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Investing.com — BTIG analyst Greg Lewis initiated coverage on Marathon Digital Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:MARA) with a buy rating and $50 price target Tuesday, telling investors in a note that the company is “well-positioned” in the Bitcoin mining industry.
The miner’s share price is down more than 4.5% on Tuesday, weighed by a recent fall in Bitcoin, which is down again today.
Lewis said the company was an early mover in the Bitcoin mining space and its hash capacity of 3.5 EH/s points to 1.9% of the current global hash capacity makes it one of the largest publicly traded BTC miners.
“In what we expect to be a multi-year arms race amongst the global miners for capacity, MARA currently has ~19.8 EH/s of hash capacity on order with scheduled deliveries through YE22, which should continue to position MARA as a dominant global BTC miner,” explained the analyst.
Adding: “With MARA as an early mover (which has already contracted a lot of its infrastructure needs) and economies of scale (MARA can be an anchor customer at a data center, not just a renter) we believe MARA is well-positioned for the ongoing BTC mining up-cycle.”
