Growth Metrics

Cable One (CABO) Return on Invested Capital (2016 - 2025)

Cable One's Return on Invested Capital history spans 11 years, with the latest figure at 0.03% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Invested Capital fell 14.0% year-over-year to 0.03%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.03%, down 14.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.04%, 23.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital reached 0.03% in Q4 2025 per CABO's latest filing, down from 0.03% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Invested Capital ranged from a high of 0.11% in Q4 2023 to a low of 0.03% in Q4 2025.
  • Average Return on Invested Capital over 5 years is 0.07%, with a median of 0.07% recorded in 2022.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Invested Capital: rose 3bps in 2023, then fell -14bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Invested Capital shows it stood at 0.07% in 2021, then rose by 26bps to 0.09% in 2022, then grew by 30bps to 0.11% in 2023, then dropped by -7bps to 0.11% in 2024, then plummeted by -130bps to 0.03% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for CABO's Return on Invested Capital are 0.03% (Q4 2025), 0.03% (Q3 2025), and 0.02% (Q2 2025).