Analyst Ratings February 18, 2026

H.C. Wainwright Lowers Hive Digital Target to $7, Keeps Buy Rating

Analyst sees upside but flags low probability of management's GPU-driven guidance given deployment requirements

By Leila Farooq HIVE
H.C. Wainwright Lowers Hive Digital Target to $7, Keeps Buy Rating
HIVE

H.C. Wainwright reduced its price objective on Hive Digital Technologies to $7 from $10 while retaining a Buy rating. The brokerage cited disappointing fiscal third-quarter results ended in December even as Hive reported strong revenue growth and expansion of both GPU cloud and bitcoin mining operations. The firm noted a low probability that the company will meet its year-end guidance because Hive must secure and deploy thousands more NVIDIA B-series GPUs.

Key Points

  • H.C. Wainwright cut its price target on Hive Digital to $7 from $10 but maintained a Buy rating; Hive shares trade at $2.12 and analyst targets range from $3.50 to $10 with a consensus Strong Buy.
  • Hive reported fiscal third-quarter results ended in December that the analyst called underwhelming, even as the company posted 112.51% revenue growth over the last twelve months and scaled its GPU Cloud annualized run-rate from $20 million to an expected $35 million exiting the current quarter.
  • The company increased bitcoin-mining capacity after completing a 300 MW build-out in Paraguay in 2025, taking installed capacity to 25 EH/s from 6 EH/s at year-end 2024, and reported average fleet efficiency of 16.7 J/TH.

H.C. Wainwright has lowered its price target on Hive Digital Technologies to $7 from $10 but left its recommendation unchanged, keeping a Buy rating on the company. Hive shares are trading at $2.12, well beneath analyst targets, which range from $3.50 to $10, and the consensus remains a Strong Buy.

The brokerage pointed to underwhelming results for Hive’s fiscal third quarter ended in December as a driver for the reduced target, even though company metrics show material top-line expansion. InvestingPro data indicate Hive achieved revenue growth of 112.51% over the prior twelve months.

Hive’s GPU Cloud business left the reported quarter producing $20 million in annualized run-rate revenues. Management expects that figure to rise to $35 million in annualized run-rate revenues exiting the current quarter. Management also reiterated calendar year-end 2026 guidance for the HPC/AI business, forecasting an exit run-rate of $140 million in annualized revenues from the GPU Cloud segment.

On the infrastructure side, Hive completed a 300 MW build-out in Paraguay in 2025, increasing its installed capacity to 25 EH/s from 6 EH/s at year-end 2024. The company reports a fleet-wide average efficiency of 16.7 J/TH.

Operationally, Hive recently disclosed a two-year, $30 million contract with an undisclosed customer for 504 B200 GPUs. Those GPUs are slated to be hosted and deployed at Bell’s AI data center in Manitoba, Canada this quarter.

H.C. Wainwright expressed caution about Hive’s ability to reach its stated guidance, assigning a low probability to management’s targets. The firm noted that Hive still needs to acquire, contract and deploy an additional 5,500 NVIDIA B-series GPUs to meet the year-end objectives that underpin the $140 million run-rate projection.


Context and implications

The analyst action reflects tension between rapid revenue growth and the operational hurdles associated with scaling GPU capacity for AI and HPC workloads. Hive’s expansion in Paraguay also highlights ongoing investments in bitcoin mining capacity, with a substantial step-up in installed hashing power year-over-year.

Investors should weigh the company’s strong recent revenue trajectory against execution risk tied to GPU procurement and deployment schedules.

Risks

  • Execution risk on GPU expansion - H.C. Wainwright assigns a low probability that Hive will meet year-end guidance because the company still needs to acquire, contract and deploy an additional 5,500 NVIDIA B-series GPUs, impacting the AI/HPC and cloud computing sectors.
  • Underwhelming quarterly results - The fiscal third quarter ended in December was described as underwhelming by the analyst, a factor that affects investor confidence in the crypto-mining and GPU cloud segments.
  • Valuation gap - With shares trading at $2.12 versus analyst targets of $3.50 to $10, investors face valuation and near-term upside uncertainty in both the cryptocurrency mining and AI infrastructure markets.

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