SelectQuote (SLQT) – Taking Steps for the Long Term


Monday, September 16, 2024

Patrick McCann, CFA, Research Analyst, Noble Capital Markets, Inc.

Michael Kupinski, Director of Research, Equity Research Analyst, Digital, Media & Technology , Noble Capital Markets, Inc.

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Strong fiscal Q4. SelectQuote’s fiscal Q4 revenue of $307.2 million and adj. EBITDA of $14.4 million exceeded our estimates of $271.3 million and a loss of $2.2 million, respectively.  In our view, the strong performance demonstrated the power of the company’s synergistic business model, which serves consumers’ needs both for insurance policies and pharmacy services. 

Pharmacy momentum. Total revenue grew an impressive 38% over the prior year period, driven largely by the company’s Healthcare Services segment, which is comprised primarily of SelectRx (home-direct pharmacy business). Healthcare Services revenue was up roughly 75%, year-over-year with SelectRx membership growing to approximately 82,000, up from roughly 75,000 at the end of fiscal Q3. 


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Release – Bit Digital, Inc. Announces Monthly Production Update for August 2024

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NEW YORK, September 5, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Bit Digital, Inc. (Nasdaq: BTBT) (“Bit Digital” or the “Company”), a sustainable platform for digital assets and artificial intelligence (“AI”) infrastructure headquartered in New York, announced its unaudited digital asset production, HPC services revenue, and corporate updates for the month of August 2024.

Corporate Highlights for August 2024

  • The Company had 256 servers actively generating revenue from its initial Bit Digital AI contract, as of August 31, 2024. The Company earned approximately $4.3 million of unaudited revenue from this contract during the month of August 2024. A service credit of $579k related to the downtime experienced during an equipment upgrade was issued to the client in August for the period of February to June 2024.
  • In August 2024, the Company produced 53.4 BTC, an 11.7% decrease compared to the prior month.
  • The Company’s active hash rate was approximately 2.43 EH/s as of August 31, 2024
  • Treasury holdings of BTC and ETH were 682.4 and 27,331.0 with a fair market value of approximately $40.2 million and $68.7 million, respectively, on August 31, 2024.
  • The BTC equivalent1 of our digital asset holdings as of August 31, 2024, was approximately 1,858.3 or approximately $109.6 million.
  • The Company had cash and cash equivalents of $106.9 million and total liquidity (defined as cash and cash equivalents, USDC, and the fair market value of digital assets) of approximately $216.5 million, as of August 31, 2024.

Proof-of-Stake Highlights

  • The Company had approximately 21,568 ETH actively staked in native staking protocols as of August 31, 2024.
  • Bit Digital earned a blended APY of approximately 3.1% on its staked ETH position for the month of August 2024.
  • The Company earned aggregate staking rewards of approximately 56.6 ETH during August 2024.

Upcoming Events

  • 2024 Annual Gateway Conference, San Francisco, CA on September 4-5
  • H.C. Wainwright 26th Annual Global Investment Conference, New York, NY on September 11-12

About Bit Digital

Bit Digital, Inc. is a sustainable platform for digital assets and artificial intelligence (“AI”) infrastructure headquartered in New York City. Our bitcoin mining operations are located in the US, Canada, and Iceland. The Company has established a business line, Bit Digital AI, that offers specialized cloud-infrastructure services for artificial intelligence applications. For additional information, please contact ir@bit-digital.com or visit our website at www.bit-digital.com.

Investor Notice 

Investing in our securities involves a high degree of risk. Before making an investment decision, you should carefully consider the risks, uncertainties and forward-looking statements described under “Risk Factors” in Item 3.D of our most recent Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023. If any material risk was to occur, our business, financial condition or results of operations would likely suffer. In that event, the value of our securities could decline and you could lose part or all of your investment. The risks and uncertainties we describe are not the only ones facing us. Additional risks not presently known to us or that we currently deem immaterial may also impair our business operations. In addition, our past financial performance may not be a reliable indicator of future performance, and historical trends should not be used to anticipate results in the future. Future changes in the network-wide mining difficulty rate or bitcoin hash rate may also materially affect the future performance of Bit Digital’s production of bitcoin. Actual operating results will vary depending on many factors including network difficulty rate, total hash rate of the network, the operations of our facilities, the status of our miners, and other factors.

Safe Harbor Statement 

This press release may contain certain “forward-looking statements” relating to the business of Bit Digital, Inc., and its subsidiary companies. All statements, other than statements of historical fact included herein are “forward-looking statements.” These forward-looking statements are often identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as “believes,” “expects,” or similar expressions, involving known and unknown risks and uncertainties. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in these forward-looking statements are reasonable, they do involve assumptions, risks and uncertainties, and these expectations may prove to be incorrect. Investors should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this press release. The Company’s actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of a variety of factors, including those discussed in the Company’s periodic reports that are filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and available on its website at http://www.sec.gov. All forward-looking statements attributable to the Company or persons acting on its behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by these factors. Other than as required under the securities laws, the Company does not assume a duty to update these forward-looking statements.

