OPTU Communication Services

Optimum Communications, Inc.

$0.68+1.50%

Price as of close on Nov 3, 2026 · Financials updated Oct 10, 2026

Basics

Sector: Communication Services
Industry: Telecom Services
Country: United States
Market cap: 257.5M USD
Enterprise value: 25.6B USD
Full-time employees: 9,500

Overall health

Drawback: less profitable than most peersless profitable than peers
Drawback: growing more slowly than most peersgrowing more slowly than peers
Drawback: its shares are priced higher than most peers relative to what it earnspriced higher than peers for its earnings
Drawback: higher risk than most peers: its share price swings more than most peers’ (beta 1.17 vs a peer median of 0.65) and less short-term liquidity (current ratio 0.32 vs a peer median of 1.38)higher risk: bigger price swings (beta 1.17 vs peers 0.65) and less liquidity (current ratio 0.32 vs peers 1.38)

Ranks #448 of 454 communication services companies (bottom 2%)

See how it ranks against its peers

Worth knowing

Profit lifted by an asset sale. 2025 operating profit includes a $55M gain on selling assets; without it the operating margin was about -2.0%.
Optimum Communications's 2025 operating profit of -$113M includes a one-off $55M gain on selling assets or businesses. Without it, operations would have earned -$168M, an operating margin of about -2.0%.
Negative shareholders' equity. Liabilities exceed assets on the balance sheet.
Optimum Communications's liabilities exceed its assets on the balance sheet. Large share buybacks can cause this in healthy companies, but so can accumulated losses; either way, debt-based ratios need care.
Operating margin at a 6-year low. -1.3% in 2025, the weakest of the last 6 years.
Optimum Communications's operating margin fell to -1.3% in 2025, its lowest in the 6 years of filings we have.
Annual revenue fell three years running. Fiscal-year revenue down each year from 2022 to 2025.
Optimum Communications's fiscal-year revenue declined in each of the three years to 2025.

StockQuotient Score

7/ 100▼ 2 since Oct 27 close

Oct 5 6 → Nov 4 7 (+1)

Valuation

Is the price right?

0/100

Weak▼ 9 since Oct 27 close

3/3 inputs reported · High confidence

Since last quarter: ▲ Stronger

Share count down 42.8%

Valuation also moves with the share price every day.

Why it changed since the Oct 27, 2026 close: Score 9 → 0

Peer companies moved-9

Each step re-scores the company against its peers as they were on Oct 28, 2026; the parts add up to the change. Price effects on EBITDA yield are approximate.

Why

Weaker than most peers on:

▼ Earnings yield
▼ EBITDA yield
▼ FCF yield

Compare with peers

Behind the score

Sector-normalized EBITDA, earnings, and free cash flow yields.

Earnings yield-1878.7%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Negative (a loss or cash outflow), so it counts as zero whatever the share price30% base weight · Z-score -1.00Sector median: 0.0294 · MAD: 0.0294

EBITDA yield-5.0%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Negative (a loss or cash outflow), so it counts as zero whatever the share price50% base weight · Z-score -1.32Sector median: 0.0857 · MAD: 0.0649

Free cash flow yield-80.8%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026 · operating cash flow − capital spendingNegative (a loss or cash outflow), so it counts as zero whatever the share price20% base weight · Z-score -1.25Sector median: 0.0740 · MAD: 0.0593

Other data (not scored)

Book yield-2155.3%

SEC filings · latest balance sheetOutlier capped at sector 5th/95th percentileInformational · 0% composite weightSector median: 0.4780 · MAD: 0.3375

Growth

Is it growing?

19/100

Weak

3/3 inputs reported · High confidence

Since last quarter: No major change

Why

Weaker than most peers on:

▼ EPS growth
▼ Revenue growth
▼ 3-yr revenue

Compare with peers

Behind the score

Revenue and earnings-per-share growth over one year, and revenue growth over three years.

Earnings per share growthUnavailable

The loss per share widened33% base weight · Z-score -1.22Sector median: 0.0878 · MAD: 0.3126

3-year revenue growth-3.7%

SEC filings · 3 years to Jun 2026Reported value33% base weight · Z-score -0.98Sector median: 0.0303 · MAD: 0.0683

Revenue growth-4.4%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Reported value33% base weight · Z-score -1.02Sector median: 0.0299 · MAD: 0.0720

Profitability

Does it earn well?

4/100

Weak

3/3 inputs reported · High confidence

Since last quarter: ▼ Weaker

Operating margin fell 2.2 points to -35.3%

Why

Weaker than most peers on:

▼ Operating margin
▼ ROA
▼ ROIC

Compare with peers

Behind the score

Return on invested capital, operating margin, and return on assets.

