Charter Communications (CQD) Stock Overview

Operates as a broadband connectivity and cable operator company serving residential and commercial customers in the United States. More details

CQD fundamental analysis
Snowflake Score
Valuation	4/6
Future Growth	2/6
Past Performance	5/6
Financial Health	0/6
Dividends	0/6

Rewards

Trading at 77.3% below our estimate of its fair value

Earnings are forecast to grow 2.37% per year

Earnings grew by 9.5% over the past year

Risk Analysis

Interest payments are not well covered by earnings

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Price History & Performance

Summary of share price highs, lows and changes for Charter Communications
Historical stock prices
Current Share Price	US$173.74
52 Week High	US$241.70
52 Week Low	US$168.44
Beta	1.05
1 Month Change	-10.79%
3 Month Change	n/a
1 Year Change	n/a
3 Year Change	-52.87%
5 Year Change	-68.66%
Change since IPO	-54.81%

Recent updates

Shareholder Returns

	CQD	DE Media	DE Market
7D	0.2%	4.9%	3.6%
1Y	n/a	-1.2%	12.2%

Return vs Industry: Insufficient data to determine how CQD performed against the German Media industry.

Return vs Market: Insufficient data to determine how CQD performed against the German Market.

Price Volatility

Is CQD's price volatile compared to industry and market?
CQD volatility
CQD Average Weekly Movement	5.4%
Media Industry Average Movement	4.1%
Market Average Movement	4.9%
10% most volatile stocks in DE Market	12.4%
10% least volatile stocks in DE Market	2.5%

Stable Share Price: CQD has not had significant price volatility in the past 3 months compared to the German market.

Volatility Over Time: Insufficient data to determine CQD's volatility change over the past year.

About the Company

Founded	Employees	CEO	Website
1993	94,500	Chris Winfrey	corporate.charter.com

Charter Communications, Inc. operates as a broadband connectivity and cable operator company serving residential and commercial customers in the United States. The company offers subscription-based internet, video, and mobile and voice services; a suite of broadband connectivity services, including fixed internet, WiFi, and mobile; advanced WiFi services; Spectrum internet products; in-home WiFi, which provides customers with high performance wireless routers and managed WiFi services to enhance their wireless internet experience; and out-of-home WiFi and Spectrum WiFi services. It also offers wireline voice communications services using voice over internet protocol technology; and broadband communications solutions, such as internet access, data networking, fiber connectivity, video entertainment, and business telephone services to cellular towers and office buildings for business and carrier organizations.

Charter Communications, Inc. Fundamentals Summary

How do Charter Communications's earnings and revenue compare to its market cap?
CQD fundamental statistics
Market cap	€25.16b
Earnings (TTM)	€4.41b
Revenue (TTM)	€47.48b

5.1x

P/E Ratio

0.5x

P/S Ratio

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Earnings & Revenue

Key profitability statistics from the latest earnings report (TTM)
CQD income statement (TTM)
Revenue	US$55.10b
Cost of Revenue	US$24.66b
Gross Profit	US$30.44b
Other Expenses	US$25.31b
Earnings	US$5.12b

Last Reported Earnings

Sep 30, 2025

Next Earnings Date

n/a

Earnings per share (EPS)	39.57
Gross Margin	55.24%
Net Profit Margin	9.29%
Debt/Equity Ratio	497.9%

How did CQD perform over the long term?

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2025/11/29 01:53
End of Day Share Price	2025/11/28 00:00
Earnings	2025/09/30
Annual Earnings	2024/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

Package	Data	Timeframe	Example US Source ^*
Company Financials	10 years	Income statement Cash flow statement Balance sheet	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form 10-Q
Analyst Consensus Estimates	+3 years	Forecast financials Analyst price targets	Analyst Research Reports Blue Matrix
Market Prices	30 years	Stock prices Dividends, Splits and Actions	ICE Market Data SEC Form S-1
Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
Management	10 years	Leadership team Board of directors	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form DEF 14A
Key Developments	10 years	Company announcements	SEC Form 8-K

^* Example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more.

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Analyst Sources

Charter Communications, Inc. is covered by 48 analysts. 20 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

Analyst	Institution
Andrew Charles Beale	Arete Research Services LLP
Joseph Bonner	Argus Research Company
William Power	Baird

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