Release – SelectQuote’s SelectRx Pharmacy to Open a State-of-the-Art Third Fulfillment Center in Olathe, Kansas, to Support Rapid Growth

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09/04/2024

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– SelectQuote, Inc. (NYSE: SLQT) today announced that SelectRx, the company’s full-service medication management pharmacy that serves all 50 states, will open a third fulfillment facility in Olathe, Kansas, to serve its rapidly expanding customer base, alongside its existing facilities in Monaca, Pennsylvania, and Indianapolis, Indiana.

SelectQuote launched the SelectRx business in 2021 as part of its Healthcare Services Division after acquiring two smaller pharmacy operations. In just over three years, SelectRx has grown its membership from under 5,000 to over 75,000 members who receive regular prescription shipments in adherence-friendly packaging. The new 54,000 square foot state-of-the-art facility at 404 W. Frontier Lane in Olathe, Kansas, is expected to open during the first half of calendar 2025 and should significantly expand the pharmacy’s capacity.

SelectQuote plans to add over 50 new positions at the location and is seeking experienced pharmacists, pharmacy fulfillment technicians (to assist in filling, processing, and shipping prescriptions), and various leadership and support roles such as shipping and inventory management, facilities management and information technology.

In 2023, SelectRx was recognized as a Patient-Centered Pharmacy Home (PCPH) by The Compliance Team. PCPH is based on TCT’s CMS-recognized Patient-Centered Medical Home program, which puts special emphasis on health maintenance, preventative screening, medication management, multi-specialty medical services, patient experience reporting, and benchmarking for chronically-ill patients.

SelectQuote CEO Tim Danker commented, “We are thrilled with the rapid growth of our SelectRx business over the past three years. With this new facility, we will be able to extend this highly convenient and adherence-friendly pharmacy solution to many more Seniors who can benefit from it. We are also thrilled to build out this beautiful new facility in our home market of Kansas City.”

About SelectQuote:

Founded in 1985, SelectQuote (NYSE: SLQT) provides solutions that help consumers protect their most valuable assets: their families, health, and property. The company pioneered the model of providing unbiased comparisons from multiple, highly-rated insurance companies allowing consumers to choose the policy and terms that best meet their unique needs. Two foundational pillars underpin SelectQuote’s success: a strong force of highly-trained and skilled agents who provide a consultative needs analysis for every consumer, and proprietary technology that sources and routes high-quality leads.

With an ecosystem offering high touchpoints for consumers across Insurance, Medicare, Pharmacy, and Value-Based Care, the company now has four core business lines: SelectQuote Senior, SelectQuote Healthcare Services, SelectQuote Life, and SelectQuote Auto and Home. SelectQuote Senior serves the needs of a demographic that sees around 10,000 people turn 65 each day with a range of Medicare Advantage and Medicare Supplement plans. SelectQuote Healthcare Services is comprised of the SelectRx Pharmacy, a specialized medication management pharmacy, and Healthcare Select which proactively connects its members with best-in-class healthcare services that fit each member’s unique healthcare needs. The platform improves health outcomes and lowers healthcare costs through proactive engagement and access to high-value healthcare solutions.

Investor Relations:
Sloan Bohlen
877-678-4083
investorrelations@selectquote.com

Media:
Matt Gunter
913-286-4931
matt.gunter@selectquote.com

Source: SelectQuote, Inc.

Bit Digital (BTBT) – Focused On Computing


Wednesday, August 21, 2024

Joe Gomes, CFA, Managing Director, Equity Research Analyst, Generalist , Noble Capital Markets, Inc.

Joshua Zoepfel, Research Associate, Noble Capital Markets, Inc.

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HPC Focus. Management is placing greater emphasis on the HPC segment given the near-term potential of the business, its higher margin profile, and growing pipeline of opportunity. Management continues to believe the business could obtain a $100 million annualized revenue run rate by the end of 2024.

Realization of Pipeline. The Company is adding staff in its HPC segment, including a head of sales, to realize more of the Company’s growing pipeline in the segment. It has already come to fruition with the Boosteroid agreement announcement and management noted that other potential clients are not far behind. We expect the addition of more salespeople in the near term and won’t be surprised to see more agreement announcements sooner rather than later.


