Cable One (CABO) Operating Margin (2014 - 2026)
Cable One's (CABO) quarterly Operating Margin came in at 24.54% in Q1 2026, down 60.0% YoY from 61.34% in Q1 2025, and down 2.53% on a QoQ basis from 25.17% in Q4 2025.
Cable One (CABO) Operating Margin (2014 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Cable One (CABO) has 13 years of Operating Margin data on file, last reported at 24.54% in Q1 2026.
- Quarterly Operating Margin fell 60.0% year-over-year to 24.54% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 14.68% (down 4153.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 13.81%, down 4179.0% from the prior year.
- Operating Margin slipped to 24.54% in Q1 2026, from 25.17% in the prior quarter.
- In the past five years, Operating Margin ranged from a high of 35.44% in Q1 2022 to a low of 128.41% in Q2 2025.
- A 5-year average of 19.73% and a median of 28.21% in 2022 frame the typical range for Operating Margin.
- Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Operating Margin surged 545 bps — and 2025, when it tumbled 15633 bps.
- Tracing CABO's Operating Margin over 5 years: stood at 32.59% in 2022, then declined by 5 bps to 30.89% in 2023, then retreated by 15 bps to 26.23% in 2024, then dropped by 4 bps to 25.17% in 2025, then declined by 3 bps to 24.54% in 2026.
- The last three Operating Margin figures came in at 24.54% (Q1 2026), 25.17% (Q4 2025), and 25.19% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.
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Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | -150.44% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 24.54% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 25.17% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 25.19% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | -128.41% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 25.14% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 26.23% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 28.03% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 27.92% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 29.65% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 30.89% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 31.53% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 31.85% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 31.31% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 32.59% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 30.15% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 28.21% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 35.44% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 28.04% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 27.31% |