Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Highlight Attractive Setup For Core Scientific, Inc. (CORZ) Ahead of Pipeline Updates and New Deals

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TheFly reported on January 26 that Keefe, Bruyette & Woods raised its price target on CORZ to $25 from $19 while maintaining an Outperform rating. The firm updated its model ahead of the Q4 report, noting CORZ’s transition from bitcoin mining to high-performance computing leasing, and highlighted an attractive setup for the shares ahead of expected pipeline updates and new deals.

Recently, on February 6, 2026, Core Scientific, Inc. (NASDAQ:CORZ) shares rose $1.61, or 10.9%, to around $16.43. Options activity more than doubled the daily average, with 207,000 contracts traded and calls leading puts, resulting in a put/call ratio of 0.14 versus a typical 0.5. Implied volatility dropped 20.66 to 108.18, among the highest 10% over the past year, while the put-call skew flattened, signaling a modestly bullish tone. The market is pricing in roughly a 50% chance of a move exceeding 5.03% ($0.83) ahead of the company’s earnings report on February 18, 2026.

Core Scientific, Inc. (NASDAQ:CORZ) is a U.S. digital infrastructure company specializing in large‑scale digital asset mining and high‑density colocation services, operating data centers and mining equipment to earn and host blockchain compute assets, while expanding into AI and high‑performance computing workloads.

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