Cable One, Inc. CABO

Competitive advantage analysis · communication-services

Corporate Default
Overall moat score
31/100
Developing

Ranked against 59 peers in Telecom Services

About Cable One, Inc.

Cable One, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides data, video, and voice services in the United States. The company offers residential data services, a service to enhance Wi-Fi signal throughout the home. It also provides various residential video services from basic video service to digital services with access to hundreds of channels. In addition, the company offers Sparklight TV, an … Full CABO analysis →

Key strengths

  • Cash Generation Consistent Cash generation is consistent (score 0.83), indicating reliable business model.
  • Consistent Cash Generation Cash generation is strong and consistent (score 0.83).

Key risks

  • ROIC Below WACC or Peers ROIC at 10.5th percentile suggests inefficient capital deployment.
  • Elevated Debt Risk Debt serviceability is weak (score 0.10), raising refinancing risk.

The dashed ring is the peer median. Defense scores are percentile ranks against peers, so 50 is roughly the typical company in this group.

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Pricing Power

Weak
25
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Where CABO ranks in Telecom Services

Cable One, Inc. ranks #43 of 56 scored companies in Telecom Services by moat score — the top 77%. The widest moat in the group is Iridium Communications Inc (IRDM) at 76/100.

# Company Moat score Rating
39 Telephone and Data Systems, Inc TDS 39/100 Developing
40 Liberty Global Ltd. LBTYK 34/100 Developing
41 Liberty Global Ltd. LBTYA 33/100 Developing
42 Liberty Global Ltd. LBTYB 33/100 Developing
43 Cable One, Inc. CABO 31/100 Developing
44 WideOpenWest, Inc. WOW 30/100 Developing
45 Shenandoah Telecommunications C SHEN 28/100 Developing
46 Lumen Technologies, Inc. LUMN 26/100 Developing
47 Liberty Broadband Corporation LBRDA 25/100 Developing

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How CABO scores on the Corporate Default defenses

Pricing Power

Score 25 · 20% of the moat score

Pricing power is the ability to raise prices without losing volume.

Cost Advantage

Score 25 · 15% of the moat score

A cost advantage means delivering the same product for structurally less — better purchasing, denser distribution, a more automated process.

Customer Stickiness

Score 68 · 15% of the moat score

Stickiness is what makes revenue repeat without being re-won every year.

Capital Efficiency

Score 20 · 18% of the moat score

Capital efficiency asks what the company earns on the money tied up in the business.

Resilience

Score 25 · 17% of the moat score

Resilience is the capacity to get through a bad year on its own terms — enough liquidity, enough interest cover, and enough cash generation to avoid a rescue financing or a forced sale.

Scale & Market Position

Score 30 · 15% of the moat score

Scale matters only when it converts into economics.

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Understanding CABO's moat

What is Cable One, Inc.'s moat score?

Cable One, Inc. (CABO) scores 31 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as developing. It ranks #43 of 56 scored companies in Telecom Services, the top 77%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 59 companies in Telecom Services. Its strongest defense is Customer Stickiness (68/100) and its weakest is Capital Efficiency (20/100).

How does Cable One, Inc. compare with other Telecom Services companies?

Cable One, Inc. ranks #43 of 56 scored companies in Telecom Services by moat score. The widest moat in Telecom Services is Iridium Communications Inc (IRDM) at 76/100. The companies ranked closest are Liberty Global Ltd. (LBTYB) at 33 just above it and WideOpenWest, Inc. (WOW) at 30 just below it.

How is the moat score calculated?

Each company is scored with an industry-specific template — Corporate Default in this case, chosen because the defenses that matter to a bank are not the ones that matter to a software company. Every defense combines several financial signals, and each signal is measured as a percentile against a peer group of 59 companies in Telecom Services. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.

Why is Cable One, Inc. scored with the Corporate Default template?

Most public companies sell a product or a service at a margin, so the moat question is whether that margin survives contact with competitors. The Corporate template scores the six defenses that show up in a general operating company's financial signature: whether it can hold price, produce more cheaply than rivals, keep its customers, earn a return above its cost of capital, withstand a downturn, and turn size into economics.

Which competitive defenses are measured for Cable One, Inc.?

The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and CABO scores: Pricing Power (25), Cost Advantage (25), Customer Stickiness (68), Capital Efficiency (20), Resilience (25), Scale & Market Position (30). Each is scored independently as a percentile against peers, so a company can be strong on one and weak on another — the overall score reflects how those defenses are weighted for this industry.

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