Charter Communications, Inc. (CHTR) Key Metrics
CHTR valuation today
Trailing 12 months · as of October 18, 2026- Market cap
- $14.31B
- Enterprise value
- $109.55B
- P/E (TTM)
- 2.9 10-yr median 16.1
- Forward P/E
- 2.5
- PEG ratio
- 0.66
- Price / sales
- 0.3 10-yr median 1.9
- Price / book
- 0.8 10-yr median 3.3
- EV / EBITDA
- 5.1 10-yr median 10.0
- Dividend yield
- —
- Beta
- 0.69
CHTR key metrics, 2016–2025
Fiscal year ended December 31, 2025 · U.S. dollarsCHTR valuation Price multiples at each fiscal year-end price.
CHTR returns How much profit the business earns on the capital it uses.
CHTR per-share figures Results divided by the shares outstanding at year-end.
CHTR financial health Debt, liquidity and how easily interest is covered.
CHTR efficiency & capital use Working capital cycle and where the cash goes.
CHTR valuation history
CHTR returns on capital
Net income (ROE, ROA) or after-tax operating income (ROIC) divided by the average of the opening and closing balance.
CHTR debt vs cash
Debt includes short- and long-term borrowings and, where reported, lease liabilities.
CHTR cash returned to shareholders
CHTR price vs earnings per share
CHTR key metrics
2016–2025| 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valuation | ||||||||||
| Market capitalization | $28.75B | $49.83B | $59.07B | $55.76B | $125.86B | $138.44B | $108.55B | $67.12B | $99.68B | $67.60B |
| Enterprise value | $125.40B | $145.13B | $156.56B | $153.01B | $217.09B | $220.43B | $185.34B | $139.39B | $169.29B | $127.81B |
| P/E ratio | 5.8 | 9.8 | 13.0 | 11.0 | 27.0 | 43.0 | 65.1 | 54.6 | 10.1 | 19.2 |
| Price / sales | 0.5 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 2.4 | 2.9 | 2.4 | 1.5 | 2.4 | 2.3 |
| Price / book | 1.8 | 3.2 | 5.3 | 6.1 | 9.0 | 5.8 | 3.5 | 1.8 | 2.6 | 1.7 |
| Price / free cash flow | 6.5 | 15.8 | 16.9 | 9.1 | 14.5 | 21.0 | 23.6 | 30.9 | 24.4 | — |
| Price / operating cash flow | 1.8 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 7.8 | 9.5 | 9.2 | 5.7 | 8.3 | 8.4 |
| EV / sales | 2.3 | 2.6 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 4.2 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 3.2 | 4.1 | 4.4 |
| EV / EBITDA | 5.9 | 6.8 | 7.5 | 7.3 | 11.0 | 12.3 | 11.5 | 9.0 | 11.5 | 12.5 |
| EV / free cash flow | 28.4 | 45.9 | 44.9 | 25.1 | 25.0 | 33.4 | 40.2 | 64.2 | 41.5 | — |
| Earnings yield | 17.3% | 10.2% | 7.7% | 9.1% | 3.7% | 2.3% | 1.5% | 1.8% | 9.9% | 5.2% |
| Free cash flow yield | 15.4% | 6.3% | 5.9% | 10.9% | 6.9% | 4.8% | 4.2% | 3.2% | 4.1% | −37.7% |
| Dividend yield | — | — | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.0% | 11.6% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 18.4% |
| Shareholder yield (dividends + buybacks) | 17.8% | 2.4% | 5.5% | 18.6% | 12.3% | 19.7% | 6.4% | 6.8% | 11.9% | 20.7% |
| Share price at fiscal year-end | $208.75 | $342.77 | $388.68 | $339.10 | $651.97 | $661.55 | $485.08 | $284.97 | $335.96 | $287.92 |
| Per share | ||||||||||
| Revenue per share | $397.65 | $378.95 | $359.34 | $328.53 | $267.72 | $229.83 | $204.50 | $185.26 | $140.14 | $123.53 |
| Earnings per share | $36.20 | $34.97 | $29.99 | $30.74 | $24.11 | $15.40 | $7.45 | $5.22 | $33.35 | $15.00 |
| Operating cash flow per share | $116.72 | $99.27 | $94.98 | $90.77 | $84.12 | $69.58 | $52.50 | $49.96 | $40.29 | $34.25 |
| Free cash flow per share | $32.07 | $21.75 | $22.97 | $37.11 | $44.98 | $31.57 | $20.59 | $9.22 | $13.76 | −$108.57 |
| Cash per share | $3.46 | $3.16 | $4.67 | $3.92 | $3.11 | $4.78 | $15.56 | $2.34 | $2.09 | $6.54 |
| Book value per share | $116.55 | $107.23 | $72.95 | $55.46 | $72.78 | $113.75 | $140.51 | $154.06 | $131.73 | $170.96 |
| Tangible book value per share | −$592.16 | −$567.71 | −$577.25 | −$550.85 | −$450.25 | −$376.00 | −$325.69 | −$297.86 | −$235.05 | −$303.65 |
