Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc. (CCOI) vs GCI Liberty, Inc. - Series C GCI Group (GLIBK)

Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc. and GCI Liberty, Inc. - Series C GCI Group are both Telecom Services companies. GCI Liberty, Inc. - Series C GCI Group is the larger, with a market value of $988.0M against $240.2M — 4.1× the size. Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; GCI Liberty, Inc. - Series C GCI Group trades at 12.3×. GCI Liberty, Inc. - Series C GCI Group grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 0.00% against −4.16%. GCI Liberty, Inc. - Series C GCI Group has the higher net margin (7.36% vs −3.53%) and the lower return on invested capital (5.72% vs 11.9%). Across the 17 metrics below, GCI Liberty, Inc. - Series C GCI Group leads on 10 and Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc. on 7.

Valuation

Metric CCOI GLIBK Telecom Services median
P/E n/m 12.29 12.29
P/S 0.24 0.95 0.94
P/B n/m 0.56 1.25
Price to free cash flow 2.77 33.03 8.15
EV/EBITDA 7.85 n/m 7.05
EV/Sales 2.43 1.79 1.79
Earnings yield (14.80%) 8.13% 3.40%
Free cash flow yield 36.08% 3.03% 4.48%

Profitability

Metric CCOI GLIBK Telecom Services median
Gross margin 46.75% 47.99% 48.78%
Operating margin 9.22% 12.14% 9.22%
Net margin (3.53%) 7.36% 6.67%
Free cash flow margin 1.67% 2.87% 2.87%
Return on equity 69.56% 4.90% 6.00%
Return on assets (1.11%) 2.38% 1.50%
Return on invested capital 11.88% 5.72% 3.77%

Growth

Metric CCOI GLIBK Telecom Services median
Revenue growth (TTM) (4.16%) 0.00% 5.40%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 11.21% (541.15%) 0.62%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 11.43% — 2.53%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% — 0.00%

Health

Metric CCOI GLIBK Telecom Services median
Debt to equity (12.23) 0.00 0.57
Current ratio 0.48 2.85 1.09
Net debt to EBITDA 13.44 (7.48) 1.86

Dividend

Metric CCOI GLIBK Telecom Services median
Dividend yield 1.69% — 2.55%
Payout ratio — — 0.40

Size

Metric CCOI GLIBK Telecom Services median
Market cap 240.20m 987.95m 3.16b

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