Optimum Communications, Inc. (OPTU) Key Metrics
OPTU valuation today
Trailing 12 months · as of October 18, 2026- Market cap
- $344.3M
- Enterprise value
- $25.88B
- P/E (TTM)
- — 10-yr median 27.8
- Forward P/E
- 2.0
- PEG ratio
- 1.34
- Price / sales
- 0.0 10-yr median 0.7
- Price / book
- 28.8 10-yr median 3.3
- EV / EBITDA
- 16.7 10-yr median 8.4
- Dividend yield
- —
- Beta
- 1.17
OPTU key metrics, 2016–2025
Fiscal year ended December 31, 2025 · U.S. dollarsOPTU valuation Price multiples at each fiscal year-end price.
Price / sales−27.7%
0.1
2025 · hover or tap a bar for each year
20162025
EV / EBITDA+114.5%
16.8
2025 · hover or tap a bar for each year
20162025
Free cash flow yield−28.8 pts
−15.4%
2025 · hover or tap a bar for each year
20162025
OPTU returns How much profit the business earns on the capital it uses.
Return on invested capital−0.2 pts
5.2%
2025 · hover or tap a bar for each year
20162025
Return on assets−5.7 pts
−6.0%
2025 · hover or tap a bar for each year
20162025
Free cash flow margin−3.1 pts
−1.4%
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20162025
Asset turnover−2.2%
0.28
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20162025
OPTU per-share figures Results divided by the shares outstanding at year-end.
Revenue per share−5.3%
$18.36
2025 · hover or tap a bar for each year
20162025
Earnings per share
−$4.00
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20162025
Free cash flow per share
−$0.25
2025 · hover or tap a bar for each year
20162025
Book value per share
−$4.95
2025 · hover or tap a bar for each year
20162025
Dividends per share+14.4%
$0.02
2025 · hover or tap a bar for each year
20162025
Shares outstanding+1.4%
467.8M
2025 · hover or tap a bar for each year
20162025
OPTU financial health Debt, liquidity and how easily interest is covered.
Net debt+$320.6M
$25.38B
2025 · hover or tap a bar for each year
20162025
Net debt / EBITDA+8.79
16.28
2025 · hover or tap a bar for each year
20162025
Current ratio+147.4%
0.80
2025 · hover or tap a bar for each year
20162025
Interest coverage−7.8%
0.9
2025 · hover or tap a bar for each year
20162025
Debt / assets+8.1%
0.86
2025 · hover or tap a bar for each year
20162025
OPTU efficiency & capital use Working capital cycle and where the cash goes.
Days sales outstanding0 days
14 days
2025 · hover or tap a bar for each year
20162025
Days payables outstanding−45 days
75 days
2025 · hover or tap a bar for each year
20162025
Cash conversion cycle+45 days
-61 days
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20162025
Capex / revenue−0.3 pts
15.7%
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20162025
OPTU valuation history
Fiscal year-endToday10-year median
OPTU returns on capital
ROEROICROA
Net income (ROE, ROA) or after-tax operating income (ROIC) divided by the average of the opening and closing balance.
OPTU debt vs cash
Total debtCash & short-term investments
Debt includes short- and long-term borrowings and, where reported, lease liabilities.
