CIFR
Cipher Mining Inc.
There isn't enough reported data to score CIFR yet.
MET
MetLife, Inc.
MET's fundamentals are mixed: revenue grew 15%, while its operating margin held steady at 8.2%. At 13x earnings, it's trading below its usual 15x. 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.
MET Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Healthy | |
| Healthy | |
| N/A | |
| N/A |
MET's revenue and profitability are currently healthy. Free cash flow and net leverage aren't meaningful measures for financial services companies like MET.
CIFR PE Valuation
CIFR has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year.
MET PE Valuation
| Level | PE | Price | Vs current |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheap | 8x | $61.38 | -40% |
| Forward | 9.4x | $102 | — |
| Current | 13x | $102 | — |
| Fair | 15x | $115 | +13% |
| Expensive | 25x | $191 | +88% |
Historical ranges are pointers, not guarantees.
MET's PE is in its fair range at 13x. If earnings grow as analysts expect, today's price would be 9.4x next year's earnings, in its cheap range.
CIFR Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| -- | |
| Losses shrinking | |
| Strong growth | |
| Strongly improving | |
| Limited | |
| Low |
CIFR has the edge over MET on the outlook, with more favorable revenue expectations.
MET Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| Strongly improving | |
| Growth | |
| Stable | |
| Improving | |
| Limited | |
| Moderate |
Analysts expect MET'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.
MET Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | $10.87 | +42% |
| Q3 2026 | $7.68 | +45% |
| Q2 2026 | $5.23 | -11% |
| Q1 2026 | $5.17 | -16% |
| Q4 2025 | $4.71 | -21% |
| Q3 2025 | $5.28 | +6.5% |
| Q2 2025 | $5.87 | +58% |
| Q1 2025 | $6.12 | +110% |
| Q4 2024 | $5.94 | +225% |
MET 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.
MET Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $20.5B | +18% |
| Q2 2026 | $19.2B | +10% |
| Q1 2026 | $19.1B | +2.7% |
| Q4 2025 | $23.8B | +28% |
| Q3 2025 | $17.4B | -5.9% |
| Q2 2025 | $17.3B | -2.7% |
| Q1 2025 | $18.6B | +16% |
| Q4 2024 | $18.7B | -1.9% |
MET has the edge over CIFR on sales, with more consistent year-over-year improvement.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 8.9% | -0.6 points |
| Q2 2026 | 8.4% | +0.3 points |
| Q1 2026 | 8.6% | +0.9 points |
| Q4 2025 | 7% | -0.4 points |
| Q3 2025 | 9.5% | -1.3 points |
| Q2 2025 | 8% | +1.3 points |
| Q1 2025 | 7.6% | +1.1 points |
| Q4 2024 | 7.4% | +2.5 points |
MET has the edge over CIFR on profitability, with a higher operating margin.
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.
MET Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $2B | -44% |
| Q2 2026 | $2.2B | +1.9% |
| Q1 2026 | $2.7B | -37% |
| Q4 2025 | $7.1B | +53% |
| Q3 2025 | $3.6B | -14% |
| Q2 2025 | $2.2B | -37% |
| Q1 2025 | $4.3B | +83% |
| Q4 2024 | $4.6B | -11% |
MET 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 440M diluted shares, up 12% from a year ago, despite $151M in buybacks over the past year.
| 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.
MET Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | -1.1% | -7M shares |
| 1 year | -4.4% | -29.2M shares |
| 3 years | -15% | -116M shares |
| 5 years | -26% | -221M shares |
| Available history | -32% | -305M shares |
MET has the edge over CIFR on shareholder dilution, with a more favorable share count trend.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $651M |
| Q2 2026 | $722M |
| Q1 2026 | $755M |
| Q4 2025 | $460M |
| Q3 2025 | $502M |
| Q2 2025 | $510M |
| Q1 2025 | $1.4B |
| Q4 2024 | $406M |
MET spent $2.6B buying back its own shares over the past year, down 8.5% from 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.
MET Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -2.1x | Net Cash |
| Q2 2026 | -2.0x | Net Cash |
| Q1 2026 | -2.6x | Net Cash |
| Q4 2025 | -2.8x | Net Cash |
| Q3 2025 | -2.6x | Net Cash |
| Q2 2025 | -2.7x | Net Cash |
| Q1 2025 | -2.7x | Net Cash |
| Q4 2024 | -3.3x | Net Cash |
MET has more cash than debt. Net leverage isn't a meaningful measure for financial services companies like MET.
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).
MET Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 65.6 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 58.9 | Neutral |
MET's weekly RSI is 66 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 59 (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.
MET PE vs Financial Services Sector
| Metric | MET | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | 13x | 13x | 1.8% above |
| PE % | 41 | 63 | 22 pts below |
MET is trading at 13x earnings, in line with 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.
MET Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $98.8 | 3.1% above |
| 20 week MA | $96.8 | 5.3% above |
| 50 week MA | $85.6 | 19% above |
| 100 week MA | $82.5 | 23% above |
| 200 week MA | $75.3 | 35% above |
MET 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.
MET Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $50.8 | $46.3 | -8.9% |
| 2021 | $46.3 | $61.8 | +33% |
| 2022 | $61.8 | $72.3 | +17% |
| 2023 | $72.3 | $66.1 | -8.5% |
| 2024 | $66.1 | $82.3 | +24% |
| 2025 | $82.3 | $80.3 | -2.4% |
| 2026 YTD | $80.3 | $101.9 | +27% |
MET has the edge over CIFR on returns for 2026, with the stronger performance.