Cogent Communications Group Stock Price Prediction

CCOI Stock  USD 74.85  0.36  0.48%   
As of 30th of January 2025 the relative strength index (rsi) of Cogent Communications' share price is below 20 suggesting that the stock is significantly oversold. The fundamental principle of the Relative Strength Index (RSI) is to quantify the velocity at which market participants are driving the price of a financial instrument upwards or downwards.

Oversold Vs Overbought

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Oversold
 
Overbought
The successful prediction of Cogent Communications' future price could yield a significant profit. We analyze noise-free headlines and recent hype associated with Cogent Communications Group, which may create opportunities for some arbitrage if properly timed. Below are the key fundamental drivers impacting Cogent Communications' stock price prediction:
Quarterly Earnings Growth
228.092
EPS Estimate Next Quarter
(1.14)
EPS Estimate Current Year
(5.25)
EPS Estimate Next Year
(4.75)
Wall Street Target Price
82.0909
Using Cogent Communications hype-based prediction, you can estimate the value of Cogent Communications Group from the perspective of Cogent Communications response to recently generated media hype and the effects of current headlines on its competitors. We also analyze overall investor sentiment towards Cogent Communications using Cogent Communications' stock options and short interest. It helps to benchmark the overall future attitude of investors towards Cogent using crowd psychology based on the activity and movement of Cogent Communications' stock price.

Cogent Communications Short Interest

A significant increase or decrease in Cogent Communications' short interest from the previous month could be a good indicator of investor sentiment towards Cogent. Short interest can provide insight into the potential direction of Cogent Communications stock and how bullish or bearish investors feel about the market overall.
200 Day MA
70.1128
Short Percent
0.1205
Short Ratio
8.16
Shares Short Prior Month
3.6 M
50 Day MA
76.8248

Cogent Communications Hype to Price Pattern

Investor biases related to Cogent Communications' public news can be used to forecast risks associated with an investment in Cogent. The trend in average sentiment can be used to explain how an investor holding Cogent can time the market purely based on public headlines and social activities around Cogent Communications Group. Please note that most equities that are difficult to arbitrage are affected by market sentiment the most.
Some investors profit by finding stocks that are overvalued or undervalued based on market sentiment. The correlation of Cogent Communications' market sentiment to its price can help taders to make decisions based on the overall investors consensus about Cogent Communications.

Cogent Communications Implied Volatility

    
  0.52  
Cogent Communications' implied volatility exposes the market's sentiment of Cogent Communications Group stock's possible movements over time. However, it does not forecast the overall direction of its price. In a nutshell, if Cogent Communications' implied volatility is high, the market thinks the stock has potential for high price swings in either direction. On the other hand, the low implied volatility suggests that Cogent Communications stock will not fluctuate a lot when Cogent Communications' options are near their expiration.
The fear of missing out, i.e., FOMO, can cause potential investors in Cogent Communications to buy its stock at a price that has no basis in reality. In that case, they are not buying Cogent because the equity is a good investment, but because they need to do something to avoid the feeling of missing out. On the other hand, investors will often sell stocks at prices well below their value during bear markets because they need to stop feeling the pain of losing money.

Cogent Communications after-hype prediction price

    
  USD 75.09  
There is no one specific way to measure market sentiment using hype analysis or a similar predictive technique. This prediction method should be used in combination with more fundamental and traditional techniques such as stock price forecasting, technical analysis, analysts consensus, earnings estimates, and various momentum models.

Prediction based on Rule 16 of the current Cogent contract

Based on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that Cogent Communications Group will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 0.0325% per day over the life of the 2025-04-17 option contract. With Cogent Communications trading at USD 74.85, that is roughly USD 0.0243 . If you think that the market is fully incorporating Cogent Communications' daily price movement you should consider acquiring Cogent Communications Group options at the current volatility level of 0.52%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.
  
