APLD vs WYFI vs CORZ Stock Comparison

Applied Digital, WhiteFiber and Core Scientific Prices as of Oct 28, 2026 Peers: Industry group
APLD Applied Digital Corp.
$20.39 -16.9% 1M -40.6% 1Y
Market cap
$6.06B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$853.85M
Div. yield
–
Data Centers Technology
4 wins
WYFI WhiteFiber, Inc.
$11.87 -37.0% 1M -64.9% 1Y
Market cap
$461.05M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$91.24M
Div. yield
–
Data Centers Technology
2 wins

Head to Head

8 decided of 12

Applied Digital leads on 4 of the 12 questions below (Applied Digital 4, WhiteFiber 2, Core Scientific 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionAPLDWYFICORZLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $6.06B $461.05M $4.79B APLD
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -12.7x -50.6x -3.4x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — — — –
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +286.2% +57.0% +26.4% APLD
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -54.9% -9.9% -324.9% WYFI
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital -4.1% — -42.7% APLD
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -18.4x -0.7x -5.1x APLD
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield — — — –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -40.6% -64.9% -25.3% CORZ
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -6.2%/yr — — –
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 101.4% 120.4% 72.6% CORZ
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 34/100 39/100 30/100 WYFI

Percentile Scorecard

APLDWYFICORZ

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisAPLDWYFICORZ
Valuation 27 #28 of 38 54 #18 of 38 30 #27 of 38
Growth 51 #18 of 36 9 #33 of 36 49 #19 of 36
Profitability 30 #24 of 34 36 #22 of 34 24 #26 of 34
Financial Health 43 #22 of 38 57 #17 of 38 19 #31 of 38
Shareholder Returns 20 #17 of 21 – –
Overall 34 39 30
  • APLD ranked among 39 companies in Cloud Computing
  • WYFI ranked among 39 companies in Cloud Computing
  • CORZ ranked among 39 companies in Cloud Computing

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodAPLDWYFICORZSPY
1 month -16.9%-37.0%-9.2% +0.9%
3 months -12.2%-42.3%-17.2% +5.9%
6 months -37.6%-22.1%-23.3% +8.5%
Year to date -16.8%-24.9%+3.0% +13.3%
1 year -40.6%-64.9%-25.3% +12.4%
3 years +323.9%—— +88.1%
3 years, per year +61.9%—— +23.5%
5 years -27.5%—— +68.2%
5 years, per year -6.2%—— +11.0%
10 years +17,976.2%—— +263.4%
10 years, per year +68.2%—— +13.8%

Risk

MeasureAPLDWYFICORZSPY
Volatility, 1Y 101.4%120.4%72.6% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 95.4%117.5%74.5% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 4.444.473.00 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.40-0.54-0.35 0.98
Max drawdown, 5Y -97.0%-78.7%-64.9% -25.4%
From 52-week high -58.9%-73.5%-48.6% -0.9%
52-week high $49.65$44.77$29.16 $779.14
52-week low $17.83$9.52$13.10 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleAPLDWYFICORZ
P/E now vs peer median -12.7xmedian 27.6x -50.6xmedian 27.6x -3.4xmedian 27.6x
P/S now vs peer median 7.1xmedian 4.8x 5.1xmedian 4.8x 10.9xmedian 4.8x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median -51.0xmedian 24.1x -39.3xmedian 24.1x -14.8xmedian 24.1x
P/FCF now vs peer median -1.4xmedian 15.0x —median 15.0x -4.0xmedian 15.0x
P/B now vs peer median 3.8xmedian 4.4x 1.4xmedian 4.4x -2.0xmedian 4.4x
PEG now vs peer median 0.27median 0.38 —median 0.38 0.15median 0.38

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsAPLDWYFICORZ
Revenue $853.85M $91.24M $440.31M
Gross profit $273.30M – $124.81M
Operating income -$303.82M -$38.11M -$561.16M
Net income -$351.47M -$41.09M -$1.43B
Free cash flow -$4.46B – -$1.19B
EPS (diluted) $-1.61 $-0.23 $-4.40
Cash & equivalents $2.95B $56.06M $1.77B
Total debt $6.38B $65.40M $4.30B
Shares (diluted) 291.56M 38.66M 325.33M
Enterprise value -$117.70M $103.93M $1.25B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricAPLDWYFICORZ
P/E -12.7x -50.6x -3.4x
P/FCF -1.4x – -4.0x
P/Operating cash flow 25.8x – 9.2x
P/S 7.1x 5.1x 10.9x
P/B 3.8x 1.4x -2.0x
P/Tangible book 3.8x 1.4x -1.8x
EV/EBITDA -51.0x -39.3x -14.8x
EV/EBIT -31.2x -12.3x -13.0x
EV/Revenue 11.1x 5.1x 16.6x
EV/FCF -2.1x – -6.2x
EV/Operating cash flow 40.3x – 14.1x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.27 – 0.15

