- Prev close
- $152.57
- Day range
- $151.99 – $156.55
- From 52-wk high
- -46.6%
- Next earnings
- in 82 days
Charter’s -0.6% session came against a +1.4% S&P 500 and +1.8% Nasdaq 100, with peers mixed, while the stock also sits on top of weak 3m momentum and a recent debt-exchange move that keeps balance-sheet scrutiny in focus.
CHTR
CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS INC-A
As of Aug 3, 2026
34/100
Deserves your attentionHealth ScoreDriver of the move
The primary driver looks stock-specific rather than market-wide: CHTR finished -0.6% while the S&P 500 was +1.4% and the Nasdaq 100 was +1.8%, and the peer set was mixed with CCZ -0.8%, ECHO +1.8%, SIRI +2.5%, and VSNT +2.3%. The session also opened at $146.83, traded up to $148.77, then closed at $144.1, which is a fade from early strength rather than a broad risk-off tape. The recent shelf registration and major debt exchange offer keep the capital-structure story in view, so the move reads as Charter-specific caution, not a market-level swing.
Volatility check
This looks more than ordinary noise because the stock is still down -16.1% over 3m and sits -49.6% from its 52-week high of $285.82, even after the recent bounce to 1w +9.5% and 1m +5.0%. The underlying numbers are mixed: revenue is -1.5% YoY (TTM) and -1.7% YoY in the latest quarter, while EPS is +5.5% YoY (TTM) and margins remain strong at gross +46.9%, operating +23.7%, and net +9.1%. Valuation is very low at PE 3.9, forward PE 3.2, and PEG 0.22; that PEG means P/E divided by growth, so investors are paying very little for growth, but the PEG is still less informative when revenue is contracting. Beta is 0.69, so the stock is usually less volatile than the market, but the recent swings are bigger than that beta would imply. Net: the move is not just routine volatility; it sits alongside flat-to-negative revenue trends and balance-sheet news.
Earnings setup
The next earnings date is 2026-10-29. The facts do not provide analyst revenue or EPS consensus for that print, so I can’t cite an expected growth rate or margin forecast for this period. What the market is clearly waiting to learn is whether broadband subscriber declines are still pressuring revenue, whether management can stabilize the core Internet business against fixed wireless and fiber competition, and whether the debt-exchange and shelf-registration actions change the equity story around leverage and refinancing. Prior reaction data around earnings isn’t given in the facts beyond the note that Q2 had a negative market reaction, so I won’t infer a broader print-by-print pattern.
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