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Charter Communications, Inc. (CHTR)

NASDAQ / Communication Services / Telecommunications Services

Share price

109.99 USD Market dataClose of Oct 15, 2026

Market capitalisation

14.82B USD Market dataClose of Oct 15, 2026
Market data
Oct 15, 2026
Filed accounts
FY2025, filed Jan 30, 2026
Ratios computed
Oct 15, 2026
Filed years
15, FY2010 to FY2025
Four kinds of sourceSEC filingCompany statementMarket dataComputedWhat each means
SEC filingFiled with the SEC
Read from a statement the company filed with the SEC, with the form, fiscal year, filing date and accession beside it.
Company statementCompany statement
What the company says about itself in a filing: an 8-K item, the auditor, its own segment names.
Market dataMarket data
Prices, market value and what analysts publish, with the date they are as of.
ComputedComputed by ValueScreener
Worked out by us from the other three, with the inputs and the formula one press away. A score is a research output, not a rating or a recommendation.
Reading

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Overview

What the business is, what it costs, and how it reads on four questions.

Market dataSEC filingComputed

Four questions, at a glance

Quality

Return on invested capital, after tax

8.9% Computed

From the FY2025 filing

Read quality

Valuation

Price to earnings

2.98x Computed

FY2025 accounts, priced at the latest close

Read valuation

Cash generation

Free cash flow yield

29.2% Computed

FY2025 accounts, priced at the latest close

Read cash generation

Revenue and net income, as filed

FY2016 Revenue: 29.00B USDFY2016 Net income: 3.52B USDFY2017 Revenue: 41.58B USDFY2017 Net income: 9.89B USDFY2018 Revenue: 43.63B USDFY2018 Net income: 1.23B USDFY2019 Revenue: 45.76B USDFY2019 Net income: 1.67B USDFY2020 Revenue: 48.10B USDFY2020 Net income: 3.22B USDFY2021 Revenue: 51.68B USDFY2021 Net income: 4.65B USDFY2022 Revenue: 54.02B USDFY2022 Net income: 5.05B USDFY2023 Revenue: 54.61B USDFY2023 Net income: 4.56B USDFY2024 Revenue: 55.09B USDFY2024 Net income: 5.08B USDFY2025 Revenue: 54.77B USDFY2025 Net income: 4.99B USD
Revenue Net income10 filed fiscal years, from the annual reports; the table in Filings names each document.
Named tests met
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The business, and the score behind its five axes

The reading, in brief

Is it cheap

Price to earnings is 2.98x at the close of 2026-10-15 on FY2025 figures; the lines are 15.00x (Graham's defensive ceiling) and, by market convention, 10.00x, 25.00x and 40.00x, and this sits below the lowest.

Today, against the Telecommunications Services industry (31 companies), 2.98x sits at the 2nd percentile; the middle half of that group runs from 8.97x to 23.29x.

Is it good

Return on invested capital was 8.9% in FY2025, in the band labelled "Around the cost of capital" (8.0% to 12.0%), on lines anchored on Damodaran's cost-of-capital data.

Today, against the Communication Services sector (85 companies), 8.9% sits at the 76th percentile; the middle half of that group runs from -2.0% to 8.8%.

Is it safe

Net debt to EBITDA was 4.47x in FY2025, in the band labelled "High, covenant territory" (4.00x and above), on lines set by credit-analyst convention, suggesting debt in the range lenders write covenants around.

No peer distribution is published for net debt to EBITDA today; the year-by-year comparison uses the filed annual figures.

