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Forensic Analysis · Cable & Broadband · as of Nov 9, 2026

Charter Communications, Inc. /Mo/ (CHTR)

A forensic read on Charter Communications, Inc. /Mo/ built from its complete SEC filings — financial-health screens, earnings quality, red flags and a price-aware rating. Reproducible math, not opinion.

C · Mixed — selective
Forensic grade
Clean
Earnings quality
2
Forensic signals
31.5%
ROE
-0.6%
Revenue growth

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Charter Communications, Inc. /Mo/ earns a C (Mixed — selective) forensic quality grade. 2 forensic signals were flagged in its latest SEC filings, led by return on invested capital.

What the filings flag

7.2%
FY2025
Return on invested capital. Return on invested capital is 7.2% in the latest fiscal year and steady across FY2023–FY2025, inside a 0.4-point range. After-tax operating profit was $9.6B in FY2023 and $10.0B in FY2025, with operating income at 23.0% of revenue in FY2023, 23.8% in FY2024 and 23.6% in FY2025. The capital base behind it went from $135.3B in FY2023 to $139.5B in FY2025 (+3%), while the revenue it carried went from $54.6B to $54.8B.
116% of FCF
FY2025
Shareholder returns. Returned $5.1B to shareholders (buybacks + dividends) in FY2025 — 116% of free cash flow, but 32% of operating cash flow. Returns run ahead of free cash flow, with the gap funded by debt or cash reserves rather than the cash the business itself throws off; the payout itself is still covered by operating cash. Counting the $673M of stock-based comp paid out in shares on top of that, the combined claim on free cash flow is 131%.

Key fundamentals

Latest Revenue$54.77B
Revenue Growth YoY-0.6%
Revenue CAGR (2yr)+0.2%
Net Margin9.1%
Free Cash Flow$4.42B
Return on Equity31.5%
Debt / Equity5.90x

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Data from SEC EDGAR public filings · metrics as of Nov 9, 2026. Forensic signals flag probability, not certainty.

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