CIFR
Cipher Mining Inc.
There isn't enough reported data to score CIFR yet.
COLB
Columbia Banking System, Inc.
COLB's fundamentals are strong: revenue grew 34% and earnings per share grew 31%. At 10x earnings, it's trading in line with its usual 11x. Analysts expect earnings growth.
CIFR Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Weak | |
| Weak | |
| N/A | |
| N/A |
CIFR's revenue and profitability are currently weak. Free cash flow and net leverage aren't meaningful measures for financial services companies like CIFR.
COLB Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Healthy | |
| Strong | |
| N/A | |
| N/A |
COLB's revenue and profitability are currently healthy. Free cash flow and net leverage aren't meaningful measures for financial services companies like COLB.
CIFR PE Valuation
CIFR has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year.
COLB PE Valuation
| Level | PE | Price | Vs current |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forward | 9.4x | $30.59 | — |
| Cheap | 9.5x | $27.84 | -9% |
| Current | 10x | $30.59 | — |
| Fair | 11x | $32.87 | +7.5% |
| Expensive | 13x | $39.02 | +28% |
Historical ranges are pointers, not guarantees.
COLB's PE is in its cheap range at 10x. If earnings grow as analysts expect, today's price would be 9.4x next year's earnings.
CIFR Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| -- | |
| Losses shrinking | |
| Strong growth | |
| Strongly improving | |
| Limited | |
| Low |
CIFR has the edge over COLB on the outlook, with more favorable revenue expectations.
COLB Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| Improving | |
| Growth | |
| Stable | |
| Strongly improving | |
| Limited | |
| High |
Analysts expect COLB's earnings to grow and its profitability to improve, with its revenue holding steady.
CIFR Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -$3.06 | -$2.86 |
| Q2 2026 | -$2.85 | -$2.40 |
| Q1 2026 | -$2.32 | -$1.94 |
| Q4 2025 | -$2.15 | -$2.01 |
| Q3 2025 | -$0.20 | -$0.07 |
| Q2 2025 | -$0.45 | -850% |
| Q1 2025 | -$0.38 | -733% |
| Q4 2024 | -$0.14 | -$0.04 |
CIFR lost $3.06 per share over the past year, and its loss has widened in each of the last four quarters.
COLB Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | $3.26 | +11% |
| Q3 2026 | $2.93 | +31% |
| Q2 2026 | $2.55 | +0.8% |
| Q1 2026 | $2.55 | +7.6% |
| Q4 2025 | $2.30 | -9.8% |
| Q3 2025 | $2.23 | -8.6% |
| Q2 2025 | $2.53 | +5.9% |
| Q1 2025 | $2.37 | -3.7% |
| Q4 2024 | $2.55 | +43% |
COLB has the edge over CIFR on earnings quality, reporting a profit while its opponent remains loss making.
CIFR Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $26.7M | -63% |
| Q2 2026 | $24.8M | -43% |
| Q1 2026 | $34.8M | -29% |
| Q4 2025 | $59.7M | +41% |
| Q3 2025 | $71.7M | +198% |
| Q2 2025 | $43.6M | +18% |
| Q1 2025 | $49M | +1.7% |
| Q4 2024 | $42.2M | -2.8% |
CIFR's revenue has slid since its 2025 peak: $27M last quarter, down 63% from the same quarter a year ago.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -269% | -217 points |
| Q2 2026 | -316% | -212 points |
| Q1 2026 | -329% | -251 points |
| Q4 2025 | -503% | -544 points |
| Q3 2025 | -52% | +327 points |
| Q2 2025 | -104% | -60 points |
| Q1 2025 | -78% | -175 points |
| Q4 2024 | 40% | +4 points |
CIFR's operating margin was −269% last quarter, down 217 points from the same quarter a year ago.
COLB Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $695M | +19% |
| Q2 2026 | $677M | +33% |
| Q1 2026 | $677M | +38% |
| Q4 2025 | $717M | +47% |
| Q3 2025 | $582M | +17% |
| Q2 2025 | $510.9M | +8.2% |
| Q1 2025 | $491.4M | +3.7% |
| Q4 2024 | $487.1M | -6.2% |
COLB has the edge over CIFR on sales, with more consistent year-over-year improvement.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2022 | 46% | +13 points |
| Q3 2022 | 44% | +1.1 points |
| Q2 2022 | 43% | -3.5 points |
| Q1 2022 | 43% | -0.8 points |
| Q4 2021 | 33% | -16 points |
| Q3 2021 | 42% | +5.3 points |
| Q2 2021 | 47% | +19 points |
| Q1 2021 | 44% | +31 points |
COLB's operating margin was 46% last quarter, up 13 points from the same quarter a year ago.
CIFR Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -$1.7B | -$1.4B |
| Q2 2026 | -$653.8M | -$566.3M |
| Q1 2026 | -$462.5M | -$390.7M |
| Q4 2025 | -$280.3M | -$204.2M |
| Q3 2025 | -$256.2M | -$173.1M |
| Q2 2025 | -$87.5M | -$54.3M |
| Q1 2025 | -$71.8M | -$37.3M |
| Q4 2024 | -$76.1M | +$38M |
CIFR's free cash flow was −$3.1B over the past year, against −$492M the year before. Free cash flow isn't a meaningful measure for financial services companies like CIFR.