Operating margin-35.3%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Outlier capped at sector 5th/95th percentile33% base weight · Z-score -5.33Sector median: 0.0818 · MAD: 0.0789

Return on assets-17.2%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Outlier capped at sector 5th/95th percentile33% base weight · Z-score -3.61Sector median: 0.0272 · MAD: 0.0318

Return on invested capital-11.9%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Reported value33% base weight · Z-score -2.53Sector median: 0.0598 · MAD: 0.0706

Other data (not scored)

Gross margin69.9%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Reported valueInformational · 0% composite weightSector median: 0.4656 · MAD: 0.1827

Return on equityUnavailable

Missing · left out of the scoreInformational · 0% composite weightSector median: 0.0529 · MAD: 0.1007

Risk

Debt, liquidity, price swings

Higher

Higher relative risk

3/3 inputs reported · High confidence

Since last quarter: No major change

Why

Weaker than most peers on:

▼ Current ratio
▼ Debt / equity
▼ Beta

Compare with peers

Behind the score

Relative to sector peers: 0 = lower relative risk · 1 = moderate · 2 = higher. Based on leverage, beta and liquidity.

Beta1.17

Yahoo Finance · 5-year monthly beta vs the marketReported value33% base weight · Z-score -1.81Sector median: 0.6525 · MAD: 0.2880

Current ratio0.32×

SEC filings · latest balance sheetOutlier capped at sector 5th/95th percentile33% base weight · Z-score -1.36Sector median: 1.3848 · MAD: 0.6948

Debt / equityUnavailable

Shareholders' equity is negative, so debt/equity counts as among the highest in its peer group33% base weight · Z-score -13.85Sector median: 0.3697 · MAD: 0.3335

Valuation, growth and profitability scores: higher is better. Risk: 0 is lower, 2 is higher. Risk is a relative proxy, not a bankruptcy probability. Scores depend on available sector peers.

Questions investors ask about Optimum Communications

Is Optimum Communications getting weaker?: Its latest SEC filing (Aug 6, 2026) was mixed: some things better, some worse: operating margin fell 2.2 points to -35.3%; share count down 42.8%. Its overall score is 7/100, down 2 since Oct 28, 2026.
How is Optimum Communications valued vs its peers?: Priced higher than most peers relative to what it earns. Valuation scores 0/100 against 512 communication services peers. Earnings yield -1878.7% vs a peer median of 2.9% (weaker than 100% of peers).Earnings yield -1878.7% vs peers 2.9% (weaker than 100% of peers).
Is Optimum Communications growing?: More slowly than most of its peers. Growth scores 19/100 against 512 communication services peers. Revenue growth -4.4% vs a peer median of 3.0% (weaker than 78% of peers).Revenue growth -4.4% vs peers 3.0% (weaker than 78% of peers).
How profitable is Optimum Communications?: Less profitable than most of its peers. Profitability scores 4/100 against 512 communication services peers. Operating margin -35.3% vs a peer median of 8.2% (weaker than 100% of peers).Operating margin -35.3% vs peers 8.2% (weaker than 100% of peers).
How risky is Optimum Communications?: Higher risk relative to 512 communication services peers, judged on debt, liquidity and share-price swings. Current ratio 0.32× vs a peer median of 1.38× (weaker than 100% of peers).Current ratio 0.32× vs peers 1.38× (weaker than 100% of peers). A relative measure, not a bankruptcy probability.

Latest filing: what changed

Quarter ended Jun 30, 2026 · filed Aug 6, 2026 · compared with the quarter ended Mar 31, 2026

Mixed: some things better, some worse

Operating margin fell 2.2 points to -35.3%
Share count down 42.8%

Worth watching: Optimum Communications is in the bottom fifth of its sector on profitability. From 2021 to 2025, 63% of companies in that position posted a loss over the following year, against 4% for the top fifth.

	Previous quarter	Latest quarter	Change
Revenue (12 months)	8.5B USD	8.4B USD	−1.5%
Net income (12 months)	−4.6B USD	−4.8B USD	+4.2%
Operating margin	-33.1%	-35.3%	−2.2 pts
Free cash flow (12 months)	−87.6M USD	−208.0M USD	+137.4%
Debt	26.4B USD	26.6B USD	+0.4%
Cash	1.0B USD	1.3B USD	+23.6%
Shares outstanding	476.5M	272.6M	−42.8%

From the company’s own SEC filings, as filed. Twelve-month figures roll forward one quarter at a time.

Industry valuation context

Sector: Communication Services · 67 companies

Valuations in Communication Services are within their usual range since 2016.

46% of months since 2016 were valued lower than now.
22% of companies are in the most expensive fifth of their own price-to-sales history.
Over 24 months, company values +13% and earnings +11% (medians): earnings grew faster than prices.
Median price-to-sales is −6% vs the whole market, against a usual −7%.

2016Shaded: most expensive fifth of its range2026

Shown for Communication Services: too few Telecom Services companies have a long enough history of their own.

