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Optimum Communications, Inc. (OPTU)

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Optimum Communications, Inc. (OPTU) reported revenue of $2.0 billion for Q2 FY2026, the quarter ended 30 June 2026, down 5.8% on the same quarter a year earlier. Net income was -$292 million, and diluted earnings per share $-0.67. The figures are the company's own, from the 10-Q it filed with the SEC on 6 August 2026.

Revenue$2.0 billiondown 5.8%
Net income-$292 million
Diluted EPS$-0.67
QuarterQ2 FY2026ended 30 June 2026

Optimum Communications (OPTU) in brief

Optimum Communications (OPTU) reported revenue of $8.6 billion for fiscal 2025, the year ended 31 December 2025, down 4.1% on the year before.
Read moreNet loss was $1.9 billion and the diluted loss per share $4.00. Revenue was $9.0 billion in fiscal 2024, $9.2 billion in fiscal 2023, $9.6 billion in fiscal 2022 and $10.1 billion in fiscal 2021. Net income in the same years was a loss of $103 million, $53 million, $195 million and $990 million. Over the twelve months to 30 June 2026, Optimum Communications reported revenue of $8.4 billion and net loss of $4.9 billion. Revenue fell 2.8% a year, compounded, over the five years to fiscal 2025. Optimum Communications had 284 million shares outstanding at the latest filed count. At 30 June 2026 it carried $26.6 billion of debt and $1.3 billion of cash. At the close of 30 October 2026 the market cap of Optimum Communications was $206 million.

Ratios

From the filings

ROEn/a
ROCEn/a
Operating margin-35.3%
Net margin-58.1%
FCF margin-2.5%
Interest covern/a
Debt to equityn/a
Cash conversionn/a
Share count, last 12 months-0.3%
Sales CAGR, 3 years-3.8%
Profit CAGR, 3 yearsn/a
EPS, TTM-$10.39

At the close of 30 October 2026

Price$0.73
Market cap$206 million
Stock P/En/a
Price to bookn/a
EV / EBITDAn/a
Dividend yield0.0%
Market cap / sales0.02
52-week high$2.23
52-week low$0.60
Price, 1 year-65.3%
Price CAGR, 3 years-36.9%
Price CAGR, 5 years-46.3%
Worked from the filed figures; hover a name for the formula.
Read moreThe priced ones use the latest price, the last regular-hours trade on IEX. Debt to equity here stands on long-term debt as Optimum Communications, Inc. files it, with lease liabilities counted separately and never inside it. Nothing here is a valuation or a view.
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Daily prices to 30 October 2026, adjusted for splits; from 28 September 2026 each day's price is the last regular-hours trade on IEX.
Read moreData provided for free by IEX. By accessing or using IEX Historical Data, you agree to the IEX Historical Data Terms of Use. Day by day for the last three years; before that one point a week, carrying the week's last close and its average daily volume, so a volume bar means the same thing across the whole series; the bars sit under the price on their own scale, on the right. The moving averages need consecutive days and are drawn from the daily part. P/E is the close over the trailing four quarters' EPS as filed at each filing date, on the current share count; the dashed line is the median over the range shown. Sales and margin are quarterly revenue and the operating margin from the tables above. EV/EBITDA, price to book and market cap to sales use the latest filed balance sheet and share count at each date. Before the quarters on file begin, P/E, price to book and market cap to sales stand on each annual report from the day it was filed. Drawn in your browser; the range and overlay you pick are remembered here only.

The public record on OPTU

Dividendslatest dividend in its filings $2.035 a share, in FY2018
Filings21 in twelve months: 15 current reports (8-K), about 5 results of operations; 5 material agreement; 4 new financial obligation; 3 officer or director change; 2 regulation FD disclosure
Planned insider sales15 Form 144 notices in twelve months, $6.1 million; latest 3 August 2026
Options tapeput/call 1.99 by open interest at the 30 October 2026 close; the straddle prices a 39.9% move to 20 November 2026
13F holders193 funds reported a position for the quarter to 30 June 2026; largest BlackRock, Inc.
Insider trading15 sales and 10 purchases on Form 4 in twelve months
Congress0 House trades disclosed in six months
Short interest29.5 million shares short, 16.84 days to cover at 15 October 2026
Documentsthe 10-K, the 10-Qs, the proxy and 4 earnings press releases, each linked

