Canaan is a distressed ASIC vendor with an attached self-mining operation, not a clean bitcoin proxy. Q1 revenue was $62.7 million, including $42.9 million of mining-machine product revenue and $19.1 million from mining, but gross loss was $22.9 million and GAAP net loss reached $88.7 million. The company produced 257 BTC and increased installed computing power to roughly 11 EH/s, yet negative gross profit shows that scale did not cover inventory, pricing and energy economics. July operations improved global operating hashrate to 14.24 EH/s and treasury to 1,917 BTC plus 3,952 ETH; Ethiopia was paused, so installed capacity overstates active output. The capital structure also matters: 63.66 million ADS were sold at $1.131 in November 2025, and the current 724.7 million share-equivalent snapshot leaves material dilution sensitivity. A D grade is appropriate before September 3 results. The event veto is absolute: neither the $0.45 reference activation nor valuation framing is actionable until fresh earnings reset the facts and geometry.
Canaan sells Avalon ASIC mining machines and operates its own bitcoin-mining fleet. Hardware revenue depends on machine shipments, selling price and inventory write-downs; mining revenue depends on active hashrate, BTC price, network difficulty and power cost. Q1 product revenue was $42.9M and mining revenue was $19.1M. Subsequent customer cash collections of $42M matter because receivable conversion supports working-capital reuse.
The AI transmission channel is semiconductor-adjacent rather than direct. Canaan designs specialized compute silicon, but Avalon chips solve SHA-256 mining workloads, not AI training or inference. AI foundry demand can instead compete for fabrication capacity and raise wafer or packaging costs without creating Canaan AI revenue.
The model breaks when ASIC prices fall below inventory cost, customers delay payment, deployed machines remain offline, or power and difficulty erase mining spread. ADR dilution, foreign-private-issuer disclosure cadence and the paused Ethiopia fleet add financing and operating uncertainty that treasury coins cannot remove.
| Segment | Revenue | % Total | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Single reportable segment | $62.7M Q1 revenue | 100% of reported revenue | The 2025 Form 20-F states that Canaan has one operating and one reportable segment under ASC 280; the revenue categories below are not separate segments. |
| Mining-machine product revenue category | $42.9M | 68.4% of Q1 revenue | Activity within the single reportable segment, exposed to ASIC shipment timing, pricing and inventory economics. |
| Bitcoin-mining revenue category | $19.1M | 30.5% of Q1 revenue | Activity within the single reportable segment; 257 BTC were produced and economics depend on operating rather than installed hashrate. |
| Other revenue category | $0.7M | 1.1% of Q1 revenue | Non-core activity within the same reportable segment. |
| Metric | Value | Signal |
|---|---|---|
| Q1 revenue | $62.7M | Within guidance |
| Q1 gross profit | -$22.9M | Negative gross margin |
| Q1 adjusted EBITDA | -$76.3M | Non-GAAP |
| July operating hashrate | 14.24 EH/s | 46 BTC mined |
| July power cost | $0.043/kWh | Global average |
| Scenario/NAV framework | $121.4M residual crypto NAV versus $321.0M basic equity value | Scenario as of 2026-08-27 uses $65,000/BTC and $2,500/ETH: 1,917 BTC plus 3,952 ETH and $43.5M cash less $56.6M debt; equity embeds 2.64x that residual |
| Revenue (TTM) | $509.7M | -24.3% YoY |
| Gross Margin | 3.5% | Reported |
| Operating Margin | -86.9% | Loss-making |
| Net Margin | -41.7% | Negative |
| ROE | -67.9% | Capital efficiency |
| Cash | $43.5M | Liquidity; sector accounting may limit direct debt netting |
| Debt | $56.6M | Balance-sheet claim |
| Intrinsic-value model | N/A | Fail-closed: insufficient or non-economic output |
| Value / quality panel | 1 positive / 4 negative / 0 neutral | bearish / confidence 63 |
| Fundamental grade audit | 25/100 (D) | base +55, growth -7, grossMargin -2, operatingMargin -6, earningsGrowth +0, roe +0, balanceSheet +0, qualityBoard -6, capitalStructure -9, controls +0; capped score 25/100 |
| Quarter | EPS Actual | EPS Est. | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2Q2025 | $0.03 | $-0.08 | 139.4% | - |
| 3Q2025 | $-0.00 | $-0.01 | 84.6% | - |
| 4Q2025 | $-0.09 | $-0.01 | -764.0% | - |
| 1Q2026 | $-0.13 | $-0.07 | -85.7% | - |
Q1 2026 revenue was $62.7M, within guidance, with $42.9M product and $19.1M mining revenue. The company produced 257 BTC and ended with roughly 11 EH/s installed computing power. Canaan's GAAP loss ladder widened from a $22.9M gross loss to a $54.3M operating loss and an $88.7M net loss. Its non-GAAP endpoint was -$76.3M of adjusted EBITDA. Q2 results are scheduled for September 3, 2026. The caveat is severe: July's 14.24 EH/s operating fleet produced only 46 BTC, and Ethiopia was paused. — Next: 2026-09-03
No structured transaction table was captured.
