CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS, INC. /MO/ · Cable & Other Pay Television Services

CHTR

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The short version

A profitable company with steady sales. Institutions are adding.

Going well

Profitable every year for 10 years
Brings in more cash than it spends
Buying back shares: share count down 16% in 3 years

Watch out for

High debt: 5.9x equity

Money moves

No insider buying or selling in the last 30 days
Institutions added 8% to their holdings in the quarter ending June 2026 (414 bought, 374 sold)
Held by Ray Dalio (Bridgewater)

Facts from SEC filings, not a recommendation.

What the price means

Price as of Oct 26

$102.17-5.9% that day

Company value: $27.7B; Share price times all shares
Price vs profit (P/E): 2.7x; You pay about $3 for each $1 of yearly profit
Price vs sales: 0.51x; Company value is 0.51 times a year of sales
Cash vs value: 2%; Cash as a share of company value
Debt vs value: 342%; Owes more than the whole company is worth

From CHTR's last IEX trade and its SEC filings (profits and sales over the last four quarters). A starting point for research, not a verdict.

The business over time

Last 12 quarters, from SEC filings

Sales, Jun '26

$13.5B-1.7% vs a year earlier

Sep '23Tap a barJun '26

Last 12 months: $54.4B, down 1.5% from the 12 months before. Over 5 years, sales grew about 2.6% a year.

What the price assumes

Your guesses, our math

Move the sliders to your own view of CHTR. Starting points are the company's recent numbers.

Sales growth-1% a yearRecently: -1.5% a yearProfit margin9%Last 12 months: 9.1%P/E at the end8xToday: 2.7x. Many steady companies trade at 12x to 25xShare count change-5% a yearBelow zero means buybacks; above zero means new shares (dilution)

Sales in 5 years$51.7B

Profit in 5 years$4.7B

Price these guesses point to$177.67+74% vs $102.17 todayAbout +12% a year, before dividends

What today's price needs: with a 9% margin and a 8x P/E, sales could shrink about 11% a year for 5 years and still match today's price.

Simple math on your guesses, not a forecast or a price target. Real results depend on many things these sliders leave out.

Price

Price chart by TradingView.

Business quality

The checklist Warren Buffett-style investors use. Annual numbers for 2025.

4/6Mixed

PassReturn on equity 15%+Earns a lot on the money owners have in the business.31.5%
MissDebt under half of equityNot relying on borrowed money.5.90x equity
MissNet margin 10%+Keeps at least 10 cents of profit from each dollar of sales.9.1%
PassProfitable every yearSteady profits, not one good year.10 of 10 years
PassFree cash flow positiveBrings in more cash than it spends to run and grow.$4.4B
PassShare count not growingNot diluting owners. Falling means buybacks.-16.2% in 3 years

Revenue: $54.8B; -0.6% vs prior year
5-year growth: +2.6%/yr; revenue, per year
Total debt: $94.8B; 5.90x equity
Current ratio: 0.39x; short-term assets / bills due

From annual reports filed with the SEC. Not in this company's SEC data, so not scored: gross margin 40%+. A checklist is a starting point for research, not a verdict.

Latest quarter

Quarter ended Jun 30, 2026

Reported Jul 24

Revenue: $13.5B; -1.7% YoY
EPS: $10.66; vs $9.18
Op. margin: 22.6%; -1.2 pts
Free cash flow: $1.1B
Share count: -14.4%; vs a year ago

Insider rating

Last 90 days

No open-market insider buys or sells in the last 90 days.

Weekly insider trend

No trades to chart yet.

Filing buzz

Last 7 days vs normal

21/ 100

This week: 1
Normal week: 3.3
vs normal: 0.3x

SEC filings of any kind. 50 means a normal week.

Institutional ownership

Accumulating+8.0%

Institutions added 8.0% to their holdings. 414 bought, 374 sold.

Shares held by institutions103.6M

Sep '24Jun '26

Safety check

From SEC filings

Share count growthYearly rate, last 3 years

-3.8%

Cash runwayAt last year's cash burn

Cash flow positive

Debt to equityLatest balance sheet: debt compared with what owners have

5.5x · $94.0B debt

Shares outstandingLatest reported

271M

Why moderate risk

High debt: 5.54x equity
1 offering filing in 6 months (may sell new shares)

Earnings reports

Last 12

Next reportIn 3 days (est.)Estimated from the same quarter last year

Results filedJul 24
Results filedApr 24
Results filedJan 30
Results filedOct 31, 2025
Results filedJul 25, 2025

Flags and big holders

Offerings 6 months, flags 12 months, holders 90 days

5%+ holder update (passive)Oct 27 · View filing ↗Big holder 5%+ holder update (active)Sep 30 · View filing ↗Activist New 5%+ holder (active)Aug 25 · View filing ↗Activist 5%+ holder update (active)Aug 21 · View filing ↗Activist 5%+ holder update (active)Aug 21 · View filing ↗Activist New 5%+ holder (passive)Aug 20 · View filing ↗Big holder 5%+ holder update (active)Aug 20 · View filing ↗Activist Major agreementAug 20 · View filing ↗Offering 5%+ holder update (passive)Aug 13 · View filing ↗Big holder New 5%+ holder (passive)Jul 31 · View filing ↗Big holder

Insider trades

Open-market buys and sells, last 90 days

No open-market buys or sells in 90 days. Grants and option exercises are left out.

"Owns after" is the insider's holding right after the trade. Pre-planned (10b5-1) sales are set up months ahead, a weaker signal.

Latest filings

Straight from SEC EDGAR

Leadership changeOct 27 · Form 8-K ↗5%+ holder update (passive)Oct 27 · Form SCHEDULE 13G/A ↗POSASROct 21 · Form POSASR ↗Investor disclosureOct 19 · Form 8-K ↗Leadership changeOct 13 · Form 8-K ↗5%+ holder update (active)Sep 30 · Form SCHEDULE 13D/A ↗Investor disclosureSep 15 · Form 8-K ↗New insiderSep 3 · Form 3 ↗

Stock awardNick JefferyChief Operating Officer

436,877 shares

Now owns 13,333 shares
Exercise price $147.66
Stock Options
3 transactions
Filed 2 days after trade

Sep 1Form 4 ↗

Leadership changeAug 31 · Form 8-K ↗Planned insider saleAug 28 · Form 144 ↗Planned insider saleAug 27 · Form 144 ↗New insiderAug 27 · Form 3 ↗Major agreementAug 26 · Form 8-K ↗New 5%+ holder (active)Aug 25 · Form SCHEDULE 13D ↗

Source: SEC EDGAR filings. For informational purposes. Not investment advice.

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