IREN (NASDAQ:IREN) Shares Down 12.5% – Here’s What Happened

IREN Limited (NASDAQ:IREN)’s share price was down 12.5% during trading on Friday . The stock traded as low as $34.81 and last traded at $35.45. 88,734,130 shares were traded during mid-day trading, an increase of 106% from the average session volume of 43,171,043 shares. The stock had previously closed at $40.53.

Key Headlines Impacting IREN

Here are the key news stories impacting IREN this week:

• Positive Sentiment: AI demand and financing milestones strengthen the growth case. IREN said it has approximately $4 billion of contracted annualized recurring revenue tied to 2026 capacity, with operating ARR around $1 billion today. Its fiscal 2026 AI cloud capacity is largely sold out, and a new multi-year contract with a leading frontier AI laboratory adds to customer visibility. IREN Reports FY26 Results
• Positive Sentiment: Blue Owl is leading $2.4 billion of secured financing—a $1.2 billion term loan and $1.2 billion of senior secured notes—to fund NVIDIA Blackwell Ultra GPU purchases for IREN’s Mackenzie data center campus in British Columbia. The financing supports expansion while limiting the immediate need for equity capital, although it increases leverage. Blue Owl AI Factory Financing for IREN
• Positive Sentiment: Several analysts maintained bullish ratings after the results, including Canaccord Genuity, BTIG Research and Cantor Fitzgerald, with price targets ranging from $79 to $99. These calls suggest some analysts view the selloff as an opportunity ahead of the expected AI revenue ramp. Cantor Fitzgerald Analyst Comment
• Neutral Sentiment: Fiscal fourth-quarter revenue was approximately $137.2 million, while the per-share loss of $0.41 beat some consensus estimates. However, revenue declined sequentially as mining hardware was decommissioned ahead of GPU installations, and other reports cited a wider adjusted loss and higher revenue expectations.
• Negative Sentiment: A nearly $640 million impairment tied to mining equipment contributed to a roughly $684 million quarterly net loss. The charge highlights the cost of abandoning the legacy Bitcoin-mining business and overshadowed more than doubling AI cloud revenue. IREN Mining Rig Writedown
• Negative Sentiment: Management indicated sustained profitability may not arrive until 2029–2030, keeping valuation, cash-burn, execution and financing risks elevated. A broader selloff in AI data-center stocks and concerns that NVIDIA may shelve revenue-sharing arrangements added pressure to the group. IREN AI Pivot After Earnings

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several analysts recently issued reports on IREN shares. Cantor Fitzgerald reissued an “overweight” rating and set a $99.00 target price on shares of IREN in a research note on Friday. HC Wainwright reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $90.00 target price on shares of IREN in a report on Friday. Sanford C. Bernstein restated an “outperform” rating and set a $100.00 target price on shares of IREN in a research report on Thursday, August 13th. BTIG Research reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $80.00 target price on shares of IREN in a research note on Friday. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group initiated coverage on shares of IREN in a research note on Thursday, June 18th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $79.00 price target on the stock. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fourteen have assigned a Buy rating, four have issued a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, IREN currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $81.57.

IREN Stock Performance

The business has a 50 day moving average price of $41.68 and a 200 day moving average price of $45.59. The company has a quick ratio of 3.72, a current ratio of 3.72 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.44. The stock has a market cap of $12.67 billion, a P/E ratio of 73.85 and a beta of 4.29.

IREN (NASDAQ:IREN) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, August 27th. The company reported ($0.41) earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.55) by $0.14. IREN had a net margin of 20.90% and a negative return on equity of 13.13%. The company had revenue of $137.22 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $132.29 million. As a group, sell-side analysts expect that IREN Limited will post -1.41 EPS for the current year.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On IREN

Institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. North Star Investment Management Corp. bought a new position in shares of IREN in the 4th quarter worth $26,000. Clearstead Trust LLC bought a new position in IREN in the fourth quarter worth about $27,000. Motco bought a new position in IREN in the fourth quarter worth about $30,000. GAMMA Investing LLC lifted its position in shares of IREN by 177.5% during the second quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 691 shares of the company’s stock valued at $32,000 after buying an additional 442 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Purpose Unlimited Inc. bought a new stake in shares of IREN in the 4th quarter valued at about $34,000. 41.08% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

About IREN

IREN Limited, formerly known as Iris Energy Limited, owns and operates bitcoin mining data centers. The company was incorporated in 2018 and is headquartered in Sydney, Australia.