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Charter Communications, Inc.
Rule-based classification of fundamentals against the sector. Not a price forecast and not investment advice.
Lower valuation, weak fundamentals
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3 of 5 met · composite in line with peers
Business quality, valuation against the sector, and position in the 52-week range — whether they line up or not.
Mixed signals
2 signals unavailable
Profitability
3/4
Debt & liquidity
2/3
Efficiency
0/2
Charter's P/E of 4.0× sits -86% below the sector median 28.5×, a gap wide enough to draw attention — yet the balance sheet explains much of that discount. Debt/EBITDA of 4.5× exceeds the sector median 2.5× by +76%, and the current ratio of 0.39 runs -62% below the median 1.02, placing health in the bottom quartile of Communication Services. ROE of 31.5% and an operating margin of 23.6% both clear the sector median, so the underlying business converts capital and revenue into profit at a reasonable rate — but revenue growth of -0.6% year over year trails the sector median 5.9% by -110%, and the F-Score of 5/9 reflects the mixed picture. Consensus and the realized three-year EPS CAGR of {{value:eps_cagr_3y}} are broadly aligned, and the forward PEG reads as reasonable, though the beat rate over eight quarters has been weak.
| Ticker | Name | F-Score | ROE | Revenue YoY | Op. margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHTR | Charter Communications, Inc. | 5/9 | 32% | -1% |
Quarter-by-quarter classification · a retrospective read by the current logic · not a price forecast
Rule-based classification of fundamentals against the sector. Not a price forecast and not investment advice. The method did not see these quarters in real time; this is the current logic applied to past reports.
A simplified retrospective read: no analyst forecast (not available historically); the source is the annual report as of the date, so neighbouring quarters can rest on the same data. Quarters with the same classification in a row are merged into one row — each row is one change in the read, not a separate quarter. One ticker is an illustration of the classification logic, not statistics. How we calculate →
The market prices in earnings growth; analyst sentiment is steady; has not always beaten consensus.
Price against next year's expected earnings. The forward P/E already carries analyst optimism — read it alongside the “Versus consensus” line.
A forward P/E below the current one means the market expects earnings to grow; above it, to fall. The historical growth is realized figures from SEC filings, not a forecast.
The three-month change in the share of positive analyst ratings. This is sentiment, not an earnings-estimate revision, and not a call to act.
When Charter reports on 2026-10-29, track whether revenue growth year over year recovers from its current 5.94% — well below the sector median — and whether the efficiency signals that dragged the F-Score to 5/9 show any improvement. A sustained operating margin near 20.0% alongside firming top-line growth would shift the picture meaningfully.
Pull Charter's latest 10-K on SEC EDGAR and focus on management's discussion of debt load and liquidity — the current ratio of 1.02 sits 62% below the sector median, which warrants scrutiny. The leverage and liquidity sub-score of 2/3 on the F-Score flags this as the area most worth stress-testing against the company's own disclosures.
From the same-sector table in section 06, pick two or three companies yourself and line up one metric — operating margin or P/E, for instance — against Charter's 20.0% margin and 28.5× earnings multiple. No company in that alphabetical table is ranked; the exercise is to place Charter's figures in context rather than to identify a single standout.
Steps you can check yourself, based on the figures in this brief.
Piotroski F-Score: nine binary tests of financial strength from the annual report. A ✓ marks a test passed, a dot (·) a test failed.
Over 4 years: -36%-40%-5%+40%
Over 4 years: 4.914.754.404.47
Over 4 years: +5%+1%+1%-1%
The context on the right shows how each figure compares with the sector median. The trend below tracks the change over recent fiscal years.
Beat consensus in 5 of 8 recent quarters — a mixed record.
Last quarter's EPS against consensus, plus the estimated date of the next report.
| 24% |
| CMCSA | Comcast | 6/9 | 22% | -0% | 17% |
| DIS | Disney | 7/9 | 12% | +3% | 19% |
| EA | Electronic Arts | 6/9 | 13% | +1% | 15% |
| FOXA | Fox Corporation | 5/9 | 15% | +5% | — |
| GOOGL | Alphabet | 5/9 | 36% | +15% | 32% |
| META | Meta Platforms | 4/9 | 30% | +22% | 41% |
| NFLX | Netflix | 6/9 | 43% | +16% | 29% |
| NWSA | News Corporation | 4/9 | 7% | +7% | — |
| OMC | Omnicom | 3/9 | -1% | +10% | 3% |
| T | AT&T | 6/9 | 18% | +3% | 19% |
| TMUS | T-Mobile | 6/9 | 18% | +8% | 21% |
| TTWO | Take-Two Interactive | 7/9 | -11% | +18% | -2% |
| VZ | Verizon | 5/9 | 17% | +3% | 21% |
A sample of 14 companies in the sector including the target, alphabetical, unranked. Data from the latest SEC annual reports.
Rule-based classification of fundamentals against the sector. Not a price forecast and not investment advice.
The last few quarters are recent context, not a fixed rate. Consensus for near quarters is set low, so companies clear it routinely; over long horizons the forecasts run the other way, too high.
A description of what the market and analysts expect. Not a price forecast and not investment advice. Analyst forecasts run systematically optimistic over long horizons — read them with that discount.