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Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc.
CCOI Communication Services Telecom Services
Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $975.8 million, down 5.82% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue fell 4.34%, EPS grew 214.9%, free cash flow grew 288.4% and total debt was flat, each against the same quarter a year earlier.
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Free accountTen years at a glance Fiscal years to December
| Group | Line | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Trend | 2026e | 2027e | 2028e |
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| Price, $ | Low | 29.65 | 37.85 | 35.75 | 43.96 | 53.20 | 56.38 | 46.75 | 56.66 | 50.80 | 15.96 |
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| High | 43.61 | 54.85 | 57.65 | 66.67 | 92.96 | 80.50 | 74.08 | 76.69 | 86.76 | 84.06 | |||||
| People | |||||||||||||||
| People | Employees | 897 | 928 | 978 | 686 | 1,083 | 1,001 | 1,076 | 1,947 | 1,916 | 1,833 | ||||
| Revenue/emp, $m | 0.50 | 0.52 | 0.53 | 0.80 | 0.52 | 0.59 | 0.56 | 0.48 | 0.54 | 0.53 | |||||
| Income, $m | |||||||||||||||
| Income, $m | Revenue | 447 | 485 | 520 | 546 | 568 | 590 | 600 | 941 | 1,036 | 976 | ||||
| Gross margin, % | 56.58 | 56.87 | 57.80 | 59.76 | 61.42 | 61.62 | 61.95 | 42.16 | 38.05 | 45.18 | |||||
| EBT | 24 | 31 | 41 | 53 | 10 | 71 | 26 | 1,219 | (260) | (245) | |||||
| EBT margin, % | 5.43 | 6.41 | 7.96 | 9.64 | 1.82 | 12.11 | 4.40 | 129.60 | (25.06) | (25.10) | |||||
| Net income | 15 | 6 | 29 | 38 | 6 | 48 | 5 | 1,273 | (204) | (182) | |||||
| Depreciation | 76 | 77 | 83 | 82 | 85 | 91 | 94 | 205 | 277 | 258 | |||||
| Per share, $ | |||||||||||||||
| Per share, $ | Revenue | 10.01 | 10.82 | 11.49 | 11.99 | 12.36 | 12.71 | 12.79 | 19.86 | 21.75 | 20.36 | ||||
| Earnings | 0.33 | 0.13 | 0.63 | 0.82 | 0.14 | 1.04 | 0.11 | 26.88 | (4.28) | (3.80) | |||||
| Cash flow | 2.42 | 2.49 | 2.96 | 3.27 | 3.05 | 3.67 | 3.71 | 0.37 | (0.18) | (0.22) | |||||
| Capex | (1.01) | (1.02) | (1.10) | (1.03) | (1.22) | (1.51) | (1.68) | (2.74) | (4.09) | (3.91) | |||||
| Free cash flow | 1.41 | 1.47 | 1.85 | 2.24 | 1.84 | 2.16 | 2.02 | (2.37) | (4.28) | (4.13) | |||||
| Book value | (1.19) | (2.29) | (3.29) | (4.47) | (6.38) | (8.04) | (11.06) | 12.87 | 4.68 | (1.33) | |||||
| Shares, m | 45 | 45 | 45 | 46 | 46 | 46 | 47 | 47 | 48 | 48 | |||||
| Valuation, × | |||||||||||||||
| Valuation, × | P/E | 123.09 | 343.46 | 70.64 | 80.26 | 427.64 | 69.70 | 524.91 | 2.83 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||
| P/S | 4.18 | 4.13 | 3.94 | 5.49 | 4.84 | 5.76 | 4.51 | 3.85 | 3.54 | 1.06 | |||||
| P/B | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.94 | 16.47 | 0.00 | |||||
| EV/Sales | 5.13 | 5.10 | 4.94 | 6.50 | 6.09 | 7.10 | 6.16 | 5.32 | 5.34 | 3.35 | |||||
| EV/FCF | 36.53 | 37.55 | 30.57 | 34.86 | 41.00 | 41.75 | 38.96 | (44.59) | (27.16) | (16.51) | |||||
| Cash, $m | |||||||||||||||
| Cash, $m | Operating cash flow | 108 | 112 | 134 | 149 | 140 | 170 | 174 | 17 | (9) | (11) | ||||
| Capex | (45) | (46) | (50) | (47) | (56) | (70) | (79) | (130) | (195) | (188) | |||||
| Free cash flow | 63 | 66 | 84 | 102 | 84 | 100 | 95 | (112) | (204) | (198) | |||||
| Balance, $m | |||||||||||||||
| Balance, $m | Working capital | 260 | 232 | 275 | 386 | 362 | 329 | 246 | 140 | 229 | 230 | ||||
