Cogent Communications

Facility-based provider of internet access and internet protocol communications services.

Launch date

1999

Employees

1001-5000 people

Market cap

Enterprise valuation

CAD7.3b (Public information from Sep 2024)

Company register number 04014628

Washington District of Columbia (HQ)

http://cogentco.com

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Revenues, earnings & profits over time

USD	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026
Revenues	568m	590m	600m	941m	1.0b	1.1b	1.2b
% growth	4 %	4 %	2 %	57 %	11 %	4 %	7 %
EBITDA	191m	203m	212m	157m	351m	319m	399m
% EBITDA margin	34 %	34 %	35 %	17 %	33 %	29 %	34 %
Profit	6.2m	48.2m	5.1m	1.3b	(215m)	(185m)	(127m)
% profit margin	1 %	8 %	1 %	135 %	(21 %)	(17 %)	(11 %)
EV / revenue	6.1x	7.1x	6.0x	5.2x	4.5x	4.4x	4.2x
EV / EBITDA	18.1x	20.7x	16.9x	31.2x	13.4x	15.1x	12.2x

Date	Investors	Amount	Round
-	Norwest Venture Partners	N/A	-
Feb 2000	Jerusalem Venture Partners Worldview Technology Partners	$26.0m	Series A
Jul 2000	Oak Investment Partners	$90.0m	Series B
Oct 2001	N/A	$62.0m	Series C
Feb 2002	N/A	N/A	IPO
Nov 2002	Paladin Capital Group	N/A	Post IPO Equity
Jun 2003	Oak Investment Partners Worldview Technology Partners Boulder Ventures The Nassau Group	$41.0m	Post IPO Equity
Jun 2005	N/A	N/A	IPO
Feb 2008	Keiretsu Forum	$510k	Post IPO Equity
Apr 2024*	N/A	$206m	Post IPO Debt
Jun 2024*	N/A	$300m	Post IPO Debt
Total Funding		CAD243m

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