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Description of business We are a facilities-based provider of low-cost, high-speed Internet access, private network services, optical wavelength and optical transport services and data center colocation space and power. Our network is specifically designed and optimized to transmit packet-routed data.
$12.07
+$1.10 (+10.03%)
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The business is unprofitable at the operating level (-10.36% margin). The thesis depends entirely on whether and when it reaches sustainable profitability.
Revenue declined 5.8% YoY. The question is whether this is cyclical or a structural shift.
Negative free cash flow of -$198M. The business is consuming cash, not generating it.
Based on TTM earnings · Diluted shares
Profitability & Returns
Revenue (TTM)
$968M
▼ -5.8% YoY
Net Income (TTM)
-$170M
▲ +10.7% YoY
Op. Margin
-7.68%
▲ +8.7pp YoY
ROIC
-4.22%
▲ +3.2pp YoY
Cash Flow & Balance Sheet
FCF (TTM)
-$208M
▲ +2.7% YoY
Op. Cash Flow (TTM)
-$32M
▼ -22.4% YoY
Net Debt
$806M
Cash & Equiv.
$140M
5Y CAGR: +11.4%
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Cogent Communications Holdings (CCOI)'s valuation is best read against its own history, its peers, and the growth its price implies. A high multiple is not the same as overvalued: fast-growing, high-quality businesses can deserve a premium. See the general approach in .
On quality, Cogent Communications Holdings scores 21/100 on Intrinsiqq's quality scorecard (a lower-quality business on these measures), weighing growth, margins, returns on capital, share count, and balance-sheet strength. It currently yields about 17.7%; see dividend safety for coverage and history. All figures are computed from SEC filings; read the full methodology. This is analysis, not investment advice.
Cogent Communications Holdings scores 21 out of 100 on Intrinsiqq's quality score, a weighted blend of 6 metrics each scored 0 to 100, which makes it a lower-quality business on these measures. Recent fundamentals include a -7.7% operating margin and a -4.2% return on invested capital. The score weighs revenue and free-cash-flow growth, operating margins, return on invested capital, share-count change, and balance-sheet strength, all computed from SEC filings, not opinion. Because valuation only means something relative to quality, the full metric-by-metric breakdown is on the quality scorecard.
Yes, Cogent Communications Holdings pays a regular dividend of about $2.14 per share per year (typically in quarterly installments), a yield of roughly 17.7% at the current price. A low headline yield is not the same as a weak dividend: what matters is how well earnings and free cash flow cover the payout and whether it is growing, not the percentage alone. For CCOI's full payout history, growth streak and dividend-safety score, see the dividends tab.
That depends on valuation and quality together, not either alone. you should weigh CCOI's valuation and scores 21/100 on quality (lower-quality). It also yields about 17.7%. A cheap price is only a bargain if the business is durable, and a premium can be justified by genuine quality, so the two questions, "is it cheap?" and "is it good?", only make sense side by side. Read the valuation against the quality scorecard, run the DCF on your own assumptions, and decide for yourself. This is analysis from SEC filings, not investment advice.