Yahoo · Oct 23, 2026
Applied Digital’s Co-Founders Load Up on Shares as the Stock Hit a One-Year Low
Applied Digital’s Wes Cummins and Jason Zhang bought roughly $6.7 million in shares as the data-center stock slumped.
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NASDAQ · APLD
Applied Digital Corporation
Technology · Information Technology Services
$18.25
Down-$0.42 (-2.30%)
Updated Oct 27, 2026, 12:19 AM
SID Score
3.6/10
Composite research score
Smart Money
60/100
Neutral
- Market cap
- 7.62B
- P/E ratio
- -59.33
- Dividend yield
- 0.00%
- 52-week range
- $17.65 – $50.73
- Volume
- 18.27M
- Avg. volume
- 30.3M
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APLD price history
1M range · 20 trading sessions · Daily adjusted prices
Prices through Oct 23, 2026
APLD closed at $18.25 after 20 trading sessions, down 25.60% for the selected period.
- Last close
- $18.25
- Period change
- -25.60%
- Period low
- $18.05
- Period high
- $25.41
Daily close
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| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 23, 2026 | $18.98 | $19.4879 | $18.14 | $18.25 | 18.27M |
| Oct 22, 2026 | $20.00 | $20.50 | $18.715 | $19.09 | 26.8M |
| Oct 21, 2026 | $20.20 | $21.56 | $19.87 | $20.98 | 29.2M |
| Oct 20, 2026 | $18.605 | $20.14 | $18.42 | $19.33 | 20.13M |
| Oct 19, 2026 | $19.415 | $20.135 | $18.92 | $19.25 | 36.13M |
| Oct 16, 2026 | $19.775 | $19.91 | $17.651 | $18.05 | 34.94M |
| Oct 15, 2026 | $19.294 | $20.44 | $18.36 | $20.39 | 35.33M |
| Oct 14, 2026 | $21.66 | $21.80 | $20.01 | $20.325 | 30.79M |
| Oct 13, 2026 | $22.13 | $22.625 | $21.44 | $22.44 | 28.12M |
| Oct 12, 2026 | $23.55 | $23.8276 | $23.06 | $23.25 | 15.57M |
| Oct 9, 2026 | $23.85 | $24.1119 | $22.77 | $23.68 | 23.7M |
| Oct 8, 2026 | $24.35 | $24.4299 | $22.625 | $23.85 | 55.49M |
| Oct 7, 2026 | $24.55 | $24.8984 | $23.685 | $23.81 | 48.76M |
| Oct 6, 2026 | $25.30 | $25.89 | $24.815 | $25.34 | 22.69M |
| Oct 5, 2026 | $25.55 | $25.63 | $24.22 | $24.70 | 23.86M |
| Oct 2, 2026 | $25.115 | $26.85 | $24.82 | $25.38 | 26.39M |
| Oct 1, 2026 | $24.44 | $24.74 | $23.59 | $24.16 | 17.33M |
| Sep 30, 2026 | $25.615 | $25.73 | $24.36 | $24.37 | 15.5M |
| Sep 29, 2026 | $24.965 | $25.67 | $24.43 | $25.41 | 16.01M |
| Sep 28, 2026 | $25.60 | $25.99 | $24.50 | $24.53 | 14.99M |
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Applied Digital Corp is a designer, developer, and operator of next-generation digital infrastructure across North America. It provides digital infrastructure solutions and cloud services to industries like High-Performance Computing (HPC) and Artificial Intelligence (AI). The company operates in the following business segments: Data Center Hosting Business and HPC Hosting Business. The majority of its revenue is generated from the Data Center Hosting Business, which operates data centers to provide energized space to crypto mining customers.
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| Date | Firm | Rating | Target |
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| Oct 21, 2026 | Roth Capital | Buy | — |
| Oct 12, 2026 | Morgan Stanley | Equal-Weight | — |
| Oct 8, 2026 | Wells Fargo | Overweight | — |
| Oct 8, 2026 | Freedom Capital Markets | Buy | — |
| Oct 8, 2026 | Needham | Buy | — |
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Yahoo · Oct 23, 2026
Short Sellers Just Made $6 Billion Betting Against AI Data Center Stocks
Short sellers piled into AI data center stocks and walked away with billions in October gains, but a $76 billion funding gap and bond yields near 15% suggest the pain for these companies may have only just started.
Yahoo · Oct 23, 2026
DELL vs. APLD: Which AI-Infrastructure Stock Looks More Attractive?
Dell's record $95B AI server backlog and lower valuation set it apart from Applied Digital, whose $36B contracted pipeline comes with mounting financial risks.
Yahoo · Oct 23, 2026
What Is Applied Digital (APLD) Really Building With Its 50 MW Texas AI Site?
Applied Digital (NasdaqGS:APLD) agreed a joint venture with Soluna to develop a 50 MW wind-powered AI and HPC data center in Texas. The planned facility will use Soluna’s wind assets to supply power while Applied Digital takes on financing responsibilities and operational control. The project introduces a structure where Applied Digital is both infrastructure owner and tenant, consolidating control over the new Texas site. This 50 MW wind-powered AI and high-performance computing project...
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