Cogent Communications Holdings

CCOI

Telecommunications Services · Communication Services

Price

$10.97

-0.74 (-6.32%)

Market Cap

$549.4M

Exchange

NASDAQ

Winston Score

Winston is worried

Weak fundamentals across most pillars.

Share count rising — dilution

+2.1% over 4y

The company has issued more shares over this period, which dilutes each existing shareholder’s stake.

Diluted shares outstanding: 47.0M (2021) → 47.9M (2025)

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. The company offers on-net Internet access and private network services to law firms, financial services firms, and advertising and marketing firms, as well as heath care providers, educational institutions and other professional services businesses, other Internet servi

Winston Score History

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Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

-3.2% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

+23.9% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady EPS growth

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (12%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

5.5%ownership

↓ Declining

Insider ownership declining — could be dilution or selling

Cash Runway

~13 months

$140M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

Adequate runway but may need to raise capital within 2 years

Revenue declining

Cogent Communications Holdings's revenue is actually shrinking. In a growth stock, that removes the core investment thesis. The low Winston Score here may be warranted — unless there's a turnaround story.

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Quality

Gross Margin

46.0%

Healthy — 46.0% gross margin

Operating Margin

-5.6%

Losing money on operations — -5.6%

ROCE

-0.8%

Weak — -0.8% return on capital

Negative ROIC means the business is losing money on every dollar invested in it.

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Growth

Sales YoY

-6.7%

Shrinking sales (-6.7% YoY)

EPS YoY

N/A

Data not available

EPS Consistency

0/8 quarters

Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion

N/A

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Data not available

FCF Margin

-21.9%

Burning cash (-21.9%)

Free cash flow is negative. They are burning cash, not generating it.

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Stability

Debt / Equity

N/A

Data not available

Interest Cover

N/A

Data not available

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)

N/M

—

Negative earnings — P/E not meaningful

P/E vs Forward

N/A

not available

Data not available

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Dividends

Dividend Yield

8.28%

Healthy income — 8.28% yield

Yield above 6% — often a flag the market is pricing in a cut.

Dividend Growth

-73.1%

Dividend cut (-73.1% YoY) — warning sign

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