Charter Communications, Inc. (CHTR) earnings on July 24, 2026

Before the market opens Q2 2026

More Charter Communications, Inc. earnings

Prior outlook: Pessimistic Outcome: Accurate

Charter Communications stock fell sharply despite beating profit and sales estimates, as investors worried about tough competition and customer losses.

CHTR price around the earnings

123.31

Change: -2.5%

2026-07-24, 20:00 UTC

Start of the measured window End of the measured window
109.70 116.06 122.42 128.78 126.50
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Prior thesis

Prior outlook: Pessimistic Outcome: Accurate

Thesis published
Results released

Pre-release: Pessimistic analyst sentiment, poor past earnings, and competitive headwinds drive negative trend strength.

Context analyzed before publication

Trend
Deteriorating trajectory with strong negative trend strength into earnings, reflecting pessimistic analyst sentiment.

Analysts

Evidence

Analyst consensus
Hold
Consensus average (1-5)
2.9
Analysts covering the stock
17
Average price target
209.94
Lowest price target
120
Highest price target
413
Upside to price target
66%
Quarterly earnings growth
-4.4%
Revenue growth
-1%
Forward EPS
44.5
Trailing EPS
36.18
Analyst moves in the last 60 days
9
  • Strong buy: 0
  • Buy: 5
  • Hold: 11
  • Sell: 3
  • Strong sell: 2
Strong buy
0
Buy
5
Hold
11
Sell
3
Strong sell
2
  • July 20, 2026 · RBC Capital: Maintains rating (Sector Perform → Sector Perform)
  • July 20, 2026 · JP Morgan: Maintains rating (Neutral → Neutral)
  • July 14, 2026 · BNP Paribas: Maintains rating (Underperform → Underperform)
  • July 8, 2026 · Barclays: Maintains rating (Underweight → Underweight)
  • July 7, 2026 · Wells Fargo: Maintains rating (Underweight → Underweight)
  • July 2, 2026 · Goldman Sachs: Maintains rating (Sell → Sell)
  • July 1, 2026 · B of A Securities: Maintains rating (Buy → Buy)
  • June 29, 2026 · Citigroup: Maintains rating (Buy → Buy)
  • June 12, 2026 · Freedom Broker: Initiates coverage (Hold)

News and sentiment

Evidence

Sentiment
Sentiment
Neutral
Mention volume
Low
Normalized volume
33%
News
Sources (8)

Technicals

Evidence

Average true range (ATR)
4.4%
Distance to 52-week high
-66.7%
14-day change (14d)
-5.7%
30-day change (30d)
-4.0%
30-day relative strength
-4.6%
SPY change (30d)
+0.6%
Nearest support
126.01
Nearest resistance
126.95
Volume accumulation ratio (14d / 46d)
0.78

Trends

Evidence

Average earnings surprise
-4.6%
  • April 24, 2026: actual EPS 9.17 vs estimate 10.08 (surprise -9.1%)
  • January 30, 2026: actual EPS 10.42 vs estimate 9.73 (surprise +7.1%)
  • October 31, 2025: actual EPS 8.34 vs estimate 9.32 (surprise -10.5%)
  • July 25, 2025: actual EPS 9.18 vs estimate 9.77 (surprise -6.1%)

Expected move

Implied move
+0.1%
Source
Options chain

Reactions over its last 20 earnings

Median move
6.2%
75th percentile move
11.6%
90th percentile move
16.9%
Up / down moves
10 / 10
Average up move
+7.2%
Average down move
-8.9%

Monitoring and close

What Charter Communications, Inc. reported

Status
Finished
Actual EPS10.66
EPS estimate10.14
EPS surprise+5.1%
Revenue$13,526 million
Revenue estimate$13,511 million
Revenue surprise+0.1%

Charter Communications reported Q2 subscriber losses despite beating earnings estimates. Revenue fell and internet customers declined, though mobile lines grew and video retention improved.

Sources (25)

Pre-market second reading after the results

Verdict
Beat expectations

Heading into the open, the figures confirm the pessimistic scenario. In the 418 past cases with a similar move, the close held that direction 94% of the time.

How the stock reacted

Outcome
Accurate
Consolidated
-2.5%
Max favorable move (MFE)
13.2%
Max adverse move (MAE)
1.3%