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Intrinsic
Valuation
LowRealHigh
67.3579.2780.92
Details
Naive
Forecast
LowNextHigh
73.5075.1476.79
Details
12 Analysts
Consensus
LowTargetHigh
74.7082.0991.12
Details
Earnings
Estimates (0)
LowProjected EPSHigh
-1.46-1.31-1.24
Details

Cogent Communications After-Hype Price Prediction Density Analysis

As far as predicting the price of Cogent Communications at your current risk attitude, this probability distribution graph shows the chance that the prediction will fall between or within a specific range. We use this chart to confirm that your returns on investing in Cogent Communications or, for that matter, your successful expectations of its future price, cannot be replicated consistently. Please note, a large amount of money has been lost over the years by many investors who confused the symmetrical distributions of Stock prices, such as prices of Cogent Communications, with the unreliable approximations that try to describe financial returns.
   Next price density   
       Expected price to next headline  

Cogent Communications Estimiated After-Hype Price Volatility

In the context of predicting Cogent Communications' stock value on the day after the next significant headline, we show statistically significant boundaries of downside and upside scenarios based on Cogent Communications' historical news coverage. Cogent Communications' after-hype downside and upside margins for the prediction period are 73.44 and 76.74, respectively. We have considered Cogent Communications' daily market price in relation to the headlines to evaluate this method's predictive performance. Remember, however, there is no scientific proof or empirical evidence that news-based prediction models outperform traditional linear, nonlinear models or artificial intelligence models to provide accurate predictions consistently.
Current Value
74.85
75.09
After-hype Price
76.74
Upside
Cogent Communications is very steady at this time. Analysis and calculation of next after-hype price of Cogent Communications is based on 3 months time horizon.

Cogent Communications Stock Price Prediction Analysis

Have you ever been surprised when a price of a Company such as Cogent Communications is soaring high without any particular reason? This is usually happening because many institutional investors are aggressively trading Cogent Communications backward and forwards among themselves. Have you ever observed a lot of a particular company's price movement is driven by press releases or news about the company that has nothing to do with actual earnings? Usually, hype to individual companies acts as price momentum. If not enough favorable publicity is forthcoming, the Stock price eventually runs out of speed. So, the rule of thumb here is that as long as this news hype has nothing to do with immediate earnings, you should pay more attention to it. If you see this tendency with Cogent Communications, there might be something going there, and it might present an excellent short sale opportunity.
Expected ReturnPeriod VolatilityHype ElasticityRelated ElasticityNews DensityRelated DensityExpected Hype
  0.11 
1.63
  0.24 
  0.02 
11 Events / Month
12 Events / Month
In about 11 days
Latest traded priceExpected after-news pricePotential return on next major newsAverage after-hype volatility
74.85
75.09
0.35 
76.17  
Notes

Cogent Communications Hype Timeline

Cogent Communications is currently traded for 74.85. The entity has historical hype elasticity of 0.24, and average elasticity to hype of competition of -0.02. Cogent is estimated to increase in value after the next headline, with the price projected to jump to 75.09 or above. The average volatility of media hype impact on the company the price is about 76.17%. The price growth on the next news is projected to be 0.35%, whereas the daily expected return is currently at -0.11%. The volatility of related hype on Cogent Communications is about 915.09%, with the expected price after the next announcement by competition of 74.83. The company reported the previous year's revenue of 940.92 M. Net Income was 1.27 B with profit before overhead, payroll, taxes, and interest of 394.76 M. Given the investment horizon of 90 days the next estimated press release will be in about 11 days.
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Cogent Communications Related Hype Analysis

