Cipher MiningCIFRW -4.88%37 Shareholder Yield % is -20.93% as of Mar. 2026. GuruFocus rates CIFRW with a GF Score™ of 37/100. The stock has 6 warning signs investors should review. Among 2,697 Software companies, Cipher Mining ranks worse than 89.21% on this metric.
Shareholder Yield % is how much money shareholders receive from a company that is in the form of cash dividends, net stock repurchases, and debt reduction. It is a measure of shareholder return.
As of today, Cipher Mining's Shareholder Yield % was -20.93%.
Shareholder Yield % is how much money shareholders receive from a company that is in the form of cash dividends, net stock repurchases, and debt reduction. The term was coined by William W. Priest of Epoch Investment Partners in a paper in 2005 entitled The Case for Shareholder Yield as a Dominant Driver of Future Equity Returns. William Priest indicated that "shareholder yield is a term that we came up with to reflect the various ways dividends can be paid to owners of a business in a publicly-traded company."
Dividend Yield % shows how much a company pays out in dividends each year relative to its stock price, which is most obvious form of shareholder return.
Buyback Yield % is the net repurchase of shares outstanding over the market capital of the company. Shares repurchases also increase shareholder value by returning the money back to shareholders.
Net Debt Paydown Yield % is the change in average of four quarters of company's total debt over a company's market cap. Assuming the total value of a company remains that same, shareholder value is increased as debt is reduced.
Cipher Mining Shareholder Yield % Related Terms
Cipher Mining Shareholder Yield % Historical Data
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The historical data trend for Cipher Mining's Shareholder Yield % can be seen below:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
CIFRW vs JKHY, IT, CACI: Shareholder Yield % Comparison
For the Information Technology Services subindustry, Cipher Mining's Shareholder Yield %, along with its competitors' market caps and Shareholder Yield % data, can be viewed below:
* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.
Cipher Mining Shareholder Yield % vs Software Industry
For the Software industry and Technology sector, Cipher Mining's Shareholder Yield % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Cipher Mining's Shareholder Yield % falls into.
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
* All the data are calculated by TTM values. Note that if a companies is traded in several exchanges, then we calculate the company level data for Shareholder Yield % using the primary share class stock data. The calculation result in definition page is for demonstration purpose only, and it's showing the share class level data. Therefore, the numbers in the calculation may differ from elsewhere if the stock is not a primary share.
Cipher Mining (CIFRW) has a Shareholder Yield % of -20.93% as of Mar. 2026. Shareholder Yield is how much money shareholders receive from a company that is in the form of cash dividends, net stock repurchases, and debt reduction. View historical data on Cipher Mining and its competitors. According to the industry distribution chart, Cipher Mining ranks #2406 out of 2697 companies in the Software industry, placing it in the top 89.2%.
Is Cipher Mining's Shareholder Yield % too high?
Cipher Mining's current Shareholder Yield % is -20.93%. Based on the distribution chart, Cipher Mining ranks #2406 out of 2697 companies in the Software industry, which is in the bottom quartile relative to peers. Overall, Cipher Mining has a GF Score™ of 37/100, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Cipher Mining's Shareholder Yield % compare to JKHY and IT?
According to the Software industry distribution chart, Cipher Mining ranks #2406 out of 2697 companies for Shareholder Yield %. This places Cipher Mining in the lower half of its industry. The industry median Shareholder Yield % is 0.34. See the competitive comparison table and distribution chart on this page for a detailed peer-by-peer breakdown.
What is a good Shareholder Yield % for a Software company?
The median Shareholder Yield % among Software companies is 0.34, based on 2,697 companies in the industry. Companies in the top quartile (top 25%) have a Shareholder Yield % significantly above this median, while those in the bottom quartile fall well below. However, Shareholder Yield % should not be evaluated in isolation — investors should consider it alongside profitability, growth, and financial strength metrics. Use the industry distribution chart on this page to see where any company falls relative to its peers.
What does a high Shareholder Yield % mean?
A high Shareholder Yield % can signal that a stock is expensive relative to its fundamentals. Shareholder Yield is how much money shareholders receive from a company that is in the form of cash dividends, net stock repurchases, and debt reduction. View historical data on Cipher Mining and its competitors. For the Software industry, the median Shareholder Yield % is 0.34 — values significantly above this may indicate overvaluation, while values below may suggest a bargain or underlying issues. Cipher Mining's current Shareholder Yield % is -20.93%. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Cipher Mining stock overvalued right now?
Cipher Mining (CIFRW) has a current Shareholder Yield % of -20.93%. The current Shareholder Yield % is -20.93%. Cipher Mining's overall GF Score™ is 37/100 with 6 warning signs to review. Investors should evaluate multiple metrics — including profitability, growth, and financial strength — before making a decision.
How is Shareholder Yield % calculated?
Shareholder Yield % is calculated from a company's financial statements. For Cipher Mining (CIFRW), the current Shareholder Yield % is -20.93% as of Mar. 2026. GuruFocus calculates this using data sourced from SEC filings and annual reports. See the calculation section and 30-year financial data on this page for the full breakdown.
Cipher Digital Inc is focused on high-performance computing (HPC) data center development and operations. It is engaged in developing and operating data centers designed for HPC workloads. Its operations include managing power assets and capital allocation in response to market conditions and demand for AI-related computing capacity.
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