Year by year against peers
Whether Charter Communications, Inc.'s return on invested capital stayed above the median of the Communication Services sector, year by year. (FY2020 to FY2025, 6 fiscal years of Charter Communications, Inc. with a comparable figure)
The direction
Which way Charter Communications, Inc.'s return on equity has moved, and how steadily. (FY2016 to FY2025, 10 filed years of Charter Communications, Inc.)
What could explain it
What in Charter Communications, Inc.'s filed statements could explain the movements. (9 readings drawn from the statement lines Charter Communications, Inc. filed)
What to check next
What to check next on Charter Communications, Inc., and where in its filings. (5 questions for Charter Communications, Inc.)
In one paragraph
One paragraph on Charter Communications, Inc.'s returns, cash, balance sheet and price. (13 of sixteen figures read for Charter Communications, Inc.)

These are CHTR’s filed figures. The research desk says what they mean, against peers and its own years, with what to check next.

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What changed

The newest filing, what it moved, and when the next one is due.

SEC filingCompany statement

The newest accounts on file are the FY2025 annual report: 10-K, filed Jan 30, 2026, accession 0001091667-26-000017.

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Quality

The returns the business earns on its capital, and the margins behind them.

SEC filingComputed

Charter Communications, Inc: returns on capital and margins, each with its source
FigureValue, source and document
Return on invested capital, after tax8.9% ComputedFY2025 10-K, filed Jan 30, 2026, 0001091667-26-000017
Return on equity31.1% ComputedFY2025 10-K, filed Jan 30, 2026, 0001091667-26-000017
Return on capital employed, pre-tax9.2% ComputedFY2025 10-K, filed Jan 30, 2026, 0001091667-26-000017
Return on assets3.2% ComputedFY2025 10-K, filed Jan 30, 2026, 0001091667-26-000017
Gross margin
Why n/a

Our archived statements for this filer carry no gross profit line, so there is nothing to compute a gross margin from and trace back to source. That may be because the filer presents no cost of revenue, or because we have not captured the concept. We do not guess which.

n/a ComputedFY2025 10-K, filed Jan 30, 2026, 0001091667-26-000017
Operating margin23.6% ComputedFY2025 10-K, filed Jan 30, 2026, 0001091667-26-000017
Net margin9.1% ComputedFY2025 10-K, filed Jan 30, 2026, 0001091667-26-000017
CHTR 9.1%
SKM 7.0%TU 5.4%AMX 2.6%CMCSA 16.2%VZ 12.4%
2.6%16.2%
Net margin: CHTR against the 5 companies named under Valuation context, each as filed for its own latest year. Placement only: no average is drawn.

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Financial strength

What it owes against what it owns, and whether it can meet what falls due.

SEC filingComputedCompany statement

Charter Communications, Inc: leverage, liquidity and distress, each with its source
FigureValue, source and document
Debt to equity6.05 ComputedFY2025 10-K, filed Jan 30, 2026, 0001091667-26-000017
Current ratio0.39 ComputedFY2025 10-K, filed Jan 30, 2026, 0001091667-26-000017
Quick ratio0.39 ComputedFY2025 10-K, filed Jan 30, 2026, 0001091667-26-000017
Interest coverage
Why n/a

No interest expense is filed for this year, so coverage is not computed.

n/a ComputedFY2025 10-K, filed Jan 30, 2026, 0001091667-26-000017
Altman Z-score0.59 ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2025 10-K, filed Jan 30, 2026, 0001091667-26-000017
Net debt96.64B ComputedFY2025 10-K, filed Jan 30, 2026, 0001091667-26-000017
Total assets 154.21BTotal liabilities 133.69BShareholders' equity 16.05BOwnsOwes, and equity
Total assets Total liabilities Shareholders’ equity
The balance sheet, line by line

Financial health

What Charter Communications, Inc owned and owed at the end of fiscal 2025, from the balance sheet it filed (10-K, filed Jan 30, 2026, 0001091667-26-000017).