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Release – Bit Digital, Inc. Announces Second Quarter of Fiscal Year 2024 Financial Results

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NEW YORK, August 19, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Bit Digital, Inc. (Nasdaq: BTBT) (the “Company”), a sustainable platform for digital assets and artificial intelligence (“AI”) infrastructure headquartered in New York City, today announced its unaudited financial results for the Second Quarter ended June 30, 2024.

Financial Highlights for the Second Quarter of 2024

  • Total revenue was $29.0 million for the Second Quarter of 2024, a 220% increase compared to the Second Quarter of 2023. The increase was primarily driven by the commencement of our high performance computing services (“HPC”) business and by a higher realized bitcoin price.
  • Revenue from bitcoin mining was $16.1 million for the Second Quarter of 2024, an 80% increase compared to the prior year’s quarter. The Company’s HPC recognized $12.5 million of revenue during the quarter compared to nil the prior year.
  • The Company had cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash of $61.4 million, and total liquidity (defined as cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, USDC, and the fair market value of digital assets) of approximately $191.9 million1, as of June 30, 2024.
  • Total assets were $315.5 million and Shareholders’ Equity amounted to $295.3 million as of June 30, 2024.
  • Adjusted EBITDA2 was $(3.8) million for the Second Quarter of 2024 compared to $1.9 million for the Second Quarter of 2023. Adjusted EBITDA includes an $11.5 million unrealized loss on digital assets.
  • GAAP loss per share was $0.09 on a fully diluted basis for the Second Quarter of 2024 compared to a loss per share of $0.03 for the Second Quarter of 2023.

Operational Highlights for the Second Quarter 2024

  • The Company earned 244.2 bitcoins during the Second Quarter of 2024, a 23% decrease from the prior year. The decline was primarily driven by a reduction in block rewards following the halving event in April 2024 and by an increase in network difficulty.
  • The Company paid approximately $0.047 per kilowatt hour to its hosting partners for electricity consumed during the Second Quarter of 2024.
  • The average fleet efficiency for the active fleet was approximately 27.9 J/TH as of June 30, 2024.
  • The Company earned 109.4 ETH from native staking in the Second Quarter of 2024.
  • Treasury holdings of BTC and ETH were 585.6 and 27,226.23, respectively, with a fair market value of approximately $36.7 million and $93.5 million on June 30, 2024, respectively.
  • The BTC equivalent4 of our digital asset holdings as of June 30, 2024 (defined as if all ETH and USDC holdings were converted into BTC as of that date) was approximately 2,082.1 BTC5, or approximately $130.5 million.
  • As of June 30, 2024, we had 50,044 miners owned or operating (in Iceland) for bitcoin mining with a total maximum hash rate of 4.3 EH/s.
  • The Company’s active hash rate of its bitcoin mining fleet was approximately 2.6 EH/s as of June 30, 2024.
  • The Company purchased approximately 1,146 bitcoin mining units during the Second Quarter of 2024.
  • Approximately 86% of our fleet’s run-rate electricity consumption was generated from carbon-free energy sources as of June 30, 2024. These figures are based on data provided by our hosts, publicly available sources, and internal estimates, demonstrating our commitment to sustainable practices in the digital asset mining industry.
  • The Company had approximately 17,184 ETH actively staked in native staking protocols as of June 30, 2024.
  • In the second quarter of 2024, the Company finalized an agreement to supply its existing customer with an additional 2,048 GPUs over a three-year period. To help finance this operation, the Company entered into a sale-leaseback agreement with a third party, agreeing to sell 128 AI servers (equivalent to 1,024 GPUs) and lease them back for three years. In late July, at behest of the customer, the Company and the customer mutually agreed to temporarily delay the purchase order so that the customer could evaluate potentially upgrading the purchase order to include newer generation Nvidia GPUs. Accordingly, the Company and manufacturer mutually agreed to delay the Company’s purchase pending the contractual outcome with the Company’s customer. The Company expects to provide additional details about the revised deployment timeline in the coming weeks. The Company’s contract with the customer remains fully in effect, but may have to be amended to provide for newer generation GPUs. In early August, the Company received $30.0 million as a non-refundable prepayment from its customer, half of which will be distributed to the Company’s leasing partner.

