Cable One, Inc.

  • Earnings Score
  • Moat Score
  • Safety Score
  • Market Cap $1.02B
  • PE -34
  • Debt $4.16B
  • Cash $149.09M
  • EV $5.04B
  • FCF $324.11M

Earnings

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Sales & Net Margins

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Earnings-$30.26M
EBIT$417.69M
ROE-2%
ROA7%
FCF$324.11M
Equity$1.78B
Growth Stability5%
PE-33.77
PEG1.35
PB0.58
P/FCF3.15
P/S0.66
Price/Cash0.15
Debt/Equity2.35
Debt/FCF12.85
Net Margins1%
Op. Margins27%
Earnings CAGR2%
Sales Growth YoY-6%
Sales Growth QoQ-2%
Sales CAGR10%
FCF CAGR14%
Equity CAGR21%
Earnings Stability0.01
Earnings Growth YoY-94%
Earnings Growth QoQ-102%
Earnings CAGR 5Y-25%
Sales CAGR 5Y5%
FCF CAGR 5Y4%
Equity CAGR 5Y5%
Earnings CAGR 3Y-3%
Sales CAGR 3Y-3%
FCF CAGR 3Y5%
Equity CAGR 3Y0%
Market Cap$1.02B
Revenue$1.56B
Dividend Yield7%
Payout Ratio-226%
Assets$6.42B
Total Debt$4.16B
Cash$149.09M
Shares Outstanding5.63M
EV5.04B
Earnings Score6%
Moat Score44%
Safety Score39%
Final Score30%
Working Capital-493.05M
Current Ratio0.36
Shares Growth 3y-5%
Equity Growth QoQ-1%
Equity Growth YoY-8%

Assets & ROA

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Stockholders Equity & ROE

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Cable One Inc is a telecommunications company. It derives revenue from the provision of broadband, voice, and video services to residential and business customers. From a product perspective, the majority of revenue is sourced from data and video services. This revenue is subscription-based and billed monthly. Cable One also derives advertising revenue from selling airtime on its video channels. Voice services are offered over Internet protocols. The company owns a telecommunications infrastructure.

SEC Filings

Direct access to Cable One, Inc. (CABO) Annual Reports (10K) and Quarterly Reports (10Q) from the SEC website.

  • 2025
    • 10-Q Mar 31
  • 2024
    • 10-K Dec 31
    • 10-Q Sep 30
    • 10-Q Jun 30
    • 10-Q Mar 31
  • 2023
    • 10-K Dec 31
    • 10-Q Sep 30
    • 10-Q Jun 30
    • 10-Q Mar 31

Sector Comparison

How does Cable One, Inc. compare to its competitors?

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Peter Lynch's Chart

This chart shows the current pricing of Cable One, Inc. compared to its past. The addition of the earnings trend line provides further insights into the company's earnings power.

CAGR 2%
Stability 1%
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Cable One, Inc. Discounted Cash Flow

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fcf$324M$370M$423M$483M$552M$631M$720M$823M$940M$1.1B$1.2B$12B
DCF$337M$350M$363M$377M$392M$407M$422M$439M$455M$473M$4.7B
Value$8.7B

Competitiveness and MOAT

High margins render the company resilient under dire circumstances, hence able to drive competitors out or acquire them. ROE and ROA measure the average flow generated by each invested dollar. Their marginal value is a forecast of future growth, and it is considered by Buffett and Munger the most important single indicator.

Years12/201512/201612/201712/201812/201912/202012/202112/202212/202312/2024TTM
Net Margins11%12%24%15%15%23%18%14%16%1%1%
ROA-13%11%12%10%10%7%8%8%7%7%
ROE-22%35%21%21%20%16%13%14%1%-2%

Safety and Stability

Being debt the number one cause of investment losses and company death, the ratio Debt/FCF is of utmost importance to guarantee safety. On the other hand the Graham’s stability measures the drawdown of earnings, hence indicating the reliability of the flow generated by the company.

Years12/201512/201612/201712/201812/201912/202012/202112/202212/202312/2024TTM
Debt over FCF-4.198.336.327.797.9112.5712.0512.669.6212.85
Debt over Equity1.271.211.81.552.121.492.192.221.982.022.35
Growth Stability---100%100%100%100%91%97%5%5%

Growth

Growth can be dangerous when forecasting, simply projecting the current growth is in general wrong. A company passes through multiple phases, from being young and unprofitable, to the first periods of profitability and high growth, until it arrives at a period of regime with limited growth. Identifying in which phase the company is in may help forecasting.

Years12/201512/201612/201712/201812/201912/202012/202112/202212/202312/2024CAGR 5Y
Revenue YoY growth-2%17%12%9%13%21%6%-2%-6%5%
Earnings YoY growth-11%137%-30%8%70%-4%-20%14%-95%-25%
Equity YoY growth-4%48%15%9%78%20%-2%7%-4%5%
FCF YoY growth-37%10%31%21%23%11%4%-10%29%4%