CHTR
CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS, INC. /MO/Evidence as of 2026-09-08The desk's Snapshot
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Overview · CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS, INC. /MO/
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; security suite that protects computers from viruses and spyware, and threats from mali…
Management team
- Mr. R. Adam Ray · Executive VP & Chief Commercial OfficerFind on LinkedIn
- Mr. Richard J. DiGeronimo · President of Product & TechnologyFind on LinkedIn
- Mr. Kevin D. Howard · Executive VP, Chief Accounting Officer & ControllerFind on LinkedIn
- Ms. Jessica M. Fischer · Chief Financial OfficerFind on LinkedIn
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Moneyta sentiment
Where the published evidence leans after the desk debated it, not a rating or a recommendation.
−0.6 on a −2 to +2 scale.
What builds the score
Solid bars are analyst rubric scores; faded bars are computed directly from data. Claims dropped in debate count for nothing; weakened claims count at half weight.
Editor's note
Written after the debate settled. The rest of the page is the evidence behind it.
What the evidence shows
Revenues in Q2 2026 (fiscal quarter ended 2026-06-30) were $ 13,526,000,000, a slight decline from $ 13,597,000,000 in Q1 2026 (fiscal quarter ended 2026-03-31) and from $ 13,672,000,000 in Q3 2025 (fiscal quarter ended 2025-09-30). Operating income compressed modestly to $ 3,063,000,000 in Q2 2026 from $ 3,208,000,000 in Q1 2026, while net income was essentially flat year over year at $ 1,292,000,000 versus $ 1,301,000,000 in Q2 2025 (fiscal quarter ended 2025-06-30). Diluted shares outstanding have trended down to 121,255,667 in Q2 2026 from 141,684,415 in Q2 2025, supported by repurchases of $ 1,026,000,000 in Q1 2026 and $ 852,000,000 in Q2 2026. Balance-sheet and market signals are mixed: long‑term debt has edged slightly lower to $ 93,959,000,000 as of 2026-06-30, enterprise value is $ 134,628,320,578, trailing P/FCF is 4.04 with FCF per share $ 37.656, P/E is 4.07 with EPS $ 37.35, the three‑year maximum drawdown is -72.9%, 12_1 momentum ranks in the 6th percentile ( -40.8% ), six‑month momentum ranks in the 3rd percentile ( -34.6% ) while three‑month momentum is +15.0%, and near‑term volatility is elevated (30‑day annualized vol +60.7%).
What the debate changed
No surviving claim was dropped or materially weakened in the debate; the evidence balance remained cautious at -0.6 and the confidence rating stayed high. Because the desk retained 96% of the claims and the heaviest analyst carries 18% of the evidence, the read did not materially shift on contested points and the core factual picture — modest revenue and operating‑income compression, active buybacks and a small decline in long‑term debt — was preserved.
How this note was made
every stage ran before the note was writtenAnalyst desk
Mercer, Oakes, Nash, Ellis, Yates, Talbot and Archer. The desk: named AI agents, not people. Each reads one slice of the evidence and nothing else (no outside knowledge, no browsing), so every finding traces to a source you can open.
Reads the XBRL figures companies file with the SEC (revenue, margins, income, debt and share count, quarter by quarter) and reports which way the trend is running.
Reported revenues were $13,526,000,000 in fiscal Q2 2026 (2026-04-01 to 2026-06-30, 3mo), down from $13,597,000,000 in fiscal Q1 2026 (2026-01-01 to 2026-03-31, 3mo) and down slightly versus $13,672,000,000 in fiscal Q3 2025 (2025-07-01 to 2025-09-30, 3mo).
XBRL companyfacts · 0001091667-26-000052Operating income was $3,063,000,000 in fiscal Q2 2026 (2026-04-01 to 2026-06-30, 3mo), versus $3,208,000,000 in fiscal Q1 2026 (2026-01-01 to 2026-03-31, 3mo) and $3,131,000,000 in fiscal Q3 2025 (2025-07-01 to 2025-09-30, 3mo), indicating modest operating income compression quarter-to-quarter over the provided quarters.
