NASDAQ$CCOI

Cogent Communications Holdings Inc · Q3 2021 earnings

Q3 2021 earnings · · Investor relations

Briefing

Cogent's service revenue increased, driven by growth in on-net revenue and total customer connections.

Cogent Communications reported a service revenue increase of 4.0% year-over-year and 0.03% sequentially. The company's on-net revenue and total customer connections also increased. The Board approved a dividend increase of $0.025 per share from the third quarter 2021.

  • Service revenue increased by 4.0% year-over-year to $147.9 million.
  • On-net revenue increased by 5.7% year-over-year to $111.1 million.
  • Total customer connections increased by 5.1% year-over-year to 92,991.
  • The Board approved a regular quarterly dividend of $0.830 per common share.

Headline financials

Total Revenue

$148M

Previous: $142M+4.0%
EPS (adj)

$0.28

Previous: -$0.11+354.5%
Capital Expenditures

-$54.6M

Previous: -$40.1M-36.2%
Free Cash Flow

-$24.9M

Previous: -$27.3M+8.5%
Net Income

$29.7M

Previous: $12.8M+131.2%
Operating Income

$28.6M

Previous: $26M+9.7%
Gross Profit

$91.3M

Previous: $87.8M+4.0%
Cash & Equivalents

$352M

Previous: $393M-10.5%
Total Assets

$1.01B

Previous: $1B+0.8%

Revenue & EPS history

Cogent · Revenue · Quarterly

$148M

Q3 2021+4%vs Q3 2020
Beat estimate in 8 of 16 quarters(50%)
ActualEstimate

Revenue by segment

Cogent · $148M total across 2 segments · Q3 2021

  • On-Net
    $111M+5.7%
  • Off-Net
    $36.7M-1.1%

Forward guidance

Cogent expects to return the rest of its employees outside of the United States to its offices on a full-time basis in the fourth quarter of 2021. The company is implementing measures to protect its workforce but can provide no assurance that these measures will be sufficient.

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 Q3 2021

Historical avgQ3 2021

-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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