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Cable One, Inc. (CABO)

As-reported financials and recent SEC filings for Cable One, Inc., latest fiscal period FY2025. Financial statements come straight from the company’s EDGAR filings; valuation figures such as P/E and market cap use market data.

About Cable One, Inc.

Cable One, Inc. provides broadband communications services under the Sparklight brand, offering data, video, and voice products primarily through fiber-based infrastructure. The company serves approximately 1 million residential and business customers across 24 states, focusing on residential data, business data, and residential video services. Cable One invests in network capacity and technology to support high-speed internet and aims to grow its higher-margin residential and business data services while reducing emphasis on residential video.

Snapshot

Revenue
$1.50B
Revenue growth (YoY)
-4.9%
Net income
$-356.5M
Diluted EPS
$-63.21
Gross margin
Operating margin
-13.8%
Net margin
-23.7%
FCF margin
18.5%
ROE
-24.9%
P/E (TTM)
Market cap
$213.5M
Debt / equity
1.8×

Fundamentals are from SEC filings. P/E and market cap are derived from recent market prices, refreshed on a rolling basis (typically within the past week).

What changed at Cable One

  • Revenue fell 4.9% to $1.5B in FY2025, after a 5.9% decline the year before.
  • Operating margin is now a 13.8% loss in FY2025, from 28.4% in FY2021.
  • Most recent quarter Q1 FY2026: revenue $353M, down 7.3% from Q1 FY2025.
  • Free cash flow was $278M in FY2025, 18.5% of revenue.
  • Net income turned to a $356M loss in FY2025, from a $14M profit in FY2024.

Computed from the as-reported figures in the statements below. A change we cannot state from filed figures is left out rather than estimated.

Peer comparison

Where Cable One’s fundamentals sit among the 215 Communication Services companies. Each figure is ranked only against peers that report it, from lowest (left) to highest (right).

Operating margin-13.8%
24th percentile of 186
Net margin-23.7%
17th percentile of 192
FCF margin18.5%
84th percentile of 165
Revenue growth (YoY)-4.9%
24th percentile of 208
ROE-24.9%
24th percentile of 163
Debt / equity1.81×
74th percentile of 101
Short interest3.65d
43rd percentile of 215

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Percentiles describe where a figure sits among sector peers reporting it (100th = highest). They are position within a peer group, not a rating, and not investment advice. Short interest ranking uses days to cover from FINRA Consolidated Short Interest data; FINRA is the owner and source of that data, included at no additional charge.

Institutional ownership

Held by 5 quant / multi-strat books among the superinvestors we track; no conviction manager currently reports a position.

Conviction investors
0
+5 quant / multi-strat
Initiated / added
4
0 new, 4 added
Reduced / exited
3
1 trimmed, 2 exited
Combined position
$49.7M
reported long value
InvestorAs ofPosition valueSharesChange
D. E. ShawquantQ1 2026$35.8M392.4KAdded
AQR Capital ManagementquantQ1 2026$7.9M87.0KAdded
Renaissance TechnologiesquantQ1 2026$4.9M53.9KAdded
Two Sigma InvestmentsquantQ1 2026$808,3038.9KAdded
Millennium ManagementquantQ1 2026$230,6702.5KReduced

No longer held by: Citadel Advisors (as of Q1 2026), Maverick Capital (as of Q1 2026)

From quarterly Form 13F filings, which can be up to 45 days delayed. Long US-listed positions only: excludes short positions, options, cash, bonds, and non-US holdings, so this is not a manager’s complete portfolio. Counts are of the investors we track, not all institutions. Not investment advice.

Short interest

Total shares sold short as of each twice-monthly FINRA settlement. Rising short interest means more investors are positioned against the stock; days to cover estimates how many trading days of average volume that position represents.

Shares short
919.9K
settled 2026-07-15
Change vs prior
+16.7%
vs previous settlement
Days to cover
3.65
at avg daily volume
Avg daily volume
251.8K
FINRA reported
SettlementShares shortChangeDays to cover
2026-07-15919.9K+16.7%3.65
2026-06-30788.3K-6.8%2.04
2026-06-15846.1K+7.5%4.03
2026-05-29787.2K-7.8%3.58
2026-05-15853.7K+17.0%3.47
2026-04-30729.9K+0.6%4.67
2026-04-15725.8K-10.2%7.92
2026-03-31808.4K-4.4%5.63

Source: FINRA Consolidated Short Interest. FINRA is the owner and source of the FINRA-supplied data, which is included at no additional charge for your own personal or professional use; republishing or redistributing it is not permitted. Settlement dates are shown; FINRA publishes each settlement about nine business days later, so the latest figure can be two to four weeks old. Not presented as a percentage of float. No FINRA endorsement of this product is implied. Not investment advice.

Income statement (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Revenue$1.50B$1.58B$1.68B$1.71B$1.61B
Gross profit
Operating income$-207.4M$441.9M$526.9M$539.0M$456.6M
Net income$-356.5M$14.5M$224.6M$213.1M$291.8M
Diluted EPS$-63.21$2.57$38.08$34.73$46.49

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full methodology.

Balance sheet (as reported)

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full methodology.

Cash flow (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Operating cash flow$563.3M$664.1M$663.2M$738.0M$704.3M
Capital expenditure$285.3M$286.4M$371.0M$414.1M$391.9M
Free cash flow$278.1M$377.8M$292.1M$323.9M$312.4M

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full methodology.

Quarterly trend (as reported)

QuarterRevenueRevenue YoYNet incomeDiluted EPS
Q1 FY2026$353.0M-7.3%$35.8M$6.12
Q4 FY2025$363.7M-6.1%$-7.6M$-1.35
Q3 FY2025$376.0M-4.5%$86.5M$14.52
Q2 FY2025$381.1M-3.4%$-438.0M$-77.70
Q1 FY2025$380.6M-5.9%$2.6M$0.46
Q4 FY2024$387.2M-6.0%$-105.2M$-23.67
Q3 FY2024$393.6M-6.4%$44.2M$7.58
Q2 FY2024$394.5M-7.0%$38.2M$6.58

Latest 8 reported quarters, from company XBRL filings on SEC EDGAR.

Company facts

ExchangeNYSE
SectorCommunication Services
SIC industryCable & Other Pay Television Services
Fiscal year endDecember 31
Latest fiscal periodFY2025
SEC filings since2015
SEC CIK1632127

Recent SEC filings

10-K2026-02-26
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10-Q2026-04-30
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8-K2026-07-09
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8-K2026-06-24
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8-K2026-06-23
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8-K2026-06-22
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Data sourced from SEC EDGAR (public domain). Figures are as-reported and may be unaudited or restated; verify against the source filing before relying on them. Informational only. Not investment advice.