Growth Metrics

Cogent Communications Holdings (CCOI) Free Cash Flow (2016 - 2026)

Cogent Communications Holdings has reported Free Cash Flow over the past 17 years, most recently at -$31.4 million for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Free Cash Flow fell 44.48% to -$31.4 million in Q1 2026 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was -$207.8 million through Mar 2026, down 2.01% year-over-year, with the annual reading at -$198.1 million for FY2025, 2.7% up from the prior year.
  • Free Cash Flow was -$31.4 million for Q1 2026 at Cogent Communications Holdings, up from -$43.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Free Cash Flow peaked at $45.2 million in Q2 2023 and troughed at -$100.2 million in Q2 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Free Cash Flow is -$31.4 million (2026), against an average of -$26.5 million.
  • The largest YoY upside for Free Cash Flow was 164.13% in 2023 against a maximum downside of 651.68% in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Free Cash Flow shows it stood at $16.7 million in 2022, then tumbled by 651.68% to -$92.3 million in 2023, then surged by 65.8% to -$31.6 million in 2024, then tumbled by 36.27% to -$43.0 million in 2025, then increased by 27.0% to -$31.4 million in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for CCOI's Free Cash Flow are -$31.4 million (Q1 2026), -$43.0 million (Q4 2025), and -$33.2 million (Q3 2025).