APLD Stock Pops After-Hours On Earnings Hype, Iran Ceasefire Announcement

• Stocktwits users cheered President Donald Trump’s announcement to hold off on striking Iran, while also rooting for a strong earnings result. 
• Wall Street expects the company to post quarterly earnings of $78.48 million, an increase of about 48% from the same period last year, according to data from Fiscal.ai.

Shares of Applied Digital Corporation (APLD) surged nearly 8% in Tuesday’s extended trading hours, garnering significant retail attention ahead of the company’s third-quarter (Q3) earnings results expected on Wednesday.

Retail chatter on Stocktwits grew 263.5% in the past 24 hours, according to data from the platform, while retail sentiment was in the ‘extremely bullish’ territory.

Users on the platform cheered President Donald Trump’s announcement to hold off on striking Iran, while also rooting for a strong earnings result.

What Is Retail Saying?

One bullish user said that Trump’s announcement signalled “the start of the end of the war,” with deals and contracts over the next two weeks, indicating that it would be good for the company’s shares.

Another bullish user also cheered Trump’s move and expressed hopes for a strong earnings result on Wednesday that would push the stock’s prices higher.

A third user predicted the stock’s price would soon surge to more than $56.

Earnings Expectations

Applied Digital is expected to post Q3 2026 earnings results after-market hours on Wednesday. Wall Street expects the company to post quarterly earnings of $78.48 million, an increase of about 48% from the same period last year, according to data from Fiscal.ai.

Analysts also expect the company to report a loss per share of $0.11, narrower than the loss of $0.16 reported in the same period of the previous year.

APLD stock has gained more than 378% in the past year.

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