OPTU cash returned to shareholders
DividendsBuybacksFree cash flow
OPTU price vs earnings per share
Share price at year-endEPS (right axis)
OPTU key metrics
2016–2025| 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valuation | ||||||||||
| Market capitalization | $771.8M | $1.11B | $1.48B | $2.09B | $7.48B | $22.10B | $18.11B | $12.06B | $14.78B | — |
| Enterprise value | $26.15B | $26.17B | $26.52B | $28.63B | $34.07B | $48.81B | $42.10B | $34.57B | $36.39B | — |
| P/E ratio | — | — | 27.8 | 10.7 | 7.6 | 50.7 | 130.4 | 640.4 | 9.9 | — |
| Price / sales | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 1.3 | 1.6 | — |
| Price / book | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8.0 | 3.3 | 2.7 | — |
| Price / free cash flow | — | 7.4 | 12.2 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 11.6 | 9.5 | 8.9 | 13.9 | — |
| Price / operating cash flow | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 2.6 | 7.4 | 6.1 | 4.8 | 7.3 | — |
| EV / sales | 3.0 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 3.4 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 3.9 | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 16.8 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 7.9 | 7.8 | 12.1 | 10.1 | 8.4 | 9.3 | — |
| EV / free cash flow | — | 175.2 | 218.1 | 63.2 | 21.0 | 25.6 | 22.1 | 25.5 | 34.2 | — |
| Earnings yield | −242.2% | −9.3% | 3.6% | 9.3% | 13.2% | 2.0% | 0.8% | 0.2% | 10.1% | — |
| Free cash flow yield | −15.4% | 13.4% | 8.2% | 21.7% | 21.7% | 8.6% | 10.5% | 11.2% | 7.2% | — |
| Dividend yield | 1.3% | 0.8% | 0.1% | — | — | — | — | 12.4% | 6.2% | — |
| Shareholder yield (dividends + buybacks) | 1.3% | 0.8% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 10.8% | 21.8% | 9.3% | 16.6% | 6.2% | — |
| Share price at fiscal year-end | $1.65 | $2.41 | $3.25 | $4.60 | $16.18 | $37.87 | $27.34 | $16.52 | $21.23 | — |
| Per share | ||||||||||
| Revenue per share | $18.36 | $19.40 | $20.30 | $21.28 | $21.83 | $16.95 | $14.73 | $13.10 | $13.37 | $8.16 |
| Earnings per share | −$4.00 | −$0.22 | $0.12 | $0.43 | $2.14 | $0.75 | $0.21 | $0.03 | $2.15 | −$1.13 |
| Operating cash flow per share | $2.63 | $3.43 | $4.01 | $5.22 | $6.17 | $5.11 | $4.50 | $3.44 | $2.90 | $1.61 |
| Free cash flow per share | −$0.25 | $0.32 | $0.27 | $1.00 | $3.51 | $3.27 | $2.88 | $1.85 | $1.53 | $0.76 |
| Cash per share | $2.39 | $0.56 | $0.66 | $0.67 | $0.42 | $0.48 | $1.06 | $0.41 | $0.47 | $0.66 |
| Book value per share | −$4.95 | −$1.02 | −$0.93 | −$1.05 | −$1.77 | −$1.95 | $3.43 | $5.03 | $7.91 | $2.75 |
| Tangible book value per share | −$48.44 | −$49.15 | −$50.42 | −$51.98 | −$52.88 | −$43.09 | −$33.77 | −$29.52 | −$29.60 | −$34.37 |
| Dividends per share | $0.02 | $0.02 | $0.00 | — | — | — | — | $2.05 | $1.32 | $0.50 |
| Capex per share | $2.88 | $3.10 | $3.75 | $4.22 | $2.66 | $1.84 | $1.62 | $1.58 | $1.37 | $0.85 |
| Debt per share | $56.64 | $54.84 | $55.69 | $59.23 | $57.94 | $46.22 | $37.26 | $31.25 | $31.52 | $32.60 |
| Shares outstanding | 467.8M | 461.5M | 455.0M | 453.3M | 462.3M | 583.7M | 662.5M | 730.1M | 696.1M | 737.1M |
| Change in shares outstanding | +1.4% | +1.4% | +0.4% | −1.9% | −20.8% | −11.9% | −9.3% | +4.9% | −5.6% | +166.7% |
