According to BlockBeats, on August 16, Bernstein has rated Riot Platforms, CleanSpark, IREN, and Core Scientific as 'outperforming the market,' while Marathon Digital received a 'market perform' rating. An 'outperforming the market' rating is a positive assessment from analysts, indicating that the stock is expected to exceed the performance of its market or industry. Conversely, a 'market perform' rating is a neutral evaluation, suggesting an average expected performance. These evaluations are based on five key metrics: production and hash rate, operational and energy efficiency, power consumption, hash cost, and each company's artificial intelligence strategy.