Charter Communications, Inc. (CHTR)

Communication Services · Cable & Satellite · US stock · S&P 500 component

$111.77 ▲ +4.51 (4.20%)

At close 22 Oct 2026 · USD · Volume 2,544,545

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Fair valueData under review

No reliable estimate yet

Too few of our valuation models give a usable value for this company, so we show no number rather than a misleading one. How fair value works

Day's range

$107.64 – $112.71

52-week range

$101.63 – $254.11

About Charter Communications, Inc.

Charter Communications is a large cable operator in the United States that sells internet, television, mobile and phone services under the Spectrum brand. It also provides connectivity and managed services to businesses and earns advertising income through its local media unit. Most revenue comes from monthly subscription fees from residential and commercial customers, and the business requires heavy ongoing spending to maintain and upgrade its network.

The company reported revenue of $54.4 billion over the last twelve months. Revenue growth over three years averaged 0.5% a year. Operating margin is 23.3% and return on invested capital is 9%. Net debt to EBITDA is 4.4 times. It does not pay a dividend. The X-Ray Score is 56 out of 100. These figures describe past results as reported and are a factual snapshot, not a forecast. Some measures, such as margins for real estate trusts and banks, are defined differently from those of industrial firms, so comparisons should be made with care.

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52-wk range $101.63 – $254.11Volume 2,544,545Daily, split-adjusted

Vitals

Market cap$13.6B

52-week range$101.63 – $254.11

Volume (last day)2,544,545

P/E (TTM)3.0

EBIT / EV yield11.3%

Free-cash-flow yield32.2%

Dividend yieldNo dividend

Revenue (TTM)$54.4B

Net income (TTM)$4.9B

Operating margin23.3%

Return on capital8.8%

Debt incl. leases$94.0B

Cash & securities$509M

Debt = borrowings plus lease liabilities. Cash & securities = cash, equivalents and short-term marketable securities (long-term securities are not counted, so net cash can be understated for companies that hold large long-term investments). Net debt = debt minus cash & securities. Source: latest SEC 10-Q/10-K. EBIT / EV yield = operating profit divided by market cap plus net debt.

Fair value estimate

Data under review

Only 2 valuation models give a usable value for this company, which is too few for a fair value we would stand behind

What this means

Read the lenses below

A high score does not guarantee a good outcome; it shifts the odds a little. Use the checklist as a prompt for your own research.

Before you invest · decision checklist

I understand how this company makes money Business quality is average or better 50 The price is not above fair value no fair value yet Debt looks manageable 4.4× EBITDA Revenue has been growing 0.5% a year Profits are backed by cash There are no red flags none raised I know what share of my savings this would be

Ticked boxes are filled in from our data; the rest are yours to answer.

The five-lens scan

Every score explained in one sentence, ranked against Communication Services peers. Open a lens to see the numbers behind it.

Strong: 70 to 100Fair: 50 to 69Weak: under 50No score: not enough data

Valuation Strong

97/100

Cheap against its sector on earnings and cash flow.

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EBIT / EV yield11.3%

Free-cash-flow yield32.2%

Growth Weak

16/100

Growing slower than most of its sector.

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Revenue growth (3y)0.5%

EPS growth (3y)5.6%

Growth consistency60%

Profitability Fair

64/100

Returns on capital are typical for its sector.

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Return on invested capital8.8%

Operating margin23.3%

Financial health Weak

35/100

Balance sheet is more stretched than most peers.

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Piotroski F-Score6 / 9

Net debt / EBITDA4.4×

Interest coverNo interest cost

Dividends None

–/100

Pays no dividend.

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Quarterly results: last 6 quarters

+0.4%

Mar '25

+0.6%

Jun '25

-0.9%

Sep '25

-2.3%

Dec '25

-1.0%

Mar '26

-1.7%

Jun '26

Revenue against the same quarter a year earlier. Latest quarter revenue $13.5B, diluted EPS $10.66.

Compare with peers

CCZ Comcast Corp48

Other Cable & Satellite companies by X-Ray Score.

SWOT analysis: Charter Communications, Inc.

Strengthsinside the company

Free cash flow equals 32.2% of the market value, which funds dividends, buybacks or debt paydown.
Operating profit covers interest 50x, so debt costs are a small drag.

Weaknessesinside the company

Net debt is 4.4x EBITDA, above the 3x level that lenders usually watch.
Altman Z-score of 0.2 is in the zone linked with financial distress in past studies.

Opportunitiesvaluation and setting

Trades at 2.8x earnings, 87% below the 20.8x median of sector peers.
Our Market Compass rates the backdrop for Communication Services as favourable.

Threatsvaluation and setting

Heavy debt makes profits sensitive to interest rates and refinancing conditions.
Too few of our valuation models give a usable value for this company to state a fair value; treat price comparisons with caution.

Written by fixed rules from the figures on this page and the peer table below: filings, our fair value, the sector climate and the price trend. It summarises the data, it is not a forecast or advice.

