Mara Holdings Shares Rise 2.35% to $10.21
Written by Emily J. Thompson, Senior Investment Analyst
Updated: 2d ago
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Moderately bullish activity in Mara Holdings (MARA), with shares up 24c, or 2.35%, near $10.21. Options volume relatively light with 36k contracts traded and calls leading puts for a put/call ratio of 0.31, compared to a typical level near 0.39. Implied volatility (IV30) is higher by 2.2 points near 88.34,and above the 52wk median, suggesting an expected daily move of $0.57. Put-call skew steepened, indicating increased demand for downside protection.
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Analyst Views on MARA
Wall Street analysts forecast MARA stock price to rise over the next 12 months. According to Wall Street analysts, the average 1-year price target for MARA is 22.11 USD with a low forecast of 13.00 USD and a high forecast of 30.00 USD. However, analyst price targets are subjective and often lag stock prices, so investors should focus on the objective reasons behind analyst rating changes, which better reflect the company's fundamentals.
12 Analyst Rating
7 Buy
5 Hold
0 Sell
Moderate Buy
Current: 10.370
Low
13.00
Averages
22.11
High
30.00
Current: 10.370
Low
13.00
Averages
22.11
High
30.00
About MARA
MARA Holdings, Inc. is engaged in digital asset compute that develops and deploys technologies. The Company secures the blockchain ledger and supports energy transformation by converting clean, stranded, or otherwise underutilized energy into economic value. It also offers advanced technology solutions to optimize data center operations, including liquid immersion cooling and firmware for bitcoin miners. It is primarily focused on computing for, acquiring, and holding digital assets as a long-term investment. Its core business is bitcoin mining, and it produces, or mines, bitcoin using energy-efficient fleets of specialized computers while providing dispatchable compute as an optionality to the electric grid operators to balance electric demands on the grid. It is also engaged in the sale of data center infrastructure, such as immersion-cooled systems, to third parties operating in the bitcoin ecosystem and the artificial intelligence (AI) and high-performance compute (HPC) sectors.
About the author
Emily J. Thompson
Emily J. Thompson, a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) with 12 years in investment research, graduated with honors from the Wharton School. Specializing in industrial and technology stocks, she provides in-depth analysis for Intellectia’s earnings and market brief reports.
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