Financial Contrast: Cable One (CABO) and Its Rivals

Cable One (NYSE:CABO) is one of 257 publicly-traded companies in the “Media” industry, but how does it contrast to its competitors? We will compare Cable One to related businesses based on the strength of its dividends, earnings, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and risk.

Profitability

This table compares Cable One and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cable One	-72.83%	-3.97%	-0.86%
Cable One Competitors	-19.47%	-47.79%	-5.05%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Cable One and its competitors revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Cable One	$1.44 billion	-$356.46 million	-0.03
Cable One Competitors	$2.98 billion	$35.34 million	5.38

Cable One’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Cable One. Cable One is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Risk and Volatility

Cable One has a beta of 0.52, indicating that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cable One’s competitors have a beta of 0.96, indicating that their average stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for Cable One and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cable One	2	4	0	0	1.67
Cable One Competitors	2314	6885	10722	487	2.46

Cable One currently has a consensus target price of $80.00, suggesting a potential upside of 1,392.54%. As a group, “Media” companies have a potential upside of 24.65%. Given Cable One’s higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Cable One is more favorable than its competitors.

Dividends

Cable One pays an annual dividend of $11.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 220.1%. Cable One pays out -6.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Media” companies pay a dividend yield of 5.3% and pay out 187.3% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. Cable One is clearly a better dividend stock than its competitors, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

89.9% of Cable One shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.1% of shares of all “Media” companies are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Cable One shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.5% of shares of all “Media” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Cable One competitors beat Cable One on 9 of the 15 factors compared.

Cable One Company Profile

Cable One, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides data, video, and voice services in the United States. The company offers residential data services, a service to enhance Wi-Fi signal throughout the home. It also provides various residential video services from basic video service to digital services with access to hundreds of channels; and provides a cloud-based DVR feature that does not require the use of a set-top boxes. In addition, the company offers Sparklight TV, an IPTV video service that allows customers to stream its video channels from the cloud through an app on supported devices, such as the Amazon Firestick, Apple TV, and Android-based smart televisions. Further, it provides data, voice, and video products to business customers, including small to mid-markets, enterprises, and wholesale and carrier customers. The company serves residential and business customers, comprising data, video, and voice services. Cable One, Inc. was incorporated in 1980 and is headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona.