Stocks · Communication Services · Telecommunications Services
Charter Communications, Inc. CHTR
$109.29 -1.87% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $14.73B
Weak trendInexpensive vs sector
Next earnings report: Oct 30, 2026
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Three things to know
- The diluted share count fell 14.4% in a year, mainly through buybacks.
- At 2.8× trailing earnings, the shares trade at the lowest P/E of the company's past five years.
- Over the past year the stock returned -60.3%, behind the S&P 500 by 75.3 percentage points.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Communication Services sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 26%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 45%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 43%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 32%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 41%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 29%
- Gross marginTop 44%
- Operating marginTop 12%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 17%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 45%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 23%
- Interest coverTop 42%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 1%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 8%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 12%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 47%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 11%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 16%
- 6-month returnBottom 3%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 12%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 13%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 18%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 42%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 47%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 39%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 29%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 35%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 19%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 46%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 23%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | -0.9% | -1.5% | ↓ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 3.4% | 5.5% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 49.3% | 56.6% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 24.5% | 23.7% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | 7.8% | 8.0% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | -1.5% | -0.9% | ↓ | Bottom 26% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 5.5% | 3.4% | ↑ | Top 45% |
| Gross margin | 56.6% | 49.3% | ↑ | Top 44% |
| Operating margin | 23.7% | 24.5% | ↓ | Top 12% |
| Net margin | 9.1% | 9.5% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 8.0% | 7.8% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 6.8% | — | Top 29% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 0.5% | — | Bottom 32% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 3.00×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -7.4%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 1.2%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +4.4 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 4.79×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 2.5×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 32.20%
- Shareholder yield
- 32.20%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -14.4%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -7.3%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 24, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 1
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 4 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- -1.3%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -1.5%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 5 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $165.90
- Target vs current price
- +51.8%
- Analysts with a rating
- 56
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 46%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 2026 | +6.8% | -2.5% | +12.3% | +16.8% | — |
| Apr 24, 2026 | -7.9% | -25.5% | -31.7% | -38.4% | -47.1% |
| Jan 30, 2026 | +5.7% | +7.6% | +16.7% | +22.5% | -8.8% |
| Oct 31, 2025 | -9.6% | +1.3% | -5.7% | -13.3% | -20.8% |
| Jul 25, 2025 | -4.2% | -18.5% | -29.1% | -29.5% | -33.4% |
| Apr 25, 2025 | -0.1% | +11.4% | +14.2% | +22.2% | +18.0% |
| Jan 31, 2025 | +9.9% | +2.6% | +5.0% | +8.0% | +12.0% |
| Nov 1, 2024 | +2.3% | +11.9% | +20.0% | +21.2% | +2.8% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 2026 | $10.66 | $9.98 | +6.8% | $13.53B |
| Apr 24, 2026 | $9.17 | $9.96 | -7.9% | $13.60B |
| Jan 30, 2026 | $10.34 | $9.78 | +5.7% | $13.60B |
| Oct 31, 2025 | $8.34 | $9.23 | -9.6% | $13.67B |
| Jul 25, 2025 | $9.18 | $9.58 | -4.2% | $13.77B |
| Apr 25, 2025 | $8.42 | $8.43 | -0.1% | $13.73B |
| Jan 31, 2025 | $10.10 | $9.19 | +9.9% | $13.93B |
| Nov 1, 2024 | $8.82 | $8.62 | +2.3% | $13.79B |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 2.8× | 11.5× | 0th | Top 1% |
| P/E (forward) | 2.7× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 5.5× | — | — | Top 12% |
| EV / Sales | 2.04× | — | — | Bottom 47% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 29.59% | — | — | Top 8% |
| Earnings yield | 35.24% | — | — | Top 1% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 3.2× – 38.5× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- -60.3%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +5.5%
- Change in P/E multiple
- -62.3%
Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -1.8%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -4.1%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -22.1%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -37.5%
- RSI (14)
- 28.4
- Relative volume
- 0.76×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 54.7%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 93th percentile · High for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.81
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.27
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -61.3%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -76.0%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 2021 | Oct 2, 2026 | -86.7% | 1275 days | Not yet recovered |
| Dec 7, 2020 | Feb 22, 2021 | -12.4% | 51 days | 53 days (May 7, 2021) |
| Oct 12, 2020 | Oct 28, 2020 | -12.1% | 12 days | 17 days (Nov 20, 2020) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $14.73B
- P/E (TTM)
- 2.8
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $38.51
- Revenue (TTM)
- $54.40B
- 52-week range
- $108.30 – $284.60
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $51.68B | $54.02B | $54.61B | $55.09B | $54.77B |
| Gross profit | $20.61B | $23.42B | $21.27B | $25.32B | $25.37B |
| Operating income | $10.86B | $12.24B | $12.51B | $13.24B | $13.32B |
| Net income | $4.65B | $5.05B | $4.56B | $5.08B | $4.99B |
| EPS (diluted) | $24.47 | $30.74 | $29.99 | $34.97 | $36.21 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $13.79B | $13.93B | $13.73B | $13.77B | $13.67B | $13.60B | $13.60B | $13.53B |
| Net income | $1.28B | $1.47B | $1.22B | $1.30B | $1.14B | $1.33B | $1.16B | $1.29B |
| EPS (diluted) | $8.82 | $10.09 | $8.42 | $9.18 | $8.34 | $10.34 | $9.17 | $10.66 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $16.24B | $14.93B | $14.43B | $14.43B | $16.08B |
| Capital expenditure | -$7.55B | -$8.82B | -$10.94B | -$11.27B | -$11.66B |
| Free cash flow | $8.68B | $6.10B | $3.49B | $3.16B | $4.42B |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | -$15.39B | -$10.27B | -$3.19B | -$1.18B | -$5.11B |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $509.0M
- Total assets
- $155.62B
- Total liabilities
- $133.72B
- Total debt
- $96.71B
- Net debt
- $96.20B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $16.95B
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 24, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 15,404,722
- Days to cover
- 5.66
- Change vs previous report
- +2.8%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- May 18, 2016
- 113-for-125