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Optimum Communications, Inc.
OPTU
$377M
Mkt Cap
$0.81
-7.01%
Optimum Communications, Inc. (OPTU) has a 5-year average return on invested capital (ROIC) of 4.5%. This is below average and may indicate limited pricing power.
Optimum Communications, Inc. (OPTU) has a market capitalization of $236M. It is classified as a small-cap stock.
Optimum Communications, Inc. (OPTU) does not currently pay a regular dividend.
Optimum Communications, Inc. (OPTU) operates in the Cable & Other Pay Television Services industry, within the Communication Services sector.
Optimum Communications, Inc. (OPTU) reported annual revenue of $8.6 billion in its most recent fiscal year, based on SEC EDGAR filings.
Optimum Communications, Inc. (OPTU) has a net profit margin of -21.8%. The company is currently unprofitable.
Optimum Communications, Inc. (OPTU) generated $-119 million in free cash flow in its most recent fiscal year. Negative free cash flow may indicate heavy investment or operational challenges.
Optimum Communications, Inc. (together with its subsidiaries, the "Company," "Optimum Communications," "we," "us," or "our") is one of the largest broadband communications and video services providers in the United States. We deliver high-speed broadband, video, mobile, and advertising services to residential and business customers across 21 states. In November 2025, we amended our certificate of incorporation to change our corporate name from Altice USA, Inc. ("Altice USA") to Optimum Communications, Inc. On November 19, 2025, our Class A common stock began trading on the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE") under the new ticker symbol "OPTU" (formerly "ATUS"). We are controlled by Patrick Drahi through Next Alt. S.à.r.l. ("Next Alt"), who also controls Altice Group Lux S.à.r.l., formerly Altice Europe N.V. ("Altice Europe") and its subsidiaries and other entities. We are a holding company that does not conduct any business operations of our own.
| Metric | TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 8.5B | 8.6B | 9.0B | 9.2B | 9.6B | 10.1B |
| Net Income | -4.7B | -1.9B | -103M | 53M | 195M | 990M |
| EPS | $-16.02 | $-4.00 | $-0.22 | $0.12 | $0.43 | $2.14 |
| Free Cash Flow | -88M | -119M | 149M | 122M | 453M | 1.6B |
| ROIC | -11.0% | -0.5% | 6.9% | 4.5% | 4.2% | 7.6% |
| Gross Margin | - | 69.3% | 67.7% | 67.2% | 66.8% | 66.5% |
| Debt/Equity | 0.00 | -11.45 | -54.04 | -60.13 | -56.58 | -32.72 |
| Dividends/Share | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 |
| Operating Income | -2.8B | -113M | 1.7B | 1.7B | 1.8B | 2.5B |
| Operating Margin | -33.1% | -1.3% | 18.8% | 18.4% | 18.7% | 25.0% |
| ROE | 0.0% | 134.3% | 23.1% | -11.9% | -30.0% | -101.0% |
| Shares Outstanding | 293M | 467M | 468M | 443M | 452M | 463M |
| Metric | 2015 | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income Statement | ||||||||||||
| Revenue | 6.5B | 6.0B | 9.3B | 9.6B | 9.8B | 9.9B | 10.1B | 9.6B | 9.2B | 9.0B | 8.6B | 8.5B |
| Gross Margin | N/A | 68.2% | 67.4% | 66.8% | 66.2% | 66.2% | 66.5% | 66.8% | 67.2% | 67.7% | 69.3% | N/A |
| R&D | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 22M | 33M | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| SG&A | N/A | 3.6B | 5.4B | 4.7B | 4.6B | 4.4B | 4.2B | 4.6B | 4.5B | 4.4B | 5.8B | 5.8B |