Charter Communications, Inc: balance sheet position
Total assets154.21B FiledFY2025 10-K, filed Jan 30, 2026
Total liabilities133.69B FiledFY2025 10-K, filed Jan 30, 2026
Shareholders' equity16.05B FiledFY2025 10-K, filed Jan 30, 2026
Cash477.0M FiledFY2025 10-K, filed Jan 30, 2026
Total debt97.12B FiledFY2025 10-K, filed Jan 30, 2026
Net debt96.64B
Current ratio0.39
Debt to equity6.05
  • Interest cover: FY2025: No interest expense is filed for this year, so coverage is not computed.

Read from the filed balance sheet for each year, with the income statement of the same year supplying operating profit where a ratio needs it. Nothing here is a view on whether this company is sound.

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Valuation context

What the market charges for it, against its own record and companies like it.

Market dataSEC filingComputed

Charter Communications, Inc: what the market charges, each with its source
FigureValue, source and document
Price to earnings2.98x ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2025 10-K, filed Jan 30, 2026, 0001091667-26-000017
P/E on trailing twelve months2.78x ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · Trailing four quarters, each as known on the day; the quarterly filings are listed under Filings
Price to book0.94x ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2025 10-K, filed Jan 30, 2026, 0001091667-26-000017
Price to sales0.28x ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2025 10-K, filed Jan 30, 2026, 0001091667-26-000017
Enterprise value to EBIT8.66x ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2025 10-K, filed Jan 30, 2026, 0001091667-26-000017
Enterprise value to EBITDA5.17x ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2025 10-K, filed Jan 30, 2026, 0001091667-26-000017
Price to earnings over growth0.16 ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2025 10-K, filed Jan 30, 2026, 0001091667-26-000017
Diluted earnings per share36.21 USD FiledFY2025 10-K, filed Jan 30, 2026, 0001091667-26-000017
Graham number311.07 USD ComputedFY2025 10-K, filed Jan 30, 2026, 0001091667-26-000017

We publish no fair value or price target of our own. Value CHTR on your own assumptions in the DCF workbench, starting from the filed figures.

Its own record, and companies like it

Valuation

What the market charges for Charter Communications, Inc today, and the multiples it has carried. No value of ours: the figures are the filings’ and the market’s.

Charter Communications, Inc: valuation
Share price109.99 USD
Market capitalisation14.82B USD
Enterprise value to EBITDA5.17x
Graham number311.07 USD
Diluted earnings per share, FY202536.21 USD

Price to earnings on trailing twelve months, a different basis from the fiscal-year P/E above, since Oct 3, 2016: low 2.67x, median 14.50x, high 117.16x, latest 2.78x. 2,521 trading days with a meaningful ratio. Each close over the trailing twelve months of earnings as known that day: a quarter counts from the day it was filed.

Companies like Charter Communications, Inc

  1. SK Telecom Co.,Ltd (SKM)Market cap 12.60B USD
  2. TELUS Corporation (TU)Market cap 13.18B USD
  3. América Móvil, S.A.B. de C.V. (AMX)Market cap 66.99B USD
  4. Comcast Corporation (CMCSA)Market cap 77.05B USD
  5. Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ)Market cap 184.50B USD

Same industry (Telecommunications Services) and size band (Large, 10B to 200B), nearest in market value, net margin and current ratio. Each of those counts equally, by how many of the companies considered sit between the two on it. Closest first: the order is likeness and nothing else.

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Cash generation

Whether profit arrives as cash, and what is paid back to shareholders.

SEC filingComputed

Charter Communications, Inc: cash generation and what is paid out, each with its source
FigureValue, source and document
Free cash flow yield29.2% ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2025 10-K, filed Jan 30, 2026, 0001091667-26-000017
Free cash flow4.42B USD ComputedFY2025 10-K, filed Jan 30, 2026, 0001091667-26-000017
Free cash flow margin8.1% ComputedFY2025 10-K, filed Jan 30, 2026, 0001091667-26-000017
Dividend yield
Why n/a

We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.

n/a ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2025 10-K, filed Jan 30, 2026, 0001091667-26-000017
Payout ratio
Why n/a

We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.

