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. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue fell 5.75%, EPS fell 219.1%, free cash flow fell 359.1% and total debt rose 5.00%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Insiders bought in the last twelve months.

0.90 0.06 −6.25%
Market cap
$365.5M
P/E
0.0×
Fwd P/E
−0.2×
Dividend yield
—
F-score
4/9
Altman Z
0.15
Beneish M
−3.00
Dividend safety
0/100

Insider Decisions trades per month

Total buys 2.45
Total sells 6.06
Totals in millions of $.
Dec 25 Mar 26 Jun 26 Sep 26
Buy — — — — — — — — 1 — — —
Sell 1 4 — 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 — —
Insider Ownership 42.08%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 365.52
Revenue 8,380.05
Net Income (4,832.89)
Free Cash Flow (132.65)
Net Debt 25,191.50
Current Ratio 0.32 (below 1: weak)
Debt/Equity (4.82) (negative: negative equity)
P/E ratio 0.00
Fwd P/E (0.17) (negative: loss-making)
P/S ratio 0.05
P/B ratio 0.00
Past 5Y EPS Growth —
This Y EPS Growth (104.09%) (below 0%: weak)
Next Y EPS Growth 85.93% (at or above 15%: strong)
Next Y revenue growth (5.71%) (below 0%: weak)
Next 5Y EPS Growth 25.02% (at or above 15%: strong)

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Valuation vs history

P/S against its own 10 years 1.67%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 43.56%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio —
Annual Dividend Rate —
Annual Dividend Yield —
total individual payouts
2025 Powerpack
2024 Powerpack
2023 Powerpack
2022 Powerpack
2021 Powerpack
2020 Powerpack
2019 Powerpack
2017 Powerpack
predictions special payouts not included in total or ratios

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%

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
’24 400 307 334 542 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) (23) 155 154
’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.

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.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

3.5
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to December

Group Line 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Trend 2026e 2027e 2028e
Price, $
Price, $ Low — 17.80 14.50 16.21 15.96 14.33 3.68 1.75 1.52 1.59

Analyst estimates 2026–2028

Powerpack
High — 35.29 25.15 31.78 38.30 38.19 17.23 5.57 3.29 3.20
People
People Employees 15,300 9,414 12,185 10,700 8,900 9,000 11,000 10,600 10,900 9,500
Revenue/emp, $m 0.39 0.99 0.79 0.91 1.11 1.12 0.88 0.87 0.82 0.90
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
Gross margin, % 68.24 67.38 66.83 66.19 66.24 66.48 66.77 67.20 67.65 69.30
EBT (1,091) (1,368) (18) 187 583 1,306 517 119 (82) (1,930)
EBT margin, % (18.13) (14.69) (0.19) 1.92 5.89 12.94 5.36 1.28 (0.92) (22.47)
Net income (831) 1,495 21 140 443 1,011 221 79 (78) (1,833)
Depreciation 1,728 2,962 2,467 2,369 2,174 1,878 1,851 1,679 1,662 1,723
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
Earnings (1.28) 2.18 0.03 0.21 0.75 2.16 0.43 0.12 (0.22) (4.00)
Cash flow 1.82 2.90 3.44 3.87 5.13 6.23 5.22 4.02 3.44 2.63
Capex (0.95) (1.36) (1.58) (2.05) (1.85) (2.69) (4.22) (3.75) (3.11) (2.75)
Free cash flow 0.87 1.54 1.86 1.82 3.28 3.54 1.00 0.27 0.34 (0.12)
Book value 3.13 7.91 5.04 3.45 (2.07) (1.90) (1.11) (0.96) (0.99) (4.90)
Shares, m 650 696 730 660 581 458 453 455 460 468
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 0.00 10.87 413.00 130.19 47.94 7.49 10.93 26.75 0.00 0.00
P/S 0.00 1.60 1.26 1.85 2.22 0.73 0.22 0.16 0.12 0.09
P/B 0.00 2.71 3.28 7.92 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
EV/Sales 0.00 3.92 3.61 4.28 4.90 3.35 2.78 2.84 2.89 3.01
EV/FCF 38.49 33.95 25.56 34.98 25.48 20.87 59.95 225.16 168.53 (437.65)
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
Capex (620) (943) (1,154) (1,355) (1,074) (1,232) (1,914) (1,706) (1,428) (1,286)
Free cash flow 565 1,075 1,355 1,199 1,906 1,622 453 121 154 (58)
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital (2,000) (1,617) (1,118) (597) (2,122) (1,945) (1,471) (1,473) (1,524) (406)
Total debt 24,010 21,898 22,813 24,420 26,722 26,547 26,588 25,075 25,057 26,206
Net debt 22,765 21,568 22,514 23,718 26,444 26,351 24,780 24,773 24,801 25,087
Shareholders’ equity 2,030 5,505 3,680 2,279 (1,203) (871) (504) (434) (457) (2,292)
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA (2.30) 4.19 0.06 0.41 1.29 2.97 0.58 0.16 (0.32) (5.99)
ROIC 1.17 1.94 4.01 4.38 5.24 6.19 4.64 4.37 4.31 (0.31)
ROE (22.09) 39.64 0.41 4.66 81.07 (95.50) (28.30) (11.34) 23.10 135.98
Negative figures in brackets.

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Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026

Charts ten years each

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 $822.1M — (loss-making) — 0.00% −57.45% (below 0%: shrinking) −77.36% (below 0%: shrinking) 47.51% 11.11% Compare
GLIBA Liberty Capital Corporation $818.6M — (loss-making) 6.5× 0.00% −57.45% (below 0%: shrinking) −77.36% (below 0%: shrinking) 47.51% 11.11% Compare
SHEN Shenandoah Telecommunications Co $566.4M — (loss-making) — (loss-making) +5.53% (above 0%: growing) n/m +30.29% (above 0%: growing) 65.01% (1.09%) Compare
CCOI Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc. $427.7M — (loss-making) — (loss-making) −4.34% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m +288.37% (above 0%: growing) 46.93% 50.49% Compare
ATNI ATN International, Inc. $398.3M 2.5× 41.5× +1.77% (above 0%: growing) n/m +71.51% (above 0%: growing) 56.94% 129.93% Compare
OPTU Optimum Communications, Inc. $365.5M — (loss-making) — (loss-making) −5.75% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m −359.11% (below 0%: shrinking) 70.96% 8.21%
GOGO Gogo Inc. $304.9M 2,130× 11.7× −1.43% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m −34.40% (below 0%: shrinking) 42.01% 13.31% Compare
CXDO Crexendo Inc. $188.5M 39.1× 43.0× +48.90% (above 0%: growing) −25.00% (below 0%: shrinking) +115.43% (above 0%: growing) 65.69% 4.28% Compare
RDCM Radcom Ltd. $171.4M 23.4× — (loss-making) −33.40% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m +3,354.69% (above 0%: growing) 75.08% (31.95%) Compare
Median of peers $413.0M 31.2× 26.6× 0.00% −57.45% +50.90% 52.23% 11.11%

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Optimum Communications, Inc. (OPTU) key facts

  • Concern: Optimum Communications, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $8.6 billion, down 4.06% from fiscal 2024.
  • Optimum Communications, Inc. (OPTU) is a Telecom Services company in the Communication Services sector, listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
  • As of October 16, 2026, OPTU traded at $0.90, a market capitalization of $365.5 million.
  • Return on equity was 136.0% and debt-to-equity -4.82.
  • Its Piotroski F-score is 4 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 0.15 (distress zone) for fiscal 2025.

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