Cable One, Inc.
CABO NYSE· Cable & Other Pay Television Services
Last close · Oct 23, 2026
$4.83
KIRA · Stoqly’s AI analyst, in plain words
- Cable One, Inc. had $1.5B of revenue in fiscal 2025, down 4.9% on the year before. Over five years, revenue changed +2.5% a year on average.
- Its operating margin was −13.8%, down 41.8 pts: of every 100 in sales, about −14 is left after running the business.
- Cable One, Inc. lost $356M in fiscal 2025.
- Free cash flow was $278M in fiscal 2025, 18.5% of revenue.
- Cable One, Inc. returned $17.2M to shareholders in fiscal 2025, 6% of free cash flow. The diluted share count rose 0.1%.
- Cable One, Inc. owes $3.1B more than it holds in cash, about 23.3 years of operating profit.
Market cap
$27.5M
P/E
—
Revenue
$1.5B
Net income
−$356M
Free cash flow
$278M
Operating margin
−13.8%
Cable One, Inc. in 30 seconds · fiscal 2025
Are sales growing?
−4.9%
No. Sales fell 4.9% last year.
Does it make a profit?
−23.7%
No. It lost money last year.
Does profit turn into cash?
18.5%
Yes. 18.5% of sales ends up as free cash.
Is debt under control?
23.3x
Heavy. Repaying its debt would take 23.3 years of operating profit.
How healthy are the accounts?
3 / 8
Weak. It passes 3 of 8 health tests.
How is the share priced?
—
No P/E: it made no profit over the last four quarters.
What Cable One, Inc. does
No business description yet.
- Fiscal year ends
- December 31, 2025
- Latest annual report
- 10-K · Feb 26, 2026
- Legal name
- Cable One, Inc.
- CIK
- 0001632127
Cable One, Inc. · CABO
Results and finances
The last 5 fiscal years. Amounts in USD.
| Fiscal year | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales and profit | |||||
| Revenue | $1.6B | $1.7B | $1.7B | $1.6B | $1.5B |
| Revenue growth | 21.2% | 6.2% | −1.6% | −5.9% | −4.9% |
| Operating margin | 28.4% | 31.6% | 31.4% | 28.0% | −13.8% |
| Net income | $292M | $213M | $225M | $14.5M | −$356M |
| Net margin | 18.2% | 12.5% | 13.4% | 0.9% | −23.7% |
| Diluted EPS | $46.49 | $34.73 | $38.08 | $2.57 | −$63.21 |
| Cash | |||||
| Cash from operations | $704M | $738M | $663M | $664M | $563M |
| Capital expenditure | $392M | $414M | $371M | $286M | $285M |
| Free cash flow | $312M | $324M | $292M | $378M | $278M |
| FCF margin | 19.5% | 19.0% | 17.4% | 23.9% | 18.5% |
| Dividends paid | $63.5M | $66.3M | $66.3M | $67.9M | $17.2M |
| Share buybacks | $0.0M | $353M | $99.6M | $0.0M | $0.0M |
| Share count change | 7.6% | −1.1% | −4.0% | −7.1% | 0.1% |
| Debt and strength | |||||
| Cash and short-term investments | $389M | $215M | $190M | $154M | $153M |
| Debt incl. finance leases | $3.9B | $3.8B | $3.7B | $3.6B | $3.2B |
| Deposits | — | $6.2M | $6.0M | $6.0M | $4.8M |
| Shareholders' equity | $1.8B | $1.7B | $1.8B | $1.8B | $1.4B |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 4.4x | 4.1x | 4.0x | 4.4x | 23.3x |
| Current ratio | 1.9x | 1.4x | 1.7x | 1.3x | 0.4x |
| Interest coverage | 4.0x | 3.9x | 3.1x | 3.2x | −1.6x |
| Returns and quality | |||||
| Return on capital | 7.5% | 6.8% | 8.2% | 7.5% | −3.6% |
| Return on equity | 17.7% | 12.1% | 12.7% | 0.8% | −22.1% |
| Piotroski F-score | 3 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 3 |
| Altman Z'' | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 0.4 |
Insiders bought, 12 months
$0.1M
1 insider
Insiders sold, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Of sales under plans
—
$0.0M
How to read these numbers
- Revenue:
- Total sales reported in the income statement.
- Operating margin:
- Operating income as a share of revenue.
- Net income:
- Profit after all expenses, interest and tax.
- Free cash flow:
- Cash from operations minus capital spending.
- Net debt / EBITDA:
- Years of EBITDA needed to pay off net debt. Below zero means more cash than debt.
- Return on capital:
- After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
Cable One, Inc. · CABO
Charts and comparison
Ten years at a glance, and how it stacks up against similar companies.
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At $4.83 a share, the company is worth $27.5M.
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0001632127). Data updated October 24, 2026. For information only — not investment advice. Check the original filings before relying on any figure.