Cable One (CABO) Operating Expenses (2014 - 2026)
Cable One (CABO) posted Operating Expenses of $873.84 million for Q2 2026, up 0.4% from $870.4 million a year earlier and up 228.1% from the prior quarter.
Cable One (CABO) Operating Expenses (2014 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For the trailing twelve months through Jun 30, 2026, Operating Expenses at Cable One was $1.69 billion, down 1.8% year-over-year; for FY2025, it came in at $1.71 billion, up 50.2% from FY2024.
- Annual Operating Expenses shows a five-year compound annual growth rate of 14.8% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In prior years, Cable One's Operating Expenses was $1.14 billion in FY2024 (-1.2%), $1.15 billion in FY2023 (-1.4%), $1.17 billion in FY2022 (+1.5%) and $1.15 billion in FY2021 (+34.3%).
- The Q2 2026 figure stands as the highest quarterly Operating Expenses in data going back to Q2 2014.
- On a year-over-year basis, Operating Expenses increased in four of the last eight quarters, with growth averaging 24.2%.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Operating Expenses in the past five years was Q2 2025, with growth of 206.1%; the weakest was Q4 2022, with a decline of 7.8%.
- According to Business Quant data, Operating Expenses for the three prior quarters was $266.35 million (Q1 2026), $272.17 million (Q4 2025) and $281.29 million (Q3 2025).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Opex (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Verizon Communications | 191.08 Bn | 155.48 Bn | 27.03 Bn | 27.07 Bn |
| 2 | T-Mobile US | 175.17 Bn | 159.92 Bn | 14.76 Bn | 17.30 Bn |
| 3 | At&T | 167.81 Bn | 115.76 Bn | 25.82 Bn | 24.52 Bn |
| 4 | Grupo Televisa, S.A.B | 146.22 Bn | 134.85 Bn | 318.12 Mn | -117.85 Mn |
| 5 | Comcast | 76.40 Bn | 40.65 Bn | - | 24.78 Bn |
| 6 | Chunghwa Telecom | 35.35 Bn | 31.20 Bn | 728.80 Mn | 309.31 Mn |
| 7 | EchoStar | 26.08 Bn | 17.22 Bn | 1.65 Bn | 3.06 Bn |
| 8 | AST SpaceMobile | 23.11 Bn | 23.62 Bn | 7.95 Mn | 329.10 Mn |
| 9 | Bce | 18.79 Bn | 17.12 Bn | - | -2.51 Bn |
| 10 | Cable One | 62.01 Mn | -589.20 Mn | 250.20 Mn | 873.84 Mn |
Historic 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 |
Cable One Operating Expenses API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=operating-expenses&ticker=CABO&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY
import requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "operating-expenses", "ticker": "CABO", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()
const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=operating-expenses&ticker=CABO&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();