Cable One (CABO) Operating Expenses (2014 - 2026)
Cable One's (CABO) quarterly Operating Expenses came in at $266.4 million in Q1 2026, down 6.52% YoY from $284.9 million in Q1 2025, and down 2.14% on a QoQ basis from $272.2 million in Q4 2025.
Cable One (CABO) Operating Expenses (2014 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Cable One (CABO) has 13 years of Operating Expenses data on file, last reported at $266.4 million in Q1 2026.
- Quarterly Operating Expenses fell 6.52% year-over-year to $266.4 million in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $1.7 billion (up 48.51% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $1.7 billion, up 50.2% from the prior year.
- Operating Expenses slipped to $266.4 million in Q1 2026, from $272.2 million in the prior quarter.
- In the past five years, Operating Expenses ranged from a high of $870.4 million in Q2 2025 to a low of $266.4 million in Q1 2026.
- A 5-year average of $319.5 million and a median of $284.9 million in 2025 frame the typical range for Operating Expenses.
- Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Operating Expenses slipped 7.85% — and 2025, when it soared 206.13%.
- Tracing CABO's Operating Expenses over 5 years: stood at $286.8 million in 2022, then slipped by 0.79% to $284.6 million in 2023, then grew by 0.37% to $285.6 million in 2024, then slipped by 4.71% to $272.2 million in 2025, then declined by 2.14% to $266.4 million in 2026.
- The last three Operating Expenses figures came in at $266.4 million (Q1 2026), $272.2 million (Q4 2025), and $281.3 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.
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| 1 | Verizon Communications | 205.36 Bn | 203.61 Bn | 27.03 Bn | 27.07 Bn |
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| 4 | At&T | 174.94 Bn | 157.37 Bn | 25.25 Bn | 24.52 Bn |
| 5 | Chunghwa Telecom | 33.60 Bn | 31.03 Bn | 728.80 Mn | 309.31 Mn |
| 6 | EchoStar | 25.24 Bn | 23.74 Bn | 1.65 Bn | 3.06 Bn |
| 7 | Bce | 22.16 Bn | 22.16 Bn | - | 2.51 Bn |
| 8 | Rogers Communications | 19.61 Bn | 18.36 Bn | 1.77 Bn | 152.54 Mn |
| 9 | Telefonica Brasil | 18.11 Bn | 18.11 Bn | 1.32 Bn | -191.29 Mn |
| 10 | Cable One | 150.05 Mn | -16.14 Mn | 250.20 Mn | 873.84 Mn |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 873.84 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 266.35 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 272.17 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 281.29 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 870.40 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 284.93 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 285.63 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 283.26 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 284.32 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 284.45 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 284.59 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 287.82 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 288.98 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 289.79 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 286.84 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 296.68 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 308.03 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 275.51 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 311.27 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 312.74 Mn |