| Dividends per share | — | — | $0.14 | $0.68 | $0.23 | $76.74 | $0.53 | $0.65 | $0.52 | $52.94 |
| Capex per share | $84.64 | $77.52 | $72.01 | $53.66 | $39.14 | $38.02 | $31.91 | $40.74 | $26.52 | $142.82 |
| Debt per share | $705.08 | $658.78 | $646.21 | $595.36 | $475.70 | $396.55 | $358.70 | $309.21 | $236.70 | $262.99 |
| Shares outstanding | 137.7M | 145.4M | 152.0M | 164.4M | 193.0M | 209.3M | 223.8M | 235.5M | 296.7M | 234.8M |
| Change in shares outstanding | −5.2% | −4.3% | −7.6% | −14.8% | −7.8% | −6.5% | −5.0% | −20.6% | +26.4% | +132.1% |
| Returns & profitability | ||||||||||
| Return on equity (ROE) | 31.5% | 38.1% | 45.1% | 43.6% | 24.6% | 11.7% | 4.9% | 3.3% | 25.0% | 17.6% |
| Return on invested capital (ROIC) | 9.2% | 9.4% | 8.9% | 9.1% | 8.6% | 6.8% | 5.0% | 4.5% | 4.3% | 4.0% |
| Return on assets (ROA) | 3.3% | 3.4% | 3.1% | 3.5% | 3.2% | 2.2% | 1.1% | 0.8% | 6.7% | 3.7% |
| Return on tangible assets | 8.8% | 9.8% | 9.4% | 11.3% | 11.2% | 7.7% | 3.8% | 3.1% | 26.2% | 9.4% |
| Free cash flow margin | 8.1% | 5.7% | 6.4% | 11.3% | 16.8% | 13.7% | 10.1% | 5.0% | 9.8% | −87.9% |
| Income quality (OCF / net income) | 3.22 | 2.84 | 3.17 | 2.95 | 3.49 | 4.52 | 7.04 | 9.57 | 1.21 | 2.28 |
| Financial health | ||||||||||
| Total debt | $97.12B | $95.76B | $98.20B | $97.90B | $91.83B | $82.99B | $80.27B | $72.83B | $70.23B | $61.75B |
| Cash & short-term investments | $477.0M | $459.0M | $709.0M | $645.0M | $601.0M | $1.00B | $3.48B | $551.0M | $621.0M | $1.53B |
| Net debt | $96.64B | $95.30B | $97.49B | $97.25B | $91.23B | $81.99B | $76.79B | $72.28B | $69.61B | $60.21B |
| Debt / equity | 6.05 | 6.14 | 8.86 | 10.74 | 6.54 | 3.49 | 2.55 | 2.01 | 1.80 | 1.54 |
| Debt / assets | 0.63 | 0.64 | 0.67 | 0.68 | 0.64 | 0.58 | 0.54 | 0.50 | 0.48 | 0.41 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 4.56 | 4.45 | 4.70 | 4.65 | 4.61 | 4.59 | 4.75 | 4.65 | 4.73 | 5.89 |
| Current ratio | 0.39 | 0.31 | 0.31 | 0.33 | 0.29 | 0.40 | 0.52 | 0.23 | 0.23 | 0.34 |
| Quick ratio | 0.39 | 0.31 | 0.31 | 0.33 | 0.29 | 0.40 | 0.52 | 0.23 | 0.23 | 0.34 |
| Interest coverage | 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.2 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.4 |
| Working capital | −$8.16B | −$9.25B | −$9.08B | −$8.05B | −$8.89B | −$5.97B | −$5.91B | −$9.37B | −$8.54B | −$6.27B |
| Invested capital | $112.70B | $110.89B | $108.58B | $106.37B | $105.28B | $105.79B | $108.23B | $108.56B | $108.69B | $100.35B |
| Tangible asset value | −$77.10B | −$78.40B | −$84.09B | −$87.15B | −$82.81B | −$72.21B | −$65.52B | −$62.17B | −$61.29B | −$61.07B |
| Net current asset value | −$128.55B | −$126.08B | −$128.34B | −$127.96B | −$120.77B | −$110.02B | −$102.91B | −$99.13B | −$96.54B | −$95.40B |
| Graham number | $308.13 | $290.45 | $221.86 | $195.85 | $198.70 | $198.51 | $153.51 | $134.55 | $314.39 | $240.21 |
| Graham net-net per share | −$947.10 | −$877.32 | −$852.44 | −$785.35 | −$630.95 | −$530.50 | −$465.73 | −$424.61 | −$327.75 | −$409.27 |
| Capital allocation | ||||||||||
| Dividends paid | — | — | $22.0M | $111.0M | $44.0M | $16.06B | $118.0M | $153.0M | $153.0M | $12.43B |
| Share buybacks (net) | $5.13B | $1.21B | $3.21B | $10.28B | $15.43B | $11.22B | $6.87B | $4.40B | $11.71B | $1.56B |
| Dividend payout ratio | — | — | 0.5% | 2.2% | 0.9% | 498.4% | 7.1% | 12.4% | 1.5% | 352.9% |
| Dividends + buybacks / free cash flow | 116.2% | 38.4% | 92.8% | 170.2% | 178.2% | 412.9% | 151.7% | 209.6% | 290.6% | — |
| Capex / revenue | 21.3% | 20.5% | 20.0% | 16.3% | 14.6% | 16.5% | 15.6% | 22.0% | 18.9% | 115.6% |
| Capex / operating cash flow | 72.5% | 78.1% | 75.8% | 59.1% | 46.5% | 54.6% | 60.8% | 81.5% | 65.8% | 417.0% |
