Cogent Communications Holdings (Cogent Communications Holdings) 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %

: 10.85 (As of Today)

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Cogent Communications Holdings's yield on cost for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 10.85.

The historical rank and industry rank for Cogent Communications Holdings's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % or its related term are showing as below:

CCOI' s 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.04 Med: 7.71 Max: 14.36
Current: 10.85

During the past 13 years, Cogent Communications Holdings's highest Yield on Cost was 14.36. The lowest was 2.04. And the median was 7.71.

CCOI's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % is ranked better than
84.89% of 225 companies
in the Telecommunication Services industry
Industry Median: 4.55 vs CCOI: 10.85

Competitive Comparison

For the Telecom Services subindustry, Cogent Communications Holdings's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %, along with its competitors' market caps and 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % 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.

Cogent Communications Holdings 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Distribution

For the Telecommunication Services industry and Communication Services sector, Cogent Communications Holdings's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Cogent Communications Holdings's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % falls into.

Cogent Communications Holdings 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Calculation

Dividend Yield % and dividend growth of a stock is an important factor for income investors. But if company A raises its dividend constantly faster than company B, company A's future dividend yield might be much higher than Company B's even if their yields are the same now and their stock prices do not change.

Yield on Cost assumes that you buy and the stock today, and hold it for 5 years. If the company raises it dividends at the same rate as it did over the past 5 years, the dividends investors receive annually in 5 years relative to the stock price today.

Therefore, Yield-on-Cost of Cogent Communications Holdings is calculated as

Yield-on-Cost

Dividend Yield %

Dividend Growth Rate)^5

Cogent Communications Holdings (NAS:CCOI) 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Explanation

Of course the risk here is that the company may not raise its dividends as it did before. The key is to select the companies that can consistently raise its dividends. Usually companies with long history of raising dividends tend to do so.

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Cogent Communications Holdings (Cogent Communications Holdings) Business Description

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Address

2450 N Street North West, Washington, DC, USA, 20037

Website

https://www.cogentco.com

Cogent carries over one fifth of the world's internet traffic over its network and is a broadband provider for businesses. Cogent's corporate customers are in high-rise office buildings; the firm provides them with two types of connections: dedicated internet access, which connects them to the internet, and virtual private networking, which offers an internal network for employees in different locations. Cogent's corporate customers are exclusively in North America and account for over half of the firm's revenue. Cogent's netcentric customers include internet service providers and content providers, to which Cogent provides internet transit. They hand traffic to Cogent in data centers and rely on Cogent to deliver it. About half of netcentric revenue is from outside the U.S.

Executives

John B. Chang	officer: VP & CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER	2450 N ST NW, 4TH FLOOR, WASHINGTON DC 20037
Dave Schaeffer	director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chairman, President & CEO	C/O COGENT COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC., 2450 N ST NW, 4TH FLOOR, WASHINGTON DC 20037
Henry W Kilmer	officer: VP of IP Engineering	C/O COGENT COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC., 2450 N ST NW, 4TH FLOOR, WASHINGTON DC 20037
James Bubeck	officer: Chief Revenue Officer	2450 N STREET NW, WASHINGTON DC 20037
Thaddeus Gerard Weed	officer: VP, Controller	COGENT COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC., 2450 N ST NW, 4TH FLOOR, WASHINGTON DC 20037
Lewis H Ferguson	director	8717 BURDETTE ROAD, BETHESDA MD 20817
Sheryl Lynn Kennedy	director	C/O COGENT COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC., 2450 N STREET, N.W., WASHINGTON DC 20037
Blake Bath	director	1010 WISCONSIN AVENUE, SUITE 600, WASHINGTON DC 20007
Marc Montagner	other: director nominee	C/O ENDURANCE INT'L GROUP HOLDINGS, INC., 10 CORPORATE DRIVE, SUITE 300, BURLINGTON MA 01803
David Allen Kapp	officer: VP & CHIEF TECHNICAL OFFICER	C/O COGENT COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC., 2450 N STREET, N.W., WASHINGTON DC 20037
Jeffrey S Danielson	officer: VP Infrastructure	C/O COGENT COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC., 2450 N STREET, N.W., WASHINGTON DC 20037
Steven D Brooks	director	C/O COGENT COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC., 2450 N ST NW, 4TH FLOOR, WASHINGTON DC 20037
Greg W O'connor	officer: VP, CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER	C/O COGENT COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC., 2450 N STREET, N.W., WASHINGTON DC 20037
Eve N Howard	director	C/O COGENT COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC., 2450 N STREET, N.W., WASHINGTON DC 20037
Sa Paul De	director	C/O COGENT COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC., 2450 N STREET, N.W., WASHINGTON DC 20037