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We have scored 76 news catalysts on Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc. (CCOI) over the past 12 months. The biggest single-day move next to one of them came Feb 20, 2026, when CCOI closed −29.3%: “CoreWeave, Inc. (CRWV) Facing Securities Class Action Over Alleged Data Center Delays and Concealed Infrastructure Risks - Hagens Berman”. Coverage across the window leans negative (average ticker sentiment −0.74). Most of the impact sits in price momentum and institutional appeal.
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Market cap
503.3M
P/E
—
EPS
—
Beta
0.75
52W range
8.88-45.69
Day range
9.85–10.39
Open
10.02
Prev close
9.98
Volume
1.3M
Avg volume
1.5M
Dividend
0.08
IPO
2002-02-05
Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc., founded in 1999 and based in Washington, D.C., functions as a multinational provider of high-speed internet connectivity, private networking solutions, and data center co-location services. Its extensive reach covers clients across North America, Europe, Asia, South America, Australia, and Africa. The company delivers its core services, including rapid internet access and secure private networks, in two primary ways: directly to customers located within buildings physically connected to its network (referred to as on-net services), and to those outside this direct infrastructure (off-net services). For corporate customers requiring off-net connections, Cogent frequently utilizes other carriers' circuits to complete the final segment of the network link to the customer's premises. Cogent serves a broad spectrum of organizations, from professional services firms like legal practices, financial institutions, advertising and marketing agencies, healthcare providers, and educational institutions, to other key players in the communications sector. This includes other internet service providers, telephone and cable television companies, web hosting providers, media and mobile phone operators, content delivery networks, and commercial content/application developers. Furthermore, Cogent operates 54 data centers, allowing customers to house their equipment securely and connect directly to its network. The company boasts a significant infrastructure presence, providing facilities to 3,035 buildings in total, with direct on-net services available to 1,817 multi-tenant office buildings. Cogent primarily caters to small and medium-sized enterprises, communications service providers, and organizations with substantial bandwidth demands.
Analysts publish price targets on CCOI, and they disagree. Where the share price actually sits among them shows which of their arguments the market is buying — and which it is ignoring.
8 analyst price targets from $9 to $34
as of 2026-09-02
The market is 33% below the median target — more cautious than the analysts.
The reconstruction
At $10.05, the stock sits at the 12th percentile of published models, rejecting the seven known bull cases and aligning solely with the UBS Underweight target that the dividend is gutted and the wavelength backlog was largely fictitious.
What the disagreement turns on
Whether the optical wavelength segment was a real, billable business or an illusory backlog, and since pricing and customer demand cannot be measured with the wired data, the question cannot be settled here.
The price pays for
It declines to pay for
Written by a language model from the published models, the reported segments and a reverse-DCF — not a recommendation, and not a house view.
Claim by claim
Computed at $9.01 on 2026-09-02 — the quote has since moved +12%, so read this as a record of what was priced in then, not now.
Daily OHLCV with SMA overlays and session pivots. Draw your levels and trendlines on it, or ask the AI analyst what the price is reacting to.
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