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Cable One, Inc.
CABO Communication Services Telecom Services
Cable One, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $1.5 billion, down 4.95% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue fell 8.44%, EPS fell 163.0%, free cash flow fell 38.9% and total debt fell 12.4%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Dividend growth for ten consecutive years; insiders bought in the last twelve months.
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Free accountTen years at a glance Fiscal years to December
| Ten-year view | Analyst estimates Powerpack | ||||||||||||||||
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| Group | Line | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Trend | 10 yrs | 2026e | 2027e | 2028e | Next 3/yr |
| Price, $ | |||||||||||||||||
| Price, $ | Low | 390.00 | 564.26 | 597.40 | 782.01 | 1,031.39 | 1,621.19 | 620.57 | 506.18 | 311.28 | 96.67 | (14.4%) | ‡‡‡‡ | ‡‡‡‡ | ‡‡‡‡ | ‡‡‡‡ | |
| High | 635.85 | 788.00 | 924.31 | 1,569.74 | 2,326.80 | 2,232.85 | 1,766.29 | 861.89 | 574.53 | 384.11 | (5.4%) | ‡‡‡‡ | ‡‡‡‡ | ‡‡‡‡ | ‡‡‡‡ | ||
| People | |||||||||||||||||
| People | Employees | 1,877 | 2,310 | 2,224 | 2,751 | 2,751 | 3,628 | 3,132 | 2,993 | 2,817 | 2,592 | +3.7% | ‡‡‡‡ | ‡‡‡‡ | ‡‡‡‡ | ‡‡‡‡ | |
| Revenue/emp, $m | 0.44 | 0.42 | 0.48 | 0.42 | 0.48 | 0.44 | 0.54 | 0.56 | 0.56 | 0.58 | +3.2% | ‡‡‡‡ | ‡‡‡‡ | ‡‡‡‡ | ‡‡‡‡ | ||
| Income, $m | |||||||||||||||||
| Income, $m | Revenue | 819 | 960 | 1,072 | 1,168 | 1,325 | 1,606 | 1,706 | 1,678 | 1,580 | 1,501 | +7.0% | 1,415 | 1,483 | 1,330 | (4.0%) | |
| Gross margin, % | 63.80 | 64.89 | 65.47 | 66.73 | 68.41 | 71.64 | 72.40 | 73.72 | 73.61 | 73.88 | +10.1 pt | ||||||
| EBT | 162 | 190 | 212 | 234 | 379 | 337 | 375 | 411 | 244 | (306) | n/m | ||||||
| EBT margin, % | 19.77 | 19.81 | 19.77 | 20.02 | 28.62 | 20.99 | 22.00 | 24.52 | 15.46 | (20.41) | (40.2) pt | ||||||
| Net income | 100 | 235 | 165 | 179 | 304 | 292 | 213 | 225 | 14 | (356) | n/m | ||||||
| Depreciation | 149 | 185 | 202 | 221 | 270 | 339 | 360 | 352 | 351 | 348 | +9.8% | ||||||
| Per share, $ | |||||||||||||||||
| Per share, $ | Revenue | 142.64 | 169.01 | 188.65 | 205.67 | 225.20 | 266.85 | 289.55 | 297.06 | 280.99 | 266.22 | +7.2% | |||||
| Earnings | 17.23 | 41.20 | 28.98 | 31.45 | 51.73 | 48.49 | 39.73 | 47.34 | 2.58 | (63.21) | n/m | ||||||
| Cash flow | 44.76 | 57.13 | 71.74 | 86.59 | 97.60 | 117.04 | 125.26 | 117.40 | 118.14 | 99.89 | +9.3% | ||||||
| Capex | (25.36) | (28.74) | (37.70) | (44.16) | (51.52) | (63.78) | (69.09) | (65.36) | (51.61) | (51.09) | +8.1% | ||||||
| Free cash flow | 19.40 | 28.39 | 34.04 | 42.43 | 46.08 | 53.26 | 56.17 | 52.04 | 66.53 | 48.79 | +10.8% | ||||||
| Book value | 81.70 | 119.09 | 136.41 | 148.19 | 254.10 | 297.97 | 294.79 | 320.29 | 319.50 | 254.20 | +13.4% | ||||||
| Shares, m | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | (0.2%) | ||||||
| Valuation, × | |||||||||||||||||
| Valuation, × | P/E | 36.09 | 17.02 | 28.30 | 47.34 | 43.16 | 36.36 | 17.92 | 12.10 | 84.66 | 0.00 | 32.3 | |||||
| P/S | 4.34 | 4.19 | 4.35 | 7.24 | 9.89 | 6.61 | 2.40 | 1.86 | 1.29 | 0.42 | 4.3 | ||||||
| P/B | 7.58 | 5.95 | 6.01 | 10.04 | 8.77 | 5.92 | 2.36 | 1.73 | 1.13 | 0.44 | 5.0 | ||||||
| EV/Sales | 4.83 | 5.25 | 5.19 | 8.62 | 11.10 | 8.76 | 4.51 | 3.92 | 3.46 | 2.45 | 5.8 | ||||||
| EV/FCF | 35.52 | 31.23 | 28.74 | 41.79 | 53.96 | 43.87 | 23.25 | 16.88 | 14.63 | 13.36 | 30.3 | ||||||
| Cash, $m | |||||||||||||||||
| Cash, $m | Operating cash flow | 257 | 324 | 408 | 492 | 574 | 704 | 738 | 663 | 664 | 563 | +9.1% | |||||
| Capex | (146) | (163) | (214) | (251) | (303) | (384) | (407) | (369) | (290) | (288) | +7.9% | ||||||
| Free cash flow | 111 | 161 | 193 | 241 | 271 | 321 | 331 | 294 | 374 | 275 | +10.6% | ||||||
| Balance, $m | |||||||||||||||||
| Balance, $m | Working capital | 75 | 77 | 184 | (8) | 451 | 232 | 103 | 140 | 65 | (453) | n/m | |||||
| Total debt | 537 | 1,175 | 1,163 | 1,741 | 2,175 | 3,838 | 3,809 | 3,646 | 3,590 | 3,194 | +21.9% | ||||||
| Net debt | 399 | 1,013 | 899 | 1,616 | 1,600 | 3,450 | 3,593 | 3,456 | 3,437 | 3,041 | +25.3% | ||||||
| Shareholders’ equity | 469 | 676 | 775 | 842 | 1,495 | 1,793 | 1,737 | 1,809 | 1,796 | 1,434 | +13.2% | ||||||
| Returns, % | |||||||||||||||||
| Returns, % | ROA | 7.11 | 12.97 | 7.31 | 6.55 | 7.97 | 5.10 | 3.08 | 3.29 | 0.22 | (5.88) | (13.0) pt | |||||
| ROIC | 13.47 | 8.74 | 10.00 | 7.90 | 9.48 | 5.44 | 6.32 | 6.25 | 5.28 | (2.90) | (16.4) pt | ||||||
| ROE | 22.18 | 41.05 | 22.70 | 22.09 | 26.05 | 17.75 | 12.07 | 12.67 | 0.80 | (22.07) | (44.2) pt | ||||||
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Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026
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| Median of peers | $12.0M | — | — | +23.54% | — | −94.50% | 9.02% | (5.55%) |