Cipher Digital vs Core Scientific
Core Scientific reported revenue of $319 million in fiscal 2025, 1.4 times Cipher Digital's $224 million in fiscal 2025. Cipher Digital's revenue grew 48.0% in its latest year, and Core Scientific's fell 37.5%. Cipher Digital had an operating margin of -188.2%, against -77.0% at Core Scientific. Free cash flow was −$696 million at Cipher Digital and −$451 million at Core Scientific.
Side by side
| Cipher Digital | Core Scientific | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest fiscal year | FY2025, Dec 31, 2025 | FY2025, Dec 31, 2025 |
| Revenue | $224M | $319M |
| Revenue growth | 48.0% | −37.5% |
| Revenue growth a year, last 5 years | — | 39.5% |
| Gross margin | 63.7% | 11.9% |
| Operating margin | −188.2% | −77.0% |
| Net margin | −367.2% | −90.5% |
| Free cash flow | −$696M | −$451M |
| Free cash flow margin | −310.7% | −141.3% |
| Return on capital | −18.2% | — |
| Net debt to EBITDA | — | — |
| Dividends and buybacks | $90M | $0M |
| Change in diluted share count | 18.1% | 24.3% |
| Last close | $6.54 | $11.76 |
| P/E at the last close | — | — |
| Insider trades, last 12 months | sold $93.3 million | bought $444,000, sold $5.8 million |
| Piotroski F-score | 3 of 9 | — |
Amounts in each company's own currency, US$ unless marked (a foreign company may report in another), each company's latest fiscal year from its 10-K, or 20-F or 40-F for a foreign company. Growth rates compare with the year before; the five-year rate is the average a year. Free cash flow is cash from operations minus capital spending; return on capital is after-tax operating income over the money invested in the business; P/E is the last close over the latest earnings per share. Banks are measured differently (return on equity, efficiency ratio), so some rows apply to one company only.
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Revenue
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Operating margin
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Free cash flow
US$ billions. Cash from operations minus capital expenditure.
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Source: the companies' Form 10-K filings, from SEC EDGAR, and the last close. For information only, not investment advice: the figures describe results, not which company is the better investment. The Filing Desk is not affiliated with either company. Full figures on the Cipher Digital and Core Scientific pages.