All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.
All nine metrics read as filed from the record.
What did they actually do?
Has it survived what it has been through?
1 warning event since 2017; the latest 2024-09-24.
From the record
Cable One, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 1 warning event: a warning not to rely on past financial statements (8-K item 4.02, the latest 2024-09-24) (its current reports).
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What has it actually done, year after year?
+7% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 9 of 10.
From the record
Cable One, Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $819 million in fiscal 2016 to $1.5 billion in fiscal 2025, up 7% a year; it rose in 6 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 12% from fiscal 2022 to fiscal 2025; net income was positive in 9 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
How has it treated the people who own it?
Share count shrank 3.7% a year. 13% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 0 sales, 1 purchases.
From the record
Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Cable One, Inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 3.7% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 13% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 0 sales and 1 purchase of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-09-30, buying about $100 thousand (their Form 4 filings).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are they doing right now?
Is it financially healthy right now?
ROE -25%: lost 25¢ per shareholder dollar. Leverage 74%: owes 74¢ per asset dollar.
From the record
Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Cable One, Inc. lost about 25 cents for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 74 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 0.1% over the year (the filed statements).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
How strong is its position in its industry?
bottom 26% of 18 in its family; net margin -23.7%.
From the record
Cable One, Inc.'s standing among 18 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $1.5 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 38% by size; a net margin of -23.7% ranks in the bottom 25%; revenue growth of -4.2% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 14% (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are the people in charge doing?
bottom 11% of 14 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2026.
From the record
Cable One, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Holanda, James A (Chief Executive Officer, as filed), filing under that title since 2026-02-25, 9 months (bottom 11% of its family); the 14 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 5.9 years (bottom 13%); 11 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 14 people in charge now (bottom 9%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are they set up to do next?
How much room does it have to grow?
top 43% of 16 in its family for room to expand.
From the record
Cable One, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $153 million against debt of $3.2 billion leaves -54.7% of its assets as net cash, bottom 31% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 18.5% of revenue (top 16%) (its annual report).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What could actually drive growth from here?
bottom 20% of 16 in its family for growth drivers.
From the record
Cable One, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew -4.2% a year over the last three filed years against 7% over all 10, slowing (bottom 34% of its family); the newest year grew -4.9% (bottom 9%); capital spending grew -11.7% a year (bottom 17%) (its annual reports). Cable One, Inc. reported 7 product lines in fiscal 2025: Residential Data at $902 million (59%), Business Services Data at $229 million (15%), Residential Video at $187 million (12%), and 4 more; 1 of 7 grew against the year before (its annual report).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?
bottom 20% of 16 in its family for expectations against reality.
From the record
Cable One, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $1.5 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 1.2% below the $1.5 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 22% of its family); net income of $356 million against a prior three-year average of $151 million (bottom 22%); a net margin of -23.7% against 8.9% before (bottom 16%) (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made