MARA — what changed in the latest 10-Q
A section-by-section comparison of MARA's newest periodic SEC filing (10-K/10-Q) against the prior same-form filing: paragraphs added and removed per section, with verbatim excerpts. Purely a deterministic text diff — no similarity scores, no directional read, not investment advice.
Comparing 10-Q · 2026-08-06 vs the prior 10-Q · 2026-05-11
| Section | Outcome | Added | Removed | Minor | Unchanged |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MD&A | Text added/removed | +80 | −49 | ~44 | 43 |
| Market risk (Item 3) | Text added/removed | 0 | 0 | ~4 | 2 |
| Controls & procedures | Text added/removed | 0 | 0 | ~2 | 1 |
| Legal proceedings | No paragraph-level changes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Risk factors | Some risk factors updated | +10 | 0 | ~2 | 4 |
| Other information | Text added/removed | +1 | −1 | 0 | 0 |
Counts are paragraphs; added/removed means text added or removed vs the prior filing — no direction or judgement implied.
Representative excerpts
Up to 5 excerpts of about 300 characters per section, quoted verbatim from the two SEC filings.
MD&A
Text added vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2026-08-06
believe we can reduce our overall cost structure, protect against energy price volatility, and create a durable supply of power for high-value compute workloads.
2.Build AI and digital infrastructure at scale. We are developing large-scale data center campuses, including co-located generation, land, water access and grid interconnection, to serve the growing demand for training, inference and critical IT workloads, with the goal of increasing the proportion …
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•On April 29, 2026, we entered into an equity purchase agreement to acquire Long Ridge Energy & Power LLC (“Long Ridge”) for an approximately $1.5 billion enterprise value. In connection with the Long Ridge equity purchase agreement, we entered into a commitment letter with Barclays Bank PLC (“Barcl…
•Subsequent to quarter end, we entered into a membership interest purchase agreement with HIF USA LLC (“HIF”) to acquire all of the issued and outstanding membership interests of MAT 1177 LLC (the “Project Company”), securing rights to a site in Matagorda County, Texas with access to 2,000 megawatts…
Text removed vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2026-05-11
2.Build AI and digital infrastructure at scale. We are developing large-scale data center campuses. including co-located generation, land, water access and grid interconnection, to serve the growing demand for training, inference and critical IT workloads.
On April 29, 2026, we, through our wholly owned subsidiary MARA USA Corporation, entered into an equity purchase agreement to acquire 100% of the issued and outstanding membership interests in Long Ridge Energy & Power LLC (“Long Ridge”) from subsidiaries of FTAI Infrastructure Inc. for a base purch…
Long Ridge’s assets include a 505 megawatt (“MW”) nameplate capacity combined-cycle gas turbine power plant in Hannibal, Ohio (currently authorized to sell 485 MW and expected to increase to the full 505 MW in the second half of 2026) and over 1,600 contiguous acres with access to water, fiber, and …
We believe the Long Ridge site is distinctly positioned to support multiple monetization pathways over time, including AI, HPC, critical IT workloads, flexible compute operations (including Bitcoin mining) and wholesale power generation into the PJM grid. The Hannibal campus has attracted interest f…
To finance the acquisition, we entered into a commitment letter with Barclays Bank PLC (“Barclays”) pursuant to which Barclays committed to provide a 364-day senior secured bridge term loan facility in an aggregate principal amount of up to $785.0 million, which is intended to backstop the assumptio…
Risk factors
Text added vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2026-08-06
The acquisition of the Project Company is subject to certain conditions and may not be consummated on the anticipated timeline, or at all, and the failure to complete the acquisition could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.
The acquisition of the Project Company is subject to a number of conditions that may not be satisfied or waived, including receipt of necessary regulatory approvals and the fulfillment of certain obligations by third parties. We cannot guarantee that all conditions will be satisfied or that the acqu…
Under the membership interest purchase agreement, MARA may be required to pay up to $600.0 million in aggregate consideration for the Project Company. There can be no assurance that we will be able to secure financing on acceptable terms, or at all, which could prevent or delay the acquisition and m…
Even if the acquisition is consummated, we may not realize the anticipated strategic and financial benefits, including expansion of our power generation capacity and development of additional HPC and digital infrastructure. Integration may prove more difficult, costly or time-consuming than anticipa…
Our level of debt may negatively impact our liquidity, restrict our operations and ability to respond to business opportunities, and increase our vulnerability to adverse economic and industry conditions.
Other information
Text added vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2026-08-06
The information set forth in Item 1.01 and Item 2.03 below is included for the purpose of providing disclosure under “Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement” and “Item 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant…
Text removed vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2026-05-11
On February 6, 2026, Vicki Mealer-Burke, a member of the Company’s board of directors, terminated a trading plan intended to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions of Rule 10b5-1(c) under the Exchange Act, which was adopted on September 9, 2025 for the sale of 21,551 shares of the Company’s comm…
How to read Risk Factors (Item 1A) in a 10-Q
A 10-Q risk-factor section usually takes one of three forms; this page classifies it as one of:
- Pointer — the filer states there have been no material changes and points back to the annual 10-K risk factors; there is no own risk text to compare this quarter.
- Partial update — the filer carves out specific updated risks ("except as set forth below"); the excerpts show exactly what is new this quarter.
- Restated in full — the quarter carries the complete risk-factor text. When the prior quarter was only a pointer there is no prior full text to diff against, so the page flags the section as restated instead.
This describes the filing structure only — it is never a judgement on whether risk went up or down.
Source: text-level diff of the two SEC EDGAR filings · deterministic (no AI-generated content) · for reference only · not investment advice