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Optimum Communications, Inc.

Ticker OPTULONG ISLAND CITY, NYFiscal year ends DecemberBook value per share $-18.56Diluted shares 399.2M

Optimum Communications, Inc. (NYSE: OPTU) provides broadband, video, telephony, mobile, and advertising services to residential and business customers across 21 states, primarily in the New York metropolitan area and south-central United States. Its Optimum-branded services run over hybrid fiber-coaxial and… From the company’s description.

Over the twelve months to Sep 30, 2026, Optimum Communications, Inc. reported revenue of $8.27B, down 4.3% from a year earlier, and a net loss of $4.91B. Its operating margin was −58.7%, and operations generated $959.16M in cash. In fiscal 2025, it reported revenue of $8.59B, down 4.1% from fiscal 2024, and a net loss of $1.40B.

Fiscal year 2025 · ends 12-31Changes are against fiscal 2024The amber dot is the latest twelve months, to 2026-09-30
Sales & profitability
$8.59BFY2025
−4.1% year over year
Last 12 mo $8.27B
-1.31%FY2025
−20.1 percentage points
Last 12 mo -58.69%
$-1.40BFY2025
−1690.1% year over year
Last 12 mo $-4.91B
76.35%FY2025
+54.4 percentage points
Last 12 mo 67.14%
Cash & financing
$1.23BFY2025
−22.4% year over year
Last 12 mo $959.16M
$-118.84MFY2025
−179.5% year over year
Last 12 mo $-297.74M
-13.92FY2025
Was -53.40× a year earlier
Last 12 mo -3.62
467.8MFY2025
+1.7% year over year
Last 12 mo 399.2M

Margins and return on equity change in ; everything else in percent. Fewer shares and less debt are shown plainly, not as bad news — it depends what you make of buybacks. Dotted labels explain each measure. is shown separately from the annual figures.

What Optimum Communications, Inc. does

In the company’s own words

Optimum Communications, Inc. (NYSE: OPTU) provides broadband, video, telephony, mobile, and advertising services to residential and business customers across 21 states, primarily in the New York metropolitan area and south-central United States. Its Optimum-branded services run over hybrid fiber-coaxial and fiber-to-the-home networks; broadband offers speeds up to 1 Gbps across most of its HFC footprint and up to 8 Gbps on FTTH. The company also serves small and medium-sized businesses and enterprise and hyperscaler customers with connectivity, networking, and managed services, primarily through its 50.01%-owned Lightpath subsidiary. Other operations include News 12 local news programming and Optimum Media and Juice Media advertising services. Optimum serves approximately 4.3 million residential and business customer relationships and had about 10.0 million network passings as of December 31, 2025. Revenue was $8.59 billion for fiscal 2025. The company adopted its current name in November 2025, having previously been Altice USA; its acquisitions of Cequel in 2015 and Cablevision in 2016 shaped its present business. Its website is www.optimum.com.

Company details
Sector
Communication Services
Industry (SIC)
Communications
Headquarters
LONG ISLAND CITY, NY
Fiscal year end
December
CIK
1702780
SIC
4841

Financial performance, year by year

Fiscal 2016–2025 · USD
$-6.41B$-1.91B$2.59B$7.09B$11.59B2016201720182019202020212022202320242025Last 12 moLast 12 monthsLast 12 months

The full income statement, balance sheet and cash flow for each of these years — every figure traceable to its filing — is on the Financials tab with a free account.

Ownership

Who owns Optimum Communications, Inc. — and what changed

Funds as of 2026Q2 · superinvestors as of 2026-06-30

135
funds hold it
0 of 35
superinvestors hold it
$57.21M
held by funds, at market
9.3%
of shares held by funds

Largest fund holders · Optimum Communications, Inc.’s weight in each

VANGUARD TOTAL STOCK MARKET INDEX FUND
VTI · VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS
0.00%of fund net assets
iShares Russell 2000 ETF
IWM · iShares Trust
0.01%of fund net assets
VANGUARD EXTENDED MARKET INDEX FUND
VXF · VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS
0.00%of fund net assets
Fidelity Small Cap Index Fund
FSSNX · Fidelity Salem Street Trust
—of fund net assets
iShares Russell 2000 Value ETF
IWN · iShares Trust
0.02%of fund net assets

Fund ownership is a floor, not a census — pensions, insurers and people holding shares directly are not visible here.

Fund ownership counts N-PORT filers only, so it is a floor rather than a census — pensions, insurers and direct holders are not visible here, and the remainder is not “held by individuals”.

Every fund and institutional holder, quarter by quarter, is on the Ownership tab with a free account.

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