Charter Communications, Inc.
Charter Communications, Inc. (CHTR) has a dated report snapshot, but its current priced-in claim is temporarily suppressed because the live engine record is unavailable or has changed.
- The catch is leverage. Net debt is roughly $94 billion, about 7.3 times operating income, at a blended interest rate near 5.1%. The equity is a thin slice on top of an enormous debt stack, which is why cash-flow methods that net out the debt collapse toward zero. - The story is a deeply discounted, highly levered cable operator using its $4 billion-plus annual free cash flow to retire stock, shrinking shares nearly 8% a year, while it fights broadband subscriber losses and integrates the pendi
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764 institutional managers reported holding CHTR in 13F filings for the quarter ended 2026-03-31. Together they hold about 75% of the company; the top 10 hold 48%. 102 opened new positions that quarter. Held by Dodge & Cox, Vanguard Group, State Street, among others. On the short side, 22.3M shares were sold short as of the 2026-06-15 count, about 18% of shares outstanding (7.6 days of typical volume to cover).
Quarterly 13F filings arrive up to 45 days after quarter end, so the picture is never current (filed through 2026-05-29). Nothing here is investment advice.
CHTR has cut its share count 32.5% over the past five years, spending $29.13B on repurchases. It pays no dividend. Cash returned over the past three years: $9.35B in repurchases.
Share counts are split-adjusted; repurchase totals are gross of share issuance. Nothing here is investment advice.
Open-market insider buys at CHTR over the trailing three years: 2024: 1 buy totaling $1.49M; 2025: 2 buys totaling $1.10M. 20 officers and directors are on file.
Code P open-market purchases from SEC Form 4 filings, non-derivative, excluding scheduled 10b5-1 plans. Nothing here is investment advice.
CHTR's recent reports: the day-one move, then what the following quarter actually did.
| report | day one | next quarter |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-07-29 | -1.0% | +10.8% |
| 2023-10-28 | -9.7% | +4.5% |
| 2024-02-03 | -16.5% | -16.2% |
| 2024-04-27 | -1.7% | +17.4% |
Day-one is the close-to-close move around the filing. Nothing here is investment advice.
CHTR's latest 8-K filings: 2026-05-19 (items 5.02, 9.01); 2026-04-24 (items 2.02, 9.01); 2026-04-23 (items 5.02, 5.07, 9.01); 2026-02-25 (items 5.02, 7.01, 9.01); 2026-01-30 (items 2.02, 9.01).
Item codes are the SEC's own classification of what each report discloses. Nothing here is investment advice.
Last analyzed: July 3, 2026
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