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Optimum Communications, Inc. (OPTU)

Optimum Communications, Inc. delivers a diverse range of services, encompassing high-speed internet, subscription television, and telephone connectivity. Additionally, the company produces its own digital content and offers various advertising solutions. Its broad portfolio of brands includes Optimum, Suddenlink, Optimum Mobile, Altice Business, News 12 Networks, Cheddar News, a4 Advertising, and i24 News. Patrick Drahi established the firm in 2001, and its primary headquarters are located in Long Island City, NY.

Sector: Cable & Other Pay Television Services

Industry: Telecommunications Services

Optimum Communications, Inc. logo

Optimum Communications, Inc.

NYSE:OPTUCommunication Services
+9.90%$0.6596
AH Close$0.6596+0.00%vs close
Mkt Cap$251.59M
Float214.62M
O/S381.43M
Inst Own59.5%
SI12.4%
Dilution
Optimum Communications, Inc. logoNYSE:OPTU$0.6596+9.90%
Delisting Issues Timeline
Financials Summary
Revenue$8.59B
Net Income-$1.87B
Total Assets$30.7B
Free Cash Flow-$118.84M
Debt & Equity
Debt 110%
Total Debt$26.5B
Total Equity-$2.31B
Shares Outstanding
Short Interest
Split History

No splits on record

Nothing in OPTU's public trading history: no forward or reverse split has affected the share count.