Growth

14 metrics
MetricAPLDWYFICORZ
Revenue growth (1Y) 286.2% 57.0% 26.4%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 115.9% – -6.1%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 653.6% – 599.4%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 134.2% – 189.9%
Operating income growth (1Y) -254.9% -302.8% -211.9%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -87.5% – 18.1%
Net income growth (1Y) -44.2% -395.6% -29.2%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -88.1% – -17.6%
EPS growth (1Y) -66.0% -349.6% -26.3%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -46.3% – -23.4%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 294.3% – 6,037%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 72.3% – 72.2%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -346.5% – -363.6%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -272.4% – -197.2%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricAPLDWYFICORZ
Gross margin 32.0% – 28.3%
EBITDA margin -21.8% -13.1% -112.3%
Operating margin -35.6% -41.8% -127.4%
Pretax margin -40.2% -47.7% -324.3%
Net margin -54.9% -9.9% -324.9%
FCF margin -521.8% – -270.3%
Operating cash flow margin 27.5% – 118.2%
Return on equity -21.1% -10.0% –
Return on assets -3.2% -5.4% -34.4%
Return on invested capital -4.1% – -42.7%
Return on capital employed -3.3% -6.0% -39.4%
Asset turnover 0.1x 0.1x 0.1x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -0.7x – -0.4x
Stock comp / revenue 31.8% 22.0% 21.3%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricAPLDWYFICORZ
Debt / assets 54.5% 7.3% 81.7%
Debt / equity 4.0x 0.2x -1.8x
Net debt / EBITDA -18.4x -0.7x -5.1x
Debt / FCF -1.4x – -3.6x
Liabilities / assets 86.3% 61.7% 146.0%
Equity / assets 13.7% 38.3% -46.0%
Interest coverage -3.1x – –
Current ratio 2.6x 0.8x 0.9x
Quick ratio 1.9x 0.6x 0.6x
Cash ratio 1.9x 0.4x 0.6x
Altman Z-score 0.50 0.35 -1.47

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricAPLDWYFICORZ
Dividend yield – – –
Net buyback yield -15.2% – –
Shareholder yield -15.2% – –
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusAPLDWYFICORZ
EPS, next fiscal year $-1.69FY2026 $-1.03FY2026 $-4.59FY2026
Revenue, next fiscal year $1.00BFY2026 $128.36MFY2026 $646.98MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +64.0%FY2026 +62.1%FY2026 +102.8%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +87.8% +122.8% +85.5%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersAPLDWYFICORZ
Held by institutions 74.5% 25.7% 100.0%
Institutions holding 564 125 412
Change in shares held, QoQ +8.6% +23.5% +1.4%
Institutions buying 339 97 234
Institutions selling 164 22 127
Buyers to sellers 2.07 4.41 1.84

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

APLDWYFICORZ
APLD 1.00 0.68 0.77
WYFI 0.68 1.00 0.69
CORZ 0.77 0.69 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, APLD, WYFI and CORZ?

Applied Digital (APLD) is the largest by market capitalisation: Applied Digital (APLD) $6.06B, WhiteFiber (WYFI) $461.05M, Core Scientific (CORZ) $4.79B.

Which company is growing faster?

Applied Digital (APLD) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Applied Digital (APLD) +286.2%, WhiteFiber (WYFI) +57.0%, Core Scientific (CORZ) +26.4%.

Which company is more profitable?

WhiteFiber (WYFI) has the highest net margin (Applied Digital (APLD) -54.9%, WhiteFiber (WYFI) -9.9%, Core Scientific (CORZ) -324.9%). On return on invested capital, Applied Digital (APLD) leads (Applied Digital (APLD) -4.1%, Core Scientific (CORZ) -42.7%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Core Scientific (CORZ) returned the most: Applied Digital (APLD) -40.6%, WhiteFiber (WYFI) -64.9%, Core Scientific (CORZ) -25.3%. Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Core Scientific (CORZ) has been the steadiest (Applied Digital (APLD) 101.4%, WhiteFiber (WYFI) 120.4%, Core Scientific (CORZ) 72.6%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, APLD, WYFI and CORZ?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Applied Digital (APLD) leads on 4. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.