Growth Metrics

Cable One (CABO) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2026)

Cable One filings provide 12 years of Return on Capital Employed readings, the most recent being 4.02% for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Capital Employed fell 1135.0% to 4.02% in Q1 2026 year-over-year; TTM through Mar 2026 was 4.02%, a 1135.0% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at 3.91%, down 1079.0% from a year prior.
  • Return on Capital Employed hit 4.02% in Q1 2026 for Cable One, up from 4.25% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 8.14% in Q3 2023 to a low of 4.25% in Q4 2025.
  • Median Return on Capital Employed over the past 5 years was 7.54% (2022), compared with a mean of 4.97%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Capital Employed: skyrocketed 581bps in 2022 and later plummeted -1137bps in 2025.
  • Cable One's Return on Capital Employed stood at 8.1% in 2022, then fell by -1bps to 7.99% in 2023, then dropped by -13bps to 6.93% in 2024, then crashed by -161bps to 4.25% in 2025, then increased by 5bps to 4.02% in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for Return on Capital Employed were 4.02% (Q1 2026), 4.25% (Q4 2025), and 3.98% (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.