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Charter Communications key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, Charter Communications had return on equity of 31.5% and a net margin of 9.1%. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.

Financial ratios

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Fiscal year2010Dec 20102011Dec 20112012Dec 20122013Dec 20132014Dec 20142015Dec 20152016Dec 20162017Dec 20172018Dec 20182019Dec 20192020Dec 20202021Dec 20212022Dec 20222023Dec 20232024Dec 20242025Dec 2025LTMJun 2026
Net margin−3.4%−5.1%−4.1%−2.1%−2.0%−2.8%12.1%23.8%2.8%3.6%6.7%9.0%9.4%8.3%9.2%9.1%9.1%
Return on equity−16.0%−39.1%−109.0%−112.7%−123.2%—17.6%25.0%3.3%4.9%11.7%24.6%43.6%45.1%38.1%31.5%29.8%
Return on assets−1.5%−2.4%−1.9%−1.0%−0.9%−0.9%3.7%6.7%0.8%1.1%2.2%3.2%3.5%3.1%3.4%3.3%3.2%
Effective tax rate————————10.7%18.1%14.6%16.7%21.6%23.2%22.0%22.7%23.6%

Returns use average equity or assets over the year. Return on equity is left blank when equity is negative or so small that the ratio says nothing (above ±200%); interest cover is left blank above 200 times. Price-based ratios such as P/E are on the valuation page.

Financial health

1 of 5 checks passed · June 30, 2026
What it owns · $155.6bn
Short-term assets $5.0bnLonger-term assets $150.6bn
What it owes, and who funded it · $30.7bn
Short-term liabilities $13.8bnShareholders' equity $17.0bn
  • Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $5.0bn of assets due within a year against $13.8bn of liabilities due within a year.
  • Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities Not assessable from the reported split. Not assessable.
  • More cash than debt $509m of cash against $94.0bn of debt.
  • Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 554% of equity.
  • Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 630% to 554% over five years.
  • A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $16.5bn of operating cash flow against $94.0bn of debt.
  • Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Interest not separately reported. Not assessable.

From Charter Communications's latest balance sheet as filed. Checks are fixed, documented rules (methodology), counted only where the company reports the figures — a dot means the filing doesn't break the item out. Descriptions of reported data, not advice.

Moat

57 /100

Moderate moat

How hard Charter Communications's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 10 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.

  • Returns on capital 2 / 20

    Net income has been a median 3.1% of total assets over 10 years.

  • Durability 13 / 20

    Operating margin has been a median 20.4%; its worst year was 9.7%.

  • Cash conversion 14 / 20

    Free cash flow was positive in 10 of 10 years, at a median 8.0% of revenue.

  • Discipline 20 / 20

    The diluted share count fell 37.9% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 0.8% of revenue.

AI disruption exposure: Medium. In this industry, AI could change how the product is made or sold, without replacing the core asset. The score above includes a 5-point deduction for that exposure (62 before it).

A rules-based reading of reported figures, not a forecast and not investment advice. How the score is built: methodology.

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Figures from Charter Communications's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 20, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Charter Communications.