The largest reported holders of APLD are Hood River Capital Management LLC, Situational Awareness LP, and Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC. That is according to the latest SEC Form 13F filings. The filings cover 565 institutions in all. Total shares held rose 8.8% vs the prior quarter.
Below are the largest institutional holders, what each one did last quarter, and what the company's own insiders have been doing.
The chart below tracks APLD's daily closing price from April 29, 2026 to Oct. 23, 2026. Over that stretch it is down 44.2%, from $32.69 to $18.25. The high was $49.65 on May 28, 2026. The low was $18.05 on Oct. 16, 2026. Red circles mark weeks when insiders sold shares on the open market. There were 3 such weeks; bigger circles mean more money. Green diamonds mark weeks when they bought. There was 1 such week.
APLD share price and insider trades
Daily closing price, Apr 29, 2026 to Oct 23, 2026 · dots are open-market trades by company insiders (SEC Form 4), one per week
Latest
$18.25
Oct 23, 2026
Change
▼ -44.2%
since Apr 29, 2026
High
$49.65
May 28, 2026
Low
$18.05
Oct 16, 2026
Share price Insider sales: $3.5M in 3 trades Insider buys: $6.7M in 1 tradeBigger dot = more money. Hover a dot or the line for details.
Top 10 institutional holders of APLD
The table below lists the top 10 institutional holders of APLD. It shows the size of each position and whether the fund added or cut last quarter.
Fund
Value
Last quarter
Hood River Capital Management LLC
$840.0M
cut (-2.4%)
Situational Awareness LP
$469.0M
added (+14.1%)
Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC
$512.1M
cut (-7.3%)
BlackRock Inc.
$498.9M
cut (-36.0%)
Vanguard Capital Management LLC
$431.0M
added (+7.2%)
Two Sigma Investments, LP
$384.2M
added (+546.7%)
Equitec Proprietary Markets, LLC
$312.3M
new
Goldman Sachs Group Inc
$260.4M
cut (-12.8%)
Dba Trading, LLC
$132.4M
unchanged (0.0%)
Value Aligned Research Advisors, LLC
$206.9M
cut (-16.8%)
Also worth knowing about APLD
APLD last closed at $18.25 on Oct. 23, 2026. That was up 1.1% on the week.
Open-market insider buying over the last 90 days totaled $6.7 million.
The dilution score is 90/100 (high). Share count is up 8.1% over a year.
“Our goal is to establish Applied Digital as the category leader in the design, construction, deployment, and operation of purpose-built AI factories”
— Wes Cummins, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Applied Digital · SEC filing
From the company's earnings release filed with the SEC on 2026-10-07 (Form 8-K).
What would change the picture for APLD
These are the specific events and levels to watch. None of them is a prediction.
The Jan. 5, 2027 earnings report is 71 days away. Applied Digital Corp. beat estimates in 0 of the last 4 quarters. The average surprise was -115.3%. A miss would break that pattern.
Insider buying: 2 insiders bought $6.7 million in 90 days. More purchases would strengthen that signal. Sales by the same people would weaken it.
Analyst ratings: the average score moved from 4.16 to 4.09 over three months. The scale runs from 5 for strong buy to 1 for strong sell. A run of downgrades after earnings usually shows up here first.
Price levels: a close above $49.65 would mark a new 52-week high. That is 172.1% above the latest close of $18.25. A close below $18.05 would mark a new 52-week low. That is 1.1% below the latest close.
Growth: revenue rose 243.2% year over year in the quarter ending Aug 2026. The trend is accelerating.
New shares: dilution risk is high now. A new shelf registration (S-3) or prospectus supplement (424B) for an offering would raise it.
How APLD compares with its peers
Over the past month, APLD ranks 2 of 6 in this group at -32.6%. The best was WULF at -30.5%. The weakest was CIFR at -56.1%.
A dash in the P/E column means the company lost money over the last 12 months. It has no P/E.
Stock
Close
1 month
3 months
From 52-wk high
P/E
Price/sales
Revenue growth
APLD
$18.25
-32.6%
-30.8%
-63.2%
—
6.46
+243.2%
CRWV
$54.23
-39.8%
-23.4%
-61.2%
—
3.94
+115.3%
NBIS
$158.74
-34.8%
-15.5%
-44.6%
481.0
29.74
+461.3%
IREN
$24.91
-46.0%
-31.4%
-67.4%
—
12.59
+41.1%
CIFR
$7.94
-56.1%
-63.3%
-72.8%
—
17.24
+20.3%
WULF
$11.32
-30.5%
-37.0%
-60.9%
—
34.19
+14.6%
APLD history: what happened after similar moves
Since 2023, APLD fell 32.6% or more in a month 6 times (separate episodes, not counting the current one). Three months later it was higher in 4 of 6 cases; the median change was +75.5%.
Past moves don't predict the next one; they show how volatile the stock has been.
