Why Is Core Scientific Inc (CORZ) Plunging In 2025?

We recently published a list of Why These 15 Software Stocks Are Plunging In 2025. In this article, we are going to take a look at where Core Scientific Inc (NASDAQ:CORZ) stands against other software stocks that are plunging in 2025.

The software sector has been anything but calm lately. These stocks were the darlings of Wall Street for the past few years but are now taking a beating due to tariff-related uncertainty and worries about AI’s lack of profitability.

News headlines have been almost entirely negative in the past two months due to weak macro data and big companies’ disappointing earnings results. This has caused a pivot toward profitability over growth.

Volatility often hides opportunity, and many of these software stocks are now oversold and can rebound when sentiment shifts. As such, it’s worth looking into the stocks that have plunged the most.

Methodology

For this article, I screened the worst-performing software stocks year-to-date.

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A close up view of a final mining equipment used in bitcoin mining.

Core Scientific Inc (NASDAQ:CORZ)

Number of Hedge Fund Holders In Q4 2024: 66

Core Scientific Inc (NASDAQ:CORZ) is a Bitcoin mining company that is transitioning into a high-performance computing (HPC) company.

The stock is down significantly so far in 2025 as the company reported disappointing financials in Q4 2024, with a net loss of $265.5 million and revenue dropping to $94.9 million from $141.9 million the previous year.

The broader cryptocurrency market has also pressured Core Scientific. Bitcoin mining profitability has weakened due to rising network difficulty and the April 2024 Bitcoin halving, which cut mining rewards in half.

These factors have squeezed margins for miners like Core Scientific. Meanwhile, the company’s shift to HPC and AI infrastructure has not yet offset these losses fully.

The consensus price target of $19 implies 124% upside.

CORZ stock is down 39.50% year-to-date.

Overall, CORZ ranks 14th on our list of software stocks that are plunging in 2025. While we acknowledge the potential of CORZ as an investment, our conviction lies in the belief that some AI stocks hold greater promise for delivering higher returns and doing so within a shorter time frame. If you are looking for an AI stock that is more promising than CORZ but that trades at less than 5 times its earnings, check out our report about the cheapest AI stock.

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Disclosure: None. This article is originally published at Insider Monkey.