Having access to credible news sources related to Cogent Communications' direct competition is more important than ever and may enhance your ability to predict Cogent Communications' future price movements. Getting to know how Cogent Communications' peers react to changing market sentiment, related social signals, and mainstream news is a great way to find investing opportunities and time the market. The summary table below summarizes the essential lagging indicators that can help you analyze how Cogent Communications may potentially react to the hype associated with one of its peers.
Hype
Elasticity
News
Density
Semi
Deviation
Information
Ratio
Potential
Upside
Value
At Risk
Maximum
Drawdown
LBRDALiberty Broadband Srs(8.43)8 per month 2.49 (0.03) 2.94 (3.86) 21.18 
CHTRCharter Communications 2.90 12 per month 2.16  0.03  3.28 (3.44) 21.07 
LBRDKLiberty Broadband Srs 0.60 9 per month 2.50 (0.03) 2.68 (3.68) 20.75 
TIMBTIM Participacoes SA(0.44)5 per month 0.00 (0.11) 3.15 (4.15) 8.88 
IHSIHS Holding(0.07)8 per month 2.27  0.06  6.84 (4.41) 14.25 
IDTIDT Corporation(0.31)8 per month 1.49 (0.04) 2.28 (2.44) 11.54 
IRDMIridium Communications 0.01 7 per month 0.00 (0.06) 2.86 (3.87) 9.34 
CABOCable One 2.07 8 per month 0.00 (0.05) 4.12 (3.42) 19.02 
SHENShenandoah Telecommunications Co 0.08 10 per month 0.00 (0.14) 3.80 (4.79) 25.16 
ATEXAnterix 1.05 10 per month 0.00 (0.11) 2.95 (3.21) 14.57 
LBRDPLiberty Broadband Corp 0.00 0 per month 0.60  0.02  1.20 (0.95) 4.58 
OOMAOoma Inc(0.75)9 per month 1.88  0.1  4.06 (3.37) 11.74 
TLKTelkom Indonesia Tbk 0.33 4 per month 0.00 (0.11) 3.10 (3.19) 10.63 
LBTYALiberty Global PLC 0.06 10 per month 1.74  0.04  3.75 (2.92) 16.38 
ATNIATN International(0.1)7 per month 0.00 (0.22) 3.00 (6.10) 29.40 
KTKT Corporation 0.15 8 per month 1.78  0.07  3.12 (2.62) 10.72 

Cogent Communications Additional Predictive Modules

Most predictive techniques to examine Cogent price help traders to determine how to time the market. We provide a combination of tools to recognize potential entry and exit points for Cogent using various technical indicators. When you analyze Cogent charts, please remember that the event formation may indicate an entry point for a short seller, and look at other indicators across different periods to confirm that a breakdown or reversion is likely to occur.

About Cogent Communications Predictive Indicators

The successful prediction of Cogent Communications stock price could yield a significant profit to investors. But is it possible? The efficient-market hypothesis suggests that all published stock prices of traded companies, such as Cogent Communications Group, already reflect all publicly available information. This academic statement is a fundamental principle of many financial and investing theories used today. However, the typical investor usually disagrees with a 'textbook' version of this hypothesis and continually tries to find mispriced stocks to increase returns. We use internally-developed statistical techniques to arrive at the intrinsic value of Cogent Communications based on analysis of Cogent Communications hews, social hype, general headline patterns, and widely used predictive technical indicators.
We also calculate exposure to Cogent Communications's market risk, different technical and fundamental indicators, relevant financial multiples and ratios, and then comparing them to Cogent Communications's related companies.
 2022 2023 2024 2025 (projected)
Dividend Yield0.06350.05040.04540.0314
Price To Sales Ratio4.463.833.452.89

Story Coverage note for Cogent Communications

The number of cover stories for Cogent Communications depends on current market conditions and Cogent Communications' risk-adjusted performance over time. The coverage that generates the most noise at a given time depends on the prevailing investment theme that Cogent Communications is classified under. However, while its typical story may have numerous social followers, the rapid visibility can also attract short-sellers, who usually are skeptical about Cogent Communications' long-term prospects. So, having above-average coverage will typically attract above-average short interest, leading to significant price volatility.

Cogent Communications Short Properties

Cogent Communications' future price predictability will typically decrease when Cogent Communications' long traders begin to feel the short-sellers pressure to drive the price lower. The predictive aspect of Cogent Communications Group often depends not only on the future outlook of the potential Cogent Communications' investors but also on the ongoing dynamics between investors with different trading styles. Because the market risk indicators may have small false signals, it is better to identify suitable times to hedge a portfolio using different long/short signals. Cogent Communications' indicators that are reflective of the short sentiment are summarized in the table below.
Common Stock Shares Outstanding47.8 M
Cash And Short Term Investments75.1 M

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