| Returns & profitability | ||||||||||
| Return on equity (ROE) | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4.7% | 0.4% | 39.6% | — |
| Return on invested capital (ROIC) | 5.2% | 5.4% | 5.0% | 3.7% | 7.6% | 6.2% | 5.2% | 5.0% | 2.5% | 2.5% |
| Return on assets (ROA) | −6.0% | −0.3% | 0.2% | 0.6% | 3.0% | 1.3% | 0.4% | 0.1% | 4.2% | −3.8% |
| Return on tangible assets | −18.0% | −1.1% | 0.6% | 1.8% | 10.3% | 4.7% | 1.5% | 0.2% | 17.2% | −9.1% |
| Free cash flow margin | −1.4% | 1.7% | 1.3% | 4.7% | 16.1% | 19.3% | 19.5% | 14.2% | 11.4% | 9.3% |
| Income quality (OCF / net income) | — | — | 34.33 | 12.17 | 2.88 | 6.83 | 21.45 | 133.19 | 1.35 | — |
| Financial health | ||||||||||
| Total debt | $26.50B | $25.31B | $25.34B | $26.85B | $26.78B | $26.98B | $24.69B | $22.81B | $21.94B | $24.03B |
| Cash & short-term investments | $1.12B | $256.5M | $302.1M | $305.5M | $195.7M | $278.4M | $701.9M | $298.8M | $329.8M | $486.8M |
| Net debt | $25.38B | $25.06B | $25.04B | $26.54B | $26.59B | $26.70B | $23.99B | $22.51B | $21.61B | $23.54B |
| Debt / equity | — | — | — | — | — | — | 10.88 | 6.21 | 3.99 | 11.84 |
| Debt / assets | 0.86 | 0.80 | 0.79 | 0.80 | 0.81 | 0.81 | 0.72 | 0.68 | 0.63 | 0.66 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 16.28 | 7.49 | 7.24 | 7.32 | 6.10 | 6.64 | 5.77 | 5.50 | 5.52 | 9.81 |
| Current ratio | 0.80 | 0.32 | 0.36 | 0.64 | 0.29 | 0.32 | 0.70 | 0.45 | 0.36 | 0.46 |
| Quick ratio | 0.80 | 0.32 | 0.36 | 0.64 | 0.29 | 0.32 | 0.70 | 0.45 | 0.34 | 0.26 |
| Interest coverage | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.3 |
| Working capital | −$406.2M | −$1.52B | −$1.47B | −$1.47B | −$1.95B | −$2.12B | −$597.1M | −$1.12B | −$1.62B | −$2.00B |
| Invested capital | $23.06B | $24.59B | $24.62B | $26.07B | $25.77B | $25.56B | $26.26B | $26.18B | $27.11B | $25.57B |
| Tangible asset value | −$22.64B | −$22.67B | −$22.95B | −$23.59B | −$24.50B | −$25.21B | −$22.36B | −$21.55B | −$20.60B | −$25.34B |
| Net current asset value | −$31.35B | −$31.43B | −$31.52B | −$31.60B | −$33.30B | −$33.60B | −$30.45B | −$29.03B | −$28.40B | −$32.74B |
| Graham number | — | — | — | — | — | — | $4.02 | $1.71 | $19.53 | — |
| Graham net-net per share | −$67.60 | −$68.58 | −$69.86 | −$74.10 | −$72.65 | −$58.19 | −$46.46 | −$40.11 | −$41.17 | −$45.18 |
| Capital allocation | ||||||||||
| Dividends paid | $9.7M | $8.4M | $1.8M | — | — | — | — | $1.50B | $919.3M | $365.6M |
| Share buybacks (net) | — | — | $0 | $0 | $804.9M | $4.82B | $1.69B | $500.0M | — | — |
| Dividend payout ratio | — | — | 3.4% | — | — | — | — | — | 61.6% | — |
| Dividends + buybacks / free cash flow | — | 5.6% | 1.5% | 0.0% | 49.6% | 252.7% | 88.5% | 147.7% | 86.3% | 65.4% |
| Capex / revenue | 15.7% | 16.0% | 18.5% | 19.8% | 12.2% | 10.9% | 11.0% | 12.1% | 10.2% | 10.4% |
| Capex / operating cash flow | 109.7% | 90.6% | 93.3% | 80.9% | 43.2% | 36.0% | 36.0% | 46.0% | 47.2% | 52.8% |
| Capex / depreciation | 0.79 | 0.87 | 1.01 | 1.08 | 0.69 | 0.52 | 0.52 | 0.48 | 0.33 | 0.37 |
| Stock-based compensation / revenue | 0.7% | 0.8% | 0.5% | 1.7% | 1.0% | 1.3% | 1.0% | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.2% |
