Down 44% from Oct 29 to Nov 10.
−3Long-term trend
CCOI's Quality Score fell 1 point on Tue, Nov 10, to -8. Trading went back to normal after a busy day (2 chart checks stopped).
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| Since its 2024 high | Down 95% |
| Latest filing | 8-K, Nov 5 |
Tue Nov 17: RBC Capital Markets Global…Investor conference · date confirmed.
After its last 4 reports it closed -26.2% on average, higher 0 of 4 times.
CCOI is #10 of 11 by Quality Score.
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| 10 |
Expected to report Thu Feb 18, before the open (in 100 days).
What an earnings report is: every 3 months, a company tells everyone how much it sold and earned. We read the figures, the outlook, and how the stock moved after.
| Reported | Gap | Reaction | 5 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 5, 2026 | -6.6% | -30.9% | not yet |
| Aug 6, 2026 | +3.9% | -15.2% | -20.4% |
| May 4, 2026 | -28.8% | -29.3% | -28.1% |
Sales grew in six of the last seven years, to $976M in 2025. It made a profit in one of the three years.
RSI 30.5, MACD below signal, below both averages. Not scored.
Its free cash flow over the last four quarters was -$142M, while it paid dividends.
| Dividend | $0.08 a share a year |
| Paid out | About $3.9M a year |
| Free cash flow | -$142M |
| Record | Cut 98% |
3 insiders sold $247K across 5 filings in the last 6 months. No open-market buys on record. The newest:
3 trades disclosed in the last six months. The newest:
Officers and directors with a Form 4 in the last 12 months.
In ETFs: CCOI is under 0.1% of VTI, the most of the 24 funds Breakaway covers, by their holdings as filed for Jun 30, 2026.
Cogent carries over one-fifth of the world's internet traffic on its network, providing high-capacity services to businesses. Cogent's netcentric customers, which contribute nearly half of total revenue, include internet service providers and content providers, to which Cogent provides internet transit service. They hand traffic to Cogent in data centers and rely on Cogent to deliver it. About half of netcentric revenue is from outside the US. Cogent's corporate customers are in high-rise office buildings, where the firm provides two types of connections: dedicated internet access, which connects them to the internet, and virtual private networking. Cogent's corporate customers are exclusively in North America and account for about 40% of the firm's revenue.
“We face competition from incumbent telephone and cable companies, and facilities-based network operators, many of whom are much larger than us, have significantly greater financial resources, sales and marketing capabilities, better-established brand names and large, existing installed customer bases in the markets in which we compete.”
CCOI scores -8 today, which Breakaway calls Poor. It is #10 of 11 in Communications Services by Quality Score, with 1 of 14 chart checks firing. Down 44% from Oct 29 to Nov 10. Breakaway does not say whether to buy any stock: the score does not know your situation, and it is not a recommendation to buy or sell anything. Please do your own research.
CCOI scores -8 today, which Breakaway calls Poor (below zero). That is #10 of 11 in Communications Services by Quality Score. The score adds up the chart checks, the trend, the company's filed sales, its profits, the news, insider trades, and Congress trades. The section above lists the lines behind CCOI's -8.
3 insiders sold $247K across 5 filings in the last 6 months. No open-market buys on record. The newest is Henry W. Kilmer, VP of Network Strategy, who sold $22K on Sep 15. Every filing, with the scored weight, for Pro members.
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