OPTUNYSECable & Other Pay Television ServicesFiscal year ends December 31
Optimum Communications, Inc.
Financials through Q2 FY2026, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026Last filing: 10-Q on Aug 6, 2026
$0.90+0.00 (+0.03%)
Close on Oct 19, 2026
- Market cap
- $402.43M
- P/E (TTM)
- –
- Dividend yield
- 0.00%
Margins
Share of revenue, fiscal years 2015 to 2025
Gross margin
69.3%+3.1 pts over 5 years
Operating margin
-1.3%−22.7 pts over 5 years
Net margin
-21.8%−26.2 pts over 5 years
Growth rates
Compound annual growth to fiscal 2025
| Per year | 1 year | 3 years | 5 years | 10 years | Five-year pace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | -4.1% | -3.8% | -2.8% | – | |
| Gross profit | -1.7% | -2.6% | -1.9% | – |
Returns and balance sheet
10 fiscal years. Hover a measure to see how it is calculated.
| Measure | FY2016 | FY2020 | FY2025 | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on equity | – | 77.3% | 134.3% | |
| Return on assets | – | 1.3% | -6.0% | |
| Current ratio | 0.46 | 0.32 | 0.80 | |
| Debt to equity | – | -23.42 | -11.32 | |
| Net debt to EBITDA | – | 6.30× | 15.90× | |
| Interest coverage | 0.3× | 1.6× | – | |
| Capex to revenue | 10.4% | 10.9% | 15.7% | |
| Diluted shares | 650M | 584M | 468M |
Where the cash went
Fiscal 2021 to 2025, five years combined
Optimum Communications generated $9.86B from operations and spent $8.44B on capital expenditure, dividends and share buybacks. 90% of that went back into the business.
Generated
$9.86B
Used
$8.44B
Capital expenditure$7.63B90%Dividends$00%Share buybacks$804.93M10%
DuPont analysis
Return on equity split into margin, efficiency and leverage
Net margin-21.8%
×Asset turnover0.28×
×Equity multiplier-22.42×
=Return on equity, FY2025134.3%
| Fiscal year | Net margin | Asset turnover | Equity multiplier | Return on equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | -21.8% | 0.28× | -22.42× | 134.3% |
| FY2024 | -1.1% | 0.28× | -71.38× | 23.1% |
| FY2023 | 0.6% | 0.28× | -73.09× | -11.9% |
| FY2022 | 2.0% | 0.29× | -51.64× | -30.0% |
| FY2021 | 9.8% | 0.30× | -33.96× | -101.0% |
| FY2020 | 4.4% | 0.29× | 59.78× | 77.3% |
| FY2019 | 1.4% | 0.29× | 11.40× | 4.7% |
| FY2018 | 0.2% | 0.28× | 7.46× | 0.4% |
| FY2017 | 16.0% | 0.26× | 9.46× | 39.6% |
Piotroski F-Score
Nine tests of profitability, balance sheet and efficiency, fiscal 2025 against fiscal 2024
4of 9 tests passed in fiscal 2025. Scores of 7 to 9 are usually read as strong.
- ProfitableNet income above zero-$1.87B
- Cash generatingOperating cash flow above zero$1.23B
- Return on assets improvedROA up on the prior year-0.3% → -5.9%
- Earnings backed by cashOperating cash flow above net income$1.23B vs -$1.87B
- Less leverageLong-term debt to assets fell78.5% → 85.2%
- Better liquidityCurrent ratio rose0.32 → 0.80
- No dilutionShare count did not rise460M → 468M
- Gross margin improvedGross margin up on the prior year67.65% → 69.30%
- More efficientAsset turnover rose0.28 → 0.27