Cogent Communications Holdings (Cogent Communications Holdings) GF Score : 87/100 (As of Apr. 27, 2024)

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What is Cogent Communications Holdings GF Score?

Cogent Communications Holdings has the GF Score of 87, which implies that the company might have Good outperformance potential.

The GF Score is a stock performance ranking system developed by GuruFocus using five aspects of valuation, which has been found to be closely correlated to the long-term performances of stocks by backtesting from 2006 to 2021. The stocks with a higher GF Score generally generate higher returns than those with lower GF Scores. Therefore, when picking stocks, investors should invest in companies with high GF Scores. The GF Score ranges from 0 to 100, with 100 as the highest rank.

GF Score takes following five key aspects into consideration:

1. Financial Strength : 3/10
2. Profitability Rank : 8/10
3. Growth Rank : 10/10
4. GF Value Rank : 8/10
5. Momentum Rank : 5/10

Each one of these components is ranked and the ranks also have positive correlation with the long term performances of stocks. The GF score is calculated using the five key aspects of analysis. Through backtesting, we know that each of these key aspects has a different impact on the stock price performance. Thus, they are weighted differently when calculating the total score. The Profitability Rank and the Growth Rank are weighted fully, while other parameters have less weight.

Based on research and backtesting result, GuruFocus believes Cogent Communications Holdings might have Good outperformance potential.

Please click GF Score to see more details on the GF Score's 5 Key Aspects of Analysis.

Competitive Comparison of Cogent Communications Holdings's GF Score

For the Telecom Services subindustry, Cogent Communications Holdings's GF Score, along with its competitors' market caps and GF Score 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's GF Score Distribution in the Telecommunication Services Industry

For the Telecommunication Services industry and Communication Services sector, Cogent Communications Holdings's GF Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Cogent Communications Holdings's GF Score falls into.

Cogent Communications Holdings (NAS:CCOI) GF Score Explanation

Based on the historical long-term performances among five valuation aspects, the GF Score is found to be closely correlated to the long-term performances of stocks. It ranges from 0 to 100, with 100 as the highest. GuruFocus divided GF Score into following 5 categories:

GF Score	Performance Potential and All-in-One Screener Examples ⁽¹⁾
91 - 100	Highest outperformance potential
81 - 90	Good outperformance potential
71 - 80	Likely to have average performance
51 - 70	Poor future performance potential
0 - 50	Worst future performance potential, or not enough data

(1) These are some simple examples. You can access our GF Score filter under All-in-One Screener’s Fundamental tab.

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Cogent Communications Holdings (Cogent Communications Holdings) Business Description

Industry

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OGM1:Germany

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