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Charter Communications (CHTR) filed its fiscal 2025 10-K annual report with the SEC on Jan 30, 2026. It reported revenue of $54.8B (−0.6% year over year) and net income of $5.0B.
- Top risk flagged: Cybersecurity risk governance with quarterly updates to CEO and biannual Board reviews of cyber threats and mitigation efforts
FY2025 key financial metrics · XBRL
- Revenue
- $54.8B
- −0.6% YoY
- Net income
- $5.0B
- −1.9% YoY
- Operating margin
- 23.6%
- −0.2 pp YoY
- EPS (diluted)
- $36.21
- +3.5% YoY
- ROE
- 31.1%
- −1.5 pp YoY
- Operating cash flow
- $16.1B
- +11.4% YoY
Source: XBRL data from the Charter Communications (CHTR) FY2025 10-K on SEC EDGAR. USD.
Charter Communications FY2025 10-K analysis
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Business Overview
- Core business: Provider of Internet, mobile, video, voice, and commercial services leveraging advanced fiber network and bundled connectivity products
- New product emphasis: Launched Spectrum App Store and offered seamless entertainment apps à la carte from July 2025 with Xumo stream boxes deployment
- Strategic shift: Focus on lower promotional and persistent bundled pricing via Life Unlimited brand platform to improve customer retention amid competitive pressure
- Notable metrics: Added 1.9 million mobile lines in 2025; $2.2 billion invested in subsidized rural network construction activating 483,000 rural passings
- Unusual fact: Changed annual goodwill impairment test date to October 31 for enhanced year-end quantitative analysis from prior qualitative approach
Management Discussion & Analysis
- Revenue $54,774M, down 0.6% YoY from $55,085M, driven by lower customers, advertising sales down $312M, offset by mobile growth
- Operating margin 23.6% ($12,908M operating income / $54,774M revenue) vs 23.8% in 2024 ($13,118M / $55,085M)
- Best segment: Mobile service revenue up 22.0% to $3,762M; Worst segment: Video revenue down 9.4% to $13,703M
- Operating costs down $428M to $32,739M; programming costs $8.8B (27% of operating costs) vs $9.7B (29% prior year)
- No explicit forward guidance; key risk: integration transition expenses related to Cox Transactions ongoing
Risk Factors
- Cybersecurity risk governance with quarterly updates to CEO and biannual Board reviews of cyber threats and mitigation efforts
- Exposure across 41-state footprint with network technology infrastructure led by EVP of Network Technology Services since 2016
- Centralized cybersecurity leadership under Security Executive Steering Committee promoting accountability across all business units
- CISO with 20+ years experience in vulnerability management and incident response leading cybersecurity risk management
- Mandatory internal and external notifications for cybersecurity events including state and federal agency disclosures
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