Charter Communications Inc CHTR

What the company does

Charter Communications Inc is a large-cap company in the Communication Services sector (Telecom Services), with a market value of $14.1B, based in the USA.

It employs about 91,900 people and has been listed since Nov 09, 1999.

Charter Communications, Inc. operates as a broadband connectivity company in the United States. The company offers subscription-based internet, mobile, video, and voice services; broadband connectivity services, including fixed internet, WiFi, and mobile; Spectrum internet products; advanced WiFi services; and in-home WiFi, which provides customers with high performance wireless routers and managed WiFi services to enhance their wireless internet experience.

Cheap or expensive? relatively cheap

Its price-to-earnings (P/E) is 2.8 versus 15.5 for the median of the Communication Services sector in our universe (18 companies) — relatively cheap.

Revenue is shrinking 2% versus the same quarter last year.

On analysts' next-year forecasts the multiple rises to 6.1 — they expect lower earnings.

The average analyst price target is 173.17, 59% above the current price (their view, not ours).

The stock sits at 5% of its one-year range (0% = the low, 100% = the high).

The risks

• ⚠️ Net debt is 5.6× shareholders' equity — high leverage.
• • The stock is more volatile than average (beta 0.7) — big daily moves both ways.
• ⚠️ 42% of the float is sold short — part of the market is betting on a decline.
• • The stock is 57% below its one-year high.
• • Quarterly report in 12 days (2026-11-06) — a day the stock can move a lot.
• • More analysts rate it sell (6) than buy (5).

Strengths

• ✅ Profitable — 10 of every 100 dollars of revenue stays as profit.
• ✅ Generates free cash flow — profit becomes cash in the bank.
• ✅ Buys back its shares (14% fewer shares in a year).

What changed this week

Over the past week the stock fell 1.4% (for comparison: S&P 500 -0.4%, sector ETF XLC -4.4%).

This week's news

• Should Value Investors Buy Charter Communications (CHTR) Stock? finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-21
  What the article says

  While the proven Zacks Rank places an emphasis on earnings estimates and estimate revisions to find strong stocks, we also know that investors tend to develop their own individual strategies. With this in mind, we are always looking at value, growth, and momentum trends to discover great companies. Of these, value… source ↗

• Consumer Discretionary - Wireless, Cable and Satellite Stocks Q2 Results: Benchmarking Verizon (NYSE:VZ) finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-19
  What the article says

  Consumer Discretionary - Wireless, Cable and Satellite Stocks Q2 Results: Benchmarking Verizon (NYSE:VZ) Looking back on consumer discretionary - wireless, cable and satellite stocks' Q2 earnings, we examine this quarter's best and worst performers, including Verizon (NYSE:VZ) and its peers. The Consumer Discretionary… source ↗

What changed since last week

• New risk flag: earnings report coming up.