Month ending
Move in that month
1 month later
3 months later
2024-02-05
-41.5%
-4.0%
-23.0%
2024-04-09
-37.9%
+15.8%
+105.6%
2024-07-30
-33.1%
+10.8%
+107.8%
2025-04-15
-53.1%
+62.5%
+217.2%
2025-11-13
-38.9%
-0.3%
+45.5%
2026-07-16
-43.1%
+18.0%
-23.1%
The bottom line
The largest reported holders of APLD are Hood River Capital Management LLC, Situational Awareness LP, and Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC. That is according to the latest SEC Form 13F filings. The filings cover 565 institutions in all. Total shares held rose 8.8% vs the prior quarter.
Questions people also ask
What is APLD's 52-week high and low?
Over the past year, APLD closed as high as $49.65 and as low as $18.05. At $18.25 on Oct. 23, 2026, the stock is down 63.2% from the high and 1.1% above the low. More →
Do analysts think APLD is a buy?
21 of the 23 analysts covering Applied Digital Corp. rate it a buy or strong buy. The consensus is Buy. Ratings describe analysts' views, not a guarantee, and they change after earnings. More →
Is Applied Digital Corp. issuing new shares?
Dilution risk reads high (90/100). The share count rose 8.1% in a year. That is based on 3 offering-related filing(s) in 12 months.
Is Applied Digital Corp. profitable?
Applied Digital Corp. had $853.9 million of revenue over the last 12 months but posted a net loss. The net margin was -48.1%. More →
When does Applied Digital Corp. report earnings next?
The next report is expected on Jan. 5, 2027, which is 71 days from now. Applied Digital Corp. beat the average estimate in 0 of its last 4 reports.
Does APLD pay a dividend?
Applied Digital Corp. reported no dividend payments over the last 12 months in its SEC filings.
Dates to watch for APLD
Insider trades can come any day: they must be filed on Form 4 within two business days.
Date
Event
Why it matters
Wed Oct 28, 2026
Federal Reserve rate decision
Market odds: 90% hold, 1% cut, 9% hike.
Thu Nov 5, 2026
IREN earnings
A read-through for APLD: results from a peer often move the group.
Mon Nov 9, 2026
CRWV earnings
A read-through for APLD: results from a peer often move the group.
Tue Nov 10, 2026
NBIS earnings
A read-through for APLD: results from a peer often move the group.
Mon Nov 16, 2026
13F filing deadline
Funds disclose what they held on 2026-09-30, including APLD.
Fri Nov 20, 2026
Monthly options expiration
Often heavier trading and bigger swings in widely traded stocks.
Tue Jan 5, 2027
Applied Digital Corp. earnings
Results and guidance; the biggest scheduled event for the stock.
Key terms on this page
P/E ratio
Price divided by the last 12 months of earnings per share. A P/E of 20 means investors pay $20 for each $1 of yearly profit. It is only defined when the company is profitable.
Form 4
The SEC form a company's officers, directors and 10% owners must file within two business days of buying or selling its stock.
Open-market trade
A purchase or sale on the exchange at the market price, paid with the insider's own money (code P or S on Form 4), as opposed to option exercises, grants or gifts.
Form 13F
A quarterly SEC report listing the U.S. stock holdings of every investment manager with more than $100 million. It is due 45 days after each quarter ends, so it shows positions with a delay.
Dilution
When a company issues new shares, each existing share owns a smaller piece of the company. Common sources: stock offerings, convertible debt and large stock-based pay.
Form 8-K
The SEC form for material events between quarterly reports: earnings releases, deals, executive changes, stock offerings and similar news.
52-week high / low
The highest and lowest daily closing price over the past year (about 252 trading days).
Where these numbers come from
Every number on this page is computed from the data when the page is refreshed (usually daily); nothing is typed in by hand. This is information, not investment advice.
Price: daily closing prices run through Oct. 23, 2026. Changes use 5, 21 and 63 trading days. The 52-week range uses the last 252 closes.
Insider trades: SEC Form 4 filings for the last 90 days count only open-market purchases (code P) and sales (code S). Option exercises, grants, gifts and filings with data errors are left out.
Analyst ratings: counts of current ratings from 23 analysts, compared with three months ago.
Earnings dates and estimates: a market-data calendar shows reported vs expected EPS for the last 4 quarters.
Valuation and growth: revenue, earnings, margins and share counts come from the company's SEC filings. The data is XBRL for the latest quarter, Aug 2026. P/E and price/sales use the latest close.
Fund ownership: SEC Form 13F filings for Q2 2026.
Dilution: share-count changes and offering-related SEC filings over two years are scored 0-100. The filings include shelf registrations, prospectus supplements and convertible notes.
History: 21-trading-day moves over about three years of daily closes, counted once per episode.
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Sources: SEC EDGAR (Form 4, 8-K/6-K, prospectuses, XBRL share counts) and daily closing prices. Insider sales are often routine (taxes, diversification, pre-planned 10b5-1 plans). Not investment advice.
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