| Capex / depreciation | 1.34 | 1.30 | 1.26 | 0.99 | 0.81 | 0.82 | 0.72 | 0.93 | 0.74 | 4.85 |
| Stock-based compensation / revenue | 1.2% | 1.2% | 1.3% | 0.9% | 0.8% | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.7% | 1.7% |
| SG&A / revenue | 8.1% | 21.9% | 8.0% | 7.1% | 6.8% | 7.0% | 7.3% | 7.4% | 6.4% | 9.0% |
| Efficiency | ||||||||||
| Days sales outstanding | 22.6 | 20.1 | 19.7 | 18.6 | 18.1 | 18.1 | 15.8 | 14.1 | 13.5 | 10.8 |
| Days payables outstanding | 11.9 | 11.1 | 10.3 | 10.0 | 8.7 | 9.2 | 9.1 | 8.8 | 7.0 | 5.2 |
| Cash conversion cycle (days) | 10.7 | 9.0 | 9.4 | 8.6 | 9.3 | 8.9 | 6.7 | 5.3 | 6.4 | 5.6 |
| Receivables turnover | 16.16 | 18.17 | 18.55 | 19.64 | 20.20 | 20.18 | 23.11 | 25.91 | 27.12 | 33.90 |
| Payables turnover | 30.72 | 32.87 | 35.41 | 36.51 | 41.80 | 39.72 | 39.97 | 41.36 | 51.97 | 70.00 |
| Asset turnover | 0.36 | 0.37 | 0.37 | 0.38 | 0.36 | 0.33 | 0.31 | 0.30 | 0.28 | 0.31 |
| Average receivables | $3.39B | $3.03B | $2.94B | $2.75B | $2.56B | $2.38B | $1.98B | $1.68B | $1.53B | $855.5M |
| Average payables | $957.0M | $905.5M | $941.5M | $838.0M | $743.5M | $774.5M | $772.0M | $749.0M | $597.0M | $294.0M |
| Average inventory | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $0 | $0 |
| Intangibles / total assets | 63.3% | 65.4% | 67.1% | 69.0% | 70.9% | 71.1% | 70.4% | 72.8% | 74.2% | 74.8% |
Computed from CHTR's annual financial statements (latest annual report filed January 30, 2026) and the closing share price on each fiscal year-end, adjusted for stock splits. Figures in U.S. dollars; data from EODHD. Averages use the opening and closing balance of each year.
CHTR valuation and financial ratios
At the end of fiscal 2025 (December 31, 2025), Charter traded at 5.8 times earnings, against a 10-year median of 16.1. Based on the latest twelve months, the trailing P/E is 2.9 and the forward P/E is 2.5. Charter earned a return on equity of 31.5% and a return on invested capital of 9.2% in fiscal 2025. It ended the year with $97.1 billion of debt and $477.0 million in cash and short-term investments, net debt of $96.6 billion. It returned $5.1 billion to shareholders: $0 in dividends and $5.1 billion in share buybacks, 116% of free cash flow. The share count fell 41.3% from 234.8M to 137.7M over 9 years.
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CHTR key metrics FAQ
What is Charter's P/E ratio?
Charter's trailing P/E ratio is 2.9 based on the last twelve months of earnings (as of October 18, 2026), and its forward P/E is 2.5. At the end of fiscal 2025 it was 5.8, compared with a 10-year median of 16.1.
What is Charter's EV/EBITDA?
Charter's enterprise value was 5.9 times EBITDA at the end of fiscal 2025 (enterprise value $125.4 billion, EBITDA $21.2 billion); the current EV/EBITDA is 5.1.
What is Charter's return on equity?
Charter's return on equity (ROE) was 31.5% in fiscal 2025: net income of $5.0 billion on average shareholders' equity of $15.8 billion.
What is Charter's ROIC?
Charter's return on invested capital was 9.2% in fiscal 2025, using after-tax operating income divided by average debt plus equity minus cash.
How much debt does Charter have?
Charter had total debt of $97.1 billion at the end of fiscal 2025, a debt-to-equity ratio of 6.05 and $96.6 billion of net debt (4.56 times EBITDA).
Does Charter buy back its shares?
Yes. Charter spent $5.1 billion on net share repurchases in fiscal 2025 Shares outstanding changed −5.2% over the year, to 137.7M..
What is Charter's free cash flow yield?
Charter generated $4.4 billion of free cash flow in fiscal 2025, a free cash flow yield of 15.4% on its market value at year-end ($28.8 billion).
What is Charter's current ratio?
Charter's current ratio was 0.39 at the end of fiscal 2025: current assets were 0.39 times current liabilities.