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Cable One, Inc. (CABO)

Communication Services | Telecom Services | Phoenix, United States | NYSE
25.50 USD +3.01 (13.384%) ⇧ (Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 25.65 +0.15 (0.588%) ⇧ (Aug. 28, 2026, 7:55 p.m. EDT)

Short-term:⯪☆☆☆☆Long-term:⯪☆☆☆☆Dividends:★☆☆☆☆
Hot Take | Aug. 22, 2026, 5:18 a.m. EDT

The immediate outlook is severely bearish as the stock has just crashed through its 200-day moving average, dropping nearly 15% in the last two weeks to trade at a fraction of its historical value. While the forward P/E looks deceptively cheap at 1.5x, this is a classic value trap driven by catastrophic fundamentals: the company is losing money rapidly with a trailing EPS of -$184 and negative revenue growth of 8.4%. The balance sheet is crumbling under a debt-to-equity ratio of 940%, indicating severe financial distress rather than a bargain. For the long term, the damage is structural; the business has suffered four consecutive years of double-digit declines, erasing nearly 70% of its value over the past nine years, which suggests the core broadband business is failing to compete. Finally, the dividend is a dangerous liability; despite paying out roughly $12 annually per share, the company is burning cash at a rate that far exceeds this payout, meaning the dividend is being funded by principal erosion and will likely vanish soon.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoTheta ✓0.136574
MSTL0.178441
AutoARIMA0.182513
AutoETS0.182515

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta

Forecast Reliability
Score 30%
H-stat 8.68
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.340
Excess Kurtosis -0.98
Attribute Value
Sector Communication Services
Ex Dividend Date 2025-02-17
Last Dividend Date 2025-02-17
Debt to Equity Ratio 940.713
Revenue per Share 254.333
Market Cap 144,685,088
Forward P/E 1.75
Beta 0.52
Profit Margins -72.83%
Website https://www.cableone.biz

Dividend Data

Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2025-02-18 2.95 1.018541
2024-12-03 2.95 0.718338
2024-08-27 2.95 0.819809
2024-05-24 2.95 0.835386
2024-02-16 2.95 0.610223
2023-11-27 2.95 0.551443
2023-08-28 2.95 0.463014
2023-05-26 2.85 0.459122
2023-02-17 2.85 0.378295
2022-11-28 2.85 0.399630
2022-08-29 2.85 0.246233
2022-05-27 2.75 0.214001
2022-02-14 2.75 0.183245
2021-11-29 2.75 0.150605
2021-08-30 2.75 0.132367
2021-05-28 2.50 0.137699
2021-02-12 2.50 0.121549
2020-11-23 2.50 0.127681
2020-08-17 2.50 0.129668
2020-05-22 2.25 0.126689
2020-02-14 2.25 0.126832
2019-11-18 2.25 0.148254
2019-08-19 2.25 0.178875
2019-05-24 2.00 0.177415
2019-02-15 2.00 0.214376
2018-11-19 2.00 0.228053
2018-08-20 2.00 0.252698
2018-05-21 1.75 0.264750
2018-02-16 1.75 0.253848
2017-11-20 1.75 0.260475
2017-08-11 1.75 0.237901
2017-05-12 1.50 0.224423
2017-02-16 1.50 0.234448
2016-11-10 1.50 0.259808
2016-08-12 1.50 0.281305
2016-05-13 1.50 0.300897
2016-02-11 1.50 0.378291
2015-11-13 1.50 0.319836
Additional Data
exDividendDate 2025-02-18
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.0
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.0
lastDividendValue 2.95
lastDividendDate 2025-02-18
dividendDate 2025-03-07