Financials

Fiscal years from SEC annual filings · change vs the prior year

Key ratios	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	Change
Gross margin	66.5%	66.8%	67.2%	67.7%	69.3%	▲ 1.6 pts
Operating margin	25.0%	18.7%	18.4%	18.8%	-1.3%	▼ 20 pts
Net margin	9.8%	2.0%	0.6%	-1.1%	-21.8%	▼ 21 pts
Return on assets (ROA)	3.0%	0.6%	0.2%	-0.3%	-6.1%	▼ 5.8 pts
Free cash flow margin	16.1%	4.7%	1.3%	1.7%	-1.4%	▼ 3.1 pts
Current ratio	0.29×	0.64×	0.36×	0.32×	0.80×	▲ 147%
Interest coverage	1.99×	—	—	—	—	—

OPTU price history

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Bringing the fundamentals into focus…

Overall health

Drawback: less profitable than most peersless profitable than peers

Drawback: growing more slowly than most peersgrowing more slowly than peers

Drawback: its shares are priced higher than most peers relative to what it earnspriced higher than peers for its earnings

Drawback: higher risk than most peers: its share price swings more than most peers’ (beta 1.17 vs a peer median of 0.65) and less short-term liquidity (current ratio 0.32 vs a peer median of 1.38)higher risk: bigger price swings (beta 1.17 vs peers 0.65) and less liquidity (current ratio 0.32 vs peers 1.38)

Ranks #448 of 454 communication services companies (bottom 2%)

See how it ranks against its peers

Worth knowing

Profit lifted by an asset sale. 2025 operating profit includes a $55M gain on selling assets; without it the operating margin was about -2.0%.

Optimum Communications's 2025 operating profit of -$113M includes a one-off $55M gain on selling assets or businesses. Without it, operations would have earned -$168M, an operating margin of about -2.0%.

Negative shareholders' equity. Liabilities exceed assets on the balance sheet.

Optimum Communications's liabilities exceed its assets on the balance sheet. Large share buybacks can cause this in healthy companies, but so can accumulated losses; either way, debt-based ratios need care.

Operating margin at a 6-year low. -1.3% in 2025, the weakest of the last 6 years.

Optimum Communications's operating margin fell to -1.3% in 2025, its lowest in the 6 years of filings we have.

Annual revenue fell three years running. Fiscal-year revenue down each year from 2022 to 2025.

Optimum Communications's fiscal-year revenue declined in each of the three years to 2025.

Questions investors ask about Optimum Communications

Is Optimum Communications getting weaker?

Its latest SEC filing (Aug 6, 2026) was mixed: some things better, some worse: operating margin fell 2.2 points to -35.3%; share count down 42.8%. Its overall score is 7/100, down 2 since Oct 28, 2026.

How is Optimum Communications valued vs its peers?

Priced higher than most peers relative to what it earns. Valuation scores 0/100 against 512 communication services peers. Earnings yield -1878.7% vs a peer median of 2.9% (weaker than 100% of peers).Earnings yield -1878.7% vs peers 2.9% (weaker than 100% of peers).

Is Optimum Communications growing?

More slowly than most of its peers. Growth scores 19/100 against 512 communication services peers. Revenue growth -4.4% vs a peer median of 3.0% (weaker than 78% of peers).Revenue growth -4.4% vs peers 3.0% (weaker than 78% of peers).

How profitable is Optimum Communications?

Less profitable than most of its peers. Profitability scores 4/100 against 512 communication services peers. Operating margin -35.3% vs a peer median of 8.2% (weaker than 100% of peers).Operating margin -35.3% vs peers 8.2% (weaker than 100% of peers).

How risky is Optimum Communications?

Higher risk relative to 512 communication services peers, judged on debt, liquidity and share-price swings. Current ratio 0.32× vs a peer median of 1.38× (weaker than 100% of peers).Current ratio 0.32× vs peers 1.38× (weaker than 100% of peers). A relative measure, not a bankruptcy probability.

Previous quarter

Latest quarter

Change

Revenue (12 months)

8.5B USD

8.4B USD

−1.5%

Net income (12 months)

−4.6B USD

−4.8B USD

+4.2%

Operating margin

-33.1%

-35.3%

−2.2 pts

Free cash flow (12 months)

−87.6M USD

−208.0M USD

+137.4%

Debt

26.4B USD

26.6B USD

+0.4%

Cash

1.0B USD

1.3B USD

+23.6%

Shares outstanding

476.5M

272.6M

−42.8%

Key ratios

FY 2021

FY 2022

FY 2023

FY 2024

FY 2025

Change

Gross margin

66.5%

66.8%

67.2%

67.7%

69.3%

▲ 1.6 pts

Operating margin

25.0%

18.7%

18.4%

18.8%

-1.3%

▼ 20 pts

Net margin

9.8%

2.0%

0.6%

-1.1%

-21.8%

▼ 21 pts

Return on assets (ROA)

3.0%

0.6%

0.2%

-0.3%

-6.1%

▼ 5.8 pts

Free cash flow margin

16.1%

4.7%

1.3%

1.7%

-1.4%

▼ 3.1 pts

Current ratio

0.29×

0.64×

0.36×

0.32×

0.80×

▲ 147%

Interest coverage

1.99×

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