profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Cogent Communications Holdings
$4.01+2.17% today
-76.0% in 1 year
1-year low $3.931-year high $27.66
Trading close to its lowest price of the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2022 to 2025.
0%20% a year
It has no yearly profit to compare the price with.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Cogent Communications Holdings sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $600 million in 2022 to $976 million in 2025, with -$182 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Cogent Communications Holdings vs. similar companies
How it compares with the largest companies in its industry.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cogent Communications Holdings | No profit yet | ||
 Charter Communications | 5.0× · Cheap | ||
 Telefónica | No profit yet | ||
 BCE | 4.4× · Cheap | ||
 Rogers Communications | 3.7× · Cheap |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Cogent Communications Holdings's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 600 | 941 | 1,036 | 976 | |
| 371 | 397 | 394 | 441 | |
| 116 | -111 | -180 | -104 | |
| 229 | 1,545 | 162 | 187 | |
| 5 | 1,273 | -204 | -182 | |
| 0.11 | 26.62 | -4.28 | -3.80 | |
| 61.9% | 42.2% | 38.1% | 45.2% | |
| 19.4% | -11.8% | -17.3% | -10.6% | |
| 0.9% | 135.3% | -19.7% | -18.7% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 1,010 | 3,212 | 3,173 | 3,100 |
| Cash | 224 | 75 | 198 | 149 |
| Total debt | 1,355 | 1,828 | 2,337 | 2,662 |
| Total liabilities | 1,529 | 2,602 | 2,950 | 3,164 |
| -519 | 610 | 223 | -64 | |
| 47 | 48 | 48 | 48 | |
| 12.9% | 42.5% | -4.2% | -2.5% | |
| -1.0% | 208.9% | -91.6% | 285.3% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 174 | 17 | -9 | -11 | |
| 79 | 130 | 195 | 188 | |
| 95 | -112 | -204 | -198 | |
| Dividends paid | 170 | 182 | 189 | 150 |
| 0 | 0 | 8 | 17 | |
| 24 | 27 | 26 | 26 |
Valuation
- –
- –
- –
- -7.9×
- 0.2×
- –
- 14.6×
- -96.5%
- -88.7%
- 6.2%
Profitability
- 45.2%
- -10.6%
- -18.7%
- 19.8%
- -1.9%
- 8.8%
- 422.8%
- -5.6%
- -2.6%
- –
Growth
- +17.6%
- –
- +2.7%
- +1.9%
- +0.8%
Financial health
- 13.4×
- -25.55
- 87.1%
- -0.4×
- 1.90
- 1.90
- 0.31
How it ranks in Communication Services
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Bottom 9%of 436
Bottom 5%of 438
Top 17%of 440
Bottom 1%of 440
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $27.50
- Range
- $21.00 – $40.00
- 5 analysts
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 2026 | -0.83 | -1.03 | +19.4% |
| Feb 20, 2026 | -0.64 | -1.09 | +41.3% |
| Nov 6, 2025 | -0.87 | -1.15 | +24.3% |
| Aug 7, 2025 | -1.21 | -0.93 | −30.1% |
| May 8, 2025 | -1.09 | -1.05 | −3.8% |
| Feb 27, 2025 | -0.91 | -1.22 | +25.4% |
| Nov 7, 2024 | -1.33 | -1.34 | +0.7% |
| Aug 8, 2024 | -0.75 | -1.31 | +42.7% |
6.2%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$62a year at today's yield, before tax
+1.9%2020 to 2025
Raised–not every year
Paid per share, each year
$1.46 in 2015 → $3.05 in 2025
How safe it looks
-60.3% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: -75.7%
News
No recent news on file.
Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
0/7Passes 0 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
28No pass
Benjamin Graham
24No pass
Philip Fisher
45No pass
Peter Lynch
42No pass
Joel Greenblatt
0No pass
Charlie Munger
37No pass
Terry Smith
46No pass
Questions about Cogent Communications Holdings
Is Cogent Communications Holdings a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers that is not profitable yet. 0 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Cogent Communications Holdings AI analysis
What does Cogent Communications Holdings do?
Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides high-speed Internet access, private network, and data center colocation space services in North America, Europe, Asia, South America, Australia, and Africa. It is in Telecommunications Services.
Does Cogent Communications Holdings pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 6.2% a year. In 2025 it paid out $150 million in dividends.
Is Cogent Communications Holdings stock halal?
No. Cogent Communications Holdings does not pass our halal screen: its debt is 1,296% of its market value, at or above the 33% limit. How we check
How has Cogent Communications Holdings stock done over the past year?
Down 76.0% over the past twelve months, to $4.01. It traded between $3.93 and $27.66 and is 85.5% below its high.
Who are Cogent Communications Holdings's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Charter Communications, Telefónica, BCE and Rogers Communications. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Cogent Communications Holdings's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.