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CCOI vs. IRDM, USM, GOGO, LILAK, LILA, SPOK, ATNI, OMCC, SYTA, and CMBM

Should you be buying Cogent Communications stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cogent Communications include Iridium Communications (IRDM), United States Cellular (USM), Gogo (GOGO), Liberty Global (LILAK), Liberty Latin America (LILA), Spok (SPOK), ATN International (ATNI), Old Market Capital (OMCC), Siyata Mobile (SYTA), and Cambium Networks (CMBM). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.

Cogent Communications vs. Its Competitors

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

Iridium Communications has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Cogent 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
Cogent Communications$1.04B2.39-$204.07M-$4.01-12.54
Iridium Communications$830.68M4.14$112.78M$1.0629.96

Cogent Communications has a beta of 0.73, meaning that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Iridium Communications has a beta of 0.79, meaning that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Cogent Communications pays an annual dividend of $4.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.0%. Iridium Communications pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Cogent Communications pays out -100.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Iridium Communications pays out 52.8% 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. Cogent Communications has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years and Iridium Communications has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Cogent Communications is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Cogent Communications currently has a consensus price target of $75.75, indicating a potential upside of 50.63%. Iridium Communications has a consensus price target of $34.25, indicating a potential upside of 7.84%. Given Cogent Communications' higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Cogent Communications is more favorable than Iridium Communications.

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

92.5% of Cogent Communications shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.4% of Iridium Communications shares are held by institutional investors. 11.4% of Cogent Communications shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of Iridium Communications shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Iridium Communications has a net margin of 14.68% compared to Cogent Communications' net margin of -18.76%. Iridium Communications' return on equity of 19.41% beat Cogent Communications' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Cogent Communications-18.76% -70.29% -6.05%
Iridium Communications 14.68%19.41%4.60%

In the previous week, Iridium Communications had 3 more articles in the media than Cogent Communications. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Iridium Communications and 5 mentions for Cogent Communications. Cogent Communications' average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat Iridium Communications' score of 0.91 indicating that Cogent Communications is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Summary

Iridium Communications beats Cogent Communications on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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CCOI vs. The Competition

MetricCogent CommunicationsWireless National IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$2.50B$41.90B$27.38B$8.95B
Dividend Yield7.99%5.53%3.13%4.08%
P/E Ratio-12.549.2536.2320.03
Price / Sales2.393.112,008.98120.16
Price / Cash52.1212.2437.8357.47
Price / Book11.054.177.265.67
Net Income-$204.07M$2.54B$762.23M$248.47M
7 Day Performance4.42%9.83%2.71%2.90%
1 Month Performance5.92%10.26%6.67%5.75%
1 Year Performance-9.21%-3.12%52,251.43%21.36%

Cogent Communications Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CCOI
Cogent Communications
4.549 of 5 stars
$50.29
-0.6%
$75.75
+50.6%
-7.6%$2.50B$1.04B-12.541,916Positive News
IRDM
Iridium Communications
3.678 of 5 stars
$29.20
+2.7%
$34.25
+17.3%
+18.2%$3.16B$830.68M27.55660
USM
United States Cellular
2.7966 of 5 stars
$61.08
+1.6%
$82.67
+35.3%
+15.5%$5.19B$3.77B-132.784,100News Coverage
GOGO
Gogo
1.5734 of 5 stars
$14.08
-0.5%
$12.63
-10.3%
+57.3%$1.86B$444.71M-352.00457
LILAK
Liberty Global
2.5773 of 5 stars
$5.86
+2.1%
$10.27
+75.2%
-30.9%$1.17B$4.46B-1.4510,000News Coverage
LILA
Liberty Latin America
2.5124 of 5 stars
$5.74
+2.0%
$6.50
+13.2%
-32.5%$1.15B$4.46B-1.4210,000
SPOK
Spok
2.2091 of 5 stars
$16.87
+1.0%
$20.00
+18.6%
+14.0%$347.02M$137.65M21.63380
ATNI
ATN International
3.6103 of 5 stars
$16.40
+7.5%
$26.00
+58.5%
-26.4%$249.61M$729.08M-7.102,300Ex-Dividend
OMCC
Old Market Capital
N/A$5.42
-2.3%
N/AN/A$36.31M$4.59M-6.867Upcoming Earnings
Gap Up
SYTA
Siyata Mobile
0.314 of 5 stars
$1.98
-5.3%
N/A-97.4%$17.61M$11.74M0.0030Gap Up
CMBM
Cambium Networks
4.1888 of 5 stars
$0.35
+2.4%
$5.50
+1,479.6%
-83.8%$9.84M$172.22M-0.11570

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This page (NASDAQ:CCOI) was last updated on 7/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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