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$46.05 -3.80 (-7.62%)
Closing price 05/21/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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CCOI vs. IRDM, ASTS, SATS, CALX, GOGO, SPIR, TSAT, BZFD, UCL, and KORE

Should you be buying Cogent Communications stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cogent Communications include Iridium Communications (IRDM), AST SpaceMobile (ASTS), EchoStar (SATS), Calix (CALX), Gogo (GOGO), Spire Global (SPIR), Telesat (TSAT), BuzzFeed (BZFD), uCloudlink Group (UCL), and KORE Group (KORE).

Cogent Communications vs.

Iridium Communications (NASDAQ:IRDM) and Cogent Communications (NASDAQ:CCOI) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and profitability.

Iridium Communications pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Cogent Communications pays an annual dividend of $4.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.8%. Iridium Communications pays out 52.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cogent Communications pays out -100.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Iridium Communications has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Cogent Communications has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years. Cogent Communications is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Cogent Communications received 10 more outperform votes than Iridium Communications when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.40% of users gave Cogent Communications an outperform vote while only 58.66% of users gave Iridium Communications an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Iridium CommunicationsOutperform Votes
491
58.66%
Underperform Votes
346
41.34%
Cogent CommunicationsOutperform Votes
501
61.40%
Underperform Votes
315
38.60%

Iridium Communications currently has a consensus target price of $34.25, indicating a potential upside of 35.32%. Cogent Communications has a consensus target price of $75.75, indicating a potential upside of 64.50%. Given Cogent Communications' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Cogent Communications is more favorable than Iridium Communications.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Iridium Communications
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.80
Cogent Communications
1 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

84.4% of Iridium Communications shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.4% of Cogent Communications shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.4% of Iridium Communications shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 10.2% of Cogent Communications shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Cogent Communications had 4 more articles in the media than Iridium Communications. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Cogent Communications and 10 mentions for Iridium Communications. Cogent Communications' average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat Iridium Communications' score of 1.28 indicating that Cogent Communications is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Iridium Communications
8 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Cogent Communications
11 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Iridium Communications has a net margin of 13.58% compared to Cogent Communications' net margin of 3.73%. Iridium Communications' return on equity of 15.66% beat Cogent Communications' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Iridium Communications13.58% 15.66% 4.15%
Cogent Communications 3.73%-36.31%-5.20%

Iridium Communications has a beta of 0.74, indicating that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cogent Communications has a beta of 0.76, indicating that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Cogent Communications has higher revenue and earnings than Iridium Communications. Cogent Communications is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Iridium Communications, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Iridium Communications$841.71M3.25$112.78M$1.0623.88
Cogent Communications$1.02B2.23$1.27B-$4.01-11.48

Summary

Cogent Communications beats Iridium Communications on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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CCOI vs. The Competition

MetricCogent CommunicationsCommunication services IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$2.27B$7.09B$25.10B$8.39B
Dividend Yield7.95%6.24%2.90%4.10%
P/E Ratio59.048.6144.5819.71
Price / Sales2.2381.252,122.69117.39
Price / Cash11.4911.9234.7834.62
Price / Book3.6710.046.654.50
Net Income$1.27B-$160.13M$739.99M$248.18M
7 Day Performance-8.65%-0.77%-0.92%0.20%
1 Month Performance-9.97%8.66%12.60%12.37%
1 Year Performance-21.75%22.73%52,628.85%7.04%

Cogent Communications Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CCOI
Cogent Communications
4.475 of 5 stars
$46.05
-7.6%
$75.75
+64.5%
-23.0%$2.27B$1.02B59.041,080Positive News
High Trading Volume
IRDM
Iridium Communications
4.7651 of 5 stars
$26.98
+2.0%
$34.25
+26.9%
-18.8%$2.92B$841.71M28.40660Positive News
ASTS
AST SpaceMobile
3.3647 of 5 stars
$27.16
+5.4%
$42.82
+57.6%
+405.9%$8.60B$4.42M-12.81390Insider Trade
SATS
EchoStar
1.4032 of 5 stars
$20.18
-16.6%
$23.75
+17.7%
+17.1%$5.78B$15.83B-2.202,300High Trading Volume
CALX
Calix
2.8883 of 5 stars
$44.16
+2.3%
$47.83
+8.3%
+49.6%$2.86B$825.45M-98.131,430Positive News
GOGO
Gogo
2.2209 of 5 stars
$12.36
+12.4%
$11.33
-8.3%
+11.8%$1.63B$444.71M28.74457Positive News
High Trading Volume
SPIR
Spire Global
1.5821 of 5 stars
$9.27
-5.7%
$17.80
+92.1%
+30.2%$286.94M$110.45M-2.66370
TSAT
Telesat
1.2049 of 5 stars
$16.74
+1.5%
N/A+101.8%$228.35M$535.62M6.89N/A
BZFD
BuzzFeed
1.3698 of 5 stars
$1.92
+3.2%
N/A-20.4%$73.97M$189.89M-1.321,520Positive News
UCL
uCloudlink Group
1.5505 of 5 stars
$1.32
+12.8%
N/A-14.8%$49.89M$91.64M12.00490News Coverage
KORE
KORE Group
1.9492 of 5 stars
$2.29
-6.9%
$2.75
+20.1%
-38.4%$39.30M$286.09M-0.32610Earnings Report
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This page (NASDAQ:CCOI) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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