Charter Communications CHTR
NASDAQ CHTR
$145.77 +5.21 (+3.71%)
At close: Sep 11, 2026 · 4:00 PM EDT

Charter Communications (CHTR) Free Cash Flow (2010 - 2026)

Charter Communications' (CHTR) quarterly Free Cash Flow came in at $1.1 billion in Q2 2026, up 45.18% year-over-year from $726.0 million in Q2 2025, and down 27.26% quarter-over-quarter from $1.4 billion in Q1 2026.

Analysis

Charter Communications (CHTR) Free Cash Flow (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Charter Communications (CHTR) has reported Free Cash Flow for 17 consecutive years, with $1.1 billion the latest figure, recorded in Q2 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Free Cash Flow rose 45.18% year-over-year to $1.1 billion in Q2 2026; TTM through Jun 2026 was $4.4 billion, a 1.28% increase from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at $4.4 billion, up 39.77% from the prior year.
  • Free Cash Flow was $1.1 billion for Q2 2026 at Charter Communications, down from $1.4 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Free Cash Flow peaked at $1.8 billion in Q1 2025 and troughed at $398.0 million in Q4 2024.
  • A 5-year average of $1.1 billion and a median of $999.5 million in 2023 frame the typical range for Free Cash Flow.
  • Across the five-year window, Free Cash Flow plunged 69.05% in 2023 and surged 336.34% in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Over 5 years, Free Cash Flow stood at $867.0 million in 2022, then increased by 15.22% to $999.0 million in 2023, then sank by 60.16% to $398.0 million in 2024, then advanced by 7.04% to $426.0 million in 2025, then jumped by 147.42% to $1.1 billion in 2026.
  • The last three Free Cash Flow figures came in at $1.1 billion (Q2 2026), $1.4 billion (Q1 2026), and $426.0 million (Q4 2025), per Business Quant data.
Peer Set

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Free Cash Flow (Qtr)
1 Grupo Televisa, S.A.B 148.09 Bn 146.25 Bn 318.12 Mn -
2 Comcast 89.13 Bn 81.66 Bn - 5.19 Bn
3 Charter Communications 17.39 Bn 21.83 Bn - 1.05 Bn
4 Lumen Technologies 7.15 Bn 5.27 Bn 1.39 Bn 69.00 Mn
5 Liberty Broadband 4.49 Bn 4.45 Bn - -44.00 Mn
6 Telephone & Data Systems 4.31 Bn 2.35 Bn 185.25 Mn -85.91 Mn
7 Liberty Global 3.56 Bn 1.38 Bn 796.60 Mn -117.00 Mn
8 Uniti 2.37 Bn 1.76 Bn 567.70 Mn -371.50 Mn
9 Liberty Latin America 1.77 Bn 1.52 Bn 652.20 Mn 96.00 Mn
10 Idt 1.65 Bn 1.42 Bn 122.50 Mn 13.38 Mn
Historic Data

Historic Data

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Jun 30, 2026 1.05 Bn
Mar 31, 2026 1.45 Bn
Dec 31, 2025 426.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 1.43 Bn
Jun 30, 2025 726.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 1.84 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 398.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 1.34 Bn
Jun 30, 2024 1.00 Bn
Mar 31, 2024 421.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 999.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 983.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 477.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 859.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 867.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 1.35 Bn
Jun 30, 2022 1.54 Bn
Mar 31, 2022 1.79 Bn
Dec 31, 2021 2.15 Bn
Sep 30, 2021 2.40 Bn