Subsequent Events

On August 19, 2024, Bit Digital announced that it had signed a binding term sheet with Boosteroid Inc. (“Boosteroid”), the world’s third-largest cloud gaming provider. Upon signing a master service agreement (“MSA”), Boosteroid will place an initial purchase for a starting quantity of GPU servers with a five-year service duration. Bit Digital will provide Boosteroid with options to draw down additional servers in multiples of 100, up to a total of 50,000 GPU servers within five years after signing the MSA, depending on their deployment plans and subject to market conditions. The entire 50,000 GPU deployment represents an aggregate revenue opportunity to Bit Digital in excess of $700 million over the five-year term. The initial purchase includes GPU-servers based on AMD EPYC 4th Gen CPUs and RX7900XT GPUs, customized by ASUSTeK Computer Inc. (“ASUS”) and AMD for Boosteroid. Deployment is planned across a network of more than 10 data centers in the U.S. and Europe. The initial deployment is scheduled to begin over the next two to three months and is expected to generate approximately $13 million in revenue to Bit Digital over the five-year term, or approximately $2.6 million per year. Bit Digital’s entry into a MSA is conditioned upon further diligence of Boosteroid, customary legal and business reviews, internal approvals, and execution of an acceptable MSA.

Management Commentary

“The second quarter of 2024 was an important step in the evolution of Bit Digital. Despite the reduction in block rewards from the April ‘halving event’, our total revenue more than doubled from the prior year, principally aided by the first full quarter of revenue from our HPC services business. Our balance sheet remains a key strength that will enable us to withstand recent market volatility and deploy growth capital into high-return opportunities.

Mining economics remain challenging, and in the absence of a material improvement in expected payback periods for mining equipment, it is unlikely that we will reach our active hash rate target of 6.0 EH/s by year-end 2024. From the onset of the year, we have been cautious in terms of exahash growth, preferring to wait for the post-halving mining environment before enacting material growth. In the interim, we will focus on high grading our existing fleet while reserving the right to make opportunistic growth purchases should the returns profile justify the expenditure.

We continue to view the HPC business as the most attractive use of incremental growth capex in the current environment. Our pipeline remains strong and the main bottleneck to date has been a lack of personnel and man hours to bring contracts to the finish line. We have started to solve this issue, making our first key hire for this business earlier this month with a plan to further expand our personnel and improve our tech stack. Our growth pipeline remains strong, and we continue to believe we will be able to reach our $100 million annualized revenue target by year-end 2024 even if the 2,000 GPU expansion deployment with our existing customer is pushed into 2025.”

About Bit Digital

Bit Digital, Inc. is a sustainable platform for digital assets and artificial intelligence (“AI”) infrastructure headquartered in New York City. Our bitcoin mining operations are located in the US, Canada, and Iceland. For additional information, please contact ir@bit-digital.com or visit our website at www.bit-digital.com.

Investor Notice 

Investing in our securities involves a high degree of risk. Before making an investment decision, you should carefully consider the risks, uncertainties and forward-looking statements described under “Risk Factors” in Item 3.D of our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023. If any material risk was to occur, our business, financial condition or results of operations would likely suffer. In that event, the value of our securities could decline and you could lose part or all of your investment. The risks and uncertainties we describe are not the only ones facing us. Additional risks not presently known to us or that we currently deem immaterial may also impair our business operations. In addition, our past financial performance may not be a reliable indicator of future performance, and historical trends should not be used to anticipate results in the future. Future changes in the network-wide mining difficulty rate or bitcoin hash rate may also materially affect the future performance of Bit Digital’s production of bitcoin. Actual operating results will vary depending on many factors including network difficulty rate, total hash rate of the network, the operations of our facilities, the status of our miners, and other factors. See “Safe Harbor Statement” below.

Safe Harbor Statement 

This press release may contain certain “forward-looking statements” relating to the business of Bit Digital, Inc., and its subsidiary companies. All statements, other than statements of historical fact included herein are “forward-looking statements.” These forward-looking statements are often identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as “believes,” “expects,” or similar expressions, involving known and unknown risks and uncertainties. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in these forward-looking statements are reasonable, they do involve assumptions, risks and uncertainties, and these expectations may prove to be incorrect. Investors should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this press release. The Company’s actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of a variety of factors, including those discussed in the Company’s periodic reports that are filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and available on its website at http://www.sec.gov. All forward-looking statements attributable to the Company or persons acting on its behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by these factors. Other than as required under the securities laws, the Company does not assume a duty to update these forward-looking statements.

Release – Bit Digital, Inc. Announces Binding Term Sheet with New HPC Customer Representing a More Than $700 Million Revenue Opportunity Over Five-Year Term

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NEW YORK, August 19, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Bit Digital, Inc. (Nasdaq: BTBT) (“Bit Digital” or the “Company”), a sustainable platform for digital assets and artificial intelligence (“AI”) infrastructure headquartered in New York, announced today that it has signed a binding term sheet with Boosteroid Inc. (“Boosteroid”), a new customer for its high-performance computing (“HPC”) business.

