Charter Communications, Inc. operates as a broadband connectivity company in the United States.
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The company offers subscription-based internet, mobile, video, and voice services; broadband connectivity services, including fixed internet, WiFi, and mobile; Spectrum internet products; advanced WiFi services; and in-home WiFi, which provides customers with high performance wireless routers and managed WiFi services to enhance their wireless internet experience.
It also offers wireline voice communications services using voice over internet protocol technology; Call Guard, an advanced caller ID and robocall blocking solution; video programming and video services, including access to an interactive programming guide with parental controls, video on demand and pay-per-view services; and broadband communications solutions, such as internet access, data networking, fiber connectivity, video entertainment, and business telephone services.
In addition, the company provides advertising services on cable television networks, various streaming services, and advertising platforms for local, regional and national businesses.
Further, it offers production and technical services for regional sports networks; owns and manages local news channels, including Spectrum News NY1® and Spectrum News SoCal; and delivers broadband connectivity solutions to apartments, single-family gated communities, off-campus student housing, senior residences, and RV parks.
The company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut.
Quality Score breakdown
Overall quality49/100
It rates the business: profits, how they develop, real cash, balance sheet, investing and share count.
Profitability45
How much profit the company makes from its sales and capital
Quality Growth42
Are margins and returns getting better?
Cashflow60
Do the profits arrive as real cash?
Financial strength4
Debt, balance sheet and risk of trouble
Investment30
Does it invest with discipline instead of growing at any price?
Low Volatility46
How calm the share price moves, does not count
Price momentum10
Price momentum of the last 3 to 12 months, does not count
In the last 6 months, one officer or director bought shares worth $1.4M, on May 15, 2026.
SaleThomas RutledgeDirector Emeritus87,833 shares at $144.97$12.7MMay 27, 2026
BuyMauricio RamosDirector9,929 shares at $140.93$1.4MMay 15, 2026
BuyWade DavisDirector5,728 shares at $173.72$995,068Apr 28, 2026
BuyBalan NairDirector1,000 shares at $175.46$175,460Apr 28, 2026
BuyChristopher L WinfreyPresident and CEO, Director6,936 shares at $172.23$1.2MApr 28, 2026
Plus 8 other filings such as grants, option exercises or tax withholding. They are not market purchases or sales.
Sales are often planned (taxes, diversification, 10b5-1 plans). Purchases with their own money are seen as the stronger sign. For information only: not part of the quality score or Fair Value.
Growth Quality ⓘGrowth is valuable only when reinvestment earns attractive returns (Aswath Damodaran): sustainable growth depends on return on capital, reinvestment and efficiency. Basis: total company revenue over the periods shown on the cards (3Y/5Y/all years), not per share, so a merger can show up as a growth jump; per-share earnings growth is in the value-creation card.56/100
The company is growing, but growth may require heavy reinvestment or weak cash conversion.
Revenue growth 1 year
−0.6%
Revenue growth 3 years ⓘMeasures the company's TOTAL revenue from reported annual statements: compound average growth per year (CAGR) from the fiscal year 3, 5 or N years back to the most recent comparable fiscal year. Not per share: buybacks do not change this number, and a merger can appear as a growth jump. Per-share growth (which does include buybacks) is in the value-creation card.
+0.5%
Revenue growth 5 years ⓘMeasures the company's TOTAL revenue from reported annual statements: compound average growth per year (CAGR) from the fiscal year 3, 5 or N years back to the most recent comparable fiscal year. Not per share: buybacks do not change this number, and a merger can appear as a growth jump. Per-share growth (which does include buybacks) is in the value-creation card.
+2.6%
Start year 2020 (pandemic). Over 10 years: +18.8% a year
Revenue growth 27 years ⓘMeasures the company's TOTAL revenue from reported annual statements: compound average growth per year (CAGR) from the fiscal year 3, 5 or N years back to the most recent comparable fiscal year. Not per share: buybacks do not change this number, and a merger can appear as a growth jump. Per-share growth (which does include buybacks) is in the value-creation card.
+36.0%
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What shareholders gained per year (last 5 years) ⓘWhat the business itself delivers per year: earnings growth per share plus the dividend yield. This is what you get IF the market keeps valuing the stock the same way: it contains no assumption about the market changing its mind. Computed per share, so buybacks count and a merger does not pass as growth. For a company that pays no dividend it is pure earnings growth per share. Period: earnings growth per share as CAGR over the last 5 reported fiscal years (annual statements), plus the current dividend yield. The start value is the median of the three years around the start, so a single crisis year (a pandemic or a write-down) does not distort the rate. Basis: adjusted.