n/a ComputedFY2025 10-K, filed Jan 30, 2026, 0001091667-26-000017
FY2016 Free cash flow: 2.72B USDFY2016 Net income: 3.52B USDFY2017 Free cash flow: 3.27B USDFY2017 Net income: 9.89B USDFY2018 Free cash flow: 2.64B USDFY2018 Net income: 1.23B USDFY2019 Free cash flow: 4.55B USDFY2019 Net income: 1.67B USDFY2020 Free cash flow: 7.15B USDFY2020 Net income: 3.22B USDFY2021 Free cash flow: 8.60B USDFY2021 Net income: 4.65B USDFY2022 Free cash flow: 5.55B USDFY2022 Net income: 5.05B USDFY2023 Free cash flow: 3.32B USDFY2023 Net income: 4.56B USDFY2024 Free cash flow: 3.16B USDFY2024 Net income: 5.08B USDFY2025 Free cash flow: 4.42B USDFY2025 Net income: 4.99B USD
Free cash flow Net incomeProfit that arrives as cash stands level with net income; a gap year after year is worth reading about.

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Filings

Every figure, the year it is for and the document it was read from.

SEC filingMarket data

The filed figures

Computed from the accounts this company filed with the SEC and, in a ratio with a price in it, the last close, dated on this page. Every filed figure below carries the fiscal year and the filing date its accounts were read from, and every blank carries the reason it is blank. Nothing here is a view on this company.

Charter Communications, Inc.: the eight ratios, with the fiscal year and filing date behind each.
FigureValueYearAs of
2.98xFY2025Oct 15, 2026
0.94xFY2025Oct 15, 2026
8.66xFY2025Oct 15, 2026
29.2%FY2025Oct 15, 2026
8.9%FY2025Jan 30, 2026
n/aFY2025Oct 15, 2026
n/a The filed cash flow statement reports no dividend paid at all. That is not the same as a filed zero, and we will not read it as one.
6.05FY2025Jan 30, 2026
0.39FY2025Jan 30, 2026
0.28xFY2025Oct 15, 2026
0.16FY2025Oct 15, 2026
0.59FY2025Oct 15, 2026
-2.55FY2025Jan 30, 2026
6/9FY2025Jan 30, 2026

The figures are computed from the accounts for fiscal 2025, the newest full year on file. 15 filed fiscal years on record, FY2010 to FY2025, from SEC EDGAR. Prices as of Oct 15, 2026. Ratios recomputed Oct 15, 2026. Two facts, because a recompute is not a fresh quote.

The year and the filing date name the statement each figure’s accounts are read from, and they stand even where the figure itself could not be computed: the line beneath a blank says what that statement did not carry. A figure’s name opens its formula and the filings behind it; a statement that names no SEC filing has no filing date, and reads n/a.

Ten years of filed figures, year by year

Ten years of filed figures

10 filed fiscal years, FY2016 to FY2025, read from the annual reports Charter Communications, Inc filed with the SEC. Each year names its filing. Amounts in USD, as filed.

Charter Communications, Inc: revenue, earnings, free cash flow and returns, by fiscal year, with the filing each year was read from
YearRevenueOperating incomeNet incomeEPS, dilutedFree cash flowOperating marginReturn on equityFiling
FY202554.77B12.91B4.99B36.214.42B23.6%31.1%10-K, Jan 30, 20260001091667-26-000017
FY202455.09B13.12B5.08B34.973.16B23.8%32.6%10-K, Jan 31, 20250001091667-25-000034
FY202354.61B12.56B4.56B29.993.32B23.0%41.1%10-K, Feb 2, 20240001091667-24-000028
FY202254.02B11.96B5.05B30.745.55B22.1%55.4%10-K, Jan 27, 20230001091667-23-000024
FY202151.68B10.53B4.65B24.478.60B20.4%33.1%10-K, Jan 28, 20220001091667-22-000024
FY202048.10B8.40B3.22B15.407.15B17.5%13.5%10-K, Jan 29, 20210001091667-21-000022
FY201945.76B6.51B1.67B7.454.55B14.2%5.3%10-K, Jan 31, 20200001091667-20-000024
FY201843.63B5.22B1.23B5.222.64B12.0%3.4%10-K, Jan 31, 20190001091667-19-000029
FY201741.58B4.11B9.89B34.093.27B9.9%25.3%10-K, Feb 2, 20180001091667-18-000025
FY201629.00B2.46B3.52B15.942.72B8.5%8.8%10-K, Feb 16, 20170001091667-17-000030
  • Revenue, compound annual growth FY2016 to FY2025: 7.3%
  • Earnings, compound annual growth FY2016 to FY2025: 3.9%
  • Earnings per share, compound annual growth FY2016 to FY2025: 9.5%
  • Free cash flow, compound annual growth FY2016 to FY2025: 5.6%

