Charter Communications (CHTR) Stock Price, Fundamentals & Analysis

What CHTR does

Charter Communications (CHTR) is a US broadband connectivity company headquartered in Stamford, United States, operating in the Communication Services sector and the Telecom Services industry. It serves roughly 91,900 employees' worth of operations under its Spectrum brand, offering subscription-based internet, mobile, video, and voice services. Its portfolio includes fixed internet, advanced WiFi and managed in-home WiFi, wireline voice over internet protocol services with Call Guard caller ID and robocall blocking, video programming with on-demand and pay-per-view options, and broadband solutions for businesses such as data networking and fiber connectivity. The company also sells advertising on cable television networks, streaming services, and advertising platforms for local, regional, and national businesses. It operates in the same broad media and telecom space as companies like Alphabet Inc. (Class A) (GOOGL), Netflix (NFLX), and Walt Disney Company (The) (DIS), though its core business is connectivity rather than content.

Key numbers explained

• Price: 116.61 USD, down 0.55% today. Over the last 52 weeks the stock has ranged from 111.55 to 285.82 and fallen -55.5%, a steep decline for a large telecom name.
• The P/E ratio compares the share price to earnings per share. CHTR's trailing P/E is 3 and its forward P/E, based on expected earnings, is 2.8 — very low readings, since earnings per share over the last twelve months were 38.43 USD against a much lower share price.
• The price-to-book ratio compares market value to accounting book value. At 0.82, the stock trades below the value of its net assets on the balance sheet.
• Market capitalization is the total value of all shares: 15.15B USD.
• Revenue over the trailing twelve months was 54.4B USD, with year-over-year revenue growth of -1.7% — slightly shrinking sales.
• Profitability is solid: a 9.1% profit margin, a 23.5% operating margin, and a 27.2% return on equity.
• Leverage is high: a debt-to-equity ratio of 441.6% means debt substantially exceeds shareholders' equity, typical of capital-intensive telecom operators but worth noting.
• CHTR pays no dividend: the dividend yield is 0% and 0% of earnings are paid out, so returns depend entirely on the share price.

Recent news

Headlines have focused on valuation questions across US telecom, asking whether Verizon is cheap or simply done growing, and why AT&T trades below a slower-growing Verizon. Coverage also notes that Spectrum is hitting a snag as it works to curb an internet customer exodus, and Charter shares traded down alongside iHeartMedia, Sonos, Compass, and The Real Brokerage.

What to watch

As a subscription-based connectivity provider, Charter's results tend to hinge on broadband subscriber trends, pricing competition in US internet and mobile, and the durability of its high margins against heavy debt servicing costs. Sector-wide shifts in how households bundle internet, video, and mobile — visible across peers like Fox Corporation (Class A) (FOXA) in media and Digi Communications N.V. (DIGI) in European telecom — can influence how the market values telecom cash flows. The next earnings date is Oct 30, 2026.