XBRL companyfacts · 0001091667-26-000052Reads the filings themselves, above all the year-over-year diff of Item 1A risk factors: which risks a company added, dropped or quietly reworded since its last annual report.
Which filings the desk reads
The desk reads the annual 10-K in full: its risk factors, and how they changed since last year. Quarterly 10-Qs and event filings (8-Ks, insider Form 4s) are listed for context but not read line by line: the 10-K is where the material risk disclosures live. A brand-new company, or one we have only just begun tracking, may have no annual report on file yet; its risk analysis fills in once that lands.
In the Form 10-K filed 30 January 2026, the company reported total principal debt of approximately $94.6 billion and a leverage ratio of 4.15 times Adjusted EBITDA as of December 31, 2025.
Item 1A risk-factor diff · 0001091667-26-000017 vs 0001091667-25-000034The Form 10-K filed 30 January 2026 adds a risk noting the company is obligated to fund $4.0 billion of cash consideration under the Transaction Agreement and expects to assume approximately $12.6 billion of Cox Communications' outstanding net debt and finance leases in connection with the Cox Transactions.
Item 1A risk-factor diff · 0001091667-26-000017 vs 0001091667-25-000034Reads the signal panel above (momentum, volatility, drawdown, relative strength and beta) and ranks each against the whole research universe rather than judging it in isolation.
Over the past three years, the security's maximum drawdown was -72.9% (three-year window) and its drawdown-from-3y-high is -66.6% as of 2026-09-07.
Moneyta signal set · 2026-09-07Momentum measured as 12_1 is -40.8% and ranks in the 6th percentile of the 548-stock research universe on 2026-09-07, indicating very weak 12_1 momentum versus peers.
Moneyta signal set · 2026-09-07weakened in debateReads which funds hold the name and at what weight, plus insider Form 4 filings, to show the exposure you may already carry through index funds.
Institutional 13F-reported holdings totaled $22.20B as of the quarter ended 31 March 2026.
13F holdings · 791 filers · as of 2026-03-31Top reported 13F holders in the period ended 31 March 2026 included Dodge & Cox at $3.16B, STATE STREET CORP at $1.77B, BlackRock, Inc. at $1.51B, VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC at $1.18B, and Capital Research Global Investors at $1.14B.
13F holdings · 791 filers · as of 2026-03-31Reads recent headlines that are genuinely about this company, ignoring rating chatter and market-wide stories. Findings argue in the debate but never move the sentiment score.
An article on 4 September 2026 reported Charter shares rose 7% intraday and noted a trading volume of 819,417 shares on that day.
News · thelincolnianonline.com · 2026-09-04A 7 September 2026 filing-based report stated Nykredit A S bought 26,482 shares of Charter in the second quarter, an investment described as approximately $3.77 million.
News · thelincolnianonline.com · 2026-09-07Reads parsed Forms 3/4/5: who bought or sold, at what size, and whether a 10b5-1 plan was involved. Flags clustered open-market officer buying; treats plan sales as routine and never counts a fund or 10%-holder as an officer.
Christopher L. Winfrey (President and CEO) reported open-market purchases totalling "$597k" for 3,468 shares on 2026-04-28 (no trading plan indicated in the filing).
Form 4 · Winfrey Christopher L (President and CEO) · $597k bought · 2026-04-28Director Wade Davis reported an open-market purchase of "$995k" for 5,728 shares on 2026-04-28 (no trading plan indicated in the filing).
Form 4 · Davis Wade (Director) · $995k bought · 2026-04-28Reads the implied-expectations math built from the company's own filings (the growth rate today's price would justify, and the multiples beside it) and argues whether the market's bar looks high or low for this business. Never turns the math into a target.
The market price used in this analysis is $151.99 per share as of 2026-09-04.
Valuation inputs · SEC XBRL + stored EOD closeThe implied free cash flow (FCF) growth rate that today's price would justify, under the stated discount and terminal assumptions, is -25.69% (implied_growth = -0.2569).