Balance Sheet Details
Assets$30.7B
Liabilities$33B
Accounts Receivable$336.3M
Accounts Payable$816.86M
Inventory$0
PP&E (Net)$8.6B
Goodwill$8.04B
Intangible Assets$12.3B
Income Statement
PeriodFY 2025FY 2024FY 2023FY 2022FY 2021FY 2020FY 2019FY 2018FY 2017FY 2016FY 2015FY 2014FY 2013FY 2012
CurrencyUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSD
Period Ending2025-12-312024-12-312023-12-312022-12-312021-12-312020-12-312019-12-312018-12-312017-12-312016-12-312015-12-312014-12-312013-12-312012-12-31
Revenue$8.59B$8.95B$9.24B$9.65B$10.09B$9.89B$9.76B$9.57B$9.31B$6.02B$6.51B$6.46B$6.23B$6.13B
YoY Growth-4.1%-3.1%-4.3%-4.4%2.0%1.4%2.0%2.8%54.7%-7.6%0.8%3.7%1.6%-
Cost of Revenue$4.33B$2.9B$4.67B$4.98B$3.38B$3.34B$3.3B$3.17B$3.04B$1.91B$3.2B$3.14B$3.08B$2.94B
Gross Profit$4.26B$6.06B$4.56B$4.67B$6.71B$6.55B$6.46B$6.39B$6.27B$4.11B$3.31B$3.32B$3.15B$3.19B
Gross Margin49.5%67.7%49.4%48.4%66.5%66.2%66.2%66.8%67.4%68.2%50.9%51.4%50.6%52.0%
Research and Development$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Selling, General, and Administrative$2.68B$263.53M$2.65B$2.74B$0$0$233.33M$249.8M$235.98M$138.43M$1.57B$1.53B$1.52B$1.44B
Other$0$4.11B$0$0$4.18B$4.44B$4.4B$4.46B$5.19B$3.5B$890.97M$865.06M$932.7M$0
Total Operating Expenses$2.68B$4.38B$2.65B$2.74B$4.18B$4.44B$4.64B$4.71B$5.43B$3.64B$2.38B$2.32B$2.36B$2.4B
Operating Income (EBIT)$1.57B$1.68B$1.92B$1.93B$2.52B$2.12B$1.82B$1.68B$841.01M$462.81M$874.18M$926.08M$771.23M$854.48M
Operating Margin18.3%18.8%20.7%20.0%25.0%21.4%18.7%17.6%9.0%7.7%13.4%14.3%12.4%13.9%
Interest Expense$1.79B$1.76B$1.64B$1.33B$1.27B$1.35B$1.54B$1.56B$1.6B$1.46B$0$0$0$0
Interest Income$0$0$0$0$160K$2.19M$5.71M$10.86M$1.92M$13.81M$584.84M$575.58M$600.64M$661.9M
Other Income (Expense)-$3.5B-$1.76B-$1.8B-$1.42B-$1.22B-$1.53B-$1.64B-$1.7B-$2.21B-$1.55B-$531.52M-$500.93M-$578.27M-$728.16M
Income Before Tax (EBT)-$1.93B-$82.35M$118.56M$516.73M$1.31B$583.23M$187.13M-$18.06M-$1.37B-$1.09B$342.66M$425.15M$192.96M$126.32M
Income Tax Expense-$96.91M-$4.07M$39.53M$295.84M$294.98M$139.75M$47.19M-$38.66M-$2.86B-$259.67M$154.87M$115.77M$65.64M$51.99M
Net Income-$1.87B-$102.92M$53.2M$194.56M$990.31M$436.18M$138.94M$18.83M$1.49B-$832.03M$187.99M$308.62M$127.34M$74.23M
Net Income Margin-21.8%-1.1%0.6%2.0%9.8%4.4%1.4%0.2%16.0%-13.8%2.9%4.8%2.0%1.2%
Supplementary Data
EPS-4.00-0.220.120.432.140.750.210.032.15-1.130.681.140.480.28
Diluted EPS-4.00-0.220.120.432.140.750.210.032.15-1.280.681.140.480.28
Weighted Average OS467.26M459.89M454.73M453.24M462.30M581.58M661.60M730.09M696.05M649.53M258.01M270.70M265.94M265.12M
EBITDA$1.56B$3.35B$3.46B$3.63B$4.36B$4.02B$4.16B$4.09B$3.91B$2.4B$1.74B$1.79B$1.63B$1.75B
EBITDA Margin18.1%37.4%37.4%37.6%43.2%40.6%42.6%42.8%42.0%39.9%26.7%27.6%26.2%28.5%
Balance Sheet
PeriodFY 2025FY 2024FY 2023FY 2022FY 2021FY 2020FY 2019FY 2018FY 2017FY 2016FY 2015FY 2014FY 2013FY 2012
CurrencyUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSD
Period Ending2025-12-312024-12-312023-12-312022-12-312021-12-312020-12-312019-12-312018-12-312018-01-052016-12-312015-12-312014-12-312013-12-312012-12-31
Assets
Current Assets
Cash and Cash Equivalents$1.12B$256.53M$302.06M$305.48M$195.71M$278.42M$701.9M$298.78M$329.85M$486.79M$1B$850.41M$702.22M$332.61M
Short-Term Investments$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Cash and Short-Term Investments$1.12B$256.53M$302.06M$305.48M$195.71M$278.42M$701.9M$298.78M$329.85M$486.79M$1B$850.41M$702.22M$332.61M
Accounts Receivable$336.3M$332.58M$358M$366.56M$406.95M$446.84M$463.89M$465.96M$390.53M$371.81M$267.15M$279.26M$284.6M$320.45M
Inventory$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$2.23M$52.8M$758.17M$0$0$0$0
Other Current Assets$188.92M$290K$174.73M$1.77B$3.26M$264K$262K$2.23M$52.8M$758.17M$480.31M$660.9M$579.18M$724.49M
Total Current Assets$1.64B$730.99M$834.79M$2.57B$789.63M$976.57M$1.38B$903.25M$903.6M$1.7B$1.88B$1.93B$1.72B$1.38B
Long-Term Assets
Property, Plant & Equipment Net$8.6B$8.66B$8.37B$7.75B$6.56B$6.05B$6.03B$5.83B$6.02B$6.6B$3.02B$3.03B$2.98B$2.93B
Goodwill$8.04B$8.04B$8.04B$8.21B$8.21B$8.16B$8.14B$8.01B$8.02B$7.99B$262.35M$264.69M$264.69M$264.69M
Intangible Assets$12.3B$14.17B$14.48B$14.88B$15.42B$15.85B$16.5B$17.21B$18.09B$19.37B$776.05M$775.88M$789.25M$835.66M
Long-Term Investments$0$8.47M$112.91M$0$2.16B$2.26B$1.93B$1.46B$930K$5.61M$0$0$0$0
Deferred Tax Assets$0$0$0$0$0$0$0-$1.35B$1.13B$10.6M$0$0$0$0
Other Long-Term Assets$120.34M$85.94M$82.2M$259.68M$76.65M$87.43M$117.83M$1.55B$644.98M$790.06M$936.3M$768.19M$834.35M-$4.03B
Total Long-Term Assets$29.06B$30.97B$31.09B$31.1B$32.43B$32.4B$32.73B$32.71B$33.91B$34.77B$4.99B$4.83B$4.87B$4.03B
Other Assets$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$1.84B
Total Assets$30.7B$31.7B$31.92B$33.66B$33.22B$33.38B$34.11B$33.61B$34.81B$36.47B$6.87B$6.77B$6.59B$7.25B
Liabilities
Current Liabilities
Accounts Payable$816.86M$971.5M$936.95M$1.21B$1.02B$795.58M$799.62M$857.5M$795.13M$705.67M$453.65M$431.76M$422.93M$457.08M
Short-Term Debt$100.45M$107.7M$235.77M$1.95B$808.11M$1.18B$148.66M$152.7M$583.82M$1.59B$993.66M$541.15M$327.43M$0
Current Income Tax Payable$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Current Unearned Revenue$147.14M$74.17M$85.02M$80.56M$94.94M$109.8M$124.78M$140.05M$111.2M$94.82M$0$0$0$0
Other Current Liabilities$780.38M$398.51M$398.57M$257.72M$329.94M$552.84M$378.95M$699.11M$861.96M$915.1M$58.25M$145.94M$177.75M$1.24B
Total Current Liabilities$2.05B$2.25B$2.31B$4.04B$2.74B$3.1B$1.98B$2.02B$2.52B$3.7B$2.19B$1.75B$1.44B$1.7B
Long-Term Liabilities
Long-Term Debt$26.06B$24.8B$24.61B$24.4B$25.52B$25.38B$24.25B$22.63B$21.41B$22.41B$8.59B$9.11B$9.4B$9.55B
