Overview
Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc., based in the United States, is a prominent company within the telecommunications sector, chiefly specializing in providing high-speed Internet access and point-to-point network services. As a significant player in the field of internet service, Cogent's primary business involves offering its services chiefly to small and medium-sized businesses, as well as to other telecommunications companies, net-centric organizations, and enterprises. The corporation operates an extensive fiber-optic network, which spans over 57,400 route miles, serving over 216 markets in 47 countries. A key project for Cogent has been the continual expansion of its network capabilities and the enhancement of data services, aimed at ensuring superior connectivity and reliability for its growing customer base. This strategy not only reinforces Cogent’s infrastructure but also its positioning within the competitive landscape of global internet service providers.
Basic Stats
The share price of Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc. as of September 5, 2025 is $36.88 / share. This is a decrease of -3.53% from the prior week. The market cap (or net worth) of Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc. as of September 5, 2025 is $1,755.08 MM.
The Factor Analysis chart (below right) shows a view of Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc. from a variety of lenses. Each factor shows how well the company ranks against all other companies in the Fintel global investing universe. Factor scores range from zero to 100, with 100 being most desirable, and 50 being average.
For example, a company with a Value Score of 100 would be the most undervalued company in our database. A company with a Value Score of zero would be the most overvalued.
| Market Cap | 1,755.08 MM |
| EV | 3,266.05 MM |
| Shares Out. | 47.59 MM |
| Earnings Date | |
| EPS (TTM) | -4.54 |
| Dividend Yield | 11.01 % |
| Ex-Dividend Date | 2025-08-21 |
| Borrow Rate | 0.35 |
| Short Shares Avail. | 1.80 MM |
| Short Interest | 5.54 MM |
| Short Float | 11.96 % |
| Days to Cover | 4.97 days |
| Risk Free Rate | 4.22 % |
| Price Change (1 yr) | -48.98 % |
| Volatility (1 yr) | 0.43 |
| Beta | 0.75 |
| Sharpe Ratio (1 yr) | -1.23 |
| Sortino Ratio (1 yr) | -1.62 |
| PE Ratio | -8.11 |
| Price/Book | 37.61 |
| Price/TBV | -4.14 |
| Book/Market | 0.03 |
| EBIT/EV | -0.09 |
| EBIT(3yr avg)/EV | 0.08 |
| ROA | -0.06 |
| ROE | -0.52 |
| ROIC | -0.08 |
| CROIC | -0.04 |
| OCROIC | -0.00 |
| Implied Volatility | 55.57 % |
| Put/Call OI Ratio | 1.09 |
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Factor Scores range from 0 to 100, with 100 being most desirable. Larger circles are better. In situations where we have no data (e.g. no insider trades), we plot the score at 50 to avoid penalizing companies. However, a company that does not pay dividends will get a Dividend Score of Zero. Additionally, we inverted volatility to create a "stability" metric which is better when higher.
Price Target
The average one-year price target for Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc. is $52.63. The forecasts range from a low of $30.30 to a high of $79.80. A stock’s price target is the price at which analysts consider it fairly valued with respect to its projected earnings and historical earnings. Analysts typically set price targets that correspond to their buy or sell recommendations.
Update Frequency: Monthly
Stock Upgrades/Downgrades
This card shows analyst upgrades/downgrades for Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc.. An analyst rating is a classification that gives investors a sense of analyst sentiment about the direction and performance of an equity - usually a stock - over a period of time, typically 12 months.
The standard analyst ratings are generally as follows:
- Buy/Overweight/Outperform - Any of these ratings conveys an analyst’s belief that the stock is likely to outperform a market index (e.g. the S&P 500).
- Hold/Equal-Weight/Market Perform - Any of these ratings conveys an analyst’s belief that the stock is likely to perform in line with a market index.
- Sell/Underweight/Underperform - Any of these ratings suggest that an analyst believes the stock is likely to underperform a market index.
When an analyst upgrades a stock, they are signaling that the company’s fundamentals are being undervalued by investors. It could also mean they believe the market is underestimating the company’s potential. The opposite is true when a stock receives a downgrade.
The average rating of each individual analyst’s rating is the consensus rating for a stock. This gives investors a broader sense of the overall sentiment for that stock.
