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Mara Holdings, Inc.: Q4 FY2025 earnings call

What management said about Q4 FY2025, from the documents filed with the SEC on 26 February 2026: letter to shareholders, letter to shareholders. Guidance figures: 3 new. The quarter’s numbers.

Key takeaways

  • Q4 revenue fell, full-year rose: Q4 revenue fell 6% to $202.3 million, driven by a 14% lower average bitcoin price. Full-year revenue rose 38% to $907.1 million, mainly on a 53% higher average bitcoin price. Source
  • Q4 net loss from bitcoin valuation: Q4 net loss was $1.7 billion, or $4.52 per diluted share, including a $1.5 billion loss on fair value of digital assets. Full-year net loss was $1.3 billion. Source
  • Energized hashrate reached 66.4 EH/s: Energized hashrate rose 25% year over year to 66.4 EH/s, below the 75 EH/s target. About 35,000 new miners were deployed, at 18.6 joules per terahash efficiency. Source
  • Energy cost per BTC rose: Purchased energy cost per bitcoin for owned sites was $48,611 in Q4 2025, up from $31,608 a year earlier, mainly because network difficulty outpaced hashrate growth. Source
  • Bitcoin holdings reached 53,822: The company held 53,822 BTC at year end, valued at about $4.7 billion at $87,498 per bitcoin, including 15,315 BTC loaned or pledged as collateral. Source
  • ATM sales paused in Q4: The company suspended its at-the-market program in the fourth quarter and funded operations by selling part of its mined bitcoin. Source
  • Starwood joint venture announced: MARA and Starwood Digital Ventures will develop, finance and operate AI and HPC infrastructure. MARA contributes sites; the partnership is designed to be capital-efficient. Source

“We view 2026 as an inflection point. With infrastructure in place, upgrades underway, the Starwood partnership advancing select assets toward hyperscale tenancy, and Exaion expanding our enterprise AI capabilities, we are positioned to execute on our strategy.”

MARA Chairman & CEO

Guidance

AreaPeriodFigureAgainst last quarter
Joint venture capacity Sourceinitial development phasemore than 1 gigawatt ("GW") of IT capacityNew
Joint venture capacity Sourceover timebeyond 2.5 GWNew
Joint venture investment Sourcejoint venture projectsup to 50 percentNew
Energized hashrate Sourcetarget75 EH/s

What changed from last quarter

  • New guidance: A joint venture capacity figure was given for the first time: more than 1 GW of IT capacity in the initial phase. Source
  • New: Strategic joint venture with Starwood Digital Ventures announced to develop AI and HPC infrastructure at MARA's power-rich sites. Source
  • New: The company acquired a 64% stake in Exaion to expand its AI and HPC infrastructure capabilities. Source
  • New: The company acquired a 42 MW operational data center in central Nebraska, adjacent to an existing site. Source
  • Ended: The company did not use its at-the-market (ATM) program in the fourth quarter, the first such quarter since 2022. Source
  • New: The company began selling bitcoin in the second half of 2025 to fund operations. Source
  • Ended: The separately managed account agreement was terminated in December 2025 and the remaining bitcoin was withdrawn. Source

Results and growth drivers

  • Q4 revenue fell, full-year rose: Q4 revenue fell 6% to $202.3 million, driven by a 14% lower average bitcoin price. Full-year revenue rose 38% to $907.1 million, mainly on a 53% higher average bitcoin price. Source
  • Q4 net loss from bitcoin valuation: Q4 net loss was $1.7 billion, or $4.52 per diluted share, including a $1.5 billion loss on fair value of digital assets. Full-year net loss was $1.3 billion. Source
  • Prior-year net income stated differently: The letter gives Q4 2024 net income as $528.5 million in the highlights, while the financial discussion and statement of operations show $528.3 million. Source
  • Full-year adjusted EBITDA negative: Full-year adjusted EBITDA was ($330.8 million), against $1.2 billion in 2024, reflecting the fair value decline in bitcoin holdings and higher purchased energy costs. Source