Compare CHTR with peers and sector

Medians of 17 Communication Services peers and of 17 Communication Services stocks in our universe. Largest peers (X-Ray Score): GOOG 50, META 58, NFLX 58, CCZ 48, DIS 56, VZ 49.

Metric	CHTR	Peers	Sector
X-Ray Score (out of 100)	56	51	51
Valuation	97	50	50
Growth	16	55	55
Profitability	64	52	52
Financial health	35	52	52
Dividends	–	47	47

Sector leaders: highest X-Ray Score in Communication Services

CHTR ranks #6 of 18 in Communication Services by X-Ray Score. A higher score is stronger on our five pillars; it is a ranking of facts, not a forecast.

Company	X-Ray Score
#1 APP AppLovin Corp	72
#2 RDDT Reddit, Inc.	69
#3 TMUS T-Mobile US, Inc.	69
#4 META Meta Platforms, Inc.	58
#5 NFLX Netflix Inc	58
#6 CHTR Charter Communications, In... (this stock)	56

Metric	CHTR	Peers	Sector
P/E ratio	2.8x	20.8x	20.8x
PEG ratio	0.49	0.44	0.44
Price / book	0.8x	3.1x	3.1x
Price / sales	0.2x	2.1x	2.1x
EV / EBITDA	5.2x	14.3x	14.3x
Price / free cash flow	3.1x	25.6x	25.6x
Dividend yield	–	1.8%	1.8%
Gap to our fair value	–	+13.4%	+13.4%

Metric	CHTR	Peers	Sector
Price change, 1 month	−4.7%	−2.2%	−2.2%
Price change, 3 months	−13.5%	−1.8%	−1.8%
Price change, 6 months	−53.9%	−3.8%	−3.8%
Price change, 1 year	−54.4%	+1.5%	+1.5%

Metric	CHTR	Peers	Sector
Market value	$13.6B	$89.1B	$89.1B
Revenue (last 12 months)	$54.4B	$26.3B	$26.3B
EBITDA (last 12 months)	$21.4B	$5.4B	$5.4B
Net income (last 12 months)	$4.9B	$8.6B	$8.6B
Free cash flow (last 12 months)	$4.4B	$5.6B	$5.6B

Metric	CHTR	Peers	Sector
Revenue growth, last year	−0.6%	+8.5%	+8.5%
Revenue growth, 3 years a year	+0.5%	+6.5%	+6.5%
EPS growth, 3 years a year	+5.6%	+39.8%	+39.8%
Free cash flow growth, 3 years a year	−7.3%	+22.6%	+22.6%
Dividend growth	–	−0.1%	−0.1%

Metric	CHTR	Peers	Sector
Gross margin	–	60.9%	60.9%
EBITDA margin	39.4%	28.8%	28.8%
Operating margin	23.3%	18.8%	18.8%
Net margin	9.1%	11.5%	11.5%
Return on invested capital	8.8%	11.8%	11.8%
Return on equity	29.0%	17.1%	17.1%

Metric	CHTR	Peers	Sector
Net debt / EBITDA	4.4x	1.1x	1.1x
Interest cover	50.0x	6.7x	6.7x
Current ratio	0.4x	1.1x	1.1x
Piotroski F-score (0 to 9)	6	6	6

Green means better than the peer median, red worse (only where a higher or lower figure is clearly better). A dash means too few companies report the figure. P/E, EV/EBITDA and price changes are not graded: a different level is not good or bad by itself.

Factor ratings for CHTR

Each factor is rated by where CHTR stands among the 18 Communication Services stocks in our universe.

Rating against the sector

Goodthe top third of these stocks

Averagethe middle third of these stocks

Badthe bottom third of these stocks

"Beats" is the share of those stocks it is ahead of.

Against its own history

The last columns set today's figure against the company's own median of its last five financial years:

▲ Betterbetter than its usual level

▼ Worseworse than its usual level

≈ In linewithin its usual range

For valuation factors Good means cheaper than most of the sector and Better means cheaper than usual for this company, which is not the same as a bargain.

In total: 10 Good · 5 Average · 6 Bad of 21 Growth: 0 · 1 · 2 Profitability: 2 · 2 · 0 Financial strength: 1 · 1 · 2 Valuation: 5 · 0 · 0 Cash flow: 1 · 1 · 2 Efficiency: 1 · 0 · 0