Key Highlights

  • Initial Agreement: Upon signing a master service agreement (“MSA”), Boosteroid will place an initial purchase for a starting quantity of GPU servers with a five-year service duration. Bit Digital’s entry into a MSA is conditioned upon further diligence of Boosteroid, customary legal and business reviews, internal approvals, and execution of an acceptable MSA.
  • Revenue Impact: This initial order is expected to generate approximately $13 million in revenue to Bit Digital over the five-year term, or approximately $2.6 million per year.
  • Scalability: Bit Digital will provide Boosteroid with options to draw down additional servers in multiples of 100, up to a total of 50,000 GPU servers within five years after signing the MSA, depending on their deployment plans. The entire 50,000 GPU deployment represents an aggregate revenue opportunity to Bit Digital in excess of $700 million over the five-year term, depending on the deployment plan and subject to market conditions.
  • Technology and Deployment: The initial purchase includes GPU-servers based on AMD EPYC 4th Gen CPUs and RX7900XT GPUs, customized by ASUSTeK Computer Inc. (“ASUS”) and AMD for Boosteroid. Deployment is planned across a network of more than 10 data centers in the U.S. and Europe. The initial deployment is scheduled to begin over the next two to three months.

Sam Tabar, Bit Digital’s CEO, commented: “We are excited to expand our HPC business and provide mission-critical computing solutions to Boosteroid, a customer in a new end-market for our HPC offerings. We are impressed with Boosteroid’s business model and look forward to supporting their ambitious growth plans. We aim to deliver exceptional service quality and execution, laying the foundation for a long-term and growing partnership between our companies.”

Ivan Shvaichenko, Founder and President of Boosteroid, commented: “This collaboration between Boosteroid and Bit Digital enhances our existing partnerships with AMD and ASUS, creating a powerful synergy that will drive us toward our goal of becoming the leader in the global cloud gaming market. By leveraging the advanced computing power provided by Bit Digital and the cutting-edge technology from AMD and ASUS, we are poised to deliver an unparalleled gaming experience to millions of users worldwide. This partnership not only strengthens our GPU-based infrastructure, already one of the widest in the world, but also sets the foundation for long-term innovation and growth within the cloud gaming industry.”

About Boosteroid

Boosteroid is the world’s third-largest cloud gaming provider, following Microsoft and Nvidia. With a GPU-based infrastructure network spanning 22 data centers and 10 more expected to launch by the end of 2024, Boosteroid serves over 5.7 million users across Europe, North America, and South America. It partners with major brands like Google for cloud gaming on Chrome OS, and collaborates with Microsoft, Samsung, LG, Hisense, Philips, Sharp, etc. Boosteroid uses custom hardware solutions designed by ASUS, AMD, and other companies tailored specifically for their platform.

About Bit Digital

Bit Digital, Inc. is a sustainable platform for digital assets and artificial intelligence (“AI”) infrastructure headquartered in New York City. Our bitcoin mining operations are located in the US, Canada, and Iceland. The Company has established a business line, Bit Digital AI, that offers infrastructure services for artificial intelligence applications. For additional information, please contact ir@bit-digital.com or visit our website at www.bit-digital.com.

Investor Notice 

Investing in our securities involves a high degree of risk. Before making an investment decision, you should carefully consider the risks, uncertainties and forward-looking statements described under “Risk Factors” in Item 3.D of our most recent Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023. If any material risk was to occur, our business, financial condition or results of operations would likely suffer. In that event, the value of our securities could decline and you could lose part or all of your investment. The risks and uncertainties we describe are not the only ones facing us. Additional risks not presently known to us or that we currently deem immaterial may also impair our business operations. In addition, our past financial performance may not be a reliable indicator of future performance, and historical trends should not be used to anticipate results in the future. Future changes in the network-wide mining difficulty rate or bitcoin hash rate may also materially affect the future performance of Bit Digital’s production of bitcoin. Actual operating results will vary depending on many factors including network difficulty rate, total hash rate of the network, the operations of our facilities, the status of our miners, and other factors.

Safe Harbor Statement 

This press release may contain certain “forward-looking statements” relating to the business of Bit Digital, Inc., and its subsidiary companies. All statements, other than statements of historical fact included herein are “forward-looking statements.” These forward-looking statements are often identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as “believes,” “expects,” or similar expressions, involving known and unknown risks and uncertainties. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in these forward-looking statements are reasonable, they do involve assumptions, risks and uncertainties, and these expectations may prove to be incorrect. Investors should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this press release. The Company’s actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of a variety of factors, including those discussed in the Company’s periodic reports that are filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and available on its website at http://www.sec.gov. All forward-looking statements attributable to the Company or persons acting on its behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by these factors. Other than as required under the securities laws, the Company does not assume a duty to update these forward-looking statements.

Bit Digital (BTBT) – First Look at the Second Quarter


Tuesday, August 20, 2024

Joe Gomes, CFA, Managing Director, Equity Research Analyst, Generalist , Noble Capital Markets, Inc.

