MARA (MARA) Q1 2025 Earnings
How Did MARA Stock React to Q1 2025 Earnings?
S&P 500 over the same 30 days: +3.56%.
Did MARA Beat Earnings? Q1 2025 Results
No. MARA reported Q1 2025 earnings of $-1.55 a share on May 9, 2025, missing the $0.56 consensus estimate by 376.0%. Revenue was $213.9M against a $220.3M estimate.
Marathon Digital delivered a deeply disappointing first quarter, swinging to a net loss of $533.44 million, or $(1.55) per diluted share, against a consensus estimate of $0.56, a miss of 376.00% that underscores just how dramatically bitcoin's price volatility can reshape the company's bottom line. Revenue of $213.88 million rose 29.5% year over year but fell 2.92% short of the $220.31 million analysts expected, a relatively modest shortfall overshadowed entirely by a $510.20 million unrealized loss on digital assets as bitcoin's price declined between December 31 and March 31. Operationally, the picture was notably stronger, with energized hashrate growing 95% year over year to 54.3 EH/s and cost per petahash per day improving 25% to $28.50, reflecting the company's deepening vertical integration strategy. Management noted that bitcoin's subsequent recovery toward $100,000 implies a substantial fair value reversal in Q2, while ongoing expansion into AI inference workloads and international public-private partnerships signals the company's ambitions well beyond pure bitcoin mining.
- 77% increase in average bitcoin price contributed $90.7 million in additional revenue
- Energized hashrate grew 95% YoY to 54.3 EH/s
- Cost per petahash per day improved 25% YoY to $28.5
- Total blocks won increased 81% to 666 from 368 in Q1 2024
- $510.2 million loss on fair value of digital assets due to quarter-end BTC price decline drove net loss
- Shift from asset-light to vertically integrated owned and operated model
What Was MARA's Outlook in Q1 2025?
MARA is focused on expanding domestically and internationally in 2025, maintaining discipline in scaling to maximize profitability and capital efficiency. The company anticipates a long-term 50/50 global fleet split between U.S.-based and international sites to diversify geopolitical risk. MARA is in discussions for public-private partnerships and with energy companies across the U.S., Europe, and the Middle East. The company is ramping production of its own next-gen miners using Auradine chips through the balance of the year and expects to share market feedback on its 2PIC cooling technology performance in the second half of 2025. MARA is in advanced discussions with compute OEMs to roll out AI inference pilot deployments this year. The company noted that with bitcoin recovering to approximately $100,000 since quarter-end, a substantial fair value gain would be implied for Q2 2025, and expects to reduce operating costs over time as it further expands owned initiatives.
MARA YoY Financials
| Metric | Q1 2025 | Q1 2024 | Year over year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $213.9M | $165.2M | +29.5% |
MARA Revenue by Segment
Figures from SEC filings and company reports. Not investment advice.