Digihost Announces 57% Increase in Quarterly-YOY Revenue for Q2 2024 and $8M EBITDA* for YTD 2024

HOUSTON, Aug. 15, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Digihost Technology Inc. (“Digihost” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq / TSXV: DGHI), an innovative U.S. based blockchain technology and computer infrastructure company, is pleased to provide a summary of the Company’s unaudited financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2024 (all amounts in U.S. dollars, unless otherwise indicated) and a 2024 year-to-date update on its operations. The Company’s unaudited consolidated financial statements and management’s discussion and analysis (“MD&A”) for the six-month period ended June 30, 2024 have been filed and made accessible under the Company’s continuous disclosure profile on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.ca and also on EDGAR at www.sec.gov/edgar.

Comparative Financial Highlights for the Three-Month Period Ended June 30, 2024:

  • Revenue of $9.23 million for the three-month period ended June 30, 2024, compared to $5.87 million for the three-month period ended June 30, 2023, representing an increase of 57%, as the price of Bitcoin (“BTC”) increased in comparison to the prior year and the Company diversified its revenue verticals through various colocation agreements and the sale of energy;
  • Revenue from the sale of energy increased by approximately 123% in comparison to the second quarter of 2023;
  • Total assets of $41.16 million;
  • Property, plant, and equipment consisting primarily of the Company’s Bitcoin miners and mining support infrastructure of $28.77 million;
  • Digital currencies of $2.60 million, representing an increase of 68% over Q2 2023;
  • During the quarter, the Company spent approximately $1.7 million on capital expenditures and mining infrastructure support equipment. Digihost continues to monitor its capital expenditures closely with self-funding.
(U.S.$ in thousands except share and per share data) Six Months Ended
  June 30,
2024
June 30,
2023
Revenue from digital currency mining 9,779 9,165
Revenue from colocation services 3,637
Revenue from sale of electricity 6,283
Revenue from sale of energy 2,490 809
Cost of sales (17,176) (6,222)
Miner lease and hosting agreement (639)
Depreciation and amortization (7,903) (6,289)
Gross loss (2,890) (3,176)
General and administrative and other expenses (2,262) (2,180)
Foreign exchange 2,003 (1,322)
Gain on disposition of cryptocurrencies 271 815
Change in FV of loan payable (20) (220)
Other Income (expense) 13 90
Change in fair value – Miner Lease Agreement (268)
Gain on revaluation of digital currencies 49 (54)
Share based compensation (750) (883)
     
Operating loss (3,586) (7,198)
Revaluation of warrant liabilities 3,682 (5,020)
Net financial expenses (17) (184)
Net income (loss) before income taxes 79 (12,402)
Income tax expense
Net income (loss) for the year 79 (12,402)
Foreign currency translation adjustment (1,847) 1,212
Revaluation of digital currency, net of tax
Total comprehensive loss for the year (1,768) (11,190)
Basic and diluted income (loss) per share 0.00 (0.44)
Weighted average number of subordinate voting
shares outstanding – diluted
29,297,364 28,438,731
 

* EBITDA – NON-IFRS MEASURE

EBITDA is a non-IFRS financial measure and should be read in conjunction with and should not be viewed as an alternative to or replacement of measures of operating results and liquidity presented in accordance with IFRS. Readers are referred to the reconciliations of non-IFRS measures included in the Company’s MD&A and in the table below.

The following table provides a reconciliation of net income to EBITDA for the fiscal periods ended June 30, 2024 and 2023:

  Six months ended
  2024 2023
  $ $
Income (loss) before other items 78,701 (12,401,975)
Taxes and Interest 17,574 183,990
Depreciation 7,902,503 6,288,568
EBITDA 7,998,778 (5,929,417)
     
 

Expiration of Warrants

During the six-month period ended June 30, 2024, 3,955,993 warrants with an exercise price of $7.77 CAD expired with no dilution to the Company.

Operations Update

Presently, Digihost’s consolidated operating capacity across its three sites represents approximately 90MW of available power and is mining at a hashrate of 2.75 EH/s.

Outlook

Digihost’s strategic growth plan is to continue to diversify its mining operation while accessing clean sources of energy. The Company plans to execute on this plan by expanding its current operational footprint in New York and Alabama and is working towards accessing power and building infrastructure in other locations by the end of 2024 that would lead to an increase in the Company’s hashing power by approximately 4EH.

About Digihost  

Digihost is a growth-oriented technology company focused on the blockchain industry. The Company operates from three sites in the U.S. and, in addition to managing its own operations, provides hosting arrangements at its facilities.

For further information, please contact:

Digihost Technology Inc.
www.digihost.ca
Michel Amar, Chief Executive Officer
T: 1-818-280-9758
Email: michel@digihost.ca

Cautionary Statement

Trading in the securities of the Company should be considered highly speculative. No stock exchange, securities commission or other regulatory authority has approved or disapproved the information contained herein. Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

Forward-Looking Statements

Except for the statements of historical fact, this news release contains “forward-looking information” and “forward-looking statements” (collectively, “forward-looking information”) that are based on expectations, estimates and projections as at the date of this news release and are covered by safe harbors under Canadian and United States securities laws. Forward-looking information in this news release includes information about potential further improvements to profitability and efficiency across mining operations, including, as a result of the Company’s expansion efforts, potential for the Company’s long-term growth, and the business goals and objectives of the Company. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in such forward-looking information include, but are not limited to: future capital needs and uncertainty of additional financing; share dilution resulting from equity issuances; risks relating to the strategy of maintaining and increasing Bitcoin holdings and the impact of depreciating Bitcoin prices on working capital; development of additional facilities and installation of infrastructure to expand operations may not be completed on the timelines anticipated by the Company, or at all; ability to access additional power from the local power grid; a decrease in cryptocurrency pricing, volume of transaction activity or generally, the profitability of cryptocurrency mining; further improvements to profitability and efficiency may not be realized; development of additional facilities to expand operations may not be completed on the timelines anticipated by the Company; ability to access additional power from the local power grid; an increase in natural gas prices may negatively affect the profitability of the Company’s power plant; the digital currency market; the Company’s ability to successfully mine digital currency on the cloud; the Company may not be able to profitably liquidate its current digital currency inventory, or at all; a decline in digital currency prices may have a significant negative impact on the Company’s operations; the volatility of digital currency prices; and other related risks as more fully set out in the Annual Information Form of the Company and other documents disclosed in the Company’s filings at www.sedarplus.ca and www.SEC.gov/EDGAR. The forward-looking information in this news release reflects the current expectations, assumptions and/or beliefs of the Company based on information currently available to the Company. In connection with the forward-looking information contained in this news release, the Company has made assumptions about: the current profitability in mining cryptocurrency (including pricing and volume of current transaction activity); profitable use of the Company’s assets going forward; the Company’s ability to profitably liquidate its digital currency inventory as required; historical prices of digital currencies and the ability of the Company to mine digital currencies on the cloud will be consistent with historical prices; the ability to maintain reliable and economical sources of power to run its cryptocurrency mining assets; the negative impact of regulatory changes in the energy regimes in the jurisdictions in which the Company operates; and there will be no regulation or law that will prevent the Company from operating its business. The Company has also assumed that no significant events occur outside of the Company’s normal course of business. Although the Company believes that the assumptions inherent in the forward-looking information are reasonable, forward-looking information is not a guarantee of future performance and accordingly undue reliance should not be put on such information due to the inherent uncertainties therein. The Company undertakes no obligation to revise or update any forward-looking information other than as required by law.

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