Joshua Zoepfel, Research Associate, Noble Capital Markets, Inc.

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Results. Revenue for the quarter totaled $29.0 million, a 220% increase from last year of $9.0 million due to the inclusion of the HPC business. We estimated revenue of $24.9 million. Driven by an $11.5 million unrealized loss on digital assets, adjusted EBITDA was a negative $3.8 million from a positive $1.9 million last year. Net loss for the quarter was $12.0 million, or $0.09/sh, from a loss of $2.4 million, or $0.03/sh, the prior year.

A Temporary Setback. The Company’s anchor HPC client is temporarily delaying its purchase order to potentially upgrade the servers to have newer generation Nvidia GPUs. The contract may be amended to provide for the newer GPUs. We believe the delay to only be temporary as Nvidia’s new Blackwell architecture is expected to be released later in the year or in early 2025.


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QuoteMedia Inc. (QMCI) – Revenue Remains Lackluster


Friday, August 16, 2024

QuoteMedia is a leading software developer and cloud-based syndicator of financial market information and streaming financial data solutions to media, corporations, online brokerages, and financial services companies. The Company licenses interactive stock research tools such as streaming real-time quotes, market research, news, charting, option chains, filings, corporate financials, insider reports, market indices, portfolio management systems, and data feeds. QuoteMedia provides industry leading market data solutions and financial services for companies such as the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, TMX Group (TSX Stock Exchange), Canadian Securities Exchange (CSE), London Stock Exchange Group, FIS, U.S. Bank, Broadridge Financial Systems, JPMorgan Chase, CI Financial, Canaccord Genuity Corp., Hilltop Securities, HD Vest, Stockhouse, Zacks Investment Research, General Electric, Boeing, Bombardier, Telus International, Business Wire, PR Newswire, FolioFN, Regal Securities, ChoiceTrade, Cetera Financial Group, Dynamic Trend, Inc., Qtrade Financial, CNW Group, IA Private Wealth, Ally Invest, Inc., Suncor, Virtual Brokers, Leede Jones Gable, Firstrade Securities, Charles Schwab, First Financial, Cirano, Equisolve, Stock-Trak, Mergent, Cision, Day Trade Dash and others. Quotestream®, QModTM and Quotestream ConnectTM are trademarks of QuoteMedia. For more information, please visit www.quotemedia.com.

Michael Kupinski, Director of Research, Equity Research Analyst, Digital, Media & Technology , Noble Capital Markets, Inc.

Hans Baldau, Research Associate, Noble Capital Markets, Inc.

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Weak Q2 Results. The company reported revenue of $4.7 million and adjusted EBITDA of $0.5 million, lighter than our estimates of $5.0 million and $0.9 million, respectively. Figure #1 Q2 Variance highlights the company’s results against our expectations. Revenues stayed flat from the first quarter and decreased by 1.0% from the year earlier Q2 2023. 

Lackluster revenue outlook. Management indicated the lackluster revenue trends appear to be continuing into the third quarter in spite of a building pipeline of business. We believe that the company is being buffeted by clients switching to cheaper data alternatives (although this is low margin business) and lower volumes. 


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QuoteMedia Inc. (QMCI) – Revenue Remains Lackluster


Thursday, August 15, 2024

QuoteMedia is a leading software developer and cloud-based syndicator of financial market information and streaming financial data solutions to media, corporations, online brokerages, and financial services companies. The Company licenses interactive stock research tools such as streaming real-time quotes, market research, news, charting, option chains, filings, corporate financials, insider reports, market indices, portfolio management systems, and data feeds. QuoteMedia provides industry leading market data solutions and financial services for companies such as the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, TMX Group (TSX Stock Exchange), Canadian Securities Exchange (CSE), London Stock Exchange Group, FIS, U.S. Bank, Broadridge Financial Systems, JPMorgan Chase, CI Financial, Canaccord Genuity Corp., Hilltop Securities, HD Vest, Stockhouse, Zacks Investment Research, General Electric, Boeing, Bombardier, Telus International, Business Wire, PR Newswire, FolioFN, Regal Securities, ChoiceTrade, Cetera Financial Group, Dynamic Trend, Inc., Qtrade Financial, CNW Group, IA Private Wealth, Ally Invest, Inc., Suncor, Virtual Brokers, Leede Jones Gable, Firstrade Securities, Charles Schwab, First Financial, Cirano, Equisolve, Stock-Trak, Mergent, Cision, Day Trade Dash and others. Quotestream®, QModTM and Quotestream ConnectTM are trademarks of QuoteMedia. For more information, please visit www.quotemedia.com.

