Stocks · Communication Services · Telecommunications Services
Cable One, Inc. CABO
$12.21 +17.86% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $69.3M
Weak trendHigh risk
Next earnings report: Nov 5, 2026
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Three things to know
- Operating margin narrowed to -16.5% from 26.9% a year earlier.
- The stock is 93% below its highest close of the past year.
- Over the past year the stock returned -93.1%, behind the S&P 500 by 108.2 percentage points.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Communication Services sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 16%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 19%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 19%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 31%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 17%
- Gross marginTop 44%
- Operating marginBottom 12%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 8%
- Interest coverBottom 20%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 1%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 1%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 14%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 46%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 2%
- 6-month returnBottom 1%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 1%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 1%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 18%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 9%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 18%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 16%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 3%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 1%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 1%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 21%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | -5.3% | -6.5% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 62.5% | 56.2% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 26.9% | -16.5% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | 30.2% | 17.2% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | -6.5% | -5.3% | ↓ | Bottom 16% |
| Gross margin | 56.2% | 62.5% | ↓ | Top 44% |
| Operating margin | -16.5% | 26.9% | ↓ | Bottom 12% |
| Net margin | -72.8% | -32.2% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 17.2% | 30.2% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | -5.5% | — | Bottom 17% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -4.2% | — | Bottom 19% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -34.4%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 2.3%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +3.1 pp
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- -1.8×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 0.00%
- Shareholder yield
- 0.00%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +1.1%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -2.1%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 6, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 0
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 1 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- -100.0%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -1.8%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 3 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $63.00
- Target vs current price
- +416.0%
- Analysts with a rating
- 15
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 33%
- Consensus rating
- Hold
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2026 | -5260.4% | +2.6% | -22.5% | -34.3% | — |
| Apr 30, 2026 | -21.2% | +1.6% | -38.1% | -37.2% | -56.1% |
| Feb 26, 2026 | -117.8% | -0.0% | +26.9% | +5.9% | -47.6% |
| Nov 6, 2025 | -44.1% | -7.0% | -20.4% | -13.9% | -37.0% |
| Jul 31, 2025 | -1044.1% | -3.5% | +3.0% | +22.8% | +19.6% |
| May 1, 2025 | -96.2% | -2.0% | -34.7% | -44.8% | -46.7% |
| Feb 27, 2025 | +88.0% | +2.1% | -2.7% | +4.7% | -43.4% |
| Nov 7, 2024 | -16.5% | -7.8% | -1.3% | -0.3% | -30.8% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2026 | -$2.04 | $0.04 | -5260.4% | $348.9M |
| Apr 30, 2026 | $6.12 | $7.77 | -21.2% | $353.0M |
| Feb 26, 2026 | -$1.35 | $7.60 | -117.8% | $363.7M |
| Nov 6, 2025 | $5.17 | $9.25 | -44.1% | $376.0M |
| Jul 31, 2025 | -$0.78 | $0.08 | -1044.1% | $381.1M |
| May 1, 2025 | $0.46 | $12.21 | -96.2% | $380.6M |
| Feb 27, 2025 | $18.71 | $9.95 | +88.0% | $387.2M |
| Nov 7, 2024 | $7.58 | $9.08 | -16.5% | $393.6M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EV / Sales | 2.05× | — | — | Bottom 46% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 357.40% | — | — | Top 1% |
| Earnings yield | -1515.64% | — | — | Bottom 1% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 8.5× – 81.6× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -27.8%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -13.0%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -54.3%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -81.9%
- RSI (14)
- 30.7
- Relative volume
- 3.62×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 128.3%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 95th percentile · High for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.53
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.10
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -93.2%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -98.4%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 29, 2020 | Oct 1, 2026 | -99.6% | 1445 days | Not yet recovered |
| Oct 22, 2020 | Oct 28, 2020 | -13.2% | 4 days | 12 days (Nov 13, 2020) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $69.3M
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$185.06
- Revenue (TTM)
- $1.44B
- 52-week range
- $9.90 – $180.74
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.61B | $1.71B | $1.68B | $1.58B | $1.50B |
| Gross profit | $1.15B | $1.24B | $1.24B | $1.16B | $770.8M |
| Operating income | $456.6M | $539.0M | $526.9M | $441.9M | $397.9M |
| Net income | $291.8M | $213.1M | $224.6M | $14.5M | -$356.5M |
| EPS (diluted) | $45.69 | $37.08 | $38.08 | $2.58 | -$63.21 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $393.6M | $387.2M | $380.6M | $381.1M | $376.0M | $363.7M | $353.0M | $348.9M |
| Net income | $44.2M | -$105.2M | $2.6M | -$438.0M | $86.5M | -$7.6M | $35.8M | -$1.16B |
| EPS (diluted) | $7.58 | -$18.71 | $0.46 | -$77.70 | $14.52 | -$1.35 | $6.12 | -$204.35 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $704.3M | $738.0M | $663.2M | $664.1M | $563.3M |
| Capital expenditure | -$384.5M | -$410.7M | -$370.5M | -$286.4M | -$289.0M |
| Free cash flow | $319.8M | $327.3M | $292.7M | $377.8M | $274.4M |
| Dividends paid | -$63.5M | -$66.3M | -$66.3M | -$45.2M | -$17.2M |
| Net share buybacks | -$8.5M | -$353.3M | -$99.6M | -$2.9M | $0 |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $166.2M
- Total assets
- $4.62B
- Total liabilities
- $4.30B
- Total debt
- $3.05B
- Net debt
- $2.89B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $326.4M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 6, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Feb 18, 2025 | $2.95 | Mar 7, 2025 |
| Dec 3, 2024 | $2.95 | Dec 20, 2024 |
| Aug 27, 2024 | $2.95 | Sep 13, 2024 |
| May 24, 2024 | $2.95 | Jun 14, 2024 |
| Feb 16, 2024 | $2.95 | Mar 8, 2024 |
| Nov 27, 2023 | $2.95 | Dec 15, 2023 |
| Aug 28, 2023 | $2.95 | Sep 15, 2023 |
| May 26, 2023 | $2.85 | Jun 16, 2023 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 947,150
- Days to cover
- 3.42
- Change vs previous report
- +12.4%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.