Quarterly results, the last 20 quarters

Q3 FY2021Q4 FY2021 *Q1 FY2022Q2 FY2022Q3 FY2022Q4 FY2022 *Q1 FY2023Q2 FY2023Q3 FY2023Q4 FY2023 *Q1 FY2024Q2 FY2024Q3 FY2024Q4 FY2024 *Q1 FY2025Q2 FY2025Q3 FY2025Q4 FY2025 *Q1 FY2026Q2 FY2026
Revenue2,5752,5212,4222,4632,3942,3692,2942,3242,3172,3022,2512,2412,2282,2352,1522,1472,1082,1832,0652,024
Cost of revenue844836829819782776772762751745744719711722671663639665631588
Gross profit1,7311,6851,5931,6441,6111,5931,5221,5621,5671,5561,5071,5211,5161,5131,4821,4851,4691,5181,4341,436
Gross margin67%67%66%67%67%67%66%67%68%68%67%68%68%68%69%69%70%70%69%71%
Operating income691599512522467301425482493302393502445341343311-1,165398-2,360166
Operating margin27%24%21%21%20%13%19%21%21%13%17%22%20%15%16%14%-55%18%-114%8%
Interest expense319312303n/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/a
Pre-tax income376277285147133-49.161.5135103-181-10.070.7-50.7-92.4-87.2-136-1,623-83.7-2,922-321
Tax rate28%6%29%23%27%n/a49%36%27%n/an/a69%n/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/a
Net income26725219710685.0-19325.978.366.8-118-21.215.4-43.0-54.1-75.7-96.3-1,626-71.2-2,884-292
Net margin10%10%8%4%4%-8%1%3%3%-5%-1%1%-2%-2%-4%-4%-77%-3%-140%-14%
Diluted EPS$0.58$0.55$0.43$0.23$0.19-$0.43$0.06$0.17$0.15-$0.26-$0.05$0.03-$0.09-$0.12-$0.16-$0.21-$3.47-$0.15-$6.10-$0.67
Operating cash flow698677600676629461417439474496400307436440187412147482170228
Capital expenditure309387392485494543583473353295336348359390356384326282308320
Free cash flow389290208191136-82.0-166-34.612120163.6-40.976.949.9-16928.4-178199-137-91.9
Buybacks79.40.00.00.00.00.0n/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/a
Shares outstanding455m455m455m455m455m456m455m455m455m456m276m276m277m279m284m284m285m287m293m284m
Filing10-Q10-K10-Q10-Q10-Q10-K10-Q10-Q10-Q10-K10-Q10-Q10-Q10-K10-Q10-Q10-Q10-K10-Q10-Q
Each quarter as filed, linked to its filing.
Read more* The fourth quarter is the full year less the first three quarters, because the company files the year and not the quarter on its own. A fourth quarter's EPS, and its diluted share count where shown, are from the company's results press release for that quarter, checked against the company's filed figures or a second data source. Money is in $ million as the company files it, or in $ billion by the switch above the tables; per share figures and the share count are as they are. Free cash flow is operating cash flow less capital expenditure; the effective tax rate is income tax over pre-tax income; margins are the line over revenue. Gross profit is revenue less cost of revenue, and operating income is revenue less the company's own total costs, where the statement does not print those lines. Cash flow lines filed year to date are the difference between two filings. Shares outstanding are at the period end where the balance sheet tags them, otherwise the count on the filing's cover page. A derived fourth-quarter EPS is left blank when a split in the year makes the arithmetic meaningless.

Income statement (profit and loss), 10 fiscal years and the trailing twelve months

FY2016 †FY2017 †FY2018FY2019 †FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025TTM
Revenue6,0179,3079,5679,7619,89510,0919,6489,2378,9548,5908,380
Cost of revenuen/a3,0363,1733,3013,3403,3823,2063,0302,8972,6372,523
Gross profitn/a6,2716,3946,4606,5546,7096,4426,2076,0585,9535,857
Gross marginn/a67.4%66.8%66.2%66.2%66.5%66.8%67.2%67.7%69.3%69.9%
Research and developmentn/an/an/an/an/an/a22.333.4n/an/an/a
Operating income4638411,6821,8242,1152,5251,8031,7021,680-113-2,961
Operating margin7.7%9.0%17.6%18.7%21.4%25.0%18.7%18.4%18.8%-1.3%-35.3%
Interest expense1,4571,6031,5561,5371,3531,267n/an/an/an/an/a
Pre-tax income-1,091-1,368-18.11875831,306517119-82.3-1,930-4,950
Income tax-260-2,862-38.747.214029529639.5-4.1-96.9-117
Effective tax raten/an/an/a25.2%24.0%22.6%57.3%33.3%n/an/an/a
Net income-8321,49318.813943699019553.2-103-1,869-4,873
Net margin-13.8%16.0%0.2%1.4%4.4%9.8%2.0%0.6%-1.1%-21.8%-58.1%
Diluted EPS-$1.28$2.15$0.03$0.21$0.75$2.14$0.43$0.12-$0.22-$4.00-$10.39
Filing10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K
From each year's 10-K, linked; TTM is the last four quarters.
Read moreFree cash flow is operating cash flow less capital expenditure; the effective tax rate is income tax over pre-tax income; margins are the line over revenue. Gross profit is revenue less cost of revenue, and operating income is revenue less the company's own total costs, where the statement does not print those lines. Those four are arithmetic on the filed numbers; everything else is as filed. Money is in $ million as the company files it, or in $ billion by the switch above the tables; per share figures and share counts are as they are. † The year as the company last restated it in a later filing; rest on a figure for the one first filed. EPS is as filed.