Mining operations and hashrate

  • Energized hashrate reached 66.4 EH/s: Energized hashrate rose 25% year over year to 66.4 EH/s, below the 75 EH/s target. About 35,000 new miners were deployed, at 18.6 joules per terahash efficiency. Source
  • Blocks won and BTC output fell: Q4 blocks won fell 15% to 595, and BTC produced fell 6% to 2,011, or 21.9 BTC a day. Full-year blocks won rose 21% to 2,588; BTC produced fell 7% to 8,799. Source
  • Capital withheld from low-return builds: Management said it did not deploy capital into new builds that failed to meet return thresholds, focusing instead on uptime, maintenance and productivity. Source
  • Share of block rewards slipped: Share of available miners rewards was 4.8% in Q4 2025, from 5.0% in Q3 2025, and 5.3% for the full year, from 4.1% in 2024. Source

“We believe that recent volatility reflects broader macro uncertainty rather than a deterioration in bitcoin’s underlying fundamentals.”

MARA Chairman & CEO

Costs and margins

  • Energy cost per BTC rose: Purchased energy cost per bitcoin for owned sites was $48,611 in Q4 2025, up from $31,608 a year earlier, mainly because network difficulty outpaced hashrate growth. Source
  • Cost per petahash fell 4%: Cost per petahash per day was $30.5, down 4% from $31.7 in Q4 2024. The letter also describes a 4% decline from Q3 2025 and a 16% improvement for the full year. Source
  • Cost per kWh stated two ways: The highlights give cost per kWh as $0.05 for Q4 2025, while the financial discussion gives $0.04 for owned sites in 2025. Source
  • General and administrative costs rose: G&A excluding stock-based compensation was $56.6 million in Q4 2025, against $18.8 million a year earlier, reflecting scaling, headcount growth and administrative fees. Source
  • Hosting costs rose on added rigs: Third-party hosting and other energy costs were $79.4 million in Q4 2025, up $9.4 million, from more mining rigs deployed at certain hosted sites. Source
  • Depreciation rose with rig deployment: Full-year depreciation and amortization was $772.8 million, up from $429.2 million, including $110.5 million of accelerated depreciation of certain mining rigs. Source

Bitcoin holdings and lending

  • Bitcoin holdings reached 53,822: The company held 53,822 BTC at year end, valued at about $4.7 billion at $87,498 per bitcoin, including 15,315 BTC loaned or pledged as collateral. Source
  • Lending generated interest income: 9,377 BTC were loaned to counterparties in 2025, generating about $32.1 million of interest income. About 28% of holdings were activated under the digital asset management strategy. Source
  • Bitcoin kept as liquid asset: Management describes bitcoin holdings as a liquid balance sheet asset that provides strategic optionality and liquidity management flexibility. Source

“AI adoption is accelerating faster than grids can expand. Interconnection queues are lengthening, power costs are rising, and access to reliable, scalable energy has become the binding constraint for AI and high-performance compute.”

MARA Chairman & CEO

Capital sources and liquidity

  • ATM sales paused in Q4: The company suspended its at-the-market program in the fourth quarter and funded operations by selling part of its mined bitcoin. Source
  • ATM raised $568.6 million in 2025: In 2025 the ATM raised $568.6 million, used mainly for miner purchases, operating costs, infrastructure acquisition and general corporate purposes. Source
  • Cash and bitcoin liquidity: Unrestricted cash and equivalents were $547.1 million, up from $391.8 million. Combined cash and bitcoin, including loaned and pledged bitcoin, was about $5.3 billion at year end. Source