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change -0.8579908
Address1 210 East Earll Drive
All Time High 2,326.8
All Time Low 21.98
Ask 25.65
Ask Size 600
Audit Risk 9
Average Daily Volume10 Day 311,560
Average Daily Volume3 Month 256,851
Average Volume 256,851
Average Volume10Days 311,560
Beta 0.517
Bid 25.47
Bid Size 300
Board Risk 1
Book Value 57.529
City Phoenix
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 6
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 25.5
Current Ratio 0.475
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,786,665,600
Day High 25.715
Day Low 22.545
Debt To Equity 940.713
Display Name Cable One
Dividend Date 1,741,305,600
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,786,050,000
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,786,050,000
Earnings Timestamp 1,786,046,400
Earnings Timestamp End 1,794,254,400
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,794,254,400
Ebitda 690,572,032
Ebitda Margins 0.47902
Enterprise To Ebitda 4.392
Enterprise To Revenue 2.104
Enterprise Value 3,033,177,088
Eps Forward 14.54
Eps Trailing Twelve Months -208.91
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,739,836,800
Exchange NYQ
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 38.7138
Fifty Day Average Change -13.2137985
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.34132013
Fifty Two Week Change Percent -85.79908
Fifty Two Week High 180.74
Fifty Two Week High Change -155.24
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.85891336
Fifty Two Week Low 21.98
Fifty Two Week Low Change 3.5200005
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.16014561
Fifty Two Week Range 21.98 - 180.74
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,434,029,400,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 2.5
Float Shares 4,464,755
Forward Eps 14.54
Forward P E 1.7537826
Free Cashflow 676,339,776
Full Exchange Name NYSE
Full Time Employees 2,592
Fullday Change 3.01
Fullday Change Percent 13.3837
Fullday Price 25.65
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,785,542,400
Gross Margins 0.73467004
Gross Profits 1,059,129,024
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.10439
Held Percent Institutions 0.97556996
Implied Shares Outstanding 5,673,925
Industry Telecom Services
Industry Disp Telecom Services
Industry Key telecom-services
Is Earnings Date Estimate 0
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,739,836,800
Last Dividend Value 2.95
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Long Business Summary Cable One, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides data, video, and voice services to residential and business customers in the United States. The company offers residential data services, a service to enhance Wi-Fi signal throughout the home, as well as expert technology support and network security services. It also provides various residential video services from basic video service to digital services with access to hundreds of channels. In addition, the company offers Sparklight TV, an IPTV video service and a cloud-based digital video recorder (DVR) service that allows customers to stream video channels from the cloud through a new app on supported devices, such as the Amazon Firestick, Apple TV, and Android-based smart televisions that does not require the use of a set-top box. Further, it provides traditional telecommunications services; residential voice services; fiber optic-based products include dark fiber, E-Line, E-Lan and E-Access ethernet services; and network-to-network interface connections. Additionally, it provides data, voice, and video products to business customers, including small to mid-markets, enterprises, and wholesale and carrier customers. Cable One, Inc. was incorporated in 1980 and is headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona.
Long Name Cable One, Inc.
Market us_market
Market Cap 144,685,088
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_679139
Most Recent Quarter 1,782,777,600
Net Income To Common -1,049,891,968
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 127,606,573
Number Of Analyst Opinions 4
Open 22.26
Operating Cashflow 541,129,024
Operating Margins 0.23148
Overall Risk 3
Payout Ratio 0.0
Phone 602 364 6000
Post Market Change 0.14999962
Post Market Change Percent 0.58823377
Post Market Price 25.65
Post Market Time 1,787,961,345
Previous Close 22.49
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 0.4432547
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 0.10036194
Profit Margins -0.72827005
Quick Ratio 0.398
Quote Source Name Delayed Quote
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key none
Region US
Regular Market Change 3.01
Regular Market Change Percent 13.3837
Regular Market Day High 25.715
Regular Market Day Low 22.545
Regular Market Day Range 22.545 - 25.715
Regular Market Open 22.26
Regular Market Previous Close 22.49
Regular Market Price 25.5
Regular Market Time 1,787,947,202
Regular Market Volume 297,958
Return On Assets 0.0432
Return On Equity -1.26206
Revenue Growth -0.084
Revenue Per Share 254.333
Sand P52 Week Change 0.20504117
Sector Communication Services
Sector Disp Communication Services
Sector Key communication-services
Share Holder Rights Risk 1
Shares Outstanding 5,673,925
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.1322
Shares Short 749,921
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,784,073,600
Shares Short Prior Month 919,884
Short Name Cable One, Inc.
Short Percent Of Float 0.1522
Short Ratio 3.71
Source Interval 15
State AZ
Symbol CABO
Target High Price 86.0
Target Low Price 38.0
Target Mean Price 51.0
Target Median Price 40.0
Total Cash 181,852,992
Total Cash Per Share 32.051
Total Debt 3,070,344,960
Total Revenue 1,441,633,024
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing Eps -208.91
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 79.6935
Two Hundred Day Average Change -54.193497
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.6800241
Type Disp Equity
Volume 297,958
Website https://www.cableone.biz
Zip 85,012