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Marathon Digital shares plunge 8% after Q2 revenue miss estimates

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Ciaran Lyons7 hours agoMarathon Digital shares plunge 8% after Q2 revenue miss estimatesMarathon Digital has missed consensus estimates for the second quarter in a row, though its year-on-year performance has risen by 78%.1110 Total views1 Total sharesListen to article 0:00Markets NewsOwn this piece of crypto historyCollect this article as NFTCOINTELEGRAPH IN YOUR SOCIAL FEEDFollow ourSubscribe onUnited States-listed Bitcoin miner Marathon Digital shares fell 8% after filing its second quarter earnings, which fell short of Wall Street expectations.


Marathon reported revenue of $145.1 million in the second quarter, roughly 9% lower than the $157.9 million that analysts had anticipated, according to Yahoo Finance data.


The shortfall occurred despite a year-on-year revenue increase of 78% from $81.7 million in Q2 2023, according to its earnings report published on August 1.


Following the report’s release, MARA’s stock price fell 7.78%, ending the trading day at $18.14, according to Google Finance data.MARA"s price is down 19.59% over the past 30 days. Source: Google Finance


As Bitcoin miners struggled throughout the quarter due to rising operational costs after the Bitcoin halving in April, Marathon Digital revealed it sold 51% of its Bitcoin (BTC) to cover operating expenses.


The report highlighted that Marathon’s average price of BTC mined in the second quarter of 2024 was 136% higher than in the prior year period.


On average, Marathon mined 22.9 Bitcoin per day, which is 9.3 less Bitcoin daily compared to the previous period.


Related:World’s largest BTC miner Marathon buys $100M BTC to go ‘full HODL’


It is the second quarter in a row that Marathon has missed consensus estimates, having also missed Q1 estimates.


At the time, Marathon’s Q1 revenues increased 223% year-on-year to $165.2 million in results shared on May 9 — but it still missed the $193.9 million estimate from investment analyst firm Zacks by 14.80%.Riot Platforms Q2 closer to estimates


It follows the news on July 23 that Marathon has been fined $138 million after being found guilty of breaching a non-disclosure or non-circumvention agreement.


Meanwhile, rival crypto miner Riot Platforms posted $70 million in revenue for Q2 2024, a year-on-year decline of 8.8%, as per its earnings report published on July 31.


Riot’s reported revenues were a lot closer to consensus estimates, which was only 0.63% lower than Zacks" prediction.


Riot’s stock (RIOT) ended the trading day down 8.54%, closing at $9.32.


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