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Charter Communications
Other services was Charter Communications' fastest-growing product or service in FY2025, up 12.1%
Revenue fell 0.6% to $54.8B in FY2025, from $55.1B in FY2024. Net income fell 1.9% to $5.0B. Residential Product Line was the largest product or service, at 78% of revenue.
Key facts
Charter Communications (Nasdaq: CHTR) closed fiscal 2025 on Dec 31, 2025 with revenue of $54.8B, down 0.6% from a year before; net income came to $5.0B, down 1.9%. Its newest quarterly report covers the three months to Sep 30, 2026: revenue of $14.9B, up 9.1% on the same stretch of the prior year, and net income of −$2.4B. Broken down by product or service, Residential Product Line led with 78% of fiscal 2025 revenue. Sources: 10-K for fiscal 2025 (filed Jan 30, 2026) and 10-Q for the quarter ended Sep 30, 2026 (filed Nov 6, 2026).
Source: 10-K FY2025, filed Jan 30, 2026
Source: 10-Q filed Apr 24, 2026 · 10-Q filed Jul 24, 2026 · 10-Q filed Nov 6, 2026
How it makes money
By product or service, FY2025
- LineAmountSharevs FY2024
- Residential Product Line$42.6B78%−1.0%
- Commercial Product Line$7.3B13%+0.8%
- Other services$3.4B6%+12.1%
- Advertising sales$1.5B3%−17.5%
Source: 10-K FY2025, XBRL breakdown
By product or service in FY2025: Residential Product Line (78%), Commercial Product Line (13%), Other services (6%) and Advertising sales (3%), as shares of total revenue. Total revenue was $54.8B.
Source: 10-K FY2025
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What changed last quarter
Comparing Q3 2026 (Jul to Sep 2026) compared with Q3 2025 (Jul to Sep 2025)
Each pair of bars shows the dollar amount for both quarters. Longer bar, more money. Bars in a group share one scale.
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A hatched bar is a loss, drawn by its size. The % change isn't shown when either quarter is a loss.
Source: Charter Communications 10-Q for the quarter ended Sep 30, 2026, filed Nov 6, 2026
By product or service
Source: Charter Communications 10-Q for the quarter ended Sep 30, 2026, filed Nov 6, 2026
The bull case and the bear case
The bull case
- Operating cash flow rose 11.4% in FY2025 to $16.1B. 10-K, FY2025
- Diluted shares fell 5.2% in FY2025, so each share represents a larger slice of profit. 10-K, FY2025
- Revenue in the quarter ended Sep 30, 2026 was $14.9B, up 9.1% on a year earlier. 10-Q, quarter ended Sep 30, 2026
- Other services revenue grew 12.1% in FY2025 to $3.4B. 10-K, FY2025
The bear case
- Revenue fell 0.6% in FY2025 to $54.8B, from $55.1B a year earlier. 10-K, FY2025
- Net income fell 1.9% in FY2025 to $5.0B, from $5.1B. 10-K, FY2025
- Advertising sales revenue fell 17.5% in FY2025 to $1.5B. 10-K, FY2025
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What the company does
Charter Communications is in the cable & satellite industry, part of the communication services sector. The SEC files it under Cable & Other Pay Television Services.
The full description of Charter Communications' business is in Item 1 of its 10-K, linked below. This page shows its revenue by product or service.
Its fiscal year ends in December; the latest, FY2025, ended Dec 31, 2025.
Source: 10-K, Item 1 Business
Risks common in this industry
These are general risks for companies in the cable & satellite industry. They are not a summary of Charter Communications’s own risk factors; for those, read Item 1A of its latest 10-K, linked below.
- CompetitionRivals and new platforms compete for audiences, advertisers and subscribers.
- Advertising and consumer spendingAd budgets and subscriptions follow the economy.
- Content and rights costsProgramming, rights and network costs can rise faster than revenue.
- RegulationMedia, privacy and competition rules can limit what it can do.
- Technology changeShifts in how people watch, listen and connect can make products less relevant.
Source: 10-K, Item 1A Risk Factors (the company's own list, in the company's words)
Three years of key numbers
Every number links to its filing; hover for the XBRL tag. A dash means the number isn't cleanly available, and we don't estimate it.
| US$ | FY2023 | FY2024 | FY2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $54.6B | $55.1B | $54.8B |
| Net income | $4.6B | $5.1B | $5.0B |
| Operating cash flow | $14.4B | $14.4B | $16.1B |
| Cash & equivalents (year end) | $709M | $459M | $477M |
| Total debt (year end) | $97.8B | $93.9B | $94.8B |
| Diluted shares | 152M | 145M | 138M |
- Revenue: Total revenue for the fiscal year, as the company reports it on its income statement.
- Net income: Net income attributable to the company's shareholders, after all costs, interest and taxes.
- Operating cash flow: Cash the business brought in from its day-to-day operations during the year (cash flow statement).
- Cash & equivalents: Cash and short-term investments that count as cash equivalents on the balance sheet. Excludes longer-dated marketable securities.
- Total debt: The current part of long-term debt plus long-term debt, at carrying value.
- Diluted shares: Weighted average shares outstanding for the year, including the effect of options and stock awards.