Valuation inputs · SEC XBRL + stored EOD closeDebate and risk review
A bull and a bear contest the claims and the chair rules on each; the risk review stress-tests what survived.
A bull and a bear argue the analysts' claims across two rounds, then a chair rules on each one. Only what survives feeds the score. The argument is shown, not hidden, so you can judge the reasoning yourself.
Several claims jointly support a favorable read: reported net income has been roughly stable quarter-to-quarter while diluted shares outstanding have meaningfully declined (fundamentals-2, fundamentals-3), and the company has reported sustained repurchase outflows (fundamentals-4). That combination is consistent with rising per-share earnings/cash-flow metrics and is reflected in low trailing multiples (valuation-2, valuation-3) and high FCF per share in the trailing twelve months. Short-term price action shows a positive three-month momentum move (market-3) even as longer-horizon momentum and volatility indicators are weak; low correlation and beta to SPY (market-6) suggest the stock’s movements include idiosyncratic components that are not simply mirroring the broad market. Institutional ownership remains large in absolute dollars and includes established managers (ownership-0, ownership-1), and several company insiders reported open-market purchases in the sample period (insider-0 through insider-3), which together can be interpreted as informational signals that complement the fundamental datapoints.
Chair's verdict, claim by claim
Fragility · computed, not argued
balanced0.32
39 surviving claims rest on 19 distinct sources; the heaviest analyst carries 18% of them, and 96% of what the desk raised survived the debate.
The read rests on a moderate breadth of sources but a relatively concentrated analyst influence and very high survivorship from internal debate. That combination means the findings are plausible and internally consistent, but they carry fragility: one or two dominant contributors or a new filing could materially change the balance of evidence.
Peer context · computed, not argued
12-1 momentum ranks 6th of 6 in Telecom Services (as of 2026-09-07).
90-day volatility ranks 1st of 6 in Telecom Services (as of 2026-09-07).
Disconfirming evidence · base rates · falsifiers
Context
Outside consensus, and where this name already sits in your own portfolio.
Third-party consensus shown for context. It never enters Moneyta sentiment. When the two diverge, the debate above is where the why lives.
What this was built from
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10 filings· 2 cited
SEC XBRL filings
Quarterly figures as filed with the SEC, read straight from EDGAR's structured data, not retyped or estimated.
Read by Mercer+0.5 to the score
13 documents· 2 cited
SEC filing documents
The filings themselves, including the year-over-year comparison of Item 1A risk factors.
Read by Oakes−1.4 to the score
1 signal set
Moneyta signal set
Computed from our own end-of-day price history and ranked against the whole research universe. No AI involved.
Read by Nash−0.8 to the score
3 holdings records· 1 cited
Fund holdings
Which funds hold this name and at what weight, plus insider Form 4 filings.
Read by Ellis+0.2 to the score
4 headlines· 2 cited
News coverage
Recent headlines about this company, rating chatter excluded and nothing published after the report date.
Read by Yatesnothing survived
14 filings· 2 cited
Insider filings
Parsed Forms 3/4/5 from EDGAR: named insiders, share counts, prices, and 10b5-1 plan state, with stated and inferred flags kept apart.
Read by Talbot+0.0 to the score
1 computation
Valuation inputs
TTM cash-flow figures from the company's own XBRL filings, priced with the stored closing price. Implied growth and multiples only; no fair-value dollar figure reaches the desk, by design.
Read by Archercontext only
1 record· 0 cited
Company profile
Sector, industry and company details.
1 record· 0 cited
Analyst consensus
Third-party consensus, shown for context only; it never enters Moneyta sentiment.
Read means we pulled and handed it to an analyst; cited means a claim on this page points at it. Reading twelve quarters to state one trend is normal; the gap is shown rather than hidden.
Written by AI, checked against sources
The analysts, the bull–bear debate and the editor's note are AI agents reading only the evidence listed on this page. They can misread a filing or a headline, which is why every claim cites a source you can open and check yourself. The sentiment score is arithmetic over the claims that survived the debate, not a language model's opinion.
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