Screener / SEC EDGAR /CIK 0001091667 /10-K filed Jan 30, 2026, compared with Jan 31, 2025 /Numbers from the XBRL of the 10-Ks
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Charter Communications CHTR

We are a leading broadband connectivity company with services available to 58 million homes and small to large businesses across 41 states through our Spectrum® brand. 10-K, Item 1

Headquarters
Stamford, CT
CEO
Christopher L. Winfrey
Next results
around Jan 29, 2027
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CHTR among Communication peers

Six ratios from the latest 10-K. Each corner is the share of 18 peers the company is above, not a score.

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Revenue growth: -0.6%, above 17% of 18 peers (their median 7.7%) REVENUE GROWTH -0.6% · above 17% Operating margin: 10.8%, above 31% of 16 peers (their median 19.6%) OPERATING MARGIN 10.8% · above 31% Net margin: 2.5%, above 17% of 18 peers (their median 9.7%) NET MARGIN 2.5% · above 17% FCF margin: 7.1%, above 33% of 15 peers (their median 11.6%) FCF MARGIN 7.1% · above 33% Return on capital: 8.5%, above 31% of 13 peers (their median 9.5%) RETURN ON CAPITAL 8.5% · above 31%
CHTR Peer median Below the median

What changed

25 new risk paragraphs and 1 accounting fact worth reading about. 10-K filed Jan 30, 2026 against Jan 31, 2025.

Each row opens the detail with the quote and the filing. A row is a change worth reading, not a verdict.

Accounting checks

10 checks on the latest 10-K. Checks, not verdicts.

How it works

1fact worth reading about the other 9 checks found nothing to note

  • Receivables growing faster than revenue
    Receivables +18.8% vs revenue -0.6% (+19.4 pts)
  • Cash from operations $16.1B vs net income $5.0B (FY ending Dec 31, 2025)
8 more checks with nothing to note
  • Same auditor in both 10-Ks: KPMG LLP
  • No statement of substantial doubt about going concern
  • No 8-K item 4.02 in the last 2 years
  • No NT 10-K or NT 10-Q in the last 2 years
  • The same matters as last year: Testing of residential and small business revenue; F-2
  • No sentence in the 10-K concludes that controls were not effective because of a material weakness
  • No 8-K item 2.06 in the last 2 years
  • No 8-K item 1.03 in the last 2 years

In their words

25 paragraphs in Risk Factors that were not in the 10-K filed Jan 31, 2025. Quoted as filed.

All 25 new paragraphs
  1. Item 1A · new paragraph · not in the 10-K filed Jan 31, 2025 10-K, ITEM 1A
    The completion of the Cox Transactions is subject to a number of conditions, including, among other things, (i) the approval of the certificate amendment proposal by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the aggregate voting power of the outstanding shares of Charter Class A common stock and Class B common stock, voting…
  2. Item 1A · new paragraph · not in the 10-K filed Jan 31, 2025 10-K, ITEM 1A
    Our plans for funding the cash consideration and assuming indebtedness of Cox Communications may be adversely affected to the extent there are greater-than-expected increases in our indebtedness, lower-than-expected operating results, credit rating downgrades, or significant financial market disruptions. We are obligated to fund $4.0…
  3. Item 1A · new paragraph · not in the 10-K filed Jan 31, 2025 10-K, ITEM 1A
    The risks described above may be exacerbated by delays or other adverse developments with respect to the completion of the Cox Transactions.
  4. Item 1A · new paragraph · not in the 10-K filed Jan 31, 2025 10-K, ITEM 1A
    The Transaction Agreement contemplates that, at the Closing, Charter, A/N and Cox Enterprises will enter into the amended stockholders agreement, which will amend and restate in its entirety the existing stockholders agreement. If the Liberty Broadband Combination is completed, the existing stockholders agreement, which sets forth,…

New risk paragraphs, against peers

Latest 10-K of each, Communication companies closest in revenue

Paragraphs in Risk Factors with nothing like them in the company's 10-K the year before. A count of text, not of risk.

Financial performance

Last 4 fiscal years · 10-K XBRL

All years
MetricFY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Revenue$54.0B$54.6B$55.1B$54.8B
Net income$5.1B$4.6B$5.1B$5.0B
Operating cash flow$14.9B$14.4B$14.4B$16.1B
Free cash flow$5.5B$3.3B$3.2B$4.4B

Revenue, FY2016 to FY2025

Ten fiscal years, each from its own 10-K · XBRL · USD

$54.8B ▼ 0.6% in FY2025

FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Every number, year by year

Recent filings

4 filings in the last 30 days · SEC EDGAR

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About the company

Charter Communications, Stamford, CT · from the 10-K filed Jan 30, 2026

We are a leading broadband connectivity company with services available to 58 million homes and small to large businesses across 41 states through our Spectrum® brand. Founded in 1993, we have evolved from providing cable TV to streaming, and from high-speed Internet to a converged broadband, WiFi and mobile experience. Over the Spectrum Fiber Broadband Network and supported by our 100% U.S.-based employees, we offer Seamless Connectivity and Entertainment with Spectrum Internet®, Mobile, TV and Voice products.

Headquarters
Stamford, CT
Country
United States
Reports in
USD
Listed on
Nasdaq
Fiscal year ends
December 31
Last results
Nov 6, 2026

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Sources

The 10-K filed Jan 30, 2026 (open at SEC), compared with the 10-K filed Jan 31, 2025. Numbers from the XBRL of the 10-Ks; filings from SEC EDGAR.

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