COLB Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $365M | +55% |
| Q2 2026 | $295M | +176% |
| Q1 2026 | $494M | +305% |
| Q4 2025 | $281M | +9.8% |
| Q3 2025 | $236.2M | +251% |
| Q2 2025 | $106.8M | -29% |
| Q1 2025 | $122M | -34% |
| Q3 2024 | $67.2M | -81% |
COLB has the edge over CIFR on cash generation, producing positive trailing cash flow while its opponent burns cash.
CIFR Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | +7.4% | +30.3M shares |
| 1 year | +12% | +46.5M shares |
| 3 years | +75% | +188M shares |
| 5 years | +102% | +222M shares |
CIFR has the edge over COLB on shareholder dilution, with a more favorable share count trend.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $19.7M |
| Q2 2026 | $45.2M |
| Q1 2026 | $3.8M |
| Q4 2025 | $82.3M |
| Q3 2025 | $3M |
| Q2 2025 | $3.2M |
| Q1 2025 | $1.1M |
| Q4 2024 | $16.9M |
CIFR spent $151M buying back its own shares over the past year, about six times what it spent the year before.
COLB Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | -2.1% | -6.1M shares |
| 1 year | +17% | +41.4M shares |
| 3 years | +34% | +71.7M shares |
| 5 years | +294% | +209M shares |
| Available history | +289% | +208M shares |
COLB has 280M diluted shares, up 17% from a year ago, despite $721M in buybacks over the past year.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $203M |
| Q2 2026 | $203M |
| Q1 2026 | $215M |
| Q4 2025 | $100M |
| Q3 2025 | $399,000 |
| Q2 2025 | $1.9M |
| Q1 2025 | $6.7M |
| Q4 2024 | $81,000 |
COLB spent $721M buying back its own shares over the past year, more than ten times what it spent the year before.
CIFR Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2025 | -2.3x | Net Cash |
| Q1 2025 | 125.4x | High |
| Q4 2024 | 0.5x | Very low |
| Q3 2024 | -0.7x | Net Cash |
| Q2 2024 | -1.2x | Net Cash |
| Q1 2024 | -0.9x | Net Cash |
| Q4 2023 | -2.2x | Net Cash |
| Q2 2023 | -0.1x | Net Cash |
CIFR has more cash than debt. Net leverage isn't a meaningful measure for financial services companies like CIFR.
COLB Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2022 | -0.8x | Net Cash |
| Q3 2022 | -0.9x | Net Cash |
| Q2 2022 | -1.3x | Net Cash |
| Q1 2022 | -3.3x | Net Cash |
| Q4 2021 | -2.9x | Net Cash |
| Q3 2021 | -3.0x | Net Cash |
| Q2 2021 | -2.9x | Net Cash |
| Q1 2021 | -3.5x | Net Cash |
COLB has more cash than debt. Net leverage isn't a meaningful measure for financial services companies like COLB.
CIFR Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 34.4 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 7.8 | Oversold |
CIFR's weekly RSI is 34 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 8 (oversold).
COLB Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 52.7 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 56.8 | Neutral |
COLB's weekly RSI is 53 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 57 (neutral).
CIFR PE vs Financial Services Sector
| Metric | CIFR | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | N/A | 13x | — |
CIFR has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year.
COLB PE vs Financial Services Sector
| Metric | COLB | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | 10x | 13x | 20% below |
| PE % | 31 | 63 | 32 pts below |
COLB is trading at 10x earnings, a 20% discount to the Financial Services sector's median of 13x.
CIFR Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $10.6 | 33% below |
| 20 week MA | $15.5 | 54% below |
| 50 week MA | $17.0 | 58% below |
| 100 week MA | $12.2 | 41% below |
| 200 week MA | $7.86 | 9% below |
CIFR is in a downtrend: it's below all five of its weekly moving averages, and 9% below its 200-week average.
COLB Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $29.8 | 2.8% above |
| 20 week MA | $30.7 | 0.2% below |
| 50 week MA | $29.8 | 2.7% above |
| 100 week MA | $27.6 | 11% above |
| 200 week MA | $25.2 | 21% above |
COLB has the edge over CIFR on trend strength, trading above more of its moving averages.
CIFR Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $9.92 | $9.95 | +0.3% |
| 2021 | $9.95 | $5.21 | -48% |
| 2022 | $5.21 | $0.54 | -90% |
| 2023 | $0.54 | $4.13 | +665% |
| 2024 | $4.13 | $4.86 | +18% |
| 2025 | $4.86 | $15.2 | +213% |
| 2026 YTD | $15.2 | $7.15 | -53% |
CIFR's yearly returns have swung widely, from +665% in 2023 to −90% in 2022. It's down 53% so far in 2026.
COLB Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $40.8 | $34.7 | -15% |
| 2021 | $34.7 | $32.3 | -6.8% |
| 2022 | $32.3 | $29.5 | -8.8% |
| 2023 | $29.5 | $26.7 | -9.6% |
| 2024 | $26.7 | $27.1 | +1.7% |
| 2025 | $27.1 | $28.6 | +5.3% |
| 2026 YTD | $28.6 | $30.6 | +7% |
COLB has the edge over CIFR on returns for 2026, with the stronger performance.