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Optimum Communications, Inc.

OPTU Communication Services Telecom Services

Optimum Communications, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $8.6 billion, down 4.06% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
−5.75%
EPS
−219.1%
Free cash flow
−359.1%
Total debt
+5.00%

Quarter to June 2026, against a year earlier

0.60 0.03 +5.26%
Market cap
$217.2M
P/E
0.0×
Fwd P/E
−0.1×
Dividend yield
—
F-score
4/9
Altman Z
0.15
Beneish M
−3.00
Dividend safety
0/100
Overview
Financials
Income Statement Balance Sheet Cash Flow Metrics & Ratios

Insider Decisions last twelve months

Bought, $m 3.62
Sold, $m 4.32
Trades a month
Jan 26 Apr 26 Jul 26 Oct 26
Buy — — — — — — — 1 — — 1 —
Sell 3 — 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 — — —
Insider Ownership 42.08%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Size
Market Cap 217.22
Revenue ttm 8,380.05
Net income ttm (4,863.29)
Free cash flow ttm (132.65)
Net debt Q 25,191.50
Valuation
P/E 0.00
Forward P/E (0.09) (negative: loss-making)
Price / sales 0.03
Forward P/S Powerpack
Price / FCF 0.00
Price / book 0.00
Financial health
Current ratio Q 0.32 (below 1: weak)
Debt / equity Q (4.82) (negative: negative equity)
Interest coverage Q 0.35
Growth
Revenue growth Q −5.75% (below 0%: shrinking)
Operating income growth Q −46.63% (below 0%: shrinking)
EPS, this year −102.44% (below 0%: weak)
EPS, next year A +86.92% (at or above 15%: strong)
Revenue, next year A −5.53% (below 0%: weak)
EPS, past 5 yrs —
EPS, next 5 yrs A +26.19% (at or above 15%: strong)

Green and red mark values outside typical ranges; (Q) is the latest quarter, (A) analysts’ estimates. How we judge →

Valuation vs history

EV/Sales, ten years
EV/Sales is 3.0×, against a ten-year median of 3.2×; over the ten years it ranged from 2.7× in 2023 to 5.7× in 2017.
P/S against its own 10 years 0.04%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 40.32%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Yield
—
Annual rate
—
Payout ratio
—

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Cash 302 257 1,120 1,359
Receivables 358 332 336 310
Inventory — — — —
Other — — — —
835 731 1,645 1,937
2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Payables 937 971 817 783
ST’ Debt 359 185 61 4,148
Other 470 425 406 375
2,308 2,255 2,051 6,068

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales — (2.79%) (3.79%)
Cash Flow — (16.24%) (19.64%)
Earnings — 0.00% 0.00%
Book Value — 0.00% 0.00%

Earnings Trends EPS, adjusted, against the consensus

Q2 FY26 Estimate −0.17 Actual −0.19

Earnings per share against the consensus, by quarter
Quarter Estimate Reported Result
Q4 FY25 −0.01 −0.03 Miss by 0.02
Q1 FY26 −0.16 −0.10 Beat by 0.06
Q2 FY26 −0.17 −0.19 Miss by 0.02
Q3 FY26 −0.19 — Reports 6 November 2026

EPS $

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 (6.10) (0.67) — — —
’25 (0.16) (0.21) (3.47) (0.15) (4.00)
’24 (0.05) 0.03 (0.09) (0.12) (0.22)
’23 0.06 0.17 0.15 (0.26) 0.12
’22 0.43 0.23 0.19 (0.43) 0.43
’21 0.58 0.43 0.58 0.56 2.14
’20 0.00 0.19 (0.01) 0.60 0.75
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Revenue $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 2,065 2,024 — — —
’25 2,152 2,147 2,108 2,183 8,590
’24 2,251 2,241 2,228 2,235 8,954
’23 2,294 2,324 2,317 2,302 9,237
’22 2,422 2,463 2,394 2,369 9,648
’21 2,479 2,516 2,575 2,521 10,091
’20 2,450 2,475 2,434 2,535 9,895
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 170 228 — — —
’25 187 412 151 478 1,228
’24 400 307 436 440 1,582
’23 417 439 474 496 1,826
’22 600 676 629 461 2,367
’21 750 730 698 677 2,854
’20 594 936 659 792 2,980
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 (137) (80) — — —
’25 (169) 31 (114) 195 (58)
’24 64 (41) 79 52 154
’23 (166) (35) 121 200 121
’22 208 191 136 (82) 453
’21 537 406 389 290 1,622
’20 294 707 458 447 1,906
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

