on these factors

A company ranks high with financial strength is likely to withstand any business slowdowns and recessions.

1. The debt burden that the company has as measured by its Interest Coverage (current year). The higher, the better.

Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.

Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income (EBIT) by its Interest Expense:

Core Scientific's Interest Expense for the months ended in Mar. 2024 was $-14.1 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Mar. 2024 was $60.7 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $626.8 Mil.

Core Scientific's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is

Interest Coverage	=	-1	*	Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2024 )	/	Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2024 )
	=	-1	*	60.722	/	-14.087
	=	4.31

The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

Warning Sign:

Ben Graham prefers companies' interest coverage to be at least 5. Core Scientific Incs earnings cannot cover its interest expense. If the situation continues, the company may have to issue more debt.

2. Debt to revenue ratio. The lower, the better.

Core Scientific's Debt to Revenue Ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is

Debt to Revenue Ratio	=	Total Debt (Q: Mar. 2024 )			/	Revenue
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	Revenue
	=	(28.97	+	626.765)	/	717.164
	=	0.91

3. Altman Z-Score.

Z-Score model is an accurate forecaster of failure up to two years prior to distress. It can be considered the assessment of the distress of industrial corporations.

The zones of discrimination were as such:

When Z-Score is less than 1.81, it is in Distress Zones.
When Z-Score is greater than 2.99, it is in Safe Zones.
When Z-Score is between 1.81 and 2.99, it is in Grey Zones.

Core Scientific has a Z-score of -2.66, indicating it is in Distress Zones. This implies bankrupcy possibility in the next two years.

Warning Sign:

Altman Z-score of -2.66 is in distress zone. This implies bankruptcy possibility in the next two years.

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Core Scientific (OTCPK:CORZQ) Financial Strength Explanation

The maximum rank is 10. Companies with rank 7 or higher will be unlikely to fall into distressed situations. Companies with rank of 3 or less are likely in financial distress.

Core Scientific has the Financial Strength Rank of 1. It displays poor financial strength and is likely in financial distress. Usually this is caused by too much debt for the company.

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Core Scientific (Core Scientific) Business Description

Industry

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Traded in Other Exchanges

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Address

210 Barton Springs Road, Austin, TX, USA, 78704

Website

https://www.corescientific.com

Core Scientific Inc is engaged in Blockchain and AI Infrastructure, Digital Asset Self-Mining, Premium Hosting, Blockchain Technology, and Artificial Intelligence related services. The business operates in two segments being; Equipment Sales and Hosting which consists of blockchain infrastructure, third-party hosting business and equipment sales to customers. Mining segment consists of digital asset mining for its account. The blockchain business generates revenue from the sale of consumption-based contracts and by providing hosting services. The digital asset mining segment earns revenue from operating a firm's owned computer equipment as part of a pool of users that process transactions conducted on one or more blockchain networks. In exchange, it receives digital currency assets.

Executives

Adam Taylor Sullivan	officer: President	C/O CORE SCIENTIFIC, INC., 2407 S. CONGRESS AVENUE, AUSTIN TX 78704
Darin Feinstein	director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chief Vision Officer	2800 NORTHUP WAY, SUITE 220, BELLEVUE WA 98004
Sterling Denise Marie Brucia	officer: Chief Financial Officer	C/O CORE SCIENTIFIC, INC., 201 BARTON SPRINGS ROAD, AUSTIN TX 78704
Matt Minnis	director	2800 NORTHUP WAY, SUITE 220, BELLEVUE WA 98004
Brian Neville	officer: Chief Accounting Officer	C/O CORE SCIENTIFIC, INC., 2800 NORTHROP WAY, BELLEVUE WA 98004
Todd M Duchene	officer: EVP, GC and Secretary	847 GIBRALTAR DR., MILPITAS CA 95035
Michael Trzupek	officer: Chief Financial Officer	2800 NORTHUP WAY, SUITE 220, BELLEVUE WA 98004
Stacie Olivares	director	2525 E. CAMELBACK RD., STE 850, PHOENIX AZ 85016
Jarvis V. Hollingsworth	director	100 WEST HOUSTON STREET, SAN ANTONIO TX 78205
Michael J Levitt	director, officer: Chief Executive Officer	KAYNE ANDERSON CAPITAL ADVISORS, L.P., 1800 AVENUE OF THE STARS, 3RD FLOOR, LOS ANGELES CA 90067
Dr Kneeland Youngblood	director	C/O GAP, INC., 2 FOLSOM ST., SAN FRANCISCO CA 94105
John P Mcgarrity	officer: General Counsel and Secretary	321 N. CLARK STREET, CHICAGO IL 60054
Sullivan Colleen	director	420 EXECUTIVE SQUARE SUITE 300, LA JOLLA CA 92037
Theodore J Brombach	10 percent owner	321 N. CLARK STREET, CHICAGO IL 60054
Patrick C Eilers	director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chief Executive Officer	THREE FIRST NATIONAL PLAZA STE 3800, CHICAGO IL 60602