Bitcoin Miner Price Targets Raised to Reflect Improved Industry Economics: JPMorgan

The bank increased its CleanSpark, Riot Platforms and MARA Holdings price targets.

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Summary
  • JPMorgan raised its price targets for CleanSpark, Riot Platforms and MARA Holdings.
  • The increases were due to higher bitcoin prices and improving mining profitability, the report said.
  • The bank reiterated its overweight rating on CleanSpark, IREN and Riot Platforms, and its neutral rating for Cipher Mining and MARA Holdings.

JPMorgan (JPM) raised its price targets for a number of bitcoin mining companies to reflect first-quarter results and changes to the bitcoin price and the network hashrate, the bank said in a report Friday.

The bank lifted its CleanSpark (CLSK) price target to $14 from $12, its Riot Platforms (RIOT) objective to $14 from $13 and its MARA Holdings (MARA) target to $19 from $18.

"Our price targets generally increased due to higher bitcoin prices and improving mining profitability," analysts Reginald Smith and Charles Pearce wrote.

JPMorgan said it tweaked the price targets to reflect a 24% increase in the bank's spot bitcoin assumption and a 9% increase to its network hashrate estimate.

The hashrate refers to the total combined computational power used to mine and process transactions on a proof-of-work blockchain, and is a proxy for competition in the industry and mining difficulty.

JPMorgan reiterated its overweight rating on CleanSpark, IREN (IREN) and Riot, and its neutral rating for Cipher Mining (CIFR) and MARA.

Read more: Bitcoin Mining Profitability Improved in May, JPMorgan Says

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