Forensic Analysis · Cable & Broadband · as of Nov 11, 2026

Cable One, Inc. (CABO)

A forensic read on Cable One, Inc. built from its complete SEC filings — financial-health screens, earnings quality, red flags and a price-aware rating. Reproducible math, not opinion.

B · Sound & dependable

Forensic grade

Clean

Earnings quality

Forensic signals

-22.1%

ROE

-4.9%

Revenue growth

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Cable One, Inc. earns a B (Sound & dependable) forensic quality grade. 3 forensic signals were flagged in its latest SEC filings, led by return on invested capital.

What the filings flag

-2.9%

FY2025

Return on invested capital. Return on invested capital is -2.9% in the latest fiscal year and slipping across FY2023–FY2025 from 6.8%. After-tax operating profit was $434M in FY2023 and ($164M) in FY2025, with operating income at 31.4% of revenue in FY2023, 28.0% in FY2024 and -13.8% in FY2025. The capital base behind it came down -10% across FY2023–FY2025, from $6.4B to $5.7B, so this return is struck on a smaller base than it started on. FY2025's operating profit carried a $586M asset write-down and a $89M goodwill write-off that alone took about 9.3 points off that year's return, so about 9.3 of the 9.7-point fall across FY2023–FY2025 is that charge landing in the latest year rather than the capital earning less. A non-cash write-down lowers the reported return in the year it lands.

$89M

FY2025

Goodwill impairments. Took $89M of goodwill writedowns across 1 year (FY2025 ($89M)). Writedowns mean past acquisitions underperformed what was paid for them.

-75%

FY2024→FY2025

Dividend — cut. The payout was CUT ~75% in FY2025 (from FY2024). It still returns some cash, but it is NOT the dependable, rising dividend an unbroken streak implies.

Key fundamentals

Latest Revenue$1.50B

Revenue Growth YoY-4.9%

Revenue CAGR (2yr)-5.4%

Net Margin-23.7%

Free Cash Flow$278.1M

Return on Equity-22.1%

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