Charter Communications, Inc. (CHTR)
As-reported financials and SEC filings for Charter Communications, Inc. The latest annual period is FY2025. The latest reported quarter is Q2 FY2026. Financial statements come straight from the company’s EDGAR filings; valuation figures such as P/E and market cap use market data.
About Charter Communications, Inc.
Charter Communications, Inc. operates as a broadband connectivity company under the Spectrum brand, providing Internet, mobile, TV, and voice services to approximately 58 million homes and businesses across 41 states. The company offers high-speed Internet products with speeds up to 1 gigabit per second and multi-gigabit speeds in some areas, along with managed WiFi and mobile plans that include 5G access. Charter serves residential customers, small businesses, and larger enterprises with bundled and individual subscription-based services.
Snapshot
Fundamentals are from SEC filings for FY2025, the latest annual period (ended December 31, 2025). P/E and market cap are derived from stored market prices, last retrieved on a rolling basis and typically within the past week.
What changed at Charter Communications
- Revenue fell 0.6% to $54.8B in FY2025, in line with the 0.9% the year before.
- Operating margin is 23.6% in FY2025, +3.2 pp against 20.4% in FY2021.
- Most recent quarter Q2 FY2026: revenue $13.5B, down 1.7% from Q2 FY2025.
- Free cash flow was $4.4B in FY2025, 8.1% of revenue.
- Net income fell 1.9% to $5.0B in FY2025.
Computed from the as-reported figures in the statements below. A change we cannot state from filed figures is left out rather than estimated.
Peer comparison
Where Charter Communications’s fundamentals sit among the 213 Communication Services companies. Each figure is ranked only against peers that report it, from lowest (left) to highest (right).
Charter Communications’s P/E of 2.8 is the lowest of the 79 peers with a meaningful P/E. Charter Communications’s operating margin of 23.6% ranks in the 94th percentile of the 183 Communication Services companies reporting it. Charter Communications’s return on equity of 24.3% ranks in the 90th percentile of the 162 Communication Services companies reporting it.
No reported insider transactions (codes P/S) in the last 90 days. For context, about 15% of companies in the universe saw any reported insider purchase (code P) in the same window. Browse insider activity →
Percentiles describe where a figure sits among sector peers reporting it (100th = highest). They are position within a peer group, not a rating, and not investment advice. Short interest ranking uses days to cover from FINRA Consolidated Short Interest data; FINRA is the owner and source of that data, included at no additional charge.
Institutional ownership
Held by 6 of the superinvestors we track (plus 5 quant / multi-strat books), based on each investor’s most recent 13F; periods vary by investor (newest: Q2 2026).
| Investor | As of | Position value | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dodge & Cox | Q2 2026 | $2.14B | 15.0M | Added |
| First Eagle Investment Management | Q2 2026 | $510.2M | 3.6M | Added |
| AQR Capital Managementquant | Q2 2026 | $279.5M | 2.0M | Added |
| Millennium Managementquant | Q2 2026 | $195.6M | 1.4M | Added |
| Citadel Advisorsquant | Q2 2026 | $187.3M | 1.3M | Added |
| D. E. Shawquant | Q2 2026 | $49.8M | 350.1K | Added |
| Gotham Asset Management | Q2 2026 | $39.6M | 278.5K | Added |
| Bridgewater Associates | Q2 2026 | $19.6M | 138.1K | Added |
| Harris Associates (Oakmark) | Q2 2026 | $13.8M | 96.8K | Reduced |
| Point72 Asset Managementquant | Q2 2026 | $6.4M | 45.0K | New |
| Ruane Cunniff (Sequoia) | Q2 2026 | $221,279 | 1.6K | Reduced |
No longer held by: Maverick Capital (as of Q2 2026), Two Sigma Investments (as of Q2 2026)
From quarterly Form 13F filings, which can be up to 45 days delayed. Long US-listed positions only: excludes short positions, options, cash, bonds, and non-US holdings, so this is not a manager’s complete portfolio. Counts are of the investors we track, not all institutions. Not investment advice.
Recent insider activity
Non-derivative buys and sells (codes P/S) reported by officers, directors and 10% owners on SEC Form 4.
| Trade date | Insider | Type | Shares | Price | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2026-05-27 filed 2026-05-28 | Rutledge ThomasInsider | Sell | 9.1K | $146.96 | $1.3M |
2026-05-27 filed 2026-05-28 | Rutledge ThomasInsider | Sell | 9.1K | $146.92 | $1.3M |
2026-05-26 filed 2026-05-28 | Rutledge ThomasInsider | Sell | 69.6K | $144.45 | $10.1M |
2026-05-15 filed 2026-05-18 | Mauricio RamosDirector | Buy | 9.9K | $140.93 | $1.4M |
2026-04-28 filed 2026-04-29 | Wade DavisDirector | Buy | 5.7K | $173.72 | $995K |
2026-04-28 | Christopher L. WinfreyPresident and CEO | Buy | 3.5K | $172.23 | $597K |
2026-04-28 | Christopher L. WinfreyPresident and CEO | Buy | 3.5K | $172.23 | $597K |
2026-04-28 | Balan NairDirector | Buy | 1.0K | $175.46 | $175K |
Reported non-derivative purchases and sales (codes P/S), which may be open-market or private. Excludes option exercises, grants, and shares withheld for taxes. Dates shown are the trade date; a Form 4 can be filed days to years later. A sale can be routine (e.g. a pre-set 10b5-1 plan), so read individual transactions in context. From SEC Form 4. Not investment advice.