Long-Term Unearned Revenue$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$359.71M$521.86M$231.08M$0$0$0$0
Long-Term Deferred Tax Liabilities$4.23B$4.46B$4.85B$5.08B$5.05B$5.01B$4.76B$4.72B$4.77B$7.97B$0$0$0$0
Other Long-Term Liabilities$316.4M$320.44M$221.25M$274.62M$436.01M$741.48M$569.12M$534.47M$5.36B$113.48M$969.83M$912.36M$1B-$9.55B
Total Long-Term Liabilities$30.95B$29.9B$30.05B$30.13B$31.35B$31.48B$29.85B$27.91B$26.79B$30.74B$9.59B$10.05B$10.42B$9.55B
Other Liabilities$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$1.63B
Total Liabilities$33B$32.16B$32.36B$34.17B$34.09B$34.58B$31.83B$29.93B$29.31B$34.44B$11.78B$11.8B$11.87B$12.88B
Stockholders' Equity
Preferred Stock$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$130.01M$23.1M$0$0$0$0$0
Common Stock$4.71M$4.64M$4.56M$4.56M$4.55M$4.83M$6.43M$7.09M$7.37M$0$3.58M$3.54M$3.47M$3.42M
Retained Earnings-$2.57B-$703.99M-$601.08M-$654.27M-$848.84M-$985.64M$390.77M$251.83M$840.64M-$975.98M-$4.06B-$4.23B-$4.55B-$5.01B
Comprehensive Income & Other$1.6M-$3.83M-$12.85M-$8.2M$6.5M$3.65M-$3.25M-$11.78M-$10.02M$1.98M-$37.67M-$42.23M-$42.69M$0
Other Stockholders' Equity$254.15M$230.12M$174.34M$174.5M$24.5M-$160.22M$1.87B$3.41B$4.66B$3.01B-$855.49M-$810.15M-$741.5M-$630.62M
Total Equity-$2.31B-$469.24M-$422.18M-$475.21M-$819.79M-$1.14B$2.27B$3.67B$5.5B$2.03B-$4.91B-$5.04B-$5.28B-$5.64B
Minority Interest$21.93M$12.4M-$12.24M-$28.7M-$51.11M-$62.11M$9.3M$9.29M$1.54M$287K-$268K$9.46M$10.08M$13.16M
Total Liabilities and Equity$30.68B$31.69B$31.94B$33.69B$33.27B$33.44B$34.1B$33.6B$34.81B$36.47B$6.87B$6.76B$6.58B$7.24B
Supplementary Data
Total Debt$26.5B$25.31B$25.34B$26.85B$26.78B$26.98B$24.69B$22.81B$21.94B$24.03B$9.61B$9.68B$9.75B$0
Net Debt$25.38B$25.06B$25.04B$26.54B$26.59B$26.7B$23.99B$22.51B$21.61B$23.54B$8.61B$8.83B$9.04B-$332.61M
Cash Flow Statement
PeriodFY 2025FY 2024FY 2023FY 2022FY 2021FY 2020FY 2019FY 2018FY 2017FY 2016FY 2015FY 2014FY 2013FY 2012
CurrencyUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSD
Period Ending2025-12-312024-12-312023-12-312022-12-312021-12-312020-12-312019-12-312018-12-312018-01-052016-12-312015-12-312014-12-312013-12-312012-12-31
Operating Activities
Net Income-$1.87B-$78.28M$53.2M$220.89M$1.01B$443.48M$443.48M$20.59M$1.49B-$831.48M$175.45M$311.44M$465.66M$233.52M
Depreciation & Amortization$1.7B$1.64B$1.69B$1.77B$1.79B$2.08B$2.26B$2.38B$2.93B$1.7B$865.25M$860.25M$860.69M$892.48M
Deferred Income Tax-$222.89M-$396.05M-$226.91M$36.38M$40.7M$75.51M$75.51M-$67.6M-$2.88B-$263.99M$0$0$0$0
Stock-Based Compensation$0$67.16M$47.93M$159.99M$98.3M$125.09M$99.08M$59.81M$57.43M$14.37M$65.29M$43.98M$52.72M$60.7M
Changes in Working Capital:
  Accounts Receivable-$72.32M-$58.92M-$77.7M-$45.28M-$30.38M-$50.75M-$50.75M-$144.08M-$89.68M-$58.76M-$24.76M-$42.45M-$25.67M-$76.95M
