profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Charter Communications
$138.39+4.32% today
-32.4% in 1 year
1-year low $102.181-year high $248.19
Trading in the middle of its range for the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2020 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $4.97 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Charter Communications sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $54.0 billion in 2022 to $54.8 billion in 2025, with $4.99 billion of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Charter Communications handed back more cash to shareholders than it generated last year.
Buybacks $5.1B
Free cash flow 2025$4.4B
Bought back its own shares$5.1B
Paid as dividends–
Cash vs. debt$477M vs. $97.1B
Charter Communications vs. similar companies
Charter Communications grows in the middle of these 5 and is priced in the middle for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charter Communications | 5.0× · Cheap | ||
 Telefónica | No profit yet | ||
 BCE | 4.4× · Cheap | ||
 Rogers Communications | 3.7× · Cheap | ||
 TELUS | 17.4× · Fair price |
Compare Charter Communications with Comcast · Warner Bros. Discovery
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Charter Communications's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48,097 | 51,682 | 54,022 | 54,607 | 55,085 | 54,774 | |
| – | – | 29,511 | 29,907 | 30,736 | 30,968 | |
| 8,405 | 10,526 | 12,243 | 12,506 | 13,245 | 13,324 | |
| 18,109 | 19,871 | 20,921 | 20,738 | 21,404 | 21,211 | |
| 3,222 | 4,654 | 5,055 | 4,557 | 5,083 | 4,987 | |
| 15.40 | 24.47 | 30.74 | 29.99 | 34.97 | 36.21 | |
| – | – | 54.6% | 54.8% | 55.8% | 56.5% | |
| 17.5% | 20.4% | 22.7% | 22.9% | 24.0% | 24.3% | |
| 6.7% | 9.0% | 9.4% | 8.3% | 9.2% | 9.1% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 144,206 | 142,491 | 144,523 | 147,193 | 150,020 | 154,213 |
| Cash | 1,001 | 601 | 645 | 709 | 459 | 477 |
| Total debt | 82,752 | 91,561 | 97,603 | 98,202 | 95,763 | 97,121 |
| Total liabilities | – | – | 131,974 | 132,475 | 130,313 | 133,694 |
| 23,805 | 14,050 | 9,119 | 11,086 | 15,587 | 16,054 | |
| 209 | 193 | 164 | 152 | 145 | 138 | |
| 6.2% | 7.9% | 8.9% | 8.7% | 9.0% | 8.7% | |
| 13.5% | 33.1% | 55.4% | 41.1% | 32.6% | 31.1% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14,562 | 16,239 | 14,925 | 14,433 | 14,430 | 16,077 | |
| 7,415 | 7,635 | 9,376 | 11,115 | 11,269 | 11,659 | |
| 7,147 | 8,604 | 5,549 | 3,318 | 3,161 | 4,418 | |
| Dividends paid | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 11,217 | 15,431 | 10,277 | 3,215 | 1,213 | 5,132 | |
| 351 | 430 | 470 | 692 | 651 | 673 |
Valuation
- 5.0×
- 3.4×
- 0.27
- 1.1×
- 0.5×
- 5.6×
- 5.7×
- 17.8%
- 20.1%
- 0.0%
Profitability
- 56.5%
- 24.3%
- 9.1%
- 37.3%
- 7.1%
- 4.5%
- 30.8%
- 3.2%
- 9.3%
- –
Growth
- +2.6%
- +18.6%
- +39.8%
- –
- −7.4%
Financial health
- 4.7×
- 5.86
- 62.1%
- 2.6×
- 0.40
- 0.40
- 0.35
How it ranks in Communication Services
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Bottom 49%of 436
Top 18%of 438
Top 5%of 347
Bottom 37%of 440
Top 9%of 440
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $259.25
- Range
- $160.00 – $437.00
- 2 analysts
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 2026 | 9.17 | 9.96 | −7.9% |
| Jan 30, 2026 | 10.34 | 9.78 | +5.7% |
| Oct 31, 2025 | 8.34 | 9.23 | −9.6% |
| Jul 25, 2025 | 9.18 | 9.58 | −4.2% |
| Apr 25, 2025 | 8.42 | 8.43 | −0.1% |
| Jan 31, 2025 | 10.10 | 9.19 | +9.9% |
| Nov 1, 2024 | 8.82 | 8.62 | +2.3% |
| Jul 26, 2024 | 8.49 | 7.98 | +6.4% |
News
How Low Can Charter Communications Stock Go?Yahoo Finance · Oct 23, 2026Charter Communications CUM PFD SR A declares $0.4375 dividendSeeking Alpha · Sep 16, 2026Main Street Sports sues Comcast, Charter for underpaid licensing feesCNBC · Aug 24, 2026Charter closes Cox deal, sees potential for $1B in annual synergiesSeeking Alpha · Aug 21, 2026Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
3/7Passes 3 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
56No pass
Benjamin Graham
64Pass
Philip Fisher
65Pass
Peter Lynch
61Pass
Joel Greenblatt
54No pass
Charlie Munger
51No pass
Terry Smith
46No pass
Questions about Charter Communications
Is Charter Communications a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers, and the price looks low. 3 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Charter Communications AI analysis
What does Charter Communications do?
Charter Communications, Inc. operates as a broadband connectivity and cable operator company serving residential and commercial customers in the United States. It is in Telecommunications Services, based in Stamford, CT, United States, with 91,900 employees.
Does Charter Communications pay a dividend?
No. Charter Communications does not pay a dividend at the moment; in 2025 it returned $5.13 billion to shareholders by buying back its own shares.
Is Charter Communications stock halal?
No. Charter Communications does not pass our halal screen: its debt is 392% of its market value, at or above the 33% limit. How we check
How has Charter Communications stock done over the past year?
Down 32.4% over the past twelve months, to $138.39. It traded between $102.18 and $248.19 and is 44.2% below its high.
Who are Charter Communications's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Telefónica, BCE, Rogers Communications and TELUS. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Charter Communications's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.