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Cogent Communications Holdings (CCOI) Q2 FY2026 earnings: revenue $236 million, down 4.3% on the year

Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc. (CCOI) reported revenue of $236 million for Q2 FY2026, the quarter ended 30 June 2026, down 4.3% on the same quarter a year earlier. Net income was $67 million, and diluted earnings per share $1.38. The figures are the company's own, from the 10-Q it filed with the SEC on 6 August 2026.

Revenue$236 milliondown 4.3%
Net income$67 million
Diluted EPS$1.38
QuarterQ2 FY2026ended 30 June 2026

What management said

  • Sold ten data centers for proceeds: Monetized owned data center portfolio by selling ten buildings for $224.2 million in net proceeds, generating $130.7 million pre-tax gain reflected in Q2 earnings.
  • Debt repurchase from asset proceeds: Used capital from data center sales to repurchase $138.8 million par value of 2032 notes at discount through July 31, generating $13.4 million gain.
  • On-net revenue included wavelengths: On-net revenue including wavelengths was $150.2 million, up 0.7 percent from Q1 and up 6.2 percent year-over-year, showing stability in core on-net customer base.
Read the earnings call summary

The quarter, against the one before and a year earlier

LineQ2 FY2026Q1 FY2026Q2 FY2025Change on the year
Revenue236239246-4.3%
Cost of revenue125129137-9.1%
Gross profit111110109+1.7%
Gross margin46.9%46.0%44.2%
Selling, general and administrative72.172.364.9+11.0%
Operating income119-13.5-31.5n/a
Operating margin50.5%-5.6%-12.8%
Pre-tax income83.1-51.0-74.5n/a
Income tax16.5-11.4-16.7n/a
Effective tax rate19.8%n/an/a
Net income66.6-39.5-57.8n/a
Net margin28.3%-16.5%-23.5%
Diluted EPS$1.38-$0.83-$1.21n/a
$ million except per share.
Read moreFree cash flow is operating cash flow less capital expenditure; the effective tax rate is income tax over pre-tax income; margins are the line over revenue. Gross profit is revenue less cost of revenue, and operating income is revenue less the company's own total costs, where the statement does not print those lines. Those four are arithmetic on the filed numbers; everything else is as filed. Money is in $ million as the company files it, or in $ billion by the switch above the tables; per share figures and share counts are as they are.

Cash flow and capital returned

LineQ2 FY2026Q1 FY2026Q2 FY2025Change on the year
Operating cash flow3.214.8-44.0n/a
Capital expenditure38.546.256.2-31.4%
Free cash flow-35.3-31.4-100n/a
Free cash flow margin-15.0%-13.1%-40.7%
Cash from investing219-21.2-31.2n/a
Cash from financing-30.7-14.7194n/a
Depreciation and amortisation53.054.175.3-29.7%
Share-based compensation7.67.64.7+63.9%
Buybacksn/a10611.5n/a
Dividends paid2.31.349.6-95.4%
Dividend per share$0.02$0.02$1.01-98.0%
Diluted shares, weighted48m48m48m+1.8%
Shares outstanding at period end51m50m49m+4.0%

Cash flow lines for the quarter; where the company files them year to date, the quarter is the difference between two filings.

Balance sheet at quarter end

LineQ2 FY2026Q1 FY2026Q2 FY2025Change on the year
Shareholders' equity-34.1-10446.7n/a
Operating lease liabilities256264299-14.1%
Finance lease liabilities609605579+5.3%
Other liabilities2,2732,2922,347-3.2%
Total liabilities and equity3,1043,0573,271-5.1%
Fixed assets1,6381,7331,725-5.1%
Cash and equivalents184140214-14.0%
Receivables85.891.195.1-9.8%
Other assets1,1961,0921,236-3.3%
Total assets3,1043,0573,271-5.1%

Questions

What was Cogent Communications Holdings' revenue in Q2 FY2026?

Cogent Communications Holdings (CCOI) reported revenue of $236 million for Q2 FY2026, the quarter ended 30 June 2026, down 4.3% on the same quarter a year earlier.

How much did Cogent Communications Holdings earn in Q2 FY2026?

Net income for Q2 FY2026 was $67 million, and diluted earnings per share $1.38.

When did Cogent Communications Holdings report Q2 FY2026 results?

Cogent Communications Holdings filed its 10-Q for the quarter ended 30 June 2026 with the SEC on 6 August 2026.

Quarterly results, the last 12 quarters

Q3 FY2023Q4 FY2023 *Q1 FY2024Q2 FY2024Q3 FY2024Q4 FY2024 *Q1 FY2025Q2 FY2025Q3 FY2025Q4 FY2025 *Q1 FY2026Q2 FY2026
Revenue275272266260257252247246242241239236
Cost of revenue174174169156162155137137132128129125
Gross profit10297.697.210495.797.1110109110112110111
Gross margin37%36%37%40%37%38%44%44%46%47%46%47%
SG&A65.381.376.768.367.763.173.964.970.465.272.372.1
Operating income-50.6-68.5-59.4-47.1-57.8-33.2-40.3-31.5-18.1-11.2-13.5119
Operating margin-18%-25%-22%-18%-22%-13%-16%-13%-7%-5%-6%50%
Interest expense24.234.923.0n/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/a
Pre-tax income-70.3180-84.4-40.2-80.0-55.0-70.3-74.5-52.6-47.6-51.083.1
Tax raten/a-11%n/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/a20%
Net income-56.7200-65.3-32.3-63.1-43.3-52.0-57.8-41.5-30.8-39.566.6
Net margin-21%74%-25%-12%-25%-17%-21%-23%-17%-13%-17%28%
Diluted EPS-$1.20$4.17-$1.38-$0.68-$1.33-$0.91-$1.09-$1.21-$0.87-$0.64-$0.83$1.38
Operating cash flow-52.4-48.719.2-22.2-20.214.536.4-44.03.1-6.014.83.2
Capital expenditure25.443.640.948.859.246.158.156.236.237.046.238.5
Free cash flow-77.8-92.3-21.7-70.9-79.5-31.6-21.7-100-33.1-43.0-31.4-35.3
Buybacksn/an/an/an/a0.0n/an/a11.55.2n/a106n/a
Dividends paid45.146.40.593.347.248.449.149.649.12.31.32.3
Shares outstanding49m49m49m49m49m49m49m49m49m50m50m51m
Filing10-Q10-K10-Q10-Q10-Q10-K10-Q10-Q10-Q10-K10-Q10-Q
Each quarter as filed, linked to its filing.
Read more* The fourth quarter is the full year less the first three quarters, because the company files the year and not the quarter on its own. A fourth quarter's EPS and diluted share count are from the company's results press release for that quarter, used where the release gives the same revenue and net income as the table. Money is in $ million as the company files it, or in $ billion by the switch above the tables; per share figures and the share count are as they are. Free cash flow is operating cash flow less capital expenditure; the effective tax rate is income tax over pre-tax income; margins are the line over revenue. Gross profit is revenue less cost of revenue, and operating income is revenue less the company's own total costs, where the statement does not print those lines. Cash flow lines filed year to date are the difference between two filings. Shares outstanding are at the period end where the balance sheet tags them, otherwise the count on the filing's cover page. A derived fourth-quarter EPS is left blank when a split in the year makes the arithmetic meaningless.

Source

10-Q for the period ended 30 June 2026, filed 6 August 2026, accession 0001104659-26-091790: the filing on EDGAR. All of Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc.'s filings: EDGAR company page.

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