NYSE$CABO

Cable One Inc. · Q1 2023 earnings

Q1 2023 earnings · · Investor relations

Briefing

Cable One's financial performance reflected a decrease in total revenues, offset by an increase in residential data revenue and a strong adjusted EBITDA margin.

Cable One reported a slight decrease in revenue but an increase in adjusted EBITDA for Q1 2023. Residential data saw growth, while other segments declined. The company invested in its network and returned capital to shareholders through share repurchases and dividends.

  • Net income decreased to $57.4 million compared to $171.5 million in the first quarter of 2022, while adjusted EBITDA increased to $228.8 million.
  • Total revenues decreased to $421.9 million, with residential data revenues increasing by 5.5% but business services revenues remaining essentially flat.
  • Residential data primary service units grew by 3,677 year-over-year, and average monthly revenue per unit increased by $3.62 to $83.58.
  • The company repurchased 56,766 shares of its common stock at an aggregate cost of $41.8 million and paid $16.5 million in dividends.

Headline financials

Total Revenue

$422M

Previous: $427M-1.1%
EPS (adj)

$9.62

Previous: $13.58-29.2%
Passings

2.7M

No prior period
Residential Data ARPU

$83.58

No prior period
Residential Video ARPU

$142.29

No prior period
Business Services ARPU

$250.01

No prior period
Capital Expenditures

-$96.1M

Previous: -$99.4M+3.4%
Free Cash Flow

-$38.7M

Previous: $72M-153.7%
Net Income

$57.4M

Previous: $171M-66.5%
Operating Income

$132M

Previous: $151M-12.6%
Gross Profit

$310M

Previous: $307M+0.8%
Cash & Equivalents

$203M

Previous: $368M-44.9%
Total Assets

$6.88B

Previous: $6.96B-1.2%
Stock-Based Comp

$5.59M

Previous: $5.21M+7.3%

Revenue & EPS history

Cable One · Revenue · Quarterly

$422M

Q1 2023-1.1%vs Q1 2022
Beat estimate in 5 of 14 quarters(36%)
ActualEstimate

Revenue by segment

Cable One · $346M total across 4 segments · Q1 2023

  • Residential Data
    $243M
  • Residential Video
    $70.3M
  • Other
    $22.9M
  • Residential Voice
    $9.75M

Forward guidance

This document does not provide explicit forward guidance. It primarily reports on the financial results of the first quarter of 2023 and compares them to the first quarter of 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 2023

Historical avgQ1 2023

-0.8%

Avg return

Earnings day

-2.2%

Avg return

5 days after

-2.3%

Avg return

30 days after

56%

27 / 48 earnings

Positive

+8.3%

Q3 2023

Best reaction

-42.5%

Q1 2025

Worst reaction

Earnings price reactions
QuarterReport dateReaction (Day 0)+5 days+30 days
Q1 2026+1.6%-29.7%-41.5%
Q4 2025+6.0%+27.0%+4.7%
Q3 2025-1.8%-14.4%-4.6%
Q1 2025-42.5%-33.4%-44.1%
Q3 2024-3.6%-3.6%+1.0%
Q2 2024-4.6%-3.6%-14.7%
Q1 2024-4.6%-0.9%-2.7%
Q4 2023-7.3%-6.3%-9.1%
Q3 2023+8.3%+10.1%-1.3%
Q2 2023-8.4%-6.5%-14.0%
Q1 2023-3.6%-5.6%-13.7%
Q4 2022-5.8%-5.8%-8.4%
Q3 2022-16.0%-19.9%-9.6%
Q2 2022-4.2%-7.9%-21.3%
Q1 2022-1.1%-3.3%+13.1%
Q4 2021+3.1%+2.2%+7.9%
Q3 2021+1.2%+3.1%+3.9%
Q2 2021+1.3%+3.6%+2.4%
Q1 2021+3.4%+2.4%+4.5%
Q4 2020-4.8%-9.5%-10.4%
Q3 2020+1.9%-0.8%+11.0%
Q2 2020+4.1%+1.6%+0.4%
Q1 2020+2.6%-0.5%-2.3%
Q4 2019-1.7%+0.7%-8.3%
Q3 2019+6.1%+11.1%+14.0%
Q2 2019+3.4%+3.1%+7.7%
Q1 2019-0.1%+1.4%+8.4%
Q4 2018-1.1%-0.9%+2.2%
Q3 2018-2.9%-2.6%-3.2%
Q2 2018+3.3%+3.9%+13.5%
Q1 2018+8.0%+10.7%+10.1%
Q4 2017+0.1%+1.7%+0.9%
Q3 2017+0.2%-3.1%-2.2%
Q2 2017-1.8%-3.3%-2.8%
Q1 2017+0.5%-1.6%+8.7%
Q4 2016-1.6%-3.8%-2.9%
Q3 2016-0.4%+0.1%+5.7%
Q2 2016+1.9%+1.7%+9.1%
Q1 2015+5.2%
Q1 2016+3.8%
Q4 2013+0.8%
Q1 2014+0.8%
Q4 2015+5.1%
Q3 2014+0.2%
Q3 2015-0.6%
Q4 2014+3.6%
Q2 2014+3.6%
Q2 2015+0.1%

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