Cantor Equity Partners IV Inc. Class A Ordinary Shares (CEPF)

FairStock Score: 49/100 — MIXED

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AI-generated, general educational analysis — not personal investment advice.

I approach this as a Graham-style analyst: Cantor Equity Partners IV is not an operating business. It has no significant operations and exists to merge with or acquire another company. Without revenue, there is no product, pricing power, or moat to evaluate. The filed results show net income of $4.1 million in fiscal Q1 2026 (quarter ended 2026-03-31) and $3.9 million in fiscal Q2 2026 (quarter ended 2026-06-30), versus a net loss of $15,355 in fiscal Q2 2025 (quarter ended 2025-06-30). FY2025 net income was $6.1 million, while FY2024 was a net loss of $7,046. Those swings come with no reported revenue, so I cannot treat them as durable operating profits. At the 2026-10-13 close of $10.28, FairStock calculates a P/E of 27.80 on EPS of $0.37, P/B of 5,130, ROE of 8,726.5%, ROCE of -0.15%, and a Graham Number of $8.23, implying a -24.97% margin of safety—meaning the price is above that conservative value. The FairStock Piotroski F-score is 2/9, and TTM free cash flow is -$60,916. The Altman Z-score of 912.49 is not meaningful for a shell. The Lynch category is none because only two years of filed results exist. This is a deal vehicle, not a compounding business. Until a merger is announced and its economics can be assessed, I can only treat the shares as a cash trust with optionality, priced modestly above its conservative accounting value.

In plain English: This is a shell company with no real business operations; it was set up to merge with or buy another company. Recent filings show small profits, but it has no revenue, and the stock price is above a conservative value estimate based on its numbers. The shares look more like a merger bet than a normal cheap business.

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Data as of 2026-10-13 close · note generated 2026-10-15 · model deepseek-flash

Sources (SEC EDGAR): fiscal Q2 2026 10-Q (period ended 2026-06-30) · fiscal Q1 2026 10-Q (period ended 2026-03-31) · fiscal Q3 2025 10-Q (period ended 2025-09-30) · fiscal Q2 2025 10-Q (period ended 2025-06-30) · FY2025 10-K (period ended 2025-12-31) · FY2024 10-K (period ended 2024-12-31)

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