Michael Kupinski, Director of Research, Equity Research Analyst, Digital, Media & Technology , Noble Capital Markets, Inc.

Hans Baldau, Research Associate, Noble Capital Markets, Inc.

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Weak Q2 Results. The company reported revenue of $4.7 million and adjusted EBITDA of $0.5 million, lighter than our estimates of $5.0 million and $0.9 million, respectively. Figure #1 Q2 Variance highlights the company’s results against our expectations. Revenues stayed flat from the first quarter and decreased by 6.0% from the year earlier Q2 2023.

Slow start to the year. Management indicated following its first quarter results that client churn at the tail end of 2023 contributed to the slow start in 2024. As of the first quarter, the company anticipated a strong finish to the year as its pipeline was expected to improve. We expect more details on the second half following its investor call at 2pm ET, call number is 800.274.8461.


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Bitcoin Depot (BTM) – Rolling Out the Kiosks


Wednesday, August 14, 2024

Michael Kupinski, Director of Research, Equity Research Analyst, Digital, Media & Technology , Noble Capital Markets, Inc.

Patrick McCann, CFA, Research Analyst, Noble Capital Markets, Inc.

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Q2 beats expectations. The Company reported Q2 revenue of $163.1 million, beating our estimate of $147.6 million by 10.5%, and adj. EBITDA of $12.7 million, 37.1% above our estimate of $9.2 million. While revenue and adj. EBITDA were down 17.4% and 36.1% from the prior year period, respectively, we view 2024 as a transitional year and the Q2 results favorably. 

Kiosk deployment ahead of schedule.  Importantly, the company had 8,068 kiosks deployed at the end of Q2, surpassing its goal of having 8,000 kiosks deployed by year end. With more than 10,000 total owned kiosks (deployed and warehoused) and a strong pipeline of potential new partners, we are estimating the number of kiosk deployed at year end to be 9,000.


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Release – Bit Digital, Inc. Announces Date for Second Quarter 2024 Financial Results and Conference Call

Research News and Market Data on BTBT

NEW YORK, August 12, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Bit Digital, Inc. (Nasdaq: BTBT) (“Bit Digital” or the “Company”), a sustainable platform for digital assets and artificial intelligence (“AI”) infrastructure headquartered in New York, announced today that it will release its Second Quarter 2024 results on Monday, August 19, 2024, after the stock market closes. Senior management will host a live webcast and conference call to review the results on Tuesday, August 20, 2024, at 10 a.m. ET.

To register for the earnings call, please click here. Additionally, participants can join the conference call by dialing 1-800-289-0459 (passcode: 633917).

The Company will issue a press release regarding Second Quarter 2024 earnings prior to the conference call. The press release will be posted on the Bit Digital website at www.bit-digital.com.

About Bit Digital

Bit Digital, Inc. is a sustainable platform for digital assets and artificial intelligence (“AI”) infrastructure headquartered in New York City. Our bitcoin mining operations are located in the US, Canada, and Iceland. For additional information, please contact ir@bit-digital.com or visit our website at www.bit-digital.com.

Investor Notice 

Investing in our securities involves a high degree of risk. Before making an investment decision, you should carefully consider the risks, uncertainties and forward-looking statements described under “Risk Factors” in Item 3.D of our most recent Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023. If any material risk was to occur, our business, financial condition or results of operations would likely suffer. In that event, the value of our securities could decline and you could lose part or all of your investment. The risks and uncertainties we describe are not the only ones facing us. Additional risks not presently known to us or that we currently deem immaterial may also impair our business operations. In addition, our past financial performance may not be a reliable indicator of future performance, and historical trends should not be used to anticipate results in the future. Future changes in the network-wide mining difficulty rate or bitcoin hash rate may also materially affect the future performance of Bit Digital’s production of bitcoin. Actual operating results will vary depending on many factors including network difficulty rate, total hash rate of the network, the operations of our facilities, the status of our miners, and other factors.

Safe Harbor Statement 

This press release may contain certain “forward-looking statements” relating to the business of Bit Digital, Inc., and its subsidiary companies. All statements, other than statements of historical fact included herein are “forward-looking statements.” These forward-looking statements are often identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as “believes,” “expects,” or similar expressions, involving known and unknown risks and uncertainties. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in these forward-looking statements are reasonable, they do involve assumptions, risks and uncertainties, and these expectations may prove to be incorrect. Investors should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this press release. The Company’s actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of a variety of factors, including those discussed in the Company’s periodic reports that are filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and available on its website at http://www.sec.gov. All forward-looking statements attributable to the Company or persons acting on its behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by these factors. Other than as required under the securities laws, the Company does not assume a duty to update these forward-looking statements.