  Inventory$0$0$0-$46.72M$0$0$33.11M-$88.17M-$262.88M$457.5M$0$0$0$0
  Accounts Payable-$138.69M$3.88M-$39.26M$46.72M$0$0-$33.11M$12.46M$73.89M-$11.81M$0$0$0$0
  Other Working Capital$11.22M$232.89M$77.92M-$226.62M-$316.11M-$42.39M-$42.39M$83.47M-$22.02M$51.19M$41.1M$7.09M$23.7M$0
Total Working Capital Change-$199.79M$177.85M-$39.04M-$271.9M-$346.49M-$93.14M-$93.14M-$136.32M-$300.69M$438.11M$16.34M-$35.35M-$1.97M-$76.95M
Other Non-Cash Items$1.82B$169.49M$300.82M$447.87M$263.48M$345.86M$192.09M$249.5M$716.33M$127.14M$135.27M$196.75M-$11.22M$363.23M
Net Cash from Operating$1.23B$1.58B$1.83B$2.37B$2.85B$2.98B$2.98B$2.51B$2.02B$1.18B$1.26B$1.38B$1.37B$1.49B
Investing Activities
Capital Expenditures-$1.35B-$1.43B-$1.7B-$1.91B-$1.23B-$1.07B-$1.07B-$1.15B-$953.06M-$625.65M-$816.4M-$891.68M-$951.68M-$991.59M
Acquisitions-$7.62M-$38.53M$0-$2.06M-$340.44M-$149.97M-$149.97M-$14.29M-$46.7M-$8.97B$0$0$0$0
Purchases of Investments$0$0$0$0$0$0-$354K$1.15B-$102.18M-$4.61M$0$0$0$0
Sales of Investments$0$0$0$0$0$0$354K$9.33M$953.06M$625.65M$0$0$0$0
Other Investing Activities$61.11M$16.03M-$1.71M-$5.17M-$1.44M$3.5M$3.5M-$1.14B-$943.31M-$619.76M-$11.44M$9.7M$649.21M-$85.16M
Net Cash from Investing-$1.29B-$1.46B-$1.71B-$1.92B-$1.57B-$1.22B-$1.22B-$1.15B-$1.09B-$9.6B-$827.83M-$881.98M-$302.47M-$1.08B
Financing Activities
Debt Repaid-$1.17B$135.83M$98.4M$327.51M$546.06M-$1.78B-$1.08B-$662.27M-$1.21B$545.84M$147.56M$220.15M$473.33M-
Common Stock Issuance$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$349.07M$1.25B$0$0$0$0
Common Stock Repurchases$0$0$0$0-$804.93M-$4.82B-$1.69B-$500M$0$0-$19.14M-$6.61M-$12.91M-$208.43M
Dividends Paid$0$0$0$0$0$0$0-$1.5B-$919.32M-$365.56M-$125.17M-$160.54M-$159.71M-$163.87M
Other Financing Activities-$221.79M-$36.15M-$24.19M-$8.4M-$11.54M$853.57M-$1.58B-$53.33M-$7.8M$1.04B$14.97M$40.4M-$47.84M-$505.32M
Net Cash from Financing$949.36M-$171.98M-$122.59M-$335.91M-$1.36B-$2.18B-$2.18B-$1.39B-$1.1B$131.42M-$276.9M-$346.9M-$693.79M-$669.19M
Forex Effect$594K-$424K-$697K$291K-$662K-$2.17M-$2.17M-$26K-$56.52M$0$0$0$0$0
Net Change in Cash$884.62M-$45.51M-$3.41M$109.78M-$82.71M-$423.47M-$423.47M-$31.06M-$172.99M-$8.28B$152.87M$148.19M$369.61M-$256.69M
Supplementary Data
Operating Cash Flow$1.23B$1.58B$1.83B$2.37B$2.85B$2.98B$2.98B$2.51B$2.02B$1.18B$1.26B$1.38B$1.37B$1.49B
Capital Expenditure-$1.35B-$1.43B-$1.7B-$1.91B-$1.23B-$1.07B-$1.07B-$1.15B-$953.06M-$625.65M-$816.4M-$891.68M-$951.68M-$991.59M
Free Cash Flow-$118.84M$149.39M$121.59M$452.62M$1.62B$1.91B$1.91B$1.35B$1.07B$558.81M$441.21M$485.39M$414.2M$497.65M
Cash at Beginning$256.82M$302.34M$305.75M$195.97M$278.69M$702.16M$702.16M$330.1M$503.09M$8.79B$850.41M$702.22M$332.61M$589.3M
Cash at End$1.14B$256.82M$302.34M$305.75M$195.97M$278.69M$278.69M$299.04M$330.1M$503.09M$1B$850.41M$702.22M$332.61M