Optimum Communications, Inc.
OPTU NYSE· Cable & Other Pay Television Services
Last close · Oct 26, 2026
$0.73
KIRA · Stoqly’s AI analyst, in plain words
- Optimum Communications, Inc. had $8.6B of revenue in fiscal 2025, down 4.1% on the year before. Over five years, revenue changed −2.8% a year on average.
- Its operating margin was −1.3%, down 20.1 pts: of every 100 in sales, about −1 is left after running the business.
- Optimum Communications, Inc. lost $1.9B in fiscal 2025.
- Free cash flow was −$119M in fiscal 2025, −1.4% of revenue.
- Optimum Communications, Inc. owes $25.3B more than it holds in cash, about 16.0 years of operating profit.
Market cap
$323M
P/E
—
Revenue
$8.6B
Net income
−$1.9B
Free cash flow
−$119M
Operating margin
−1.3%
Optimum Communications, Inc. in 30 seconds · fiscal 2025
Are sales growing?
−4.1%
No. Sales fell 4.1% last year.
Does it make a profit?
−21.8%
No. It lost money last year.
Does profit turn into cash?
−1.4%
No. It spent more cash than it brought in.
Is debt under control?
16.0x
Heavy. Repaying its debt would take 16.0 years of operating profit.
How healthy are the accounts?
4 / 9
Mixed. It passes 4 of 9 health tests.
How is the share priced?
—
No P/E: it made no profit over the last four quarters.
What Optimum Communications, Inc. does
No business description yet.
- Fiscal year ends
- December 31, 2025
- Latest annual report
- 10-K · Feb 13, 2026
- Legal name
- Optimum Communications, Inc.
- CIK
- 0001702780
Optimum Communications, Inc. · OPTU
Results and finances
The last 5 fiscal years. Amounts in USD.
| Fiscal year | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales and profit | |||||
| Revenue | $10.1B | $9.6B | $9.2B | $9.0B | $8.6B |
| Revenue growth | 2.0% | −4.4% | −4.3% | −3.1% | −4.1% |
| Gross margin | 66.5% | 66.8% | 67.2% | 67.7% | 69.3% |
| Operating margin | 25.0% | 18.7% | 18.4% | 18.8% | −1.3% |
| Net income | $990M | $195M | $53.2M | −$103M | −$1.9B |
| Net margin | 9.8% | 2.0% | 0.6% | −1.1% | −21.8% |
| Diluted EPS | $2.14 | $0.43 | $0.12 | −$0.22 | −$4.00 |
| Cash | |||||
| Cash from operations | $2.9B | $2.4B | $1.8B | $1.6B | $1.2B |
| Capital expenditure | $1.2B | $1.9B | $1.7B | $1.4B | $1.3B |
| Free cash flow | $1.6B | $453M | $122M | $149M | −$119M |
| FCF margin | 16.1% | 4.7% | 1.3% | 1.7% | −1.4% |
| Share buybacks | $805M | $0.0M | $0.0M | — | — |
| Share count change | −20.8% | −1.9% | 0.4% | 1.1% | 1.7% |
| Debt and strength | |||||
| Cash and short-term investments | $196M | $305M | $302M | $257M | $1.0B |
| Debt incl. finance leases | $26.8B | $26.8B | $25.3B | $25.2B | $26.3B |
| Shareholders' equity | −$820M | −$475M | −$422M | −$469M | −$2.3B |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 6.2x | 7.4x | 7.5x | 7.5x | 16.0x |
| Current ratio | 0.3x | 0.6x | 0.4x | 0.3x | 0.8x |
| Interest coverage | 2.0x | — | — | — | — |
| Returns and quality | |||||
| Return on capital | 7.7% | 4.5% | 4.7% | 5.5% | −0.4% |
| Piotroski F-score | 8 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 4 |
| Altman Z'' | 0.0 | −0.0 | −0.0 | −0.0 | −0.5 |
Insiders bought, 12 months
$3.6M
1 insider
Insiders sold, 12 months
$6.0M
2 insiders
Of sales under plans
2%
$0.1M
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.
Optimum Communications, Inc. · OPTU
Charts and comparison
Ten years at a glance, and how it stacks up against similar companies.
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Margins, % of revenue
Cash vs debt (incl. leases)
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At $0.73 a share, the company is worth $323M.
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0001702780). Data updated October 24, 2026. For information only — not investment advice. Check the original filings before relying on any figure.