profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Optimum Communications
$0.64-8.17% today
-67.5% in 1 year
1-year low $0.571-year high $2.08
Trading close to its lowest price of the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2022 to 2025.
0%20% a year
It has no yearly profit to compare the price with.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Optimum Communications sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $9.65 billion in 2022 to $8.59 billion in 2025, with -$1.87 billion of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Optimum Communications vs. similar companies
How it compares with the largest companies in its industry.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Optimum Communications | No profit yet | ||
 Charter Communications | 4.8× · Cheap | ||
 Telefónica | No profit yet | ||
 BCE | 4.4× · Cheap | ||
 Rogers Communications | 3.7× · Cheap |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Optimum 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 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9,648 | 9,237 | 8,954 | 8,590 | |
| 6,442 | 6,207 | 6,058 | 5,953 | |
| 1,933 | 1,917 | 1,704 | 1,575 | |
| 3,622 | 3,402 | 3,323 | 1,558 | |
| 195 | 53 | -103 | -1,869 | |
| 0.43 | 0.12 | -0.22 | -4.00 | |
| 66.8% | 67.2% | 67.7% | 69.3% | |
| 20.0% | 20.7% | 19.0% | 18.3% | |
| 2.0% | 0.6% | -1.1% | -21.8% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 33,665 | 31,924 | 31,701 | 30,704 |
| Cash | 305 | 302 | 257 | 1,012 |
| Total debt | 26,848 | 25,340 | 25,313 | 26,457 |
| Total liabilities | 34,169 | 32,358 | 32,158 | 32,996 |
| -475 | -422 | -469 | -2,314 | |
| 453 | 455 | 460 | 468 | |
| 5.5% | 5.6% | 5.3% | -0.5% | |
| -40.9% | -12.6% | 21.9% | 80.8% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,367 | 1,826 | 1,482 | 1,234 | |
| 1,914 | 1,706 | 1,434 | 1,352 | |
| 453 | 121 | 47 | -118 | |
| Dividends paid | – | 2 | 8 | 10 |
| 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 160 | 48 | 67 | 64 |
Valuation
- –
- –
- –
- -0.1×
- 0.0×
- –
- 16.5×
- -48.4%
- -768.8%
- 0.0%
Profitability
- 69.3%
- 18.3%
- -21.8%
- 38.6%
- -0.3%
- -0.7%
- 180.2%
- -16.8%
- -0.3%
- –
Growth
- −3.8%
- –
- −179.5%
- –
- +0.2%
Financial health
- 7.8×
- -5.13
- 95.8%
- -0.0×
- 0.85
- 0.85
- 0.31
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 11%of 435
Top 33%of 437
Bottom 11%of 439
Bottom 1%of 439
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $2.00
- Range
- $1.75 – $2.25
- 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 2026 | -0.10 | -0.16 | +37.5% |
| Feb 12, 2026 | -0.03 | -0.01 | −200.0% |
| Nov 6, 2025 | -0.12 | -0.04 | −200.0% |
| Aug 7, 2025 | -0.21 | -0.06 | −250.0% |
| May 8, 2025 | -0.16 | -0.07 | −133.8% |
| Feb 13, 2025 | -0.12 | 0.04 | −399.6% |
| Nov 4, 2024 | -0.09 | 0.04 | −333.2% |
| Aug 1, 2024 | 0.03 | 0.06 | −47.2% |
News
No recent news on file.
Insider 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
0/7Passes 0 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
20No pass
Benjamin Graham
7No pass
Philip Fisher
39No pass
Peter Lynch
0No pass
Joel Greenblatt
0No pass
Charlie Munger
23No pass
Terry Smith
18No pass
Questions about Optimum Communications
Is Optimum Communications a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers that is not profitable yet. 0 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 Optimum Communications AI analysis
What does Optimum Communications do?
Optimum Communications, Inc. engages in the provision of broadband, pay television, telephony services, proprietary content, and advertising services. It is in Telecommunications Services.
Does Optimum Communications pay a dividend?
Yes. In 2025 it paid out $9.74 million in dividends.
Is Optimum Communications stock halal?
No. Optimum Communications does not pass our halal screen: its debt is 10,882% of its market value, at or above the 33% limit. How we check
How has Optimum Communications stock done over the past year?
Down 67.5% over the past twelve months, to $0.64. It traded between $0.57 and $2.08 and is 69.4% below its high.
Who are Optimum Communications's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Charter Communications, Telefónica, BCE and Rogers Communications. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Optimum Communications's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 12, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.