CIFR
Cipher Mining Inc.
There isn't enough reported data to score CIFR yet.
VALU
Value Line, Inc.
VALU's fundamentals are weak and it looks expensive: trading at 19x earnings, right at its usual valuation.
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.
VALU Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Stable | |
| Stable | |
| N/A | |
| N/A |
VALU's revenue and profitability are currently stable. Free cash flow and net leverage aren't meaningful measures for financial services companies like VALU.
CIFR PE Valuation
CIFR has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year.
VALU PE Valuation
| Level | PE | Price | Vs current |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheap | 16x | $33.31 | -18% |
| Fair | 19x | $39.26 | -3.6% |
| Current | 19x | $40.73 | — |
| Expensive | 25x | $52.04 | +28% |
Historical ranges are pointers, not guarantees.
VALU's PE is in its fair range at 19x.
CIFR Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| -- | |
| Losses shrinking | |
| Strong growth | |
| Strongly improving | |
| Limited | |
| Low |
Analysts expect CIFR's losses to shrink, with revenue growing. However, they disagree widely on these estimates.
VALU Forward outlook
There aren't enough analyst estimates for VALU to show an outlook.
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.
VALU Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $2.11 | -6.6% |
| Q2 2026 | $2.30 | +5% |
| Q1 2026 | $2.34 | +2.6% |
| Q4 2025 | $2.26 | -3.8% |
| Q3 2025 | $2.26 | +6.6% |
| Q2 2025 | $2.19 | +8.4% |
| Q1 2025 | $2.28 | +18% |
| Q4 2024 | $2.35 | +26% |
VALU 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 edge over VALU on sales, with more consistent year-over-year improvement.
| 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.
VALU Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $8.1M | -6.4% |
| Q2 2026 | $8M | -4.5% |
| Q1 2026 | $8.3M | -7.7% |
| Q4 2025 | $8.6M | -3.2% |
| Q3 2025 | $8.6M | -3.1% |
| Q2 2025 | $8.4M | -6.8% |
| Q1 2025 | $9M | -1.8% |
| Q4 2024 | $8.8M | -8% |
VALU's revenue has slid since its 2020 peak: $8M last quarter, down 6.4% from the same quarter a year ago.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 13% | -4.6 points |
| Q2 2026 | 0.2% | -9.7 points |
| Q1 2026 | 12% | -5.3 points |
| Q4 2025 | 18% | -2.1 points |
| Q3 2025 | 17% | -3.4 points |
| Q2 2025 | 9.9% | -6.6 points |
| Q1 2025 | 17% | -7 points |
| Q4 2024 | 20% | -8.1 points |
VALU 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.
VALU Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $4.7M | -15% |
| Q2 2026 | $4.8M | -14% |
| Q1 2026 | $5.3M | -22% |
| Q4 2025 | $3M | -2% |
| Q3 2025 | $5.6M | +17% |
| Q2 2025 | $5.5M | +47% |
| Q1 2025 | $6.8M | -20% |
| Q4 2024 | $3M | +327% |
VALU 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.
VALU Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | -0.2% | -14.8K shares |
| 1 year | -0.3% | -30.4K shares |
| 3 years | -0.5% | -48.3K shares |
| 5 years | -1.8% | -176K shares |
| Available history | -2.8% | -273K shares |
VALU has the edge over CIFR on shareholder dilution, with a more favorable share count trend.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $100,000 |
| Q2 2026 | $62,000 |
| Q1 2026 | $647,000 |
| Q4 2025 | $160,000 |
| Q3 2025 | $59,000 |
| Q2 2025 | $179,000 |
| Q1 2025 | $96,000 |
| Q4 2024 | $1,000 |
VALU spent $969,000 buying back its own shares over the past year, up 189% 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.
VALU Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -3.3x | Net Cash |
| Q2 2026 | -4.5x | Net Cash |
| Q1 2026 | -7.6x | Net Cash |
| Q4 2025 | -6.5x | Net Cash |
| Q3 2025 | -4.9x | Net Cash |
| Q2 2025 | -4.7x | Net Cash |
| Q1 2025 | -3.4x | Net Cash |
| Q4 2024 | -1.3x | Net Cash |
VALU has more cash than debt. Net leverage isn't a meaningful measure for financial services companies like VALU.
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).
VALU Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 54.4 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 56.2 | Neutral |
VALU's weekly RSI is 54 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 56 (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.
VALU PE vs Financial Services Sector
| Metric | VALU | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | 19x | 13x | 48% above |
| PE % | 51 | 63 | 12 pts below |
VALU is trading at 19x earnings, a 48% 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.
VALU Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $42.0 | 3% below |
| 20 week MA | $39.8 | 2.3% above |
| 50 week MA | $37.6 | 8.4% above |
| 100 week MA | $38.7 | 5.4% above |
| 200 week MA | $42.2 | 3.4% below |
VALU 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.
VALU Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $28.6 | $29.7 | +3.6% |
| 2021 | $29.7 | $47.6 | +60% |
| 2022 | $47.6 | $50.8 | +6.8% |
| 2023 | $50.8 | $48.8 | -4% |
| 2024 | $48.8 | $53.4 | +9.6% |
| 2025 | $53.4 | $38.1 | -29% |
| 2026 YTD | $38.1 | $40.7 | +7% |
VALU has the edge over CIFR on returns for 2026, with the stronger performance.