Factor	CHTR	Rating	Sector median	Own 5-year median	Against own history
Growth
Revenue growth, 3 years a year	+0.5%	Bad beats 14%	+5.6%	–	–
Revenue growth, last year	−0.6%	Bad beats 14%	+7.7%	+1.1%	≈ In line
EPS growth, 3 years a year	+5.6%	Average beats 48%	+6.6%	–	–
Profitability
Operating margin	23.3%	Good beats 69%	19.3%	23.0%	≈ In line
Net margin	9.1%	Average beats 42%	10.6%	9.1%	≈ In line
Return on invested capital	8.8%	Average beats 42%	10.4%	–	–
Return on equity	29.0%	Good beats 69%	17.9%	33.1%	▼ Worse
Financial strength
Net debt / EBITDA	4.4x	Bad beats 16%	1.4x	4.6x	≈ In line
Interest cover	50.0x	Good beats 78%	11.8x	–	–
Current ratio	0.36	Bad beats 3%	1.10	0.31	≈ In line
Piotroski F-score	6 / 9	Average beats 44%	6 / 9	–	–
Valuation
P/E ratio	2.8x	Good beats 97%	20.8x	11.0x	▲ Better
Price / book	0.8x	Good beats 97%	2.8x	5.3x	▲ Better
Price / sales	0.2x	Good beats 97%	2.0x	1.0x	▲ Better
EV / EBITDA	5.2x	Good beats 97%	13.4x	7.3x	▲ Better
Free cash flow yield	32.2%	Good beats 96%	3.9%	6.8%	▲ Better
Cash flow
Free cash flow margin	8.0%	Bad beats 22%	15.7%	8.1%	≈ In line
Cash from operations / net income	3.34	Good beats 77%	1.98	3.17	≈ In line
Free cash flow growth, 3 years a year	−7.3%	Bad beats 16%	+11.7%	–	–
Accruals (lower is better)	−7.4%	Average beats 59%	−5.8%	–	–
Efficiency
Days sales outstanding	24 days	Good beats 78%	47 days	20 days	▼ Worse

These ratings compare companies with each other and describe the past; they are not a forecast, a recommendation or part of the X-Ray Score. A factor is left out when its data is missing or meaningless (for example a P/E on negative earnings). A dash in the history columns means fewer than three usable years.

Fundamentals checklist

● 4 Good · ● 3 Average · ● 7 Bad

Cash quality

Earnings backed by cashAverage

Free-cash-flow yieldGood

Risk models

Altman Z''Bad

Piotroski F-ScoreAverage

Growth

EPS growth (3y)Bad

Free-cash-flow growth (3y)Bad

Revenue growth (3y)Bad

Growth consistencyBad

Balance sheet

Current ratioBad

Net debt / EBITDABad

Interest coverGood

Valuation

EBIT / EV yieldGood

Profitability

Return on invested capitalAverage

Operating marginGood

Each check is graded against the company's sector, not a fixed number. Checklist score 52/100.

Financials

	FY21	FY22	FY23	FY24	FY25
Revenue	$51.7B	$54.0B	$54.6B	$55.1B	$54.8B
Operating income	$10.5B	$12.0B	$12.6B	$13.1B	$12.9B
Net income	$4.7B	$5.1B	$4.6B	$5.1B	$5.0B
Operating cash flow	$16.2B	$14.9B	$14.4B	$14.4B	$16.1B
Operating margin	20.4%	22.1%	23.0%	23.8%	23.6%
Free cash flow	$8.6B	$5.5B	$3.3B	$3.2B	$4.4B
Diluted EPS	$24.47	$30.74	$29.99	$34.97	$36.21

Fiscal years, from SEC filings.

Technical summary

Daily

Bearish

4 bullish · 2 neutral · 10 bearish

Weekly

Strongly bearish

0 bullish · 1 neutral · 11 bearish

Monthly

Strongly bearish

1 bullish · 0 neutral · 7 bearish

Moving averages (daily)

SMA 10	107.6	Bullish
EMA 10	109.1	Bullish
SMA 20	108.8	Bullish
EMA 20	112.1	Bearish
SMA 50	129.5	Bearish
EMA 50	123.3	Bearish
SMA 100	133.4	Bearish
EMA 100	137.5	Bearish
SMA 200	167.9	Bearish
EMA 200	166.1	Bearish

Oscillators (daily)

RSI (14)	45.53	Neutral
MACD (12, 26)	-5.24	Bearish
Momentum (12)	2.88	Bullish
Stochastic %K (14)	90.21	Bearish
Williams %R (14)	-9.79	Bearish
CCI (20)	52.97	Neutral

Pivot points (classic, last session)

103.6

105.6

108.7

Pivot

110.7

113.8

115.8

118.8

Signals describe what the chart is doing, not what to do. Moving averages: price above the average is bullish. Oscillators use the usual thresholds (RSI 30/70, Stochastic 20/80, CCI ±100, Williams %R −80/−20; MACD and momentum above zero are bullish). Weekly and monthly views use closing prices only.

ETFs that hold CHTR

ETF	Share of the fund
IYZ iShares U.S. Telecommunications	2.70%
XLC Communication Services Select Sector S...	1.43%
RPV Invesco S&P 500 Pure Value	0.74%
VOX Vanguard Communication Services	0.73%
FCOM Fidelity MSCI Communication Services I...	0.73%
EAGL The 2023 ETF Series	0.67%
FEGE First Eagle Global Equity	0.66%
VLUE iShares MSCI USA Value Factor	0.24%

The eight funds with the largest weight in CHTR among the ETFs we cover, from each fund's latest SEC Form N-PORT (quarter-end positions, so they can be months old). All ETFs.