Charter Communications
CHTR Nasdaq· Cable & Satellite
Last close · Oct 27, 2026
$104.93
KIRA · Stoqly’s AI analyst, in plain words
- Charter Communications had $54.8B of revenue in fiscal 2025, down 0.6% on the year before. Over five years, revenue changed +2.6% a year on average.
- Its operating margin was 23.6%, down 0.2 pts: of every 100 in sales, about 24 is left after running the business.
- Charter Communications made $5.0B of net profit in fiscal 2025. From fiscal 2016 to 2025, diluted EPS grew 9.5% a year.
- Free cash flow was $4.4B in fiscal 2025, 8.1% of revenue.
- Charter Communications returned $5.1B to shareholders in fiscal 2025, 116% of free cash flow. The diluted share count fell 5.2%.
- Charter Communications owes $95.2B more than it holds in cash, about 4.4 years of operating profit.
Market cap
$12.7B
P/E
2.7x
Revenue
$54.8B
Net income
$5.0B
Free cash flow
$4.4B
Operating margin
23.6%
Charter Communications in 30 seconds · fiscal 2025
Are sales growing?
−0.6%
No. Sales fell 0.6% last year.
Does it make a profit?
9.1%
A little. It keeps 9.1% of every sale as profit.
Does profit turn into cash?
8.1%
Partly. 8.1% of sales ends up as free cash.
Is debt under control?
4.4x
Heavy. Repaying its debt would take 4.4 years of operating profit.
How healthy are the accounts?
6 / 8
Mixed. It passes 6 of 8 health tests.
How is the share priced?
2.7x
One share costs 2.7 times its yearly profit per share. Typical for its sector: 17.3x.
What Charter Communications does
Charter Communications sells internet, mobile, TV and voice services to homes and businesses under the Spectrum brand. Its services are available to 58 million homes and small to large businesses across 41 states. Founded in 1993, it began in cable TV and now sells broadband, WiFi and mobile service over its fiber-powered network. It uses Xumo stream boxes for TV viewing. Charter earns most of its money from monthly fees. Approximately 89% of its revenues in 2025 came from subscription fees that customers pay for internet, mobile, video, voice and commercial services, and for regional sports and news channels. Customers can usually cancel at any time. Spectrum Mobile is available to Spectrum Internet customers on plans without contracts. Its strategy is to sell more products to each customer and keep customers longer. It is upgrading its network for faster, multi-gigabit speeds, work it expects to be largely complete by the end of 2027.
Biggest risks, in its own words
- Intense competition that affects its ability to attract and keep customers.
- Programming costs that it may not be able to pass on to customers.
- Its reliance on third-party providers, suppliers and licensors for services, equipment and software.
- A large amount of debt, with more expected, including for the Cox and Liberty Broadband transactions.
- Fiscal year ends
- December 31, 2025
- Latest annual report
- 10-K · Jan 30, 2026
- Legal name
- Charter Communications, Inc.
- CIK
- 0001091667
Charter Communications · CHTR
Results and finances
The last 5 fiscal years. Amounts in USD.
| Fiscal year | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales and profit | |||||
| Revenue | $51.7B | $54.0B | $54.6B | $55.1B | $54.8B |
| Revenue growth | 7.5% | 4.5% | 1.1% | 0.9% | −0.6% |
| Operating margin | 20.4% | 22.1% | 23.0% | 23.8% | 23.6% |
| Net income | $4.7B | $5.1B | $4.6B | $5.1B | $5.0B |
| Net margin | 9.0% | 9.4% | 8.4% | 9.2% | 9.1% |
| Diluted EPS | $24.47 | $30.74 | $29.99 | $34.97 | $36.21 |
| Cash | |||||
| Cash from operations | $16.2B | $14.9B | $14.4B | $14.4B | $16.1B |
| Capital expenditure | $7.6B | $9.4B | $11.1B | $11.3B | $11.7B |
| Free cash flow | $8.6B | $5.5B | $3.3B | $3.2B | $4.4B |
| FCF margin | 16.7% | 10.3% | 6.1% | 5.7% | 8.1% |
| Dividends paid | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M |
| Share buybacks | $15.4B | $10.3B | $3.2B | $1.2B | $5.1B |
| Share count change | −7.8% | −14.8% | −7.6% | −4.3% | −5.2% |
| Debt and strength | |||||
| Cash and short-term investments | $601M | $645M | $709M | $459M | $477M |
| Debt incl. finance leases | $91.6B | $97.6B | $98.2B | $94.7B | $95.7B |
| Shareholders' equity | $14.1B | $9.1B | $11.1B | $15.6B | $16.1B |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 4.6x | 4.7x | 4.6x | 4.3x | 4.4x |
| Current ratio | 0.3x | 0.3x | 0.3x | 0.3x | 0.4x |
| Interest coverage | 2.6x | 2.7x | 2.5x | 2.5x | 2.6x |
| Returns and quality | |||||
| Return on capital | 7.9% | 8.6% | 8.7% | 9.1% | 8.7% |
| Return on equity | 24.6% | 43.6% | 45.1% | 38.1% | 31.5% |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 6 |
| Altman Z'' | −0.1 | −0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
Insiders bought, 12 months
$3.2M
4 insiders
Insiders sold, 12 months
$13.0M
2 insiders
Of sales under plans
0%
$0.0M
How to read these numbers
- Revenue:
- Total sales reported in the income statement.
- Operating margin:
- Operating income as a share of revenue.
- Net income:
- Profit after all expenses, interest and tax.
- Free cash flow:
- Cash from operations minus capital spending.
- Net debt / EBITDA:
- Years of EBITDA needed to pay off net debt. Below zero means more cash than debt.
- Return on capital:
- After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
Charter Communications · CHTR
Charts and comparison
Ten years at a glance, and how it stacks up against similar companies.
Revenue
Net income
Margins, % of revenue
Cash vs debt (incl. leases)
Free cash flow
Dividends and buybacks
Similar companies
Each company’s latest fiscal year. Fiscal years end in different months, so periods don’t line up exactly.
| Company | Market cap | Growth | Op. margin | FCF margin | ROIC | P/E | F-score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charter Communications CHTR | $12.7B | −0.6% | 23.6% | 8.1% | 8.7% | 2.7x | 6 |
| Comcast CMCSA | $77.8B | −0.0% | 16.7% | 17.7% | 8.9% | 6.9x | 7 |
| Versant Media Group VSNT | $4.4B | −5.3% | 19.0% | 27.7% | 8.7% | — | — |
| Liberty Global LBTYA | $2.7B | 12.4% | −0.5% | −2.7% | −0.1% | — | 5 |
| Netflix NFLX | $262.3B | 15.9% | 29.5% | 20.9% | 36.7% | 18.1x | 7 |
Price compared with profit (P/E)
How many times its yearly profit per share one share costs. Higher means investors pay more for each unit of profit.
KIRA
At $104.93 a share, the company is worth $12.7B: 2.7 times its earnings of the last four quarters.
Charter Communications grew sales faster than 1 of its 4 similar companies. Its P/E is higher than 0 of 2.
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0001091667). Data updated October 9, 2026. For information only — not investment advice. Check the original filings before relying on any figure.