+19.3%
Earnings growth per share plus dividend.
Earnings per share, growth per year+19.3%
Dividend (yield on the price)0.0%
Pace: 5 vs 10 years ⓘTwo data points, not a trend model: earnings growth per share over the last 5 fiscal years against the last 10. Labelled "steady" when both rates are within 3 percentage points of each other, otherwise picking up or flattening. Shown only when ten years of history exist.18.7% vs 9.2%, picking up
Profit margin 2020 to 2025 ⓘOperating margin then vs now, from reported annual statements. A falling margin after a boom year is the classic peak-earnings signal: the growth rate then leans on an inflated base.18% → 24%
Pace: the 5-year rate starts in 2020 (pandemic)
Growth Forecast
Price in line with expectations
The price assumes more growth than the company has delivered so far and about what analysts expect.
What the price assumes ⓘThis turns our valuation around: instead of asking what the share is worth, it asks what growth the current price requires. It uses the cash the company keeps after all spending (free cash flow), the same discount rate as our models, five years of growth, then slowing evenly to 2 % a year by year ten. Compared with the analysts' sales forecasts extended to the same five years (at least three analysts, for context only, it does not enter the Fair Value): within 3 percentage points counts as "in line" (amber), below that little optimism (green), above that a lot of optimism (red).
+10.7%
Yearly growth needed for the next five years to justify today's price.
What forecasts expect ⓘAnalysts publish sales forecasts for the next two fiscal years. For the years after that, growth slows evenly to 2 % a year by year ten (2 % is the long-run rate our models use). Projected years are marked as such.
+8.8%
Yearly sales growth analysts expect, extended to five years.
After inflation (USA: IMF forecast 2.4% a year to 2030, 3.1% from 2016 to 2025) that is about +8.1% a year for the price and +6.3% for the forecasts.
News mood ⓘNews mood, the average tone of recent news (99 articles), rated against how stocks are usually covered. 🚀 Hype = unusually upbeat · 🙂 Positive = above average · 😐 Neutral = typical · 🙁 Negative = below average · 😨 Very negative = unusually downbeat. It reflects the tone of coverage, not our valuation.Negative
Recent news coverage is more negative than average.
AI conclusion: Moderate pricing power offers limited resilience, yet this is offset by high leverage and thin signals across other areas.
Main risk: Fiber overbuilds by AT&T and Verizon together with fixed wireless access from T-Mobile and Verizon could draw away broadband subscribers and pressure prices or margins on Charter's core cable offerings.
Bull case: Through faster mobile growth and successful Cox integration Charter could bundle services more effectively and use network upgrades to defend its broadband position against fiber and wireless rivals.
Bear case: If fiber overbuilds and fixed wireless continue to capture share while the Cox deal faces prolonged regulatory hurdles, Charter might see sustained subscriber losses and limited ability to achieve cost synergies.
Charter keeps losing broadband subscribers to fixed wireless and fiber rivals while revenue slips modestly and debt stays elevated. Our models see the shares as undervalued given how little the operations have actually contracted. Will the mobile push and Cox integration stabilize the base or will competition keep eroding the core cable economics?
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Peer GroupⓘHow this stock ranks against its industry: the green marker is this stock, the band is the typical 25–75% peer range, and the tick is the median.Telecom Services · 235 stocks
Beats the industry median on 8/12 measures
Overall it ranks above its industry peers.
Valuation
Quality Score49 · Below median
Profitability
Return on equity (12 months)27.2% · Top 25%
Return on assets3.2% · Below median
Net margin (12 months)9.1% · Above median
Operating margin (12 months)23.5% · Top 25%
Growth and dividend
Revenue growth (quarter YoY)−1.7% · Below median
Balance sheet
Debt / equity5.95× · Highest 25%
Valuation Multiplesvs Telecom Services median · lower = cheaper
P/E (12 months)11.1× · Cheaper than median
P/B0.89× · book value is mostly goodwill ⓘGoodwill and other intangible assets are larger than the equity. The book value mainly reflects prices paid for past acquisitions, so we do not rank this P/B against the peer group.
Charter Communications Inc has a Quality Score of 49/100. It measures business quality (profitability, growth, cash flow, balance-sheet strength, investment discipline, share issuance). Market factors such as price momentum and volatility do not enter the number; they are shown separately in the detail view.
What is the revenue of Charter Communications Inc (CHTR)?
Charter Communications Inc reported trailing-twelve-month revenue of about $54.4B (latest available figure, as of Nov 1, 2026).
What growth is priced into Charter Communications Inc (CHTR)?
