CIFR
Cipher Mining Inc.
There isn't enough reported data to score CIFR yet.
TSLX
Sixth Street Specialty Lending, Inc.
TSLX's fundamentals are mixed, but it looks expensive: trading at 21x earnings, about twice its usual 10x. 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.
TSLX Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Weak | |
| Healthy | |
| N/A | |
| N/A |
TSLX's profitability is currently healthy, but its revenue is weak. Free cash flow and net leverage aren't meaningful measures for financial services companies like TSLX.
CIFR PE Valuation
CIFR has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year.
TSLX PE Valuation
| Level | PE | Price | Vs current |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheap | 8.1x | $6.81 | -61% |
| Forward | 9.5x | $17.56 | — |
| Fair | 10x | $8.45 | -52% |
| Expensive | 13x | $11.26 | -36% |
| Current | 21x | $17.56 | — |
Historical ranges are pointers, not guarantees.
TSLX's PE is in its expensive range at 21x. On analysts' estimates for next year's earnings, today's price would be 9.5x, in its fair range.
CIFR Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| -- | |
| Losses shrinking | |
| Strong growth | |
| Strongly improving | |
| Limited | |
| Low |
CIFR has the edge over TSLX on the outlook, with more favorable earnings and revenue expectations.
TSLX Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| Strongly improving | |
| Stable | |
| Stable | |
| Strongly weakening | |
| Limited | |
| High |
Analysts expect TSLX's profitability to weaken, with its earnings and 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.
TSLX Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | $1.86 | +121% |
| Q3 2026 | $0.84 | -59% |
| Q2 2026 | $0.95 | -53% |
| Q1 2026 | $1.15 | -39% |
| Q4 2025 | $1.81 | -11% |
| Q3 2025 | $2.04 | -1.4% |
| Q2 2025 | $2.01 | -15% |
| Q1 2025 | $1.89 | -24% |
| Q4 2024 | $2.03 | -22% |
TSLX 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 97% for TSLX.
| 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.
TSLX Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2022 | $2.5M | -97% |
| Q1 2022 | $54M | -22% |
| Q4 2021 | $56.7M | -14% |
| Q3 2021 | $68.2M | -29% |
| Q2 2021 | $71.8M | -35% |
| Q4 2020 | $65.8M | +20% |
TSLX's revenue has slid since its 2020 peak: $2M last quarter, down 97% from the same quarter a year ago.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2022 | -521% | -603 points |
| Q1 2022 | 76% | -5.8 points |
| Q4 2021 | 76% | -7.4 points |
| Q3 2021 | 81% | -7.1 points |
| Q2 2021 | 82% | -6.7 points |
| Q1 2021 | 82% | N/A |
| Q4 2020 | 84% | +14 points |
| Q3 2020 | 88% | N/A |
TSLX's operating margin was −521% last quarter, down 603 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.
TSLX Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -$97.4M | -$81.8M |
| Q2 2026 | $68.3M | -65% |
| Q1 2026 | -$23.4M | -116% |
| Q4 2025 | $74.1M | +$104.8M |
| Q3 2025 | -$15.6M | +$58.9M |
| Q2 2025 | $193.2M | +54% |
| Q1 2025 | $149.9M | +$215.5M |
| Q4 2024 | -$30.7M | +$56.1M |
TSLX 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.
TSLX Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | +0.3% | +326K shares |
| 1 year | +1.2% | +1.1M shares |
| 3 years | +9.3% | +8.1M shares |
| 5 years | +18% | +14.8M shares |
| Available history | +43% | +28.7M shares |
TSLX has the edge over CIFR on shareholder dilution, with a more favorable share count trend.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | — |
| Q4 2022 | $3.2M |
| Q2 2022 | — |
| Q1 2022 | — |
| Q4 2021 | — |
| Q3 2021 | — |
| Q2 2021 | — |
| Q1 2021 | — |
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.
TSLX Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2022 | 9.8x | High |
| Q1 2022 | 5.6x | High |
| Q4 2021 | 5.5x | High |
| Q3 2021 | 4.9x | High |
| Q2 2021 | 5.1x | High |
| Q1 2021 | 3.6x | Elevated |
| Q4 2020 | 6.0x | High |
| Q3 2020 | 5.5x | High |
TSLX's net debt is about 9.8 years of its operating earnings (EBITDA), up from 5.1 years a year ago. Net leverage isn't a meaningful measure for financial services companies like TSLX.
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).
TSLX Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 45.7 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 37.0 | Neutral |
TSLX's weekly RSI is 46 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 37 (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.
TSLX PE vs Financial Services Sector
| Metric | TSLX | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | 21x | 13x | 61% above |
| PE % | 100 | 63 | 37 pts above |
TSLX is trading at 21x earnings, a 61% premium 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.
TSLX Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $17.6 | 0% above |
| 20 week MA | $17.8 | 1.3% below |
| 50 week MA | $18.7 | 5.8% below |
| 100 week MA | $20.6 | 15% below |
| 200 week MA | $20.4 | 14% below |
TSLX 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.
TSLX Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $21.5 | $20.7 | -3.6% |
| 2021 | $20.7 | $23.1 | +11% |
| 2022 | $23.1 | $17.7 | -23% |
| 2023 | $17.7 | $21.6 | +22% |
| 2024 | $21.6 | $21.1 | -2.1% |
| 2025 | $21.1 | $21.7 | +2.7% |
| 2026 YTD | $21.7 | $17.6 | -19% |
TSLX has the edge over CIFR on returns for 2026, with the stronger performance.