Short interest
Total shares sold short as of each twice-monthly FINRA settlement. Rising short interest means more investors are positioned against the stock; days to cover estimates how many trading days of average volume that position represents.
| Settlement | Shares short | Change | Days to cover |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-30 | 16.5M | +7.2% | 5.01 |
| 2026-09-15 | 15.4M | +2.8% | 5.66 |
| 2026-08-31 | 15.0M | -34.8% | 4.79 |
| 2026-08-14 | 23.0M | +2.3% | 12.28 |
| 2026-07-31 | 22.5M | +10.8% | 6.11 |
| 2026-07-15 | 20.3M | -3.7% | 9.42 |
| 2026-06-30 | 21.0M | -5.7% | 3.92 |
| 2026-06-15 | 22.3M | +4.3% | 7.62 |
Source: FINRA Consolidated Short Interest. FINRA is the owner and source of the FINRA-supplied data, which is included at no additional charge for your own personal or professional use; republishing or redistributing it is not permitted. Settlement dates are shown; FINRA publishes each settlement about nine business days later, so the latest figure can be two to four weeks old. Not presented as a percentage of float. No FINRA endorsement of this product is implied. Not investment advice.
Income statement (as reported)
| FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $54.77B | $55.09B | $54.61B | $54.02B | $51.68B |
| Gross profit | — | — | — | — | — |
| Operating income | $12.91B | $13.12B | $12.56B | $11.96B | $10.53B |
| Pre-tax income | $7.46B | $7.50B | $6.85B | $7.46B | $6.39B |
| Net income | $4.99B | $5.08B | $4.56B | $5.05B | $4.65B |
| Diluted EPS | $36.21 | $34.97 | $29.99 | $30.74 | $24.47 |
Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures (free cash flow is operating cash flow minus capital expenditures, which can differ from a company’s own definition); “adj” means restated for a stock split (tap or hover a figure to see how it was calculated or what was filed). Diluted EPS includes discontinued operations where a company reports them. Cash & Equivalents excludes short-term investments and may include restricted cash where that is the figure the company tags. Full details: where the numbers come from.
Balance sheet (as reported)
| FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and equivalents | $477.0M | $459.0M | $709.0M | $645.0M | $601.0M |
| Current assets | $5.14B | $4.23B | $4.13B | $4.02B | $3.57B |
| Total assets | $154.21B | $150.02B | $147.19B | $144.52B | $142.49B |
| Current liabilities | $13.31B | $13.49B | $13.21B | $12.06B | $12.46B |
| Long-term debt | $94.01B | $92.13B | $95.78B | $96.09B | $88.56B |
| Total liabilities | |||||
| Total equity | $20.52B | $19.71B | $14.72B | $12.55B | $18.16B |
Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures (free cash flow is operating cash flow minus capital expenditures, which can differ from a company’s own definition); “adj” means restated for a stock split (tap or hover a figure to see how it was calculated or what was filed). Diluted EPS includes discontinued operations where a company reports them. Cash & Equivalents excludes short-term investments and may include restricted cash where that is the figure the company tags. Full details: where the numbers come from.
Cash flow (as reported)
| FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $16.08B | $14.43B | $14.43B | $14.93B | $16.24B |
| Capital expenditure | $11.66B | $11.27B | $11.12B | $9.38B | $7.63B |
| Free cash flow |
Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures (free cash flow is operating cash flow minus capital expenditures, which can differ from a company’s own definition); “adj” means restated for a stock split (tap or hover a figure to see how it was calculated or what was filed). Diluted EPS includes discontinued operations where a company reports them. Cash & Equivalents excludes short-term investments and may include restricted cash where that is the figure the company tags. Full details: where the numbers come from.
Quarterly trend
| Quarter | Revenue | Revenue YoY | Net income | Diluted EPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 FY2026 | $13.53B | -1.7% | $1.29B | $10.66 |
| Q1 FY2026 | $13.60B | -1.0% | $1.16B | $9.17 |
| Q4 FY2025 | -2.3% | |||
| Q3 FY2025 | $13.67B | -0.9% | $1.14B | $8.34 |
| Q2 FY2025 | $13.77B | 0.6% | $1.30B | $9.18 |
| Q1 FY2025 | $13.73B | 0.4% | $1.22B | $8.42 |
| Q4 FY2024 | 1.6% | |||
| Q3 FY2024 | $13.79B | 1.6% | $1.28B | $8.82 |
Latest 8 quarters, from company XBRL filings on SEC EDGAR. A dotted underline marks a fourth-quarter figure we calculated from the full year and the first nine months. Revenue YoY is our calculation too: each quarter against the same quarter a year earlier.
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