3.4
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to December

Ten-year view Analyst estimates Powerpack
Group Line 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 TTM Jun ’26 Trend 10 yrs 2026e 2027e 2028e Next 3/yr
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 6,017 9,307 9,567 9,761 9,895 10,091 9,648 9,237 8,954 8,590 8,380 +4.0% 8,115 7,750 7,576 (4.1%)
Gross margin, % 68.24 67.38 66.83 66.19 66.24 66.48 66.77 67.20 67.65 69.30 69.90 +1.1 pt
EBT (1,091) (1,368) (18) 187 583 1,306 517 119 (82) (1,930) (4,950) +6.5%
EBT margin, % (18.13) (14.69) (0.19) 1.92 5.89 12.94 5.36 1.28 (0.92) (22.47) (59.07) (4.3) pt
Net income (831) 1,495 21 140 443 1,011 221 79 (78) (1,833) (4,863) +9.2%
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 9.26 13.37 13.10 14.78 17.03 22.02 21.29 20.31 19.47 18.36 18.80 +7.9%
Earnings (1.28) 2.18 0.03 0.21 0.75 2.16 0.43 0.12 (0.22) (4.00) (10.39) +13.5%
Cash flow 1.82 2.90 3.44 3.87 5.13 6.23 5.22 4.02 3.44 2.63 2.31 +4.1%
Capex (0.95) (1.36) (1.58) (2.05) (1.85) (2.69) (4.22) (3.75) (3.11) (2.75) (2.60) +12.5%
Free cash flow 0.87 1.54 1.86 1.82 3.28 3.54 1.00 0.27 0.34 (0.12) (0.30) n/m
Book value 3.13 7.91 5.04 3.45 (2.07) (1.90) (1.11) (0.96) (0.99) (4.90) (12.36) n/m
Shares, m 650 696 730 660 581 458 453 455 460 468 464 (3.6%)
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 0.00 10.87 413.00 130.19 47.94 7.49 10.93 26.75 0.00 0.00 0.00 64.7
P/S 0.00 1.60 1.26 1.85 2.22 0.73 0.22 0.16 0.12 0.09 0.03 0.8
P/B 0.00 2.71 3.28 7.92 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.4
EV/Sales 0.00 3.92 3.61 4.28 4.90 3.35 2.78 2.84 2.89 3.01 3.04 3.2
EV/FCF 38.49 33.95 25.56 34.98 25.48 20.87 59.95 225.16 168.53 (437.65) (183.91) 19.5
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 1,184 2,018 2,508 2,554 2,980 2,854 2,367 1,826 1,582 1,228 1,027 +0.4%
Capex (620) (943) (1,154) (1,355) (1,074) (1,232) (1,914) (1,706) (1,428) (1,286) (1,160) +8.5%
Free cash flow 565 1,075 1,355 1,199 1,906 1,622 453 121 154 (58) (133) n/m
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital (2,000) (1,617) (1,118) (597) (2,122) (1,945) (1,471) (1,473) (1,524) (406) (4,131) (16.2%)
Net debt 22,765 21,568 22,514 23,718 26,444 26,351 24,780 24,773 24,801 25,087 25,192 +1.1%
Shareholders’ equity 2,030 5,505 3,680 2,279 (1,203) (871) (504) (434) (457) (2,292) (5,511) n/m
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA (2.30) 4.19 0.06 0.41 1.29 2.97 0.58 0.16 (0.32) (5.99) (16.32) (3.7) pt
ROIC 1.17 1.94 4.01 4.38 5.24 6.19 4.64 4.37 4.31 (0.31) (9.40) (1.5) pt
ROE (22.09) 39.64 0.41 4.66 81.07 (95.50) (28.30) (11.34) 23.10 135.98 158.83 +158.1 pt
People
People Employees 15,300 9,414 12,185 10,700 8,900 9,000 11,000 10,600 10,900 9,500 — (5.2%)
Revenue/emp, $m 0.39 0.99 0.79 0.91 1.11 1.12 0.88 0.87 0.82 0.90 — +9.7%
Negative figures in brackets.
estimates

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Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026 · fundamentals updated 6 Nov 2026

Optimum Communications, Inc. vs peers in Telecom Services (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
GLIBK GCI Liberty, Inc. - Series C GCI Group $988.0M 12.3× — +3.89% (above 0%: growing) n/m −90.48% (below 0%: shrinking) 49.06% 13.48% Compare
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ATNI ATN International, Inc. $409.6M 2.6× 2.1× +1.77% (above 0%: growing) n/m +71.51% (above 0%: growing) 56.94% 129.93% Compare
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CCOI Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc. $240.2M — (loss-making) — (loss-making) −4.44% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m +111.41% (above 0%: growing) 47.51% (3.00%) Compare
OPTU Optimum Communications, Inc. $217.2M — (loss-making) — (loss-making) −5.75% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m −359.11% (below 0%: shrinking) 70.96% 8.21%
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KVHI KVH Industries, Inc. $109.6M 205× 46.4× +35.13% (above 0%: growing) n/m −71.60% (below 0%: shrinking) 0.00% (3.23%) Compare
Median of peers $273.6M 31.6× 49.4× +2.83% — +15.45% 53.00% 1.10%

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