* Note: Prices are in Million (M) USD.
Description:
Cipher Mining Inc. is a bitcoin mining company. The company is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
These criteria used Company's Cash, EBITDA and Debt balance to determines its fair value:
Note: Financial institutions (banks/insurers/brokers/REITs) are evaluated using sector, P/E, growth, ROE and other factors. The 3.5× Net Debt/EBITDA rule is skipped to avoid misleading signals; however, Cash/Debt/EBITDA are still displayed and counted for scoring.
Cash : $628 M
Debt : $2,755 M
EBITDA : $29 M
Net Debt (Debt - Cash): $2,127 M
This criteria used industry in which company operates:
Sector: Information technology
Industry: Capital markets
Based on industry, 3 points assigned.
This criteria used Company's Price To Earning (P/E) Ratio to determines its fair value:
Forward PE Ratio: 23.74
Since Forward PE Ratio is between 20 - 25, 2 points assigned.
This criteria used Company's ability to convert Sales into free cash flow to determine fair value:
Using last 6 overlapping fiscal years (max 20).Average Free Cash Flow: $-248 M
Average Revenue: $84 M
Revenue Converted To Free Cash Flow (%): -294.8%
Since Free Cash Flow (FCF) to Revenue percentage is non-positive, 0 point assigned.
This criteria used company's growth potential to calculate its fair value:
Latest Revenue (2025-12-31): $224 M
Revenue 5 Years Ago (2020-12-31): $0 M
Total Growth over 5 Years: 0.0%
5-Year Revenue CAGR (Historical): 0.0%
Forward 5-Year CAGR (Tapered): 0.0%
Since historical Revenue CAGR is between 0 - 5, 1 point assigned.
This criteria used Company's ability to buy back its own share:
Latest Share Count (2025-12-31): $382 M
Share Count 5 Years Ago (2021-12-31): $218 M
Company is not buying back its own shares, 0 points assigned.
This criteria used Company's dividend payout ratio to determine its fair value:
Next Year Earnings Per Share (EPS): $0.54
Trailing 12-Month Earnings Per Share (EPS): $-0.24
Average Earnings Per Share (EPS): $0.54
Dividend Per Share (DPS): $0
Payout Ratio: 0%
Dividend Yield: 0.00%
⚠️ Caution: Negative earnings detected — Further research is recommended Since Dividend Per Share is less than or equal to 0, 0 point assigned.
Since Dividend Yield is less than 1, 0 point assigned.
This criteria used Company's Return On Equity (ROE%) to determine its fair value:
Using last 5 valid ROE years (max 20).Average ROE: -28.4%
Since Average ROE is non-positive, 0 point assigned.
This criteria used Company's current price to its 52 week low price to determines its fair value:
Current Price: $12.82
52-Week Low: $1.86
Threshold Price (15% Above 52-Week Low): $2.14
Since Current price is not within 15% threshold, 0 point assigned.
This criteria used Company's Market Cap to determines its fair value:
Market Capitalization: $6,028 M
Since Market Cap is less than 10B, 1 point assigned.
% Exposure to Total Portfolio
Based on the market cap, we recommend do not exceed 2% exposure of Total Portfolio.
Warren Buffett's Owners' Earnings:
No positive free cash flow found (TTM or annual) to compute Owners' Earnings per share.
Note: Many fast-growing companies reinvest heavily, so Owners' Earnings may appear low.
Consider other factors in your valuation.
Value-Trade has assigned 7 points to above Cipher Mining Inc (CIFR) stock.
Fair Value PE
9, Industry Based PE
15, Risk-Free Anchored PE (25% MoS)
17.65. Based on these 3 values, average assigned is
13.88. Value-Trades has assined P/E value
13.89. An average (Current Year EPS + Next Year EPS) earning per share is
$0.54.
Fair value using multiple P/Es (blended): $7.50 (PE 13.88 × EPS $0.54)
So the Final Fair Value is: $7.50
Understanding the Value-Trades P/E Blend (click to expand)
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What goes into the blended P/E?
- 20-Year Avg P/E — Long-run market baseline; conservative anchor.
- Fair Value P/E — Score-based (cash, debt, sector, etc.).
- Industry P/E — Peer group norm.
- Growth-Based P/E — Uses tapered growth rates, floored at 15.
- RCFC-Based P/E — Maps cash conversion efficiency.
- ROE-Based P/E — Higher ROE supports higher multiples.
- Risk-Free Anchored P/E — Macro floor tied to 10y yield w/ MoS.
How it works
- Extreme values are clamped/filtered (IQR method).
- Anchors (20y avg, RCFC/ROE, risk-free) are always kept if valid.
- Final fair value = min(Blended PE × EPS, Avg PE × EPS).
P/E Reference Summary
Using EPS: $0.54
| Source |
P/E Ratio |
Implied Fair Value |
| Value-Trades Assigned | 13.89 | $7.50 |
Financials mode
3.5× Net Debt/EBITDA penalty is disabled; Cash/Debt/EBITDA are shown and counted.