Release – Bit Digital, Inc. Announces Monthly Production Update for July 2024

Research News and Market Data on BTBT

NEW YORK, August 6, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Bit Digital, Inc. (Nasdaq: BTBT) (“Bit Digital” or the “Company”), a sustainable platform for digital assets and artificial intelligence (“AI”) infrastructure headquartered in New York, announced its unaudited digital asset production and corporate updates for the month of July 2024.

Corporate Highlights for July 2024

  • The Company had 256 servers actively generating revenue from its initial Bit Digital AI contract, as of July 31, 2024. The Company earned an estimated $4.3 million of unaudited revenue from this contract during the month of July 2024.
  • In July 2024, the Company produced 60.5 BTC, a 1.9% decrease compared to the prior month.
  • The Company’s active hash rate was approximately 2.46 EH/s as of July 31, 2024.
  • Treasury holdings of BTC and ETH were 641.8 and 27,274.4 with a fair market value of approximately $41.5 million and $88.1 million, respectively, on July 31, 2024.
  • The BTC equivalent1 of our digital asset holdings as of July 31, 2024, was approximately 2,009.0 or approximately $129.8 million.
  • The Company had cash and cash equivalents of $82.1 million and total liquidity (defined as cash and cash equivalents, USDC, and the fair market value of digital assets) of approximately $211.9 million, as of July 31, 2024.

Proof-of-Stake Highlights

  • The Company had approximately 17,184 ETH actively staked in native staking protocols as of July 31, 2024.
  • Bit Digital earned a blended APY of approximately 3.3% on its staked ETH position for the month of July 2024.
  • The Company earned aggregate staking rewards of approximately 47.5 ETH during July 2024.

Upcoming Events

  • 2024 Annual Gateway Conference, San Francisco, CA on September 4-5

About Bit Digital

Bit Digital, Inc. is a sustainable platform for digital assets and artificial intelligence (“AI”) infrastructure headquartered in New York City. Our bitcoin mining operations are located in the US, Canada, and Iceland. The Company has established a business line, Bit Digital AI, that offers specialized cloud-infrastructure services for artificial intelligence applications. For additional information, please contact ir@bit-digital.com or visit our website at www.bit-digital.com.

Investor Notice 

Investing in our securities involves a high degree of risk. Before making an investment decision, you should carefully consider the risks, uncertainties and forward-looking statements described under “Risk Factors” in Item 3.D of our most recent Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023. If any material risk was to occur, our business, financial condition or results of operations would likely suffer. In that event, the value of our securities could decline and you could lose part or all of your investment. The risks and uncertainties we describe are not the only ones facing us. Additional risks not presently known to us or that we currently deem immaterial may also impair our business operations. In addition, our past financial performance may not be a reliable indicator of future performance, and historical trends should not be used to anticipate results in the future. Future changes in the network-wide mining difficulty rate or bitcoin hash rate may also materially affect the future performance of Bit Digital’s production of bitcoin. Actual operating results will vary depending on many factors including network difficulty rate, total hash rate of the network, the operations of our facilities, the status of our miners, and other factors.

Safe Harbor Statement 

This press release may contain certain “forward-looking statements” relating to the business of Bit Digital, Inc., and its subsidiary companies. All statements, other than statements of historical fact included herein are “forward-looking statements.” These forward-looking statements are often identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as “believes,” “expects,” or similar expressions, involving known and unknown risks and uncertainties. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in these forward-looking statements are reasonable, they do involve assumptions, risks and uncertainties, and these expectations may prove to be incorrect. Investors should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this press release. The Company’s actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of a variety of factors, including those discussed in the Company’s periodic reports that are filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and available on its website at http://www.sec.gov. All forward-looking statements attributable to the Company or persons acting on its behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by these factors. Other than as required under the securities laws, the Company does not assume a duty to update these forward-looking statements.

Bit Digital (BTBT) – July Production Released


Wednesday, August 07, 2024

Joe Gomes, CFA, Managing Director, Equity Research Analyst, Generalist , Noble Capital Markets, Inc.

Joshua Zoepfel, Research Associate, Noble Capital Markets, Inc.

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AI and Staking. Bit Digital had 256 servers generating revenue during the quarter and earned an estimated $4.3 million of revenue during the month. The staking side had approximately 17,184 ETH actively staked, flat with last month, and earned a blended APY of approximately 3.3% on its staked ETH in the month of July, slightly down from last month’s 3.5%.

Mining Side. The Company produced 60.5 BTC in the month, a slight 1.9% decrease from the previous month. The active hash rate was roughly 2.46 EH/s, a decline from 2.57 EH/s in June. With the active goal of 6.0 EH/s at the end of 2024, we anticipate a ramp up in the hash rate during the last few months of the year.


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