Canaan's ADS structure requires per-ADS discipline. The October 24, 2025 424B5 created a new up-to-$270M ADS ATM, with each ADS representing 15 Class A shares; it also states that the terminated 2024 program had sold 21,088,579 ADS for about $42.5M net. The November 4 filing separately records 63,660,477 ADS sold at $1.131. The minimum observable basic denominator in the current market snapshot is 724.7M ADS equivalents. A current fully diluted ADS denominator is explicitly unavailable because the reviewed filings do not reconcile options and warrants; diluted per-ADS NAV is therefore not calculable.
6 decision-relevant primary filing(s) are displayed with accession-specific findings. Grade D measures fundamentals; trade state rejected measures timing and is evaluated separately.
| Date | Form | Accession | What the filing changes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-19 | 6-K | 0001104659-26-063468 | The May 19 6-K furnishes Q1 results showing $62.7M revenue, a $22.9M gross loss, an $88.7M GAAP net loss, 257 BTC produced and roughly 11 EH/s installed capacity; it is operating disclosure, not securities issuance. |
| 2026-04-15 | 20-F | 0001104659-26-043786 | The 2025 Form 20-F establishes foundry, inventory, customer-credit, China-linked regulatory and ADR risks plus the annual liquidity baseline; it is periodic disclosure rather than an equity issuance. |
| 2026-08-17 | 6-K | 0001104659-26-097615 | The August 17 6-K furnishes July operations showing 14.24 EH/s operating hashrate, 46 BTC mined, $0.043/kWh power cost and a paused Ethiopia fleet despite installed capacity. |
| 2026-06-17 | EFFECT | 9999999995-26-002037 | The June EFFECT notice only confirms that a registration statement became effective; it contains no securities sold, proceeds received or dilution incurred and cannot be classified as issuance. |
| 2025-11-04 | 424B5 | 0001104659-25-106149 | The November 4 prospectus records a primary sale of 63,660,477 ADS at $1.131, creating actual cash proceeds and dilution rather than merely preserving unused shelf or ATM capacity. |
| 2025-10-24 | 424B5 | 0001104659-25-102125 | The October 24 prospectus establishes a new up-to-$270M at-the-market program for ADSs, each representing 15 Class A shares; it also reports 21,088,579 ADS sold for about $42.5M net under the terminated 2024 program. New capacity is not completed issuance. |
CAN point-in-time short-interest context only; no acceleration claim without a comparable dated series.
Unusual Activity: No unusual activity confirmed
| RSI (14) | 85.9 |
| EMA 20 | $0.30 |
| EMA 50 | N/A |
| EMA 200 | N/A |
| MACD | N/A |
| ATR (14) | $0.04 |
| Wyckoff | Transitional |
CAN is rejected before the September 3 earnings review. The $0.45 reference has no complete two-target long structure in bars closed through August 27: $0.455 is the only observed higher daily pivot. For auditability, the dormant map uses the August 27 high at $0.455 as its upper boundary and the August 25 and August 26 highs at $0.439 and $0.423 as lower references; it is not a short recommendation. Quote $0.42 is timestamped 2026-08-28T14:04:27Z, and no level is executable across the event. Daily indicators and pivots run only through the 2026-08-27 close.
| Indicator | Value | Signal |
|---|---|---|
| Reference close | 2026-08-27 | Daily structure is point-in-time controlled |
| Quote snapshot | 2026-08-28T14:04:27Z | Exact timestamp; not represented as a publication-time live quote |
| Opening observation | 2026-08-28T13:30:00Z | Regular-session range used for the single activation level |
Regime: risk-on
CAN is hit first by BTC miner payback periods and ASIC replacement demand, then by foundry pricing and China-linked supply or policy friction. AI chip demand can crowd fabrication capacity but does not create direct revenue because Avalon silicon is mining-specific.
Canaan combines negative gross economics, weak liquidity, ADR dilution and volatile fleet utilization; the September 3 earnings event can invalidate every current operating and valuation inference. Retail war-room: the ADS can gap beyond the dated $0.455/$0.423 range on earnings or a China/crypto headline; thin liquidity means wider spread and severe slippage. Keep sizing at zero before the post-event rebuild and do not chase either boundary of the rejected map.
For an ASIC vendor-miner, separate product gross margin from mining output, and separate installed from operating hashrate. Then calculate treasury value per diluted ADS only after debt, cash burn and known offerings.
CAN: directional flow remains unscored because no dated, inspectable transaction-level source was captured.
There is no CAN trade before September 3 earnings. The unchanged $0.45 reference is rejected because the closed history offers only one higher pivot, $0.455, and therefore no valid two-target long plan. The dated $0.439/$0.423 lower references merely document the pre-event range; they do not authorize a short. Rebuild after results using fresh RTH structure, product gross margin, operating hashrate, BTC output, liquidity and the diluted ADS bridge.
For an ASIC vendor-miner, separate product gross margin from mining output, and separate installed from operating hashrate. Current trade state: rejected.
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