Cash flow and capital returned

FY2016 †FY2017 †FY2018FY2019 †FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025TTM
Operating cash flow1,1842,0182,5082,5542,9802,8542,3671,8261,5821,2281,027
Capital expenditure6269511,1541,3551,0741,2321,9141,7051,4331,3471,235
Free cash flow5591,0671,3551,1991,9061,622453122149-119-208
Free cash flow margin9.3%11.5%14.2%12.3%19.3%16.1%4.7%1.3%1.7%-1.4%-2.5%
Cash from investing-9,599-1,092-1,148-1,525-1,220-1,574-1,922-1,707-1,456-1,294-1,171
Cash from financing131-1,099-1,391-624-2,181-1,363-336-123-1729491,261
Depreciation and amortisation1,7002,9302,3822,2632,0831,7871,7741,6441,6421,6971,682
Share-based compensation14.457.459.810612598.316047.967.264.153.1
Buybacks0.00.05001,6874,8168050.00.0n/an/an/a
Dividends paid3669191,5000.00.0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
Dividend per share$0.69$1.29$2.04$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00n/a
Diluted shares, weighted650m696m730m663m584m462m453m455m460m468m446m
Shares outstanding at period end100n/a709m633m476mn/an/an/a279m287m284m
Filing10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K
Cash paid in the year, from the cash flow statement.
Read moreThe dividend per share is as declared. Diluted shares are the weighted average for the year; a falling count is the buybacks net of issuance. TTM sums the last four quarters; the share counts are the latest quarter's.

Balance sheet at year end

FY2016 †FY2017 †FY2018FY2019 †FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025TTM
Funded by
Shareholders' equity2,0425,4943,6712,270-1,141-820-475-422-469-2,314-5,549
Non-controlling interest0.31.59.39.3-62.1-51.1-28.7-12.212.421.938.7
Redeemable equity68.123113010925.80.00.0n/an/an/an/a
Debt16,58132.522,81324,42026,72226,54726,58825,07525,05726,20626,551
Operating lease liabilitiesn/an/a0.0269257237260265255250233
Finance lease liabilitiesn/an/a19.347.496.211011510567.681.5n/a
Other liabilities17,78229,0166,9726,9847,4787,1927,2066,9146,7786,4586,808
Total liabilities and equity36,47434,77533,61434,10833,37733,21533,66531,92431,70130,70428,081
Owned
Fixed assets6,5986,0245,8295,7535,8066,3407,5018,1188,4158,3518,257
Goodwill7,9938,0208,0128,1428,1618,2068,2098,0458,0418,0418,041
Intangible assets6,3535,0664,1933,4812,7812,2021,6601,259961702581
Cash and equivalents4873302997022781963053022571,0121,296
Receivables350371448457443407366358332336310
Other assets14,69514,96414,83315,57215,90815,86415,62413,84213,69612,2619,594
Total assets36,47434,77533,61434,10833,37733,21533,66531,92431,70130,70428,081
Filing10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K
At the fiscal year end; the TTM column is the latest quarter end.
Read moreBoth totals are the company's own. Other liabilities is the filed total less the rows above it: payables, deferred revenue, taxes, borrowings the rows above do not carry and the rest; other assets is the same on the other side. Investments add the current and non-current lines as filed. Debt is the company's own stated total where it files one, otherwise its long-term debt with the current maturities, never parts added together. A row is left blank in a year where the lines shown overlap and the remainder would fall below nil.

Compounded growth

10 years5 years3 yearsTTM
Sales growth, compoundedn/a-2.8%-3.8%-4.4%
Profit growth, compoundedn/an/an/an/a
Return on equity, averagen/an/an/an/a
Yearly growth, compounded; TTM is the last four quarters against the four before.
Read moreReturn on equity is net income over shareholders' equity at each year end, averaged over the window (the TTM column is the latest year alone); equity is the parent's shareholders' equity as tagged in the 10-K. Arithmetic on filed numbers, nothing forecast.

Questions

What was Optimum Communications' revenue in fiscal 2025?

Optimum Communications (OPTU) reported revenue of $8.6 billion for fiscal 2025, the year ended 31 December 2025, down 4.1% on the year before.

How much did Optimum Communications earn in fiscal 2025?

Net loss was $1.9 billion for fiscal 2025, and the diluted loss per share $4.00.

What is Optimum Communications' market cap?

The market cap of Optimum Communications was $206 million at the close of 30 October 2026.

How much debt does Optimum Communications have?

At 30 June 2026 Optimum Communications carried $26.6 billion of debt and $1.3 billion of cash.

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Read moreBy market capitalisation; a click on a heading sorts by it, largest first, and a second click turns it round. Each figure is the same arithmetic as the ratio box above, on each company's own filings and latest close; a name marked * is a foreign company that files once a year, on its latest fiscal year.

Filings

FilingPeriodFiledWhere
10-Q30 June 20266 August 2026EDGAR
10-Q31 March 20267 May 2026EDGAR
10-K31 December 202513 February 2026EDGAR
10-Q30 September 20256 November 2025EDGAR
10-Q30 June 20257 August 2025EDGAR
10-Q31 March 20258 May 2025EDGAR
10-K31 December 202413 February 2025EDGAR
10-Q30 September 20245 November 2024EDGAR
10-K/A31 December 20231 August 2024EDGAR
10-Q30 June 20241 August 2024EDGAR