| EBIT | 848M | 463M | 841M | 1.7B | 1.8B | 2.1B | 2.5B | 1.8B | 1.7B | 1.7B | -113M | -2.8B |
| Op. Margin | 13.0% | 7.7% | 9.0% | 17.6% | 18.7% | 21.4% | 25.0% | 18.7% | 18.4% | 18.8% | -1.3% | -33.1% |
| Net Income | 175M | -832M | 1.5B | 19M | 139M | 436M | 990M | 195M | 53M | -103M | -1.9B | -4.7B |
| Net Margin | 2.7% | -13.8% | 16.0% | 0.2% | 1.4% | 4.4% | 9.8% | 2.0% | 0.6% | -1.1% | -21.8% | -55.0% |
| Non-Recurring | 0 | 229M | 150M | 31M | 13M | 3.4M | 2.2M | 2.1M | 170M | 2.3M | 55M | 2.7B |
| Returns on Capital | ||||||||||||
| ROIC | 19.6% | 22.4% | 5.8% | 6.0% | 4.7% | 6.2% | 7.6% | 4.2% | 4.5% | 6.9% | -0.5% | -11.0% |
| ROE | 8.3% | -40.2% | 39.6% | 0.4% | 4.7% | 77.3% | -101.0% | -30.0% | -11.9% | 23.1% | 134.3% | 0.0% |
| ROA | 2.6% | -4.6% | 4.2% | 0.1% | 0.4% | 1.3% | 3.0% | 0.6% | 0.2% | -0.3% | -6.0% | -16.8% |
| Cash Flow | ||||||||||||
| Op. Cash Flow | 1.3B | 1.2B | 2.0B | 2.5B | 2.6B | 3.0B | 2.9B | 2.4B | 1.8B | 1.6B | 1.2B | 1.2B |
| Free Cash Flow | 442M | 559M | 1.1B | 1.4B | 1.2B | 1.9B | 1.6B | 453M | 122M | 149M | -119M | -88M |
| Owner Earnings | 329M | -530M | -970M | 66M | 185M | 772M | 969M | 433M | 134M | -127M | -533M | -537M |
| CapEx | 816M | 626M | 951M | 1.2B | 1.4B | 1.1B | 1.2B | 1.9B | 1.7B | 1.4B | 1.3B | 1.3B |
| Maint. CapEx | 865M | 1.7B | 2.9B | 2.4B | 2.3B | 2.1B | 1.8B | 1.8B | 1.6B | 1.6B | 1.7B | 1.7B |
| Growth CapEx | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 141M | 61M | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D&A | 865M | 1.7B | 2.9B | 2.4B | 2.3B | 2.1B | 1.8B | 1.8B | 1.6B | 1.6B | 1.7B | 1.7B |
| CapEx/OCF | N/A | N/A | 47.1% | 46.0% | 53.1% | 36.0% | 43.2% | 80.9% | 93.3% | 90.6% | 109.7% | 107.2% |
| Capital Allocation | ||||||||||||
| Dividends Paid | 0 | 366M | 919M | 1.5B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dividend Yield | N/A | N/A | 5.5% | 13.5% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Share Buybacks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 500M | 1.7B | 4.8B | 805M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Buyback Yield | 0.0% | N/A | N/A | 4.9% | 9.4% | 22.4% | 10.7% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0.0% |
| Stock-Based Comp | 63M | 14M | 57M | 60M | 106M | 125M | 98M | 160M | 48M | 67M | 64M | 64M |
| Debt Repayment | 0 | 1.5B | 0 | 4.9B | 8.2B | 6.2B | 4.9B | 4.5B | 2.7B | 4.2B | 2.6B | 2.6B |
| Balance Sheet | ||||||||||||
| Net Debt | 493M | 3.5B | 18.1B | 28.4B | 24.0B | 26.7B | 26.6B | 26.6B | 25.1B | 25.1B | 25.5B | 25.4B |
| Cash & Equiv. | 1.0B | 487M | 330M | 299M | 702M | 278M | 196M | 305M | 302M | 257M | 1.0B | 1.0B |
| Long-Term Debt | 2.0B | 1.3B | 13.8B | 22.7B | 24.2B | 25.5B | 25.6B | 24.5B | 24.7B | 24.9B | 26.1B | 26.4B |
| Debt/Equity | 0.93 | 2.35 | 3.36 | 7.83 | 10.89 | -23.68 | -32.72 | -56.58 | -60.13 | -54.04 | -11.45 | 0.00 |
| Interest Coverage | 1.4 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 159.1 | 114.1 | 108.7 | -13.3 | -13.3 |
| Equity | 2.1B | 2.0B | 5.5B | 3.7B | 2.3B | -1.1B | -820M | -475M | -422M | -469M | -2.3B | -5.2B |
| Total Assets | 6.8B | 36.5B | 34.8B | 33.6B | 34.1B | 33.4B | 33.2B | 33.7B | 31.9B | 31.7B | 30.7B | 27.9B |
