Cogeco (CGO) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Cogeco Inc is a telecommunications company. The company has two reportable operating segments, namely Canadian broadband services and American broadband services. The Canadian and American broadband services segments provide a wide range of Internet, video, and telephony services primarily to residential customers, as well as business services across their coverage areas. The Canadian broadband services activities are carried out by Cogeco Connexion in the provinces of Quebec and Ontario and the American broadband services activities are carried out by Atlantic Broadband in 12 states.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: C$57.53 to C$59.14
• 50-Day Range: C$58.53 to C$68.94
• 52-Week Range: C$51.56 to C$69.50
• Volume: 25,205 shs
• Average Volume: 22,537 shs
• Market Capitalization: C$558.79 million
• P/E Ratio: 6.06
• Dividend Yield: 5.81%
• Price Target: C$82.00
• Consensus Rating: Buy

Cogeco Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Cogeco scored higher than 69% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.5 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

Cogeco has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on 2 buy ratings, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Cogeco has received no research coverage in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Cogeco is 6.06, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 28.07.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Cogeco is 6.06, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Communication Services sector average P/E ratio of about 21.39.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Due to a projected decrease in earnings for Cogeco, their PEG ratio cannot be calculated.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Cogeco has a P/B Ratio of 0.16. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for CGO.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Leadership

Cogeco is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 6.36%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

Cogeco does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Cogeco is 35.19%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: N/A
• Environmental Score: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for CGO.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.2 / 5
• News Sentiment: N/A

News Sentiment

Cogeco has a news sentiment score of 0.67. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.28 average news sentiment score of Communication Services companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 1 news article for Cogeco this week, compared to 0 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

1 people have searched for CGO on MarketBeat in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Cogeco insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 2.11% of the stock of Cogeco is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

Only 27.61% of the stock of Cogeco is held by institutions.

CGO Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have CGO shares performed this year?

Cogeco's stock was trading at C$58.97 at the start of the year. Since then, CGO stock has decreased by 0.2% and is now trading at C$58.86.

How were Cogeco's earnings last quarter?

Cogeco Inc. (TSE:CGO) released its earnings results on Thursday, October, 31st. The company reported $2.65 earnings per share for the quarter. Cogeco had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 11.28% and a net margin of 3.00%.
Read the conference call transcript.

How do I buy shares of Cogeco?

Shares of CGO stock and other Canadian stocks can be purchased through an online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the Canadian stock market include BMO InvestorLine, CIBC Investor's Edge, Desjardins Online Brokerage, HSBC InvestDirect, Laurentian Bank Discount Brokerage, National Bank Direct Brokerage, Qtrade Investor, Questrade, RBC Direct Investing, Scotia iTrade, TD Direct Investing, and Virtual Brokers.

What other stocks do shareholders of Cogeco own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Cogeco investors own include Intact Financial (IFC), Constellation Software (CSU), AutoCanada (ACQ), Alimentation Couche-Tard (ATD.B), AbbVie (ABBV), Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM) and Vermilion Energy (VET).

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 10/31/2024
• Today: 8/03/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: TSE
• Sector: Communication Services
• Industry: Telecom Services
• Sub-Industry: Financial Services
• Current Symbol: TSE:CGO
• CIK: N/A
• Web: corpo.cogeco.com
• Phone: +1-514-7644700
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 2,219
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Cogeco: C$82.00
• High Price Target: C$105.00
• Low Price Target: C$64.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +39.3%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.00
• Research Coverage: 2 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): C$9.72
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 6.06
• Forward P/E Ratio: 5.32
• P/E Growth: -0.28
• Net Income: C$91.77 million
• Net Margins: 3.00%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 11.28%
• Return on Assets: 4.96%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 605.15
• Current Ratio: 0.40
• Quick Ratio: 0.51

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: C$3.05 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.18
• Cash Flow: C$23.60 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 2.49
• Book Value: C$370.91 per share
• Price / Book: 0.16

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 9,493,593
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: C$558.79 million
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.34