| SG&A / revenue | 2.9% | 2.9% | — | — | — | — | 2.4% | — | — | — |
| Efficiency | ||||||||||
| Days sales outstanding | 14.2 | 14.1 | 14.3 | 14.6 | 15.4 | 16.8 | 17.4 | 16.3 | 14.9 | 19.4 |
| Days of inventory on hand | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3.2 | 48.8 | 144.8 |
| Days payables outstanding | 75.3 | 120.2 | 84.0 | 82.0 | 98.1 | 87.2 | 91.6 | 95.1 | 90.2 | 110.7 |
| Cash conversion cycle (days) | -61.1 | -106.2 | -69.7 | -67.4 | -82.7 | -70.4 | -74.2 | -75.5 | -26.5 | 53.5 |
| Receivables turnover | 25.69 | 25.93 | 25.50 | 24.94 | 23.64 | 21.73 | 20.99 | 22.34 | 24.42 | 18.83 |
| Payables turnover | 4.85 | 3.04 | 4.35 | 4.45 | 3.72 | 4.19 | 3.98 | 3.84 | 4.05 | 3.30 |
| Inventory turnover | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 115.32 | 7.49 | 2.52 |
| Asset turnover | 0.28 | 0.28 | 0.28 | 0.29 | 0.30 | 0.29 | 0.29 | 0.28 | 0.26 | 0.28 |
| Average receivables | $334.4M | $345.3M | $362.3M | $386.8M | $426.9M | $455.4M | $464.9M | $428.2M | $381.2M | $319.5M |
| Average payables | $894.2M | $954.2M | $1.08B | $1.12B | $909.3M | $797.6M | $828.6M | $826.3M | $750.4M | $579.7M |
| Average inventory | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $27.5M | $405.5M | $758.2M |
| Intangibles / total assets | 66.3% | 70.1% | 70.5% | 68.6% | 71.1% | 71.9% | 72.3% | 75.0% | 75.0% | 75.0% |
Computed from OPTU's annual financial statements (latest annual report filed December 31, 2025) 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.
OPTU valuation and financial ratios
Optimum Communications earned a return on invested capital of 5.2% in fiscal 2025. It ended the year with $26.5 billion of debt and $1.1 billion in cash and short-term investments, net debt of $25.4 billion. It returned $9.7 million to shareholders: $9.7 million in dividends and $0 in share buybacks. The share count fell 36.5% from 737.1M to 467.8M over 9 years.
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OPTU key metrics FAQ
What is Optimum Communications's EV/EBITDA?
Optimum Communications's enterprise value was 16.8 times EBITDA at the end of fiscal 2025 (enterprise value $26.1 billion, EBITDA $1.6 billion); the current EV/EBITDA is 16.7.
What is Optimum Communications's ROIC?
Optimum Communications's return on invested capital was 5.2% in fiscal 2025, using after-tax operating income divided by average debt plus equity minus cash.
How much debt does Optimum Communications have?
Optimum Communications had total debt of $26.5 billion at the end of fiscal 2025 and $25.4 billion of net debt (16.28 times EBITDA).
What is Optimum Communications's dividend yield?
Optimum Communications paid $9.7 million in dividends in fiscal 2025 ($0.02 per share), a payout ratio of —.
What is Optimum Communications's free cash flow yield?
Optimum Communications generated -$118.8 million of free cash flow in fiscal 2025, a free cash flow yield of −15.4% on its market value at year-end ($771.8 million).
What is Optimum Communications's current ratio?
Optimum Communications's current ratio was 0.80 at the end of fiscal 2025: current assets were 0.80 times current liabilities.