Starwood AI and HPC joint venture

  • Starwood joint venture announced: MARA and Starwood Digital Ventures will develop, finance and operate AI and HPC infrastructure. MARA contributes sites; the partnership is designed to be capital-efficient. Source
  • Starwood brings tenants and financing: Starwood is described as providing development execution, financing capability and relationships with prospective tenants, complementing MARA's energized sites. Source
  • Bitcoin mining continues on the same model: Bitcoin mining remains part of the model as a flexible, always-on workload that monetizes power while higher-value compute capacity is developed. Source

Exaion and international expansion

  • Exaion stake adds enterprise AI: The company holds a 64% stake in Exaion, described as the enterprise and sovereign deployment layer of AI, complementing Starwood's hyperscale work. Source
  • Owned generation doubled to 50 MW: Nearly 2 GW of capacity is secured through ownership and long-term rights. Owned NGON gas-to-power capacity doubled from 25 MW to 50 MW in the quarter, alongside an owned wind farm. Source
  • International talks in several countries: Building on UAE operations and a recently launched pilot site in Oman, the company is in discussions with energy companies in France, Brazil and Saudi Arabia. Source

Demand from hyperscale and AI customers

  • Hyperscaler interest increased in 2025: Management said HPC conversions accelerated and inbound interest from hyperscalers increased in 2025, making its owned sites strategically valuable. Source
  • Energized sites allow faster deployment: Management said already-energized sites allow capacity deployment on timelines of months rather than years, at economics that reflect energy ownership. Source
  • Enterprise and sovereign AI demand: The platform targets AI deployments where data residency, latency and operational control limit public cloud use. Source

Capital allocation and priorities

  • Capital steered to nearer-term uses: Given the recent bitcoin price decline and the Starwood joint venture, management said it is prioritizing capital toward the highest-value near-term uses. Source
  • MPLX campus talks continue: Talks with MPLX on West Texas power and data campuses continue. The scope has moved from the initial letter of intent, and the project is described as longer-term. Source
  • Mining monetizes stranded power: Management describes bitcoin mining as a flexible, industrial-scale use of electricity that monetizes stranded and underutilized power while supporting grid stability. Source

Coming up, as management said on 26 February 2026

  • Final results in 10-K: Final year-end results will be given in the Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025, after audit. Source
  • Bitcoin monetization continues in 2026: Management expects to keep monetizing bitcoin opportunistically in 2026 for liquidity, capital projects and other initiatives, subject to market conditions. Source

Figures management reported

FigureReported
Energized hashrate Source66.4 EH/s
Blocks won, Q4 2025 Source595
BTC produced, Q4 2025 Source2,011 BTC
Cost per petahash per day Source$30.5
Bitcoin holdings Source53,822 BTC
Cost per kWh, owned sites, 2025 Source$0.04

Risks management discussed

  • External: Management said the timing of a bitcoin price recovery is difficult to predict, after the price decline reduced fair value of digital assets. Source
  • Operational: Management attributed the increase in power costs to seasonal factors and adverse weather events. Source
  • Operational: Higher global network difficulty outpaced hashrate growth and reduced bitcoin mined per unit of energy. Source
  • Financial: Management said the West Texas MPLX campus is a longer-term initiative that would require significant capital investment. Source
  • Financial: The separately managed account incurred a net loss of about $22.1 million in 2025 before the agreement was terminated in December. Source

Earlier plans management reported on

  • Not stated: Management expects efficiency gains from uptime and maintenance work to strengthen unit economics and resilience across market cycles. Source
  • Not stated: Management expects the Nebraska acquisition to lower the average cost to mine at the campus, citing power rates. Source
  • Not stated: Energized hashrate of 66.4 EH/s is below the 75 EH/s target, which management attributed to capital discipline. Source
  • Not stated: Management said 2025 actions followed priorities of controlling low-cost power, preserving monetization flexibility and disciplined capital allocation. Source

Other quarters

Summarised with AI from the documents the company filed with the SEC. Every point is checked against the filing before it is shown: management’s own words word for word, figures against the line or table row they come from. A point that fails the check is left out. Source opens the filing at that line.