Every figure in this section is a line of a filed annual statement or a ratio of two of them. Nothing here is estimated or smoothed. Earnings per share filed before a share split are put on today's share count, and say so. Nothing here is a verdict on the company.

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Risks and guardrails

The accounting screens, the published tests, and the lines you can set to be told.

ComputedCompany statement

Charter Communications, Inc: accounting screens and published tests, each with its source
FigureValue, source and document
Beneish M-score-2.55 ComputedFY2025 10-K, filed Jan 30, 2026, 0001091667-26-000017
Piotroski F-score6/9 ComputedFY2025 10-K, filed Jan 30, 2026, 0001091667-26-000017
Named tests met6 of 30 Computed
Beta0.77 ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026

The named tests

Of 30 tests value investors published: 6 met, 21 not met, 3 we could not complete. Counts, never a score: a single figure would have to decide that meeting one investor’s criteria and meeting another’s are worth the same.

Which tests, by name(all 30)
Meets
Deep value; Large cap, low P/E; ROIC at or above WACC; P/E times P/B (Benjamin Graham); Owner earnings yield; Cheapest quarter on P/E (David Dreman)
Does not
Defensive investor (Benjamin Graham); Earnings yield and ROIC (Joel Greenblatt); High F-score, low P/B (Joseph Piotroski); Three forensic scores; Low PEG, low debt (Peter Lynch); High returns and growth; Gross margin, turnover (Robert Novy-Marx); EV/EBITDA and coverage; High yield, low payout; Low beta, profitable; Near the 52-week low; Z-score and coverage (Edward Altman); Two thirds of NCAV (Benjamin Graham); High returns, low debt; High return on tangibles; Low P/S, rising earnings (James O'Shaughnessy); Book or below, low debt (Walter Schloss); Tangible book or below; Cash-flow yield and ROIC; Clean books, high ROIC; Cheapest quarter on P/B (David Dreman)
Not measured
Dividends and buybacks; Cash-covered dividend; Low P/E, growth, yield (John Neff). A test with a figure we could not read is incomplete, never met and never failed.
Figures we could not read(7)
  • Gross Margin: Our archived statements for this filer carry no gross profit line, so there is nothing to compute a gross margin from and trace back to source. That may be because the filer presents no cost of revenue, or because we have not captured the concept. We do not guess which.
  • Interest Coverage: No interest expense is filed for this year, so coverage is not computed.
  • Dividend Yield: We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.
  • Payout Ratio: We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.
  • Dividend Coverage Ratio: We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.
  • Dividend Streak: We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.
  • Price Tangible Book: We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.

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Declared positions

Whether anybody here owns this company.

Positions declared by Javier Sanz Alvarez: no holding in any company shown here, as of October 3, 2026.

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What this cannot tell you

  • 7 figures could not be read on this company, among them Gross Margin, Interest Coverage, Dividend Yield. Each blank in the table above names the rest, with its reason. 3 named tests come back incomplete because of them, which is neither met nor missed.

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