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Cogent Communications Wells Fargo's 9th Annual TMT Summit summary

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Wells Fargo's 9th Annual TMT Summit summary19 Nov, 2025

Capital allocation and leverage strategy

  • Reduced dividend by 98% to $0.02 per share, freeing $200 million annually for deleveraging.

  • Temporarily paused share buyback, then reinstated flexibility after share price drop.

  • Targeting reduction of net leverage from 6.6x to 4.0x.

  • Committed to using freed capital to accelerate deleveraging.

  • Buyback program authorization remains at $105 million.

Business performance and growth outlook

  • Organic business grew at 10.2% CAGR for 17 years, slowed to 5% post-pandemic.

  • Sprint acquisition led to a 24.2% CAGR decline in acquired revenue, but core business growth accelerated.

  • Wavelength business now 4% of revenues, growing rapidly, with a 1.5% market share.

  • Core business expected to grow at mid-single digits, outperforming pessimistic expectations.

  • Corporate and net-centric segments show resilience, with corporate at 3-4% and net-centric higher.

Wavelength business development

  • Achieved goal of enabling 800 data centers for waves by end of 2024; now at 1,000+.

  • Initial revenue from 65 largest data centers below expectations, but business nearly doubled in nine months.

  • Backlog exists as customers take time to accept installed waves; over 300 waves installed but not yet billing at quarter end.

  • Five-pillar competitive model: endpoints, install speed, route diversity, price (20% below market), and reliability.

  • Aims for $500 million run rate by 2028, targeting 25% market share.

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