Texas Capital Bank Wealth Management Services Inc purchased a new stake in IREN Limited (NASDAQ:IREN – Free Report) during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor purchased 17,657 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $667,000.
A number of other large investors also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Situational Awareness LP lifted its stake in shares of IREN by 90.1% in the 2nd quarter. Situational Awareness LP now owns 6,400,384 shares of the company’s stock valued at $93,254,000 after purchasing an additional 3,034,254 shares during the period. Value Aligned Research Advisors LLC raised its stake in IREN by 18.6% during the 3rd quarter. Value Aligned Research Advisors LLC now owns 3,873,337 shares of the company’s stock worth $181,776,000 after buying an additional 607,189 shares during the period. Invesco Ltd. raised its stake in IREN by 45.9% during the 2nd quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 2,974,674 shares of the company’s stock worth $43,341,000 after buying an additional 936,333 shares during the period. UBS Group AG raised its stake in IREN by 37.3% during the 3rd quarter. UBS Group AG now owns 2,767,452 shares of the company’s stock worth $129,877,000 after buying an additional 751,635 shares during the period. Finally, Marshall Wace LLP raised its stake in IREN by 247.7% during the 3rd quarter. Marshall Wace LLP now owns 2,032,397 shares of the company’s stock worth $95,380,000 after buying an additional 1,447,842 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 41.08% of the company’s stock.
Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth
A number of equities analysts have issued reports on the company. Freedom Capital upgraded IREN to a “hold” rating in a report on Wednesday, April 1st. Canaccord Genuity Group reiterated a “buy” rating and set a $70.00 target price on shares of IREN in a report on Tuesday, February 10th. Weiss Ratings cut IREN from a “hold (c-)” rating to a “sell (d+)” rating in a report on Wednesday, April 22nd. HC Wainwright increased their target price on IREN to $85.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, May 8th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their target price on IREN from $39.00 to $46.00 and gave the stock an “underweight” rating in a report on Monday, May 11th. Thirteen analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, four have assigned a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, IREN currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $79.69.
Key Headlines Impacting IREN
Here are the key news stories impacting IREN this week:
- Positive Sentiment: IREN’s $1.6 billion Dell order for Blackwell systems supports its AI infrastructure expansion and strengthens its long-term revenue opportunity. IREN (IREN) Is Up 28.7% After US$1.6 Billion Nvidia Blackwell AI Infrastructure Deal – What’s Changed
- Positive Sentiment: Market commentary continues to frame IREN as a beneficiary of the shift from Bitcoin mining to AI data center infrastructure, which could support a higher valuation multiple over time.
- Neutral Sentiment: Analyst price targets remain generally constructive, with several recent buy ratings and targets above the current trading range.
- Negative Sentiment: Investors are worried about the large upfront capital commitment and the delayed timing of revenue from the Blackwell deployment, which increases execution risk. IREN slides after recent AI-driven rally as traders digest $1.6B Blackwell buildout spend and financing overhang
- Negative Sentiment: Recent convertible debt issuance may create hedging-related selling pressure and add dilution sensitivity for shareholders.
IREN Price Performance
Shares of NASDAQ IREN opened at $64.05 on Friday. IREN Limited has a fifty-two week low of $8.28 and a fifty-two week high of $76.87. The stock has a market capitalization of $22.89 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 133.44 and a beta of 4.17. The business has a 50-day moving average of $47.27 and a 200-day moving average of $46.16. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.44, a current ratio of 3.72 and a quick ratio of 3.72.
IREN (NASDAQ:IREN – Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Friday, May 8th. The company reported ($0.25) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($0.22) by ($0.03). IREN had a net margin of 20.90% and a negative return on equity of 13.13%. The firm had revenue of $144.80 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $219.69 million. As a group, sell-side analysts predict that IREN Limited will post -1.09 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
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.
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