Cogent Communications Holdings (Cogent Communications Holdings) Cash And Cash Equivalents

: $75.1 Mil (As of Dec. 2023)

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Cogent Communications Holdings's quarterly cash and cash equivalents declined from Jun. 2023 ($192.37 Mil) to Sep. 2023 ($109.66 Mil) but then stayed the same from Sep. 2023 ($109.66 Mil) to Dec. 2023 ($75.09 Mil).

Cogent Communications Holdings's annual cash and cash equivalents declined from Dec. 2021 ($319.61 Mil) to Dec. 2022 ($223.78 Mil) and declined from Dec. 2022 ($223.78 Mil) to Dec. 2023 ($75.09 Mil).

Cogent Communications Holdings Cash And Cash Equivalents Historical Data

The historical data trend for Cogent Communications Holdings's Cash And Cash Equivalents can be seen below:

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Cogent Communications Holdings Annual Data

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Dec23

Cash And Cash Equivalents

399.42

371.30

319.61

223.78

75.09

Cogent Communications Holdings Quarterly Data
	Mar19	Jun19	Sep19	Dec19	Mar20	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23	Dec23
Cash And Cash Equivalents																223.78	184.14	192.37	109.66	75.09

Cogent Communications Holdings Cash And Cash Equivalents Calculation

Cash and cash equivalents are the most liquid assets on the balance sheet. Cash equivalents are assets that are readily convertible into cash, such as money market holdings, short-term government bonds or Treasury bills, marketable securities and commercial paper.

Cogent Communications Holdings (NAS:CCOI) Cash And Cash Equivalents Explanation

A high number means either:

1) The company has competitive advantage generating lots of cash

2) Just sold a business or bonds (not necessarily good)

A low stockpile of cash usually means poor to mediocre economics.

There are 3 ways to create large cash reserve.

1) Sell new bonds or equity to public

2) Sell business or asset

3) It has an ongoing business generating more cash than it burns (usually means durable competitive advantage)

When a company is suffering a short term problem, Buffett looks at cash or marketable securities to see whether it has the financial strength to ride it out.

Important: Lots of cash and marketable securities + little debt = good chance that the business will sail on through tough times.

Test to see what is creating cash by looking at past 7 yrs of balance sheets. This will reveal how the cash was created.

Be Aware

Depreciation estimates make the calculation of net income susceptible to management's accounting choices. These choices can be either overly aggressive or overly conservative.

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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