For today's price to be fair in a discounted-cash-flow model, Charter Communications Inc would have to grow free cash flow by +10.7 % per year for five years (discount rate 8.6 %, then slowing evenly to 2 % perpetual growth by year ten). Over the last 5 years revenue grew +2.6 % per year. As of Nov 1, 2026.
How much growth has Charter Communications Inc (CHTR) delivered so far?
Over the past 5 years revenue at Charter Communications Inc grew +2.6 % a year. The price currently implies free-cash-flow growth of +10.7 % per year. Comparing the two shows how much confidence is in the price: if it demands more than has been delivered, the business has to accelerate for the maths to work.
How fast is the sector of Charter Communications Inc (CHTR) growing?
The median revenue growth in the sector is +3.8 % a year. That is the yardstick for the growth priced into Charter Communications Inc (+10.7 % per year): it shows whether the expectation is within the usual range or beyond it.
What is the free cash flow yield of Charter Communications Inc (CHTR)?
The free-cash-flow yield on the price is 30.86 %: that much free cash flow Charter Communications Inc produces per unit of market value. When it exceeds the discount rate of our models (8.6 %), the business already earns more than its cost of capital demands, and the price needs little additional growth.
What is the PEG ratio of CHTR?
The PEG ratio of Charter Communications Inc is 0.71 (P/E divided by earnings growth, as of Nov 1, 2026). That is below 1, so growth is priced more cheaply than the earnings multiple alone suggests.
How solid is the balance sheet of Charter Communications Inc (CHTR)?
Balance-sheet figures for Charter Communications Inc (as of Nov 1, 2026): return on equity 27.2%, debt of 5.95 per unit of equity. They feed the Quality Score of 49/100, which measures business quality independently of the share price.
Which stocks are comparable to Charter Communications Inc?
From the same area (Communication Services) we also value China Mobile Limited, Verizon Communications Inc, T-Mobile US, Inc, AT&T Inc, among others. Each of them has its own fair-value calculation on this site using the same models, so the comparison is like for like.
What is the share price of Charter Communications Inc (CHTR)?
The closing price on Nov 6, 2026 was $118.07. We carry closing prices from our data provider, not a live tick.
Key figures of Charter Communications Inc
How large is the market capitalisation of Charter Communications Inc (CHTR)?
The market capitalisation of Charter Communications Inc is $14.3B. The stock-market value of the whole company: share price times number of shares. It is what the market asks for the entire business today.
What is the P/S ratio of Charter Communications Inc (CHTR)?
The price-to-sales ratio of Charter Communications Inc is 1.01 (P/E × margin). Price to sales: market value relative to yearly revenue. Useful when profit is thin or distorted.
What are the earnings per share of Charter Communications Inc (CHTR)?
Earnings per share at Charter Communications Inc are $10.64 (price ÷ EPS = P/E 11.1). Earnings per share over the last twelve months: total profit spread across every single share.
What is the net margin of Charter Communications Inc (CHTR)?
The net margin of Charter Communications Inc is 9.1% (fiscal year 2025). How much of every unit of revenue ends up as profit. 10% means 10 cents of profit per dollar of sales.
What is the return on equity of Charter Communications Inc (CHTR)?
The return on equity (ROE) of Charter Communications Inc is 27.2% (last twelve months). Profit relative to shareholders' equity, how efficiently the company works with its owners' money.
What is the EBIT return on assets of Charter Communications Inc (CHTR)?
On an EBIT basis the return on assets of Charter Communications Inc is 8.4% (avg 5y). Operating profit (EBIT) relative to everything the company owns, as a multi-year average. It describes the business model rather than one good or bad year.
What is the operating margin of Charter Communications Inc (CHTR)?
The operating margin of Charter Communications Inc is 23.5% (last twelve months). Profit from the core business (before interest and taxes) relative to revenue.
How fast is revenue growing at Charter Communications Inc (CHTR)?
Revenue at Charter Communications Inc is growing −1.7% versus a year earlier (3y avg +0.5%). How much revenue grew versus a year earlier (YoY). The 3-year average next to it puts the single year in context.
How fast are earnings growing at Charter Communications Inc (CHTR)?
Earnings per share at Charter Communications Inc are growing +16.1% versus a year earlier. How much earnings per share grew versus a year earlier.
How much net debt does Charter Communications Inc (CHTR) carry?
The net debt of Charter Communications Inc is $96.6B (fiscal year 2025, ≈ 21.9 yrs of FCF). Debt minus cash on hand. The note shows how many years of free cash flow could in theory pay it off.
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Nov 1, 2026