Cogent Communications Holdings (CCOI) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2026)

Cogent Communications Holdings has disclosed Return on Capital Employed across 16 years of filings, most recently posting 2.6% for Q1 2026.

• In Q1 2026, Return on Capital Employed fell 137.0% year-over-year to 2.6%; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 2.6% (down 137.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 3.47%, down 162.0% from the prior year.
• Return on Capital Employed advanced to 2.6% in Q1 2026, from 3.48% in the prior quarter.
• Over the last five years, Return on Capital Employed for CCOI reached as high as 13.75% in Q2 2022 and fell as low as 7.78% in Q3 2024.
• The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 1.23% (2025), against an average of 1.81%.
• Annual changes were most pronounced in 2024 — Return on Capital Employed tumbled 2019 bps — and 2025, when it surged 845 bps.
• A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 12.71% in 2022, then plunged by 138 bps to 4.77% in 2023, then jumped by 61 bps to 1.85% in 2024, then sank by 88 bps to 3.48% in 2025, then climbed by 25 bps to 2.6% in 2026.
• According to Business Quant data, Return on Capital Employed over the past three periods registered 2.6%, 3.48%, and 0.68% for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.