CIFR
Cipher Mining Inc.
There isn't enough reported data to score CIFR yet.
GLAD
Gladstone Capital Corporation
GLAD's fundamentals are mixed: earnings per share grew 13%, but revenue fell 66%. At 7.3x earnings, it's trading below its usual 9.5x. Analysts expect earnings to hold roughly steady.
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.
GLAD Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Weak | |
| Strong | |
| N/A | |
| N/A |
GLAD's profitability is currently strong, but its revenue is weak. Free cash flow and net leverage aren't meaningful measures for financial services companies like GLAD.
CIFR PE Valuation
CIFR has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year.
GLAD PE Valuation
| Level | PE | Price | Vs current |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheap | 6.2x | $16.39 | -15% |
| Current | 7.3x | $19.39 | — |
| Fair | 9.4x | $24.91 | +28% |
| Forward | 9.8x | $19.39 | — |
| Expensive | 15x | $39.91 | +106% |
Historical ranges are pointers, not guarantees.
GLAD's PE is in its cheap range at 7.3x. On analysts' estimates for next year's earnings, today's price would be 9.8x, in its fair range.
CIFR Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| -- | |
| Losses shrinking | |
| Strong growth | |
| Strongly improving | |
| Limited | |
| Low |
CIFR has the edge over GLAD on the outlook, with more favorable earnings and profitability expectations.
GLAD Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| Strongly deteriorating | |
| Stable | |
| Growth | |
| Strongly weakening | |
| Limited | |
| High |
Analysts expect GLAD's revenue to grow, but its profitability to weaken.
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.
GLAD Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | $1.98 | -25% |
| Q2 2026 | $2.65 | +13% |
| Q1 2026 | $2.42 | -6.6% |
| Q4 2025 | $2.29 | -12% |
| Q3 2025 | $2.55 | -3% |
| Q2 2025 | $2.35 | +8.3% |
| Q1 2025 | $2.59 | +17% |
| Q4 2024 | $2.59 | +16% |
| Q3 2024 | $2.63 | +20% |
GLAD 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 has the stronger quarterly revenue trend. Revenue is down 63% for CIFR versus down 75% for GLAD.
| 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.
GLAD Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | $9M | -75% |
| Q1 2022 | $12.4M | -49% |
| Q4 2021 | $14.5M | -6.7% |
| Q3 2021 | $36.4M | +172% |
| Q2 2021 | $21.3M | +22% |
| Q4 2020 | $15.5M | +386% |
| Q3 2020 | $13.4M | +58% |
GLAD's revenue has slid since its 2021 peak: $9M last quarter, down 75% from the same quarter a year ago.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 57% | -33 points |
| Q1 2022 | 67% | -21 points |
| Q4 2021 | 83% | +4.3 points |
| Q3 2021 | 90% | +13 points |
| Q2 2021 | 84% | -1.5 points |
| Q1 2021 | 88% | N/A |
| Q4 2020 | 79% | +57 points |
| Q3 2020 | 77% | +13 points |
GLAD's operating margin was 57% last quarter, down 27 points from the same quarter a year ago, near the bottom of its range since 2019.
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.
GLAD Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | -$36.9M | -281% |
| Q1 2026 | $16.6M | -65% |
| Q4 2025 | -$33.8M | -241% |
| Q3 2025 | -$96.6M | -$90.9M |
| Q2 2025 | $20.4M | -62% |
| Q1 2025 | $46.8M | +$65.9M |
| Q4 2024 | $24M | +$50.2M |
| Q3 2024 | -$5.7M | -125% |
GLAD has the edge over CIFR on cash flow, with more consistent year-over-year improvement.
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 GLAD 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.
GLAD Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | 0% | -- |
| 1 year | +27% | +6M shares |
| 3 years | +51% | +9.5M shares |
| 5 years | +68% | +11.5M shares |
| Available history | +86% | +13.1M shares |
GLAD has 28M diluted shares, up 27% from a year ago.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | — |
| Q2 2022 | — |
| Q1 2022 | — |
| Q4 2021 | — |
| Q3 2021 | — |
| Q2 2021 | — |
| Q1 2021 | — |
| Q4 2020 | — |
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.
GLAD Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 7.2x | High |
| Q2 2022 | 4.8x | High |
| Q1 2022 | 2.6x | Moderate |
| Q4 2021 | 2.7x | Moderate |
| Q3 2021 | 2.8x | Moderate |
| Q2 2021 | 3.4x | Elevated |
| Q1 2021 | 3.8x | Elevated |
| Q4 2020 | 20.5x | High |
GLAD's net debt is about 7.2 years of its operating earnings (EBITDA), up from 2.8 years a year ago. Net leverage isn't a meaningful measure for financial services companies like GLAD.
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).
GLAD Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 50.9 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 49.1 | Neutral |
GLAD's weekly RSI is 51 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 49 (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.
GLAD PE vs Financial Services Sector
| Metric | GLAD | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | 7.3x | 13x | 44% below |
| PE % | 27 | 63 | 36 pts below |
GLAD is trading at 7.3x earnings, a 44% 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.
GLAD Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $19.0 | 1.8% above |
| 20 week MA | $19.4 | 0.2% above |
| 50 week MA | $19.3 | 0.5% above |
| 100 week MA | $22.5 | 14% below |
| 200 week MA | $22.0 | 12% below |
GLAD 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.
GLAD Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $20.2 | $17.4 | -14% |
| 2021 | $17.4 | $22.3 | +28% |
| 2022 | $22.3 | $19.2 | -14% |
| 2023 | $19.2 | $21.4 | +12% |
| 2024 | $21.4 | $28.1 | +31% |
| 2025 | $28.1 | $20.5 | -27% |
| 2026 YTD | $20.5 | $19.4 | -5.5% |
GLAD has the edge over CIFR on returns for 2026, with the stronger performance.