| Total debt | 698 | 719 | 796 | 953 | 1,080 | 1,121 | 1,231 | 1,366 | 1,957 | 2,311 | |||||
| Net debt | 423 | 472 | 520 | 554 | 709 | 792 | 955 | 1,252 | 1,729 | 2,106 | |||||
| Shareholders’ equity | (53) | (103) | (149) | (204) | (293) | (373) | (519) | 610 | 223 | (64) | |||||
| Returns, % | |||||||||||||||
| Returns, % | ROA | 2.13 | 0.81 | 3.95 | 4.49 | 0.64 | 4.85 | 0.52 | 60.33 | (6.39) | (5.81) | ||||
| ROIC | 10.81 | 12.85 | 14.57 | 17.90 | 16.09 | 17.77 | 16.31 | (4.34) | (6.33) | (3.09) | |||||
| ROE | (45.57) | (7.54) | (22.79) | (21.28) | (2.50) | (14.46) | (1.15) | 2,801.11 | (49.03) | (229.15) | |||||
Negative figures in brackets.
Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026
Charts ten years each
Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc. vs peers in Telecom Services (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SIFY Sify Technologies Limited | $851.1M | — (loss-making) | 728× | +4.36% (above 0%: growing) | n/m | +32.06% (above 0%: growing) | 39.59% | 9.03% | Compare |
| GLIBK GCI Liberty, Inc. - Series C GCI Group | $822.1M | — (loss-making) | — | 0.00% | −57.45% (below 0%: shrinking) | −77.36% (below 0%: shrinking) | 47.51% | 11.11% | Compare |
| GLIBA Liberty Capital Corporation | $818.6M | — (loss-making) | 6.5× | 0.00% | −57.45% (below 0%: shrinking) | −77.36% (below 0%: shrinking) | 47.51% | 11.11% | Compare |
| SHEN Shenandoah Telecommunications Co | $566.4M | — (loss-making) | — (loss-making) | +5.53% (above 0%: growing) | n/m | +30.29% (above 0%: growing) | 65.01% | (1.09%) | Compare |
| CCOI Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc. | $427.7M | — (loss-making) | — (loss-making) | −4.34% (below 0%: shrinking) | n/m | +288.37% (above 0%: growing) | 46.93% | 50.49% | |
| ATNI ATN International, Inc. | $398.3M | 2.5× | 41.5× | +1.77% (above 0%: growing) | n/m | +71.51% (above 0%: growing) | 56.94% | 129.93% | Compare |
| OPTU Optimum Communications, Inc. | $365.5M | — (loss-making) | — (loss-making) | −5.75% (below 0%: shrinking) | n/m | −359.11% (below 0%: shrinking) | 70.96% | 8.21% | Compare |
| GOGO Gogo Inc. | $304.9M | 2,130× | 11.7× | −1.43% (below 0%: shrinking) | n/m | −34.40% (below 0%: shrinking) | 42.01% | 13.31% | Compare |
| CXDO Crexendo Inc. | $188.5M | 39.1× | 43.0× | +48.90% (above 0%: growing) | −25.00% (below 0%: shrinking) | +115.43% (above 0%: growing) | 65.69% | 4.28% | Compare |
| Median of peers | $482.4M | 39.1× | 41.5× | +0.89% | −57.45% | −2.05% | 52.23% | 10.07% |
Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc. (CCOI) key facts
- Concern: Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $975.8 million, down 5.82% from fiscal 2024.
- Concern: Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc. reported a net loss of $182.2 million, or a loss of $3.80 per share, for fiscal 2025.
- Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc. (CCOI) is a Telecom Services company in the Communication Services sector, listed on Nasdaq.
- As of October 16, 2026, CCOI traded at $8.07, a market capitalization of $427.7 million.
- Trailing earnings are negative, so a P/E ratio is not meaningful; the stock trades at 0.4× sales.
- Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc. pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share, a yield of 0.99%.
- Return on equity was −229.2% and debt-to-equity -67.54.
- Its Piotroski F-score is 4 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 0.17 (distress zone) for fiscal 2025.