Cogent Communications (CCOI) Stock Forecast, Price & News

8 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Cogent Communications in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 2 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" CCOI shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in CCOI, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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8 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month target prices for Cogent Communications' shares. Their CCOI share price forecasts range from $43.00 to $93.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $67.33 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 6.3% from the stock's current price.
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Cogent Communications' stock was trading at $57.08 at the start of the year. Since then, CCOI stock has increased by 11.0% and is now trading at $63.37.
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Cogent Communications saw a increase in short interest in May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,790,000 shares, an increase of 6.5% from the April 30th total of 1,680,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 313,900 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 5.7 days. Currently, 4.2% of the company's shares are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, August 3rd 2023.
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Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:CCOI) posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May, 4th. The technology company reported $0.13 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.12 by $0.01. The technology company earned $116.10 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $153.79 million. Cogent Communications had a negative trailing twelve-month return on equity of 2.48% and a net margin of 1.68%. The company's revenue was up 3.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $0.02 earnings per share.

Cogent Communications declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, May 3rd. Stockholders of record on Thursday, May 18th will be given a dividend of $0.935 per share on Friday, June 2nd. This represents a $3.74 annualized dividend and a yield of 5.90%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, May 17th. This is an increase from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.93.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Cogent Communications (NASDAQ:CCOI) stock in their portfolio include Timothy Plan Market Neutral ETF (TPMN), Invesco S&P SmallCap Utilities & Communication Services ETF (PSCU), SPDR S&P Telecom ETF (XTL), Roundhill IO Digital Infrastructure ETF (BYTE), Natixis Vaughan Nelson Select ETF (VNSE), Invesco S&P SmallCap High Dividend Low Volatility ETF (XSHD), Invesco High Yield Equity Dividend Achievers ETF (PEY) and Global SuperDividend US ETF (DIV).

Cogent Communications (NASDAQ:CCOI) pays an annual dividend of $3.74 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 6.10%. CCOI has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The company has been increasing its dividend for 11 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 1,700.00%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on EPS estimates, CCOI will have a dividend payout ratio of 205.49% in the coming year. This indicates that the company may not be able to sustain their current dividend.
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214 employees have rated Cogent Communications Chief Executive Officer Dave Schaeffer on Glassdoor.com. Dave Schaeffer has an approval rating of 43% among the company's employees. This puts Dave Schaeffer in the bottom 10% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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Cogent Communications trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "CCOI."

Cogent Communications' stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (15.20%), Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P. (4.39%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (3.77%), State Street Corp (3.65%), Brown Advisory Inc. (2.80%) and Copeland Capital Management LLC (1.92%). Insiders that own company stock include Blake Bath, Dave Schaeffer, David Allen Kapp, Henry W Kilmer, James Bubeck, John B Chang, Lewis H Ferguson, Marc Montagner, Mariana Garavaglia, Raymond B Kummer, Sean Robert Wallace, Sheryl Lynn Kennedy, Steven D Brooks, Thaddeus Gerard Weed and Timothy G Oneill.
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Shares of CCOI stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of CCOI stock can currently be purchased for approximately $63.37.

Cogent Communications (NASDAQ:CCOI) has a market capitalization of $3.06 billion and generates $604.02 million in revenue each year. The technology company earns $5.15 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.22 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 1,076 workers across the globe.

Cogent Communications' mailing address is 2450 NORTH STREET NW, WASHINGTON DC, 20037. The official website for the company is www.cogentco.com. The technology company can be reached via phone at (202) 295-4200, via email at investor.relations@cogentco.com, or via fax at 202-338-8798.