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$Hut 8 Mining Corp(HUT)$ has scheduled the release of its Q1 2025 financial results for Thursday, 08 May 2025, before the market opens. They will host a conference call to discuss the results at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time on the same day.

Revenue: The consensus revenue estimate is roughly $31.8 million. This figure suggests a significant decrease compared to the $51.7 million reported in Q1 2024. Note: Year-over-year comparisons should be viewed with caution, as Hut 8 completed its merger with US Bitcoin Corp (USBTC) in late 2023. Q1 2024 results reflect the legacy Hut 8 operations, while Q1 2025 reflects the combined entity.

Earnings Per Share (EPS): Analysts are currently forecasting a net loss for the quarter, with consensus estimates around -$0.19 to -$0.20 per share. This would be a slightly larger loss than the -$0.17 per share reported in Q1 2024.

Hut 8 Mining (HUT) Last Positive Earnings Call Saw Share Price Declined By 6.44%

HUT had a positive earnings call on 03 Mar 2025 which saw its share price declined by 6.44% since.

The earnings call reflects a company in transition, with significant revenue growth and strategic initiatives in AI and digital infrastructure. Despite some contract terminations and site shutdowns, the focus on capital efficiency and expansion into new markets and technologies suggests a positive outlook.

Hut 8 Mining (HUT) Guidance

During the call, Hut 8 provided comprehensive guidance for the fiscal year 2024, focusing on key metrics and strategic initiatives. The company reported a 69% year-over-year revenue growth to $162.4 million and an adjusted EBITDA increase to $555.7 million. Hut 8's transformation centered around three main objectives: optimizing operations, fortifying capital strategy, and developing a utility-scale power origination pipeline. Operational optimization led to a 30% reduction in energy costs per megawatt hour and an 8-point increase in gross margin per Bitcoin mined. The capital strategy saw strategic deleveraging with the conversion of a $37.9 million digital loan to equity and increased institutional ownership to approximately 55% by year-end.

The power origination pipeline expanded significantly, with capacity under exclusivity doubling to 2,800 megawatts. Hut 8 also restructured its reporting framework into three core segments—power, digital infrastructure, and compute—to better align with its business model and strategic priorities.

Operational Context And Recent Updates Ahead Of Earnings

Hut 8's revenue grew 69% year-over-year to $162.4 million for the 12-months ended December 31, 2024.

Pre-Halving Quarter: Q1 2025 (January-March) occurred before the Bitcoin Halving event in April 2024. While Bitcoin prices were strong during Q1, increasing network difficulty made mining more competitive. The Halving itself, which reduced mining rewards by 50%, will significantly impact results from Q2 onwards, making the company's outlook crucial.

Net income was $331.4 million, and adjusted EBITDA was $555.7 million, both reflecting a gain on digital assets.

March Operations: Hut 8 reported substantial operational improvements in March 2025, including more than doubling its deployed hashrate month-over-month to 9.3 EH/s and improving fleet efficiency significantly to 20.1 J/TH. Bitcoin mined almost doubled from February to March (46 BTC to 88 BTC).

Diversification Strategy: Following the merger, Hut 8 emphasizes its strategy as a broader "energy infrastructure platform" involved not just in Bitcoin mining but also managed services, high-performance computing (HPC) data centers, and power generation. Revenue streams are becoming more diversified.

Institutional ownership increased from approximately 12% to 55% by year-end, demonstrating a strong focus on long-term value creation.

Power segment revenue more than doubled to $56.6 million, driven by increases in power generation and managed services revenue.

Digital infrastructure segment revenue more than doubled to $17.5 million, with significant contributions from CPU and ASIC co-location services.

Sector Headwinds: Some reports suggest Q1 was challenging for the broader Bitcoin mining sector due to rising difficulty and costs, potentially leading to losses for many operators despite high Bitcoin prices during the quarter.

Development of the Vega site remains on track for energization in Q2 2025, expected to generate approximately $125 million in annualized revenue.

Acquired a 300-megawatt utility-scale power asset in Louisiana, with plans for large-scale digital infrastructure development.

Termination of the Ionic Digital contract and a $13.5 million termination fee from Marathon related to site exits.

Shutdown of the underperforming Drumheller site and relocation of fleet to owned facilities.

Adjustment in expected annualized revenue from the Vega site due to updated energy cost forecasts and potential curtailment.

Hut 8 Mining (HUT) Price Target

Based on 12 analysts from Tiger Brokers offering 12 month price targets for Hut 8 in the last 3 months. The average price target is $25.08 with a high forecast of $33.00 and a low forecast of $13.50. The average price target represents a 92.18% change from the last price of $13.80.

In late March 2025, Hut 8 announced the launch of "American Bitcoin," described as a pure-play mining subsidiary formed in partnership with Eric Trump.

Technical Analysis - Exponential Moving Average (EMA)

If we looked at HUT trading over the two weeks, it looks like the bears are still in control, HUT is not able to break out from the 50-day period though RSI is showing increased momentum moving towards the overbought region.

I think HUT did not really benefit from the increase of Bitcoin price and I think HUT would need to work on its diversification strategy clarity and also managing its cost due to the rising mining difficulty.

I would monitor and see how HUT could navigate these challenging factors.

The short interest is showing a mixed sentiment, there have been some investors who are thinking of selling to take profits but there are others who might be betting for a downside of HUT share price leading to its earnings release. We will need to see more updates or news this week whether HUT could give a better guidance and also positive updates to its diversification strategy.

Summary

Analysts expect Hut 8 to report a net loss for Q1 2025 with significantly lower revenue compared to the prior year's quarter (keeping the merger context in mind).

While the company showed strong operational improvements in hashrate and efficiency towards the end of the quarter, the focus will likely be on the company's performance relative to these challenging sector conditions and, crucially, its strategy and outlook for navigating the post-Halving environment with its diversified business model. The actual results and management commentary on May 8th will provide more clarity.

Appreciate if you could share your thoughts in the comment section whether you think HUT would be able to provide more clarity on its diversification strategy.

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