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Cable One (Cable One) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow : 8.06 (As of Apr. 26, 2024)


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What is Cable One Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow?

As of today (2024-04-26), Cable One's share price is $389.24. Cable One's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $48.30. Hence, Cable One's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 8.06.

The historical rank and industry rank for Cable One's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow or its related term are showing as below:

CABO' s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 7.97   Med: 31.09   Max: 66.71
Current: 7.97

During the past 12 years, Cable One's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 66.71. The lowest was 7.97. And the median was 31.09.

CABO's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked better than
65.9% of 261 companies
in the Telecommunication Services industry
Industry Median: 12.58 vs CABO: 7.97

Cable One's Free Cash Flow per Share for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $5.97. Its Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in was $48.30.

During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of Cable One was -6.90% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 2.00% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 7.80% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 20.70% per year.

During the past 12 years, Cable One's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 74.60% per year. The lowest was 2.00% per year. And the median was 14.30% per year.


Cable One Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Historical Data

The historical data trend for Cable One's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Cable One Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Chart

Cable One Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 36.52 48.91 35.22 13.73 11.53

Cable One Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 13.73 14.66 12.60 11.80 11.53

Competitive Comparison of Cable One's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow

For the Telecom Services subindustry, Cable One's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Cable One's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Telecommunication Services Industry

For the Telecommunication Services industry and Communication Services sector, Cable One's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Cable One's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow falls into.



Cable One Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation

Cable One's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow ratio for today is calculated as

Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio=Share Price/ Free Cash Flow per Share (TTM)
=389.24/48.302
=8.06

Cable One's Share Price of today is $389.24.
Cable One's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $48.30.

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:

Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio=Market Cap/Free Cash Flow

Cable One  (NYSE:CABO) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Explanation

Free Cash Flow is considered more important than earnings by value investors. The reason is because, in principle, only the net cash that can be taken from the business belongs to shareholders. This Free Cash Flow can be used to grow the business, reduce debt or return to shareholders in dividends or share buybacks.

In a DCF Calculation Free Cash Flow is used to determine the intrinsic value of companies.


Be Aware

In real business, Free Cash Flow can be affected by the change in accounts receivable, accounts payable, management's decision on expansion, etc. Therefore, investors should look at the Free Cash Flow over the longer term. Long-term average of Free Cash Flow is a more reliable indicator for real free cash flow.


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Cable One (Cable One) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
210 East Earll Drive, Phoenix, AZ, USA, 85012
Cable One Inc is a telecommunications company. It derives revenue from the provision of broadband, voice, and video services to residential and business customers. From a product perspective, the majority of revenue is sourced from data and video services. This revenue is subscription-based and billed monthly. The company also offers Sparklight TV, an internet protocol-based (IPTV) video service that allows customers with our Sparklight TV app to stream our video channels from the cloud. The company also derives advertising revenue from selling airtime on its video channels. Voice services are offered over Internet protocols. The company owns a telecommunications infrastructure.
Executives
Thomas O. Might director, officer: Chairman and CEO 210 E. EARLL DRIVE, PHOENIX AZ 85012
Matthew Armstrong officer: SVP Residential Services 210 E EARLL DRIVE, PHOENIX AZ 85012
P Robert Bartolo director 1220 AUGUSTA DRIVE, SUITE 600, HOUSTON TX 77057
Eric Michael Lardy officer: SVP C/O CABLE ONE, INC., 210 E. EARLL DRIVE, PHOENIX AZ 85012
Christopher D Boone officer: See Remarks 210 E EARLL DR, C/O CABLE ONE, INC., PHOENIX AZ 85012
Thomas Sinnickson Gayner director C/O MARKEL CORP, 4521 HIGHWOODS PARKWAY, GLEN ALLEN VA 23060
Brad D. Brian director C/O CABLE ONE, INC., 210 E. EARLL DRIVE, PHOENIX AZ 85012
James A Obermeyer officer: SVP, Marketing & Sales C/O CABLE ONE, INC., 210 E EARLL DR, PHOENIX AZ 85012
Peter N. Witty officer: See Remarks CABLE ONE, 210 E. EARLL DRIVE, PHOENIX AZ 85012
Wallace R Weitz director 210 E. EARLL DRIVE, PHOENIX AZ 85012
Steven Scott Cochran officer: SVP C/O WIDEOPENWEST, INC., 7887 EAST BELLEVIEW AVENUE, SUITE 1000, ENGLEWOOD CO 80111
Julia M. Laulis officer: President and COO 210 E. EARLL DRIVE, PHOENIX AZ 85012
Todd M Koetje officer: See Remarks CABLE ONE, INC., 210 E EARLL DR, PHOENIX AZ 85012
Margaret Masoner Detz officer: SVP, Human Resources C/O CABLE ONE, INC., 210 E EARLL DR, PHOENIX AZ 85012
Katharine Weymouth director 1300 NORTH 17TH STREET, SUITE 1700, ARLINGTON VA 22209

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