| Date | Analyst | Prior | Latest Recommendation |
Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-11-15 | RBC Capital | Outperform | Maintains | |
| 2022-11-08 | Credit Suisse | Neutral | Maintains | |
| 2022-11-07 | Goldman Sachs | Sell | Maintains | |
| 2022-11-04 | Wells Fargo | Underweight | Maintains | |
| 2022-10-11 | Credit Suisse | Outperform | Neutral | Downgrade |
| 2022-09-27 | Keybanc | Sector Weight | Overweight | Upgrade |
| 2022-05-06 | Credit Suisse | Outperform | Maintains | |
| 2022-02-10 | JP Morgan | Neutral | Overweight | Upgrade |
| 2022-01-24 | Credit Suisse | Outperform | Maintains | |
| 2022-01-12 | Wells Fargo | Equal-Weight | Underweight | Downgrade |
| 2022-01-11 | Goldman Sachs | Neutral | Sell | Downgrade |
| 2021-11-05 | Credit Suisse | Outperform | Maintains | |
| 2021-05-10 | RBC Capital | Sector Perform | Outperform | Upgrade |
| 2021-05-04 | Credit Suisse | Neutral | Outperform | Upgrade |
| 2021-04-30 | Oppenheimer | Perform | Outperform | Upgrade |
| 2021-02-03 | MoffettNathanson | Neutral | Buy | Upgrade |
| 2020-10-16 | Credit Suisse | Outperform | Neutral | Downgrade |
| 2020-10-05 | Raymond James | Underperform | Market Perform | Upgrade |
| 2020-08-17 | MoffettNathanson | Sell | Neutral | Upgrade |
| 2020-08-10 | Citigroup | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2020-08-07 | Credit Suisse | Outperform | Maintains | |
| 2020-07-01 | SunTrust Robinson Humphrey | Hold | Buy | Upgrade |
| 2020-06-16 | Citigroup | Neutral | Buy | Upgrade |
| 2020-04-17 | Goldman Sachs | Buy | Neutral | Downgrade |
| 2020-04-14 | Credit Suisse | Outperform | Maintains | |
| 2020-03-03 | JP Morgan | Neutral | Maintains | |
| 2020-02-28 | SunTrust Robinson Humphrey | Hold | Maintains | |
| 2020-02-06 | Goldman Sachs | Neutral | Buy | Upgrade |
| 2020-01-03 | Citigroup | Sell | Neutral | Upgrade |
| 2019-11-18 | RBC Capital | Sector Perform | Maintains | |
| 2019-11-13 | RBC Capital | Sector Perform | Maintains | |
| 2019-11-08 | JP Morgan | Neutral | Maintains | |
| 2019-05-31 | Credit Suisse | Outperform | Initiate | |
| 2019-05-10 | Oppenheimer | Outperform | Perform | Downgrade |
| 2019-05-03 | Deutsche Bank | Buy | Hold | Downgrade |
| 2019-02-25 | RBC Capital | Sector Perform | Sector Perform | Maintains |
| 2018-12-18 | Deutsche Bank | Hold | Buy | Upgrade |
| 2018-11-02 | Wells Fargo | Market Perform | Market Perform | Maintains |
| 2018-11-02 | Citigroup | Sell | Sell | Maintains |
| 2018-10-08 | BTIG Research | Buy | Neutral | Downgrade |
| 2018-05-29 | RBC Capital | Outperform | Sector Perform | Downgrade |
| 2018-05-04 | Deutsche Bank | Buy | Hold | Downgrade |
| 2018-03-13 | Guggenheim | Neutral | Initiate | |
| 2018-02-23 | Deutsche Bank | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2017-11-03 | SunTrust Robinson Humphrey | Buy | Hold | Downgrade |
| 2017-11-03 | Raymond James | Market Perform | Underperform | Downgrade |
| 2017-11-03 | Jefferies | Hold | Maintains | |
| 2017-11-03 | Citigroup | Sell | Maintains | |
| 2017-10-10 | Deutsche Bank | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2017-10-09 | Wells Fargo | Outperform | Market Perform | Downgrade |
| 2017-07-14 | Deutsche Bank | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2017-05-02 | Cowen & Co. | Outperform | Market Perform | Downgrade |
| 2017-03-24 | Deutsche Bank | Buy | Initiate | |
| 2017-03-02 | Goldman Sachs | Neutral | Initiate | |
| 2017-01-13 | Stifel Nicolaus | Buy | Initiate | |
| 2016-12-13 | SunTrust Robinson Humphrey | Buy | Initiate | |
| 2016-08-12 | Citigroup | Neutral | Maintains | |
| 2016-08-08 | Raymond James | Outperform | Market Perform | Downgrade |
| 2016-07-27 | Citigroup | Neutral | Maintains | |
| 2016-04-06 | Citigroup | Buy | Neutral | Downgrade |
| 2016-03-04 | Moffett Nathanson | Buy | Neutral | Downgrade |
| 2016-02-26 | Pacific Crest | Overweight | Maintains | |
| 2016-02-23 | JP Morgan | Overweight | Neutral | Downgrade |
| 2015-11-06 | Pacific Crest | Overweight | Maintains | |
| 2015-09-22 | RBC Capital | Outperform | Initiate | |
| 2015-08-07 | Pacific Crest | Overweight | Maintains | |
| 2015-08-07 | JP Morgan | Overweight | Maintains | |
| 2015-08-07 | Citigroup | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2015-05-08 | Jefferies | Hold | Maintains | |
| 2015-02-26 | Stephens & Co. | Overweight | Equal-Weight | Downgrade |
