NASDAQ$CCOI

Cogent Communications Holdings Inc · Q1 2022 earnings

Q1 2022 earnings · · Investor relations

Briefing

Cogent's service revenue increased, driven by growth in on-net revenue and a slight increase in off-net revenue, while managing the impact of foreign exchange rates and excise taxes.

Cogent Communications reported a service revenue increase of 1.3% compared to the previous quarter and 1.6% year-over-year, reaching $149.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2022. The company managed impacts from foreign exchange rates and excise taxes while experiencing growth in on-net revenue.

  • Service revenue increased by 1.3% from the previous quarter and 1.6% year-over-year, reaching $149.2 million.
  • On-net revenue increased by 1.7% from the previous quarter and 2.4% year-over-year, totaling $112.6 million.
  • Off-net revenue increased slightly by 0.2% from the previous quarter but decreased by 0.9% year-over-year, amounting to $36.4 million.
  • GAAP gross profit increased by 2.0% year-over-year, reaching $69.0 million, with a gross margin of 46.3%.

Headline financials

Total Revenue

$149M

Previous: $147M+1.6%
EPS (adj)

$0.02

Previous: $0.41-95.1%
Capital Expenditures

-$18.1M

Previous: -$15.4M-17.3%
Free Cash Flow

-$17M

Previous: $3.41M-598.5%
Net Income

$1.14M

Previous: $18.9M-94.0%
Operating Income

$28.8M

Previous: $26.3M+9.5%
Gross Profit

$91.7M

Previous: $89.7M+2.3%
Cash & Equivalents

$281M

Previous: $238M+18.3%
Total Assets

$970M

Previous: $853M+13.7%

Revenue & EPS history

Cogent · Revenue · Quarterly

$149M

Q1 2022+1.6%vs Q1 2021
Beat estimate in 8 of 16 quarters(50%)
ActualEstimate

Revenue by segment

Cogent · $149M total across 2 segments · Q1 2022

  • On-Net
    $113M+2.5%
  • Off-Net
    $36.4M-0.8%

Forward guidance

Cogent will host a conference call with financial analysts at 8:30 a.m. (ET) on May 5, 2022 to discuss Cogent’s operating results for the first quarter of 2022 and to discuss Cogent’s expectations for full year 2022.

Historical earnings impact

How earnings announcements have historically affected this stock's price.

Avg. return before/after earnings

Based on 20 quarterly earnings reports · overlaid with Q1 2022

Historical avgQ1 2022

-2.6%

Avg return

Earnings day

-3.8%

Avg return

5 days after

-5.1%

Avg return

30 days after

41%

26 / 64 earnings

Positive

+19.3%

Q2 2023

Best reaction

-34.8%

Q3 2025

Worst reaction

Earnings price reactions
QuarterReport dateReaction (Day 0)+5 days+30 days
Q1 2026-29.4%-28.1%-29.3%
Q4 2025-29.4%-29.7%-31.4%
Q3 2025-34.8%-46.2%-48.8%
Q1 2025-7.3%-3.6%-10.1%
Q4 2024-9.5%-11.0%-23.1%
Q3 2024-1.1%-6.7%-7.7%
Q2 2024+5.9%+6.7%+8.4%
Q1 2024-6.0%-7.7%-13.1%
Q4 2023-2.7%-9.6%-19.1%
Q3 2023-0.8%+2.2%+5.4%
Q2 2023+19.3%+22.3%+15.6%
Q1 2023-9.1%-12.0%-14.3%
Q4 2022-4.4%-1.4%-9.1%
Q3 2022+2.2%+3.0%+9.1%
Q2 2022-8.1%-8.7%-16.7%
Q1 2022-2.4%+3.5%-0.3%
Q4 2021+5.6%+3.4%+1.9%
Q3 2021-2.0%-0.8%-3.5%
Q2 2021+4.6%+2.7%+0.3%
Q1 2021+5.3%+10.2%+9.5%
Q4 2020-3.8%+1.2%+8.4%
Q3 2020-5.6%+2.8%+1.7%
Q2 2020-13.1%-21.1%-22.3%
Q1 2020-7.5%-11.2%-8.5%
Q4 2019-2.6%+8.4%+4.7%
Q3 2019+8.5%+12.9%+7.3%
Q2 2019-8.8%-7.7%-3.1%
Q1 2019+2.3%+2.6%+6.0%
Q4 2018+1.6%-3.2%+3.9%
Q3 2018-3.8%-1.6%-6.7%
Q2 2018-3.8%-4.5%+4.3%
Q1 2018-0.9%+1.1%+4.6%
Q4 2017-1.9%-3.2%-7.3%
Q3 2017-20.4%-14.0%-12.5%
Q2 2017+8.0%+6.4%+15.0%
Q1 2017-7.7%-4.1%-5.1%
Q4 2016+0.2%-2.4%-0.1%
Q3 2016+9.5%+14.4%+2.8%
Q2 2016-13.8%-14.2%-15.4%
Q1 2016+0.7%
Q4 2015+7.0%
Q3 2015+12.2%
Q2 2015-7.4%
Q1 2015-7.8%
Q4 2014-6.5%
Q3 2014+1.4%
Q2 2014-3.7%
Q1 2014-0.5%
Q4 2013-5.7%
Q3 2013+5.1%
Q2 2013+11.4%
Q1 2013+1.8%
Q4 2012+1.6%
Q3 2012-4.9%
Q2 2012+1.8%
Q1 2012-3.6%
Q4 2011+6.6%
Q3 2011+5.2%
Q2 2010-8.7%
Q2 2011-8.7%
Q1 2011+2.2%
Q4 2010-3.3%
Q3 2010+1.8%
Q1 2010+1.5%

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