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Cable One (Cable One) Financial Strength : 4 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Cable One Financial Strength?

Cable One has the Financial Strength Rank of 4.

GuruFocus Financial Strength Rank measures how strong a company's financial situation is. It is based on these factors:

1. The debt burden that the company has as measured by its Interest Coverage (current year). The higher, the better.
2. Debt to revenue ratio. The lower, the better.
3. Altman Z-Score.

Cable One's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 3.40. Cable One's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 2.22. As of today, Cable One's Altman Z-Score is 1.18.


Competitive Comparison of Cable One's Financial Strength

For the Telecom Services subindustry, Cable One's Financial Strength, along with its competitors' market caps and Financial Strength 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 Financial Strength Distribution in the Telecommunication Services Industry

For the Telecommunication Services industry and Communication Services sector, Cable One's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Cable One's Financial Strength falls into.



Cable One Financial Strength Calculation

GuruFocus Financial Strength Rank measures how strong a company's financial situation is. It is based on these factors

A company ranks high with financial strength is likely to withstand any business slowdowns and recessions.

1. The debt burden that the company has as measured by its Interest Coverage (current year). The higher, the better.

Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.

Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income (EBIT) by its Interest Expense:

Cable One's Interest Expense for the months ended in Mar. 2024 was $-36 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Mar. 2024 was $122 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $3,574 Mil.

Cable One's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is

Interest Coverage=-1*Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2024 )
=-1*121.769/-35.784
=3.40

The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

2. Debt to revenue ratio. The lower, the better.

Cable One's Debt to Revenue Ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is

Debt to Revenue Ratio=Total Debt (Q: Mar. 2024 ) / Revenue
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / Revenue
=(19.018 + 3574.116) / 1617.248
=2.22

3. Altman Z-Score.

Z-Score model is an accurate forecaster of failure up to two years prior to distress. It can be considered the assessment of the distress of industrial corporations.

The zones of discrimination were as such:

When Z-Score is less than 1.81, it is in Distress Zones.
When Z-Score is greater than 2.99, it is in Safe Zones.
When Z-Score is between 1.81 and 2.99, it is in Grey Zones.

Cable One has a Z-score of 1.18, indicating it is in Distress Zones. This implies bankrupcy possibility in the next two years.

Warning Sign:

Altman Z-score of 1.18 is in distress zone. This implies bankruptcy possibility in the next two years.

* 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.


Cable One  (NYSE:CABO) Financial Strength Explanation

The maximum rank is 10. Companies with rank 7 or higher will be unlikely to fall into distressed situations. Companies with rank of 3 or less are likely in financial distress.

Cable One has the Financial Strength Rank of 4.


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Cable One (Cable One) Business Description

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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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