| Total Liabilities | 2.6B | 34.4B | 29.1B | 29.8B | 31.7B | 34.6B | 34.1B | 34.2B | 32.4B | 32.2B | 33.0B | 33.0B |
| Intangibles | 732M | 6.4B | 5.1B | 4.2B | 3.5B | 2.8B | 2.2B | 1.7B | 1.3B | 961M | 702M | 641M |
| Retained Earnings | -4.1B | -976M | 841M | 252M | 391M | -986M | -849M | -654M | -601M | -704M | -2.6B | -5.5B |
| Working Capital | -312M | -2.0B | -1.6B | -1.1B | -597M | -2.1B | -1.9B | -1.5B | -1.5B | -1.5B | -406M | -297M |
| Current Assets | 1.9B | 1.7B | 904M | 903M | 1.4B | 977M | 790M | 2.6B | 835M | 731M | 1.6B | 1.7B |
| Current Liabilities | 2.2B | 3.7B | 2.5B | 2.0B | 2.0B | 3.1B | 2.7B | 4.0B | 2.3B | 2.3B | 2.1B | 2.0B |
| Per Share Data | ||||||||||||
| EPS | 0.63 | -8,320,300.00 | 2.15 | 0.03 | 0.21 | 0.75 | 2.14 | 0.43 | 0.12 | -0.22 | -4.00 | -16.02 |
| Owner EPS | 0.45 | -5,302,190.00 | -1.40 | 0.11 | 0.28 | 1.33 | 2.09 | 0.96 | 0.30 | -0.27 | -1.14 | -1.83 |
| Book Value | 2.86 | 20,295,550.00 | 7.92 | 5.85 | 3.43 | -1.96 | -1.77 | -1.05 | -0.95 | -1.00 | -4.95 | -17.73 |
| Cash Flow/Share | 1.71 | 11,844,550.00 | 2.91 | 4.00 | 3.86 | 5.12 | 6.17 | 5.23 | 4.12 | 3.38 | 2.63 | -10.20 |
| Dividends/Share | N/A | 3,655,590.00 | 1.29 | 2.04 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Shares Out. | 737.1M | 0.0M | 694.5M | 627.8M | 661.6M | 581.6M | 462.8M | 452.5M | 443.3M | 467.8M | 467.3M | 293.3M |
| Valuation | ||||||||||||
| P/E Ratio | N/A | N/A | 8.7 | 540.0 | 129.3 | 49.2 | 7.6 | 10.0 | 27.1 | N/A | N/A | -0.1 |
| P/FCF | N/A | N/A | 12.2 | 7.5 | 15.0 | 11.3 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 11.8 | 7.5 | N/A | N/A |
| EV/EBIT | N/A | N/A | 16.7 | 19.4 | 22.9 | 22.7 | 13.4 | 15.7 | 15.4 | 15.4 | N/A | N/A |
| Price/Book | N/A | N/A | 2.4 | 2.8 | 7.9 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Price/Sales | N/A | N/A | 1.8 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| FCF Yield | N/A | N/A | 8.2% | 13.3% | 6.7% | 8.9% | 21.5% | 23.4% | 8.4% | 13.3% | -15.3% | -37.1% |
| Market Cap | 0 | N/A | 13.1B | 10.2B | 18.0B | 21.5B | 7.5B | 1.9B | 1.4B | 1.1B | 776M | 236M |
| Avg. Price | 0.00 | N/A | 24.02 | 17.69 | 24.68 | 26.87 | 29.17 | 9.71 | 3.25 | 2.29 | 2.39 | 0.81 |
| Year-End Price | 0.00 | N/A | 18.79 | 16.20 | 27.15 | 36.92 | 16.31 | 4.28 | 3.25 | 2.41 | 1.66 | 0.81 |
Optimum Communications, Inc. passes 2 of 9 quality checks, indicating weak fundamentals.
The company's 5-year average ROIC is 4.5% with a gross margin of 67.5%. At current prices, the estimated annualized return to fair value is -38.1%.
Optimum Communications, Inc. (OPTU) reported earnings per share (EPS) of $-4.00 in its most recent fiscal year.
Optimum Communications, Inc. (OPTU) has a return on equity (ROE) of 134.3%. This indicates the company generates strong returns for shareholders.
Optimum Communications, Inc. (OPTU) has a 5-year average gross margin of 67.5%. This high margin suggests strong pricing power and a potential competitive moat.
The Ledger Terminal provides 11 years of financial data for Optimum Communications, Inc. (OPTU), sourced directly from SEC EDGAR filings. This includes income statements, balance sheets, cash flow statements, and key financial ratios.
Optimum Communications, Inc. (OPTU) has a book value per share of $-4.95, based on its most recent annual SEC filing.