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Explainers for this page
- Net debt and net cash
- Debt-to-equity ratio
- The cash flow statement
- Risk factors (Item 1A)
- Revenue recognition (ASC 606)
- Form 144: notice of a proposed sale
- Comparable store sales
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About these numbers
Recent filings
| Form | Filed | Period |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Q | Nov 6, 2026 | Sep 30, 2026 |
| 10-Q | Jul 24, 2026 | Jun 30, 2026 |
| 10-Q | Apr 24, 2026 | Mar 31, 2026 |
| DEF 14A | Mar 12, 2026 | Apr 21, 2026 |
| 10-K | Jan 30, 2026 | Dec 31, 2025 |
Learn more: 10-K vs. 10-Q vs. 8-K · Form 4 insider filings · Fiscal years and quarters
Common questions about Charter Communications
How does Charter Communications make money?
Fiscal 2025 revenue: $54.8B. By product or service in FY2025: Residential Product Line (78%), Commercial Product Line (13%), Other services (6%) and Advertising sales (3%), as shares of total revenue. Total revenue was $54.8B. Source: 10-K for fiscal 2025, filed Jan 30, 2026.
What was Charter Communications's revenue in fiscal 2025?
$54.8B, down 0.6% from fiscal 2024 ($55.1B). The year ended Dec 31, 2025; for fiscal 2023 the figure was $54.6B. Source: 10-K for fiscal 2025, filed Jan 30, 2026.
Is Charter Communications profitable?
Net income was $5.0B in fiscal 2025 (down 1.9%; fiscal 2024 was $5.1B). That counts as a GAAP profit. The latest quarter, ended Sep 30, 2026: net income was −$2.4B. The page's About these numbers section explains what is included. Source: 10-K for fiscal 2025, filed Jan 30, 2026.
What did Charter Communications report in its latest quarterly filing?
For the three months to Sep 30, 2026: revenue $14.9B (up 9.1% from $13.7B) and net income −$2.4B (compared with $1.1B from $1.1B). Source: 10-Q for the quarter ended Sep 30, 2026, filed Nov 6, 2026.
How much cash and debt does Charter Communications have?
As of Sep 30, 2026: $573M of cash and cash equivalents, $107.1B of total debt. Total debt here is the current part of long-term debt plus long-term debt, at carrying value. Source: 10-Q filed Nov 6, 2026.
What are the main risks Charter Communications faces?
Charter Communications's own risk factors are in Item 1A of its 10-K for fiscal 2025, filed Jan 30, 2026. Risks that are common among companies in the cable & satellite industry include Competition; advertising and consumer spending; content and rights costs; regulation; technology change. The first: Rivals and new platforms compete for audiences, advertisers and subscribers. Source: 10-K, Item 1A Risk Factors.
Where do these Charter Communications numbers come from?
The 10-K filed Jan 30, 2026 (fiscal 2025) and the 10-Q filed Nov 6, 2026 (quarter ended Sep 30, 2026), as published in the SEC's XBRL data. Click any number to open the filing it came from. Methodology explains how fiscal years and missing numbers are handled.
Tracked funds that report owning Charter Communications
- Millennium Management: 1,375,109 shares, reported value $195.6M at Jun 30, 2026 (+616.5% in shares since the filing for Mar 31, 2026). Form 13F filed Aug 14, 2026.
- Citadel Advisors: 1,317,247 shares, reported value $187.3M at Jun 30, 2026 (+702.1% in shares since the filing for Mar 31, 2026). Form 13F filed Sep 2, 2026.
- Bridgewater Associates: 138,062 shares, reported value $19.6M at Jun 30, 2026 (+206.9% in shares since the filing for Mar 31, 2026). Form 13F filed Aug 14, 2026.
- Point72 Asset Management: 45,000 shares, reported value $6.4M at Jun 30, 2026 (new in this filing). Form 13F filed Aug 14, 2026.
- Ruane Cunniff & Goldfarb: 1,556 shares, reported value $0.2M at Jun 30, 2026 (−99.0% in shares since the filing for Mar 31, 2026). Form 13F filed Aug 14, 2026.
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Disclosures
- Editor holdings in CHTR
- The editor holds no position in Charter Communications (CHTR). As of Nov 11, 2026.
- Trading rule
- The editor does not buy or sell CHTR from 3 days before to 3 days after this page is published or substantively updated.
- Compensation
- Nobody paid for this page. No affiliate links on this page.
- Sources
- The company's SEC filings, linked next to each number or, for charts, in the source line under them.
- Last updated
- Nov 10, 2026
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Compare with peers
| Company | Fiscal year | Revenue | Revenue growth | Net income |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charter CommunicationsCHTR | FY2025 | $54.8B | −0.6% | $5.0B |
| ComcastCMCSA | FY2025 | $123.7B | −0.0% | $20.0B |
| Meta | FY2025 | $201.0B | +22.2% | $60.5B |
Each row is that company’s latest fiscal year from its own 10-K, using its own revenue and net income lines. Fiscal years end in different months, and line definitions differ (banks, insurers and oil companies count revenue differently), so this is a rough side-by-side, not a like-for-like comparison.
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