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Optimum Communications, Inc. OPTU

NYSE · stock · Cable & Other Pay Television Services · website · IPO 2017-06-22 · LEI

Optimum Communications, Inc. statistics & valuation

Market cap$649.9M
P / S0.1×
Net margin-21.8%
FCF margin-1.4%
Net debt$25.2B
Net debt / EBITDA15.9×
Enterprise value USD$25.8B
EV / EBITDA16.3×
Earnings yield EBIT/EV-0.4%
Return on capital-0.4%

Market cap as of 2026-06-29. Multiples are price-derived and refreshed daily; everything else from the latest financial reports.

Profitability & efficiency

Net margin (%)
-13.80% 16.00% 0.20% 1.40% 4.40% 9.80% 2.00% 0.60% -1.10% -21.80% 2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Gross margin (%)
2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Operating margin (%)
7.70% 9.00% 17.60% 18.70% 21.40% 25.00% 18.70% 18.40% 18.80% -1.30% 2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Return on equity (%)
-40.70% 27.10% 0.50% 6.10% 2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Shares outstanding
649.5M 696.1M 730.1M 662.5M 583.7M 462.3M 453.3M 455.0M 459.9M 467.8M 2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Net debt ($)
$22.51B $23.72B $26.44B $26.35B $26.28B $24.77B $24.80B $25.19B 2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Share buybacks ($)
2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Return on assets (%)
-2.30% 4.30% 0.10% 0.40% 1.30% 3.00% 0.60% 0.20% -0.30% -6.10% 2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Free cash flow margin (%)
9.30% 11.50% 14.20% 12.30% 19.30% 16.10% 4.70% 1.30% 1.70% -1.40% 2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Debt / equity (×)
6.20× 10.71× 2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
EPS ($)
-$1.28 $2.15 $0.03 $0.21 $0.75 $2.14 $0.43 $0.12 -$0.22 -$4.00 2016201720182019202020212022202320242025

Margins and returns computed from annual filings. Falling shares outstanding = buybacks; rising = dilution. Net debt = debt − cash (negative = net cash).

P / E vs its own history

Optimum Communications, Inc. trades at about 6.9× earnings — below its 10-year norm (10-year range 6.7×–654.7×, median 20.3×).

6.7× 654.7×

Shaded band = 10-year range (6.7×–654.7×); dot = today's 6.9×.

Historical P/E = month-end price near each fiscal year-end ÷ that year's EPS. A read on whether the stock is cheap or dear relative to how it has typically been valued — not a forecast.

Key ratios (by fiscal year)

RatioFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020FY2019FY2018FY2017FY2016
Operating margin-1.3%18.8%18.4%18.7%25.0%21.4%18.7%17.6%9.0%7.7%
Net margin-21.8%-1.1%0.6%2.0%9.8%4.4%1.4%0.2%16.0%-13.8%
FCF margin-1.4%1.7%1.3%4.7%16.1%19.3%12.3%14.2%11.5%9.3%
Return on assets-6.1%-0.3%0.2%0.6%3.0%1.3%0.4%0.1%4.3%-2.3%
Return on equity80.8%21.9%-12.2%-38.6%-113.7%-36.3%6.1%0.5%27.1%-40.7%
Debt / equity-11.32×-53.40×-57.72×-52.76×-30.48×-22.21×10.71×6.20×——
Current ratio0.800.320.360.640.290.320.700.450.360.46

Computed from company filings · US · as of 2025-12-31. Facts plus Stocktoria's own computed scores — not investment advice.