Charter Communications, Inc. vs Rogers Communications Inc., two Cable stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Charter and Rogers are both levered cable operators trading at low-single-digit earnings multiples, 3.62 times and 3.71 times. Rogers runs the fatter margin, 31.81% net against Charter's 9.03%, its Canadian wireless arm lifting the blend, and earns 28.44% on equity to Charter's 23.41%. Charter converts far more cash, a 23.77% free-cash yield to 8.58%, but only by carrying 4.48 turns of debt where Rogers reports none. Charter trades below book at 0.80 times, Rogers just above at 1.05. The two caps sit close, $17.0B and $18.8B, mature cable priced for little.
Comparison updated 2026-07-11.
| Metric | CHTR | RCI |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $130.66 | $32.92 |
| Market cap | $16.6B | $17.8B |
| Sector | Cable | Cable |
| Stage | Mature | Growth |
| P/E | 3.5 | 3.5 |
| P/B | 0.79 | 1.00 |
| P/S | 0.30 | 1.11 |
| EV/EBITDA | 8.6 | 1.6 |
| Revenue growth | -0.9% | +10.6% |
| Operating margin | 23.6% | 45.2% |
| Net margin | 9.0% | 31.8% |
| Return on equity | 23.4% | 28.4% |
| Return on assets | 3.2% | 7.7% |
| Return on invested capital | 8.3% | 36.6% |
| FCF yield | 24.3% | 9.1% |
| Debt / equity | 4.48 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 0.40 | 0.61 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 6.33 | 0.74 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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