Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc.
Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc. is classed by the SEC under Communications Services, NEC (industry code 4899), based in Washington, DC. Its latest filed balance sheet (2025-12-31) shows total assets of $3.1 billion (its filed statements).
vs its business-model standard
Three tenses, nine metrics. Unseen metrics stay unseen; the grade never fakes a number. Proxy era: provisional values, marked. Weighed as a subscription business: prior from its industry code (SEC 4899, Communications Services, NEC); the filing read can change it. All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.
The grade, in three tenses
Headline 5.6 out of ten, 9 of 9 metrics filed: past 7.7 out of ten, present 5.7 out of ten, future 4.1 out of ten. The past asks what it actually did, the present what it is doing right now, the future what it is set up to do next.
The nine metrics
- Surviving crises (past): 8.8 out of ten. No warning events in its filings since 2017. 88th percentile among 20 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
- Track record (past): 7.6 out of ten. +9.1% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 8 of 10. 76th percentile among 17 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
- Shareholder treatment (past): 7.2 out of ten. Share count grew 0.5% a year. 62% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 15 sales, 0 purchases. 72nd percentile among 10 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
- Financial health (present): 4.4 out of ten. Leverage 102%: owes 102¢ per asset dollar. 44th percentile among 18 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
- Industry position (present): 6.0 out of ten. top 40% of 19 in its family; net margin -18.7%. 60th percentile among 19 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
- Leadership (present): 7.9 out of ten. top 21% of 12 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2006. 79th percentile among 12 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-09).
- Room to expand (future): 4.0 out of ten. bottom 40% of 18 in its family for room to expand. 40th percentile among 18 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
- Growth drivers (future): 5.8 out of ten. top 42% of 17 in its family for growth drivers. 58th percentile among 17 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
- Expectations vs reality (future): 1.9 out of ten. bottom 19% of 17 in its family for expectations against reality. 19th percentile among 17 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
The filing record
Newest annual report: Form 10-K filed 2026-02-20 for the period ended 2025-12-31 (on EDGAR). Newest quarterly report: Form 10-Q filed 2026-08-06 for the period ended 2026-06-30 (on EDGAR). Newest results release: Form 8-K filed 2026-08-06 (on EDGAR). Newest filing: Form SCHEDULE 13G/A, 2026-10-05. Filings on record since 2001. Read from EDGAR 2026-10-12.
Where the revenue comes from
Product and service lines in fiscal 2025: On Net Services 55%, Off Net Services 41%, Wavelength Services 4%, Non Core Services 1%. By geography: North America 84%, Europe 13%, Oceania 3%, South America 1%, Africa under 1%. As tagged in its annual report (Form 10-K, filed 2026-02-20).
Who runs it
Schaeffer, Dave (CHAIRMAN, CEO, AND PRESIDENT); Weed, Thaddeus Gerard (VICE PRESIDENT, CFO); Chang, John B. (VP & CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER); Harris, Mark Andrew (VP & Chief Revenue Officer); Montagner, Marc (DIRECTOR NOMINEE); Kilmer, Henry W (VP OF NETWORK STRATEGY); Brooks, Steven D (director); De, Sa Paul (director); Ferguson, Lewis H (director); Howard, Eve N (director); and 2 more. 12 officers and directors have filed their own trades in the last fifteen months, names and titles as filed with the SEC, through 2026-09-30.
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