Growth Metrics

Cogent Communications Holdings (CCOI) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2026)

Cogent Communications Holdings has reported Return on Capital Employed over the past 16 years, most recently at 2.6% for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Return on Capital Employed fell 137.0% to 2.6% in Q1 2026 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 2.6% through Mar 2026, down 137.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 3.47% for FY2025, 162.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed was 2.6% for Q1 2026 at Cogent Communications Holdings, up from 3.48% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Return on Capital Employed peaked at 13.75% in Q2 2022 and troughed at 7.78% in Q3 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 1.23% (2025), against an average of 1.81%.
  • Year-over-year, Return on Capital Employed tumbled -2019bps in 2024 and then surged 845bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 12.71% in 2022, then crashed by -138bps to 4.77% in 2023, then skyrocketed by 61bps to 1.85% in 2024, then crashed by -88bps to 3.48% in 2025, then rose by 25bps to 2.6% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for CCOI's Return on Capital Employed are 2.6% (Q1 2026), 3.48% (Q4 2025), and 0.68% (Q3 2025).