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Cable One, Inc.

Ticker CABOPHOENIX, AZFiscal year ends DecemberBook value per share $-15.15Diluted shares 5.7M

Cable One, Inc. (NYSE: CABO) provides broadband communications through the Sparklight brand, serving residential and business customers in non-metropolitan, secondary and tertiary markets across 24 states. Its fiber and hybrid fiber-coaxial networks support internet, video and voice services, with residential and… From the company’s description.

Over the twelve months to Sep 30, 2026, Cable One, Inc. reported revenue of $1.40B, down 8.3% from a year earlier, and a net loss of $1.57B. Its operating margin was −49.3%, and operations generated $477.25M in cash. In fiscal 2025, it reported revenue of $1.50B, down 4.9% from fiscal 2024, and a net loss of $356.46M.

Fiscal year 2025 · ends 12-31Changes are against fiscal 2024The amber dot is the latest twelve months, to 2026-09-30
Sales & profitability
$1.50BFY2025
−4.9% year over year
Last 12 mo $1.40B
-13.81%FY2025
−41.8 percentage points
Last 12 mo -49.34%
$-356.46MFY2025
−2561.7% year over year
Last 12 mo $-1.57B
4.29%FY2025
+3.5 percentage points
Last 12 mo 765.19%
Cash & financing
$563.33MFY2025
−15.2% year over year
Last 12 mo $477.25M
$274.37MFY2025
−25.7% year over year
Last 12 mo $180.88M
2.23FY2025
Was 2.00× a year earlier
Last 12 mo -41.03
5.6MFY2025
−6.6% year over year
Last 12 mo 5.7M

Margins and return on equity change in ; everything else in percent. Fewer shares and less debt are shown plainly, not as bad news — it depends what you make of buybacks. Dotted labels explain each measure. is shown separately from the annual figures.

What Cable One, Inc. does

In the company’s own words

Cable One, Inc. (NYSE: CABO) provides broadband communications through the Sparklight brand, serving residential and business customers in non-metropolitan, secondary and tertiary markets across 24 states. Its fiber and hybrid fiber-coaxial networks support internet, video and voice services, with residential and business data as its primary offerings; additional services include managed Wi-Fi, technology support, network security, business voice and video, and enterprise fiber connectivity. In 2025, residential data generated 60.1% of revenue, business data 15.3%, and residential video 12.5%; business services also include voice and video. Cable One served approximately 1.0 million residential and business customers across 2.9 million serviceable locations as of December 31, 2025. Its history includes a 2015 spin-off from Graham Holdings Company, after which it became an independent public company, and subsequent acquisitions that expanded its cable operations. The company completed rebranding acquired operations under Sparklight in 2025. Its website is www.cableone.biz.

Company details
Sector
Communication Services
Industry (SIC)
Communications
Headquarters
PHOENIX, AZ
Fiscal year end
December
CIK
1632127
SIC
4841

Financial performance, year by year

Fiscal 2015–2025 · USD
$-1.90B$-913.40M$68.89M$1.05B$2.03B20152016201720182019202020212022202320242025Last 12 moLast 12 monthsLast 12 months

The full income statement, balance sheet and cash flow for each of these years — every figure traceable to its filing — is on the Financials tab with a free account.

Ownership

Who owns Cable One, Inc. — and what changed

Funds as of 2026Q2 · superinvestors as of 2026-06-30

203
funds hold it
0 of 35
superinvestors hold it
$102.90M
held by funds, at market
29.1%
of shares held by funds
2
bond issues held by funds

Largest fund holders · Cable One, Inc.’s weight in each

Avantis U.S. Small Cap Value ETF
AVUV · American Century ETF Trust
—of fund net assets
VANGUARD TOTAL STOCK MARKET INDEX FUND
VTI · VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS
0.00%of fund net assets
iShares Russell 2000 ETF
IWM · iShares Trust
0.01%of fund net assets
DAVENPORT SMALL CAP FOCUS FUND
DSCPX · Williamsburg Investment Trust
1.07%of fund net assets
Fidelity Small Cap Index Fund
FSSNX · Fidelity Salem Street Trust
—of fund net assets

Fund ownership is a floor, not a census — pensions, insurers and people holding shares directly are not visible here.

Cable One, Inc.’s bonds, as funds hold them

Funds report holding 2 issues of Cable One, Inc.’s debt, $258.33M at market value — what funds hold, not the company’s total debt. Weighted-average coupon 2.87%, maturing 2028 to 2030.

Fund ownership counts N-PORT filers only, so it is a floor rather than a census — pensions, insurers and direct holders are not visible here, and the remainder is not “held by individuals”.

Every fund and institutional holder, quarter by quarter, is on the Ownership tab with a free account.

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