Charter Communications, Inc.

NasdaqGS:CHTR Stock Report

Market Cap: US$54.5b

Charter Communications Valuation

Is CHTR undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

5/6

Valuation Score 5/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of CHTR when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Discounted Cash Flow
Simply Wall St
US$697.73
Fair Value
49.7% undervalued intrinsic discount
23
Number of Analysts

Below Fair Value: CHTR ($350.92) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($697.73)

Significantly Below Fair Value: CHTR is trading below fair value by more than 20%.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for CHTR?

Key metric: As CHTR is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for CHTR. This is calculated by dividing CHTR's market cap by their current earnings.
What is CHTR's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio9.8x
EarningsUS$5.08b
Market CapUS$54.46b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does CHTR's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for CHTR vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average55.6x
CMCSA Comcast
8.2x-2.1%US$130.3b
LBRD.K Liberty Broadband
14.4x28.1%US$11.0b
CABO Cable One
7.1x-5.9%US$1.6b
TTD Trade Desk
192.5x27.6%US$60.5b
CHTR Charter Communications
9.8x5.2%US$54.5b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: CHTR is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (9.8x) compared to the peer average (55.6x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does CHTR's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Media Industry?

8 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
DISH DISH Network
2.5x-71.9%US$3.08b
GTN Gray Media
2.8x-34.8%US$409.55m
SGRP SPAR Group
3.6x-89.1%US$44.27m
ANTE AirNet Technology
0.3xn/aUS$6.52m
CHTR 9.8xIndustry Avg. 13.3xNo. of Companies8PE01632486480+
8 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: CHTR is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (9.8x) compared to the US Media industry average (13.3x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is CHTR's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

CHTR PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio9.8x
Fair PE Ratio22.4x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: CHTR is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (9.8x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (22.4x).

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst CHTR forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$350.92
US$399.05
+13.7%
16.6%US$525.00US$254.00n/a23
Feb ’26US$345.49
US$399.14
+15.5%
16.5%US$525.00US$261.00n/a23
Jan ’26US$342.77
US$406.44
+18.6%
16.8%US$525.00US$292.00n/a23
Dec ’25US$396.97
US$401.25
+1.1%
16.4%US$525.00US$292.00n/a23
Nov ’25US$366.49
US$366.36
-0.04%
20.8%US$525.00US$230.00n/a24
Oct ’25US$328.95
US$361.74
+10.0%
20.9%US$525.00US$230.00n/a24
Sep ’25US$347.54
US$363.83
+4.7%
22.0%US$525.00US$210.00n/a20
Aug ’25US$376.97
US$367.67
-2.5%
22.3%US$525.00US$210.00n/a22
Jul ’25US$296.02
US$330.41
+11.6%
24.7%US$500.00US$180.00n/a23
Jun ’25US$287.12
US$335.15
+16.7%
23.4%US$500.00US$220.00n/a22
May ’25US$259.70
US$336.10
+29.4%
23.4%US$500.00US$220.00n/a23
Apr ’25US$284.15
US$378.88
+33.3%
20.2%US$550.00US$255.00n/a23
Mar ’25US$293.16
US$383.84
+30.9%
19.7%US$550.00US$255.00n/a23
Feb ’25US$382.34
US$442.93
+15.8%
13.7%US$580.00US$320.00US$345.4922
Jan ’25US$388.68
US$459.59
+18.2%
16.4%US$600.00US$320.00US$342.7723
Dec ’24US$401.87
US$466.19
+16.0%
17.1%US$600.00US$300.00US$396.9724
Nov ’24US$406.51
US$467.17
+14.9%
17.0%US$600.00US$300.00US$366.4924
Oct ’24US$439.82
US$482.04
+9.6%
17.0%US$600.00US$291.00US$328.9523
Sep ’24US$422.32
US$477.21
+13.0%
16.9%US$600.00US$291.00US$347.5424
Aug ’24US$411.23
US$470.05
+14.3%
18.2%US$620.00US$291.00US$376.9722
Jul ’24US$367.37
US$462.57
+25.9%
20.4%US$620.00US$273.00US$296.0223
Jun ’24US$328.02
US$462.87
+41.1%
20.4%US$620.00US$273.00US$287.1223
May ’24US$366.51
US$459.33
+25.3%
20.9%US$620.00US$273.00US$259.7021
Apr ’24US$357.61
US$474.57
+32.7%
19.4%US$620.00US$273.00US$284.1523
Mar ’24US$362.54
US$471.96
+30.2%
19.1%US$620.00US$273.00US$293.1623
Feb ’24US$398.68
US$467.68
+17.3%
19.9%US$620.00US$273.00US$382.3425
Analyst Price Target
Consensus Narrative from 23 Analysts
US$399.05
Fair Value
12.1% undervalued intrinsic discount
23
Number of Analysts

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/02/11 22:44
End of Day Share Price 2025/02/11 00:00
Earnings2024/12/31
Annual Earnings2024/12/31

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.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

* 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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Industry and Sector Metrics

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Analyst Sources

Charter Communications, Inc. is covered by 57 analysts. 24 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Richard TulloAlbert Fried & Company, LLC
Andrew Charles BealeArete Research Services LLP
Joseph BonnerArgus Research Company