| 2014-11-10 | FBR Capital | Underperform | Maintains | |
| 2014-11-10 | Canaccord Genuity | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2014-10-29 | BTIG Research | Buy | Initiate | |
| 2014-10-08 | Raymond James | Market Perform | Outperform | Upgrade |
| 2014-10-06 | SunTrust Robinson Humphrey | Neutral | Initiate | |
| 2014-09-29 | Moffett Nathanson | Buy | Initiate | |
| 2014-09-18 | JP Morgan | Overweight | Initiate | |
| 2014-08-11 | Citigroup | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2014-02-28 | DA Davidson | Neutral | Buy | Upgrade |
| 2014-02-24 | FBR Capital | Market Perform | Underperform | Downgrade |
| 2013-11-27 | Citigroup | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2013-10-15 | Citigroup | Neutral | Buy | Upgrade |
| 2013-09-18 | Pacific Crest | Outperform | Initiate | |
| 2013-06-10 | DA Davidson | Underperform | Neutral | Upgrade |
| 2013-05-07 | Canaccord Genuity | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2013-04-19 | Drexel Hamilton | Hold | Initiate | |
| 2013-02-06 | Raymond James | Outperform | Market Perform | Downgrade |
| 2013-01-18 | Pivotal Research | Buy | Hold | Downgrade |
| 2013-01-17 | Jefferies | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2012-11-30 | Maxim Group | Initiate | ||
| 2012-11-07 | Jefferies | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2012-11-06 | Canaccord Genuity | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2012-10-25 | DA Davidson | Neutral | Underperform | Downgrade |
| 2012-10-01 | Raymond James | Outperform | Market Perform | Downgrade |
| 2012-09-26 | Pivotal Research | Buy | Initiate | |
| 2012-08-10 | DA Davidson | Underperform | Neutral | Upgrade |
| 2012-06-26 | National Securities | Neutral | Initiate | |
| 2012-05-04 | Jefferies | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2012-05-04 | Citigroup | Neutral | Maintains | |
| 2012-04-02 | Bank oferica | Underperform | Downgrade | |
| 2012-02-10 | DA Davidson | Neutral | Downgrade | |
| 2023-02-24 | Credit Suisse | Neutral | Maintains | |
| 2023-03-07 | RBC Capital | Outperform | Maintains | |
| 2023-05-22 | RBC Capital | Outperform | Outperform | Reiterate |
| 2023-04-26 | MoffettNathanson | Outperform | Maintains | |
| 2023-05-08 | JP Morgan | Overweight | Neutral | Downgrade |
| 2023-05-03 | B of A Securities | Underperform | Buy | Upgrade |
| 2023-05-05 | Keybanc | Overweight | Maintains | |
| 2023-08-21 | Goldman Sachs | Sell | Neutral | Upgrade |
| 2023-09-05 | RBC Capital | Outperform | Outperform | Maintains |
| 2023-11-10 | Goldman Sachs | Neutral | Neutral | Maintains |
| 2024-05-13 | JP Morgan | Neutral | Neutral | Maintains |
| 2023-08-11 | TD Cowen | Market Perform | Outperform | Upgrade |
| 2023-08-11 | Keybanc | Overweight | Overweight | Maintains |
| 2024-03-06 | JP Morgan | Neutral | Neutral | Maintains |
| 2024-05-10 | Keybanc | Overweight | Overweight | Maintains |
| 2024-05-10 | TD Cowen | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2024-03-01 | TD Cowen | Outperform | Outperform | Maintains |
| 2024-03-01 | Keybanc | Overweight | Overweight | Maintains |
| 2024-03-01 | LightShed Partners | Neutral | Sell | Downgrade |
| 2024-03-11 | MoffettNathanson | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2024-03-07 | B of A Securities | Buy | Neutral | Downgrade |
| 2024-07-01 | Goldman Sachs | Neutral | Initiate | |
| 2024-08-09 | Goldman Sachs | Neutral | Neutral | Maintains |
| 2024-08-09 | TD Cowen | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2024-11-14 | UBS | Buy | Initiate | |
| 2024-08-13 | B of A Securities | Neutral | Neutral | Maintains |
| 2025-05-09 | Goldman Sachs | Neutral | Neutral | Maintains |
| 2024-08-27 | Keybanc | Overweight | Overweight | Maintains |
| 2024-09-03 | RBC Capital | Outperform | Outperform | Reiterate |
| 2024-08-19 | Citigroup | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2024-10-04 | Goldman Sachs | Neutral | Neutral | Maintains |
| 2024-07-29 | RBC Capital | Outperform | Outperform | Reiterate |
| 2024-08-12 | JP Morgan | Neutral | Neutral | Maintains |
| 2024-08-21 | B of A Securities | Neutral | Underperform | Downgrade |
| 2025-05-09 | UBS | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2025-08-08 | RBC Capital | Outperform | Sector Perform | Downgrade |
| 2025-08-12 | Citigroup | Buy | Neutral | Downgrade |
| 2025-08-18 | Wells Fargo | Underweight | Overweight | Upgrade |
