IREN Ltd (IREN) — Quality & forensics
As of 2026-09-18 — refreshed nightly. Closelook readings from an investment research diary, not ratings or advice.
The Closelook module scores
- Valuation 8
- Quality 18
- Growth 56
- Balance sheet 34
- Cash quality 35
- Capital allocation 4
- Momentum 20
Scores are computed nightly across the coverage universe and read relative to it — the methodology lives in the company-scoring explainer.
Financial forensics — the academic screens
Sits in the distress zone (below 1.81). The Z-Score estimates financial-distress risk from five balance-sheet and earnings ratios.
Nine binary fundamental-strength checks across profitability, leverage and operating efficiency.
Screens reported earnings for statistical manipulation patterns — below the −1.78 manipulation-risk threshold. A screen, not an accusation.
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FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-18
Quick answers
What is IREN Ltd's Closelook quality reading?
The composite reads 28/100 across 7 modules, as of 2026-09-18: valuation 8, quality 18, growth 56, balance sheet 34, cash quality 35, capital allocation 4, momentum 20. Closelook scores are research diary readings, not ratings or investment advice.
What is IREN Ltd's Altman Z-Score?
1.02, which sits in the distress zone (below 1.81) as of 2026-09-18. The Altman Z-Score estimates financial distress risk from five balance-sheet and earnings ratios.
What is IREN Ltd's Piotroski F-Score?
3 of 9, as of 2026-09-18. The F-Score counts nine binary fundamental-strength signals across profitability, leverage and operating efficiency.
What does IREN Ltd's Beneish M-Score indicate?
-2.68 — below the −1.78 manipulation-risk threshold, as of 2026-09-18. The M-Score screens reported earnings for statistical manipulation patterns; it is a screen, not an accusation.
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- Great numbers, falling stocks — the market has stopped rewarding even record earnings
Marvell, Autodesk and IREN fell too; only Elastic was rewarded, and Workday finished a dollar short.
- Software and semis sell off together at midday — the green sits outside tech
On top of the prints, the six windows from last Thursday — Rubrik, Marvell, IREN, Autodesk, Elastic, Workday — are scored at this very close.
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Rubrik, Marvell, Autodesk, Elastic, IREN and Workday get scored at tonight's close from last Thursday's prints, while MongoDB and GitLab open new cards after the bell and September's minus-five-percent frame begins scoring.
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IREN is the day's hardest hit at 35.56, down 12.3%, the revenue miss outweighing $4 billion of contracted ARR and the Microsoft Horizon 1 acceptance.
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IREN's Smaller-Than-Feared Loss and $4B Contracted ARR Still Sold −8.4%
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