Optimum Communications OPTU
NYSE OPTU
$0.85 -0.03 (-2.87%)
At close: Aug 21, 2026 · 4:00 PM EDT

Optimum Communications (OPTU) Amortization of Deferred Charges (2016 - 2026)

Optimum Communications' (OPTU) quarterly Amortization of Deferred Charges came in at $10.9 million in Q1 2026, down 1.96% YoY from $11.2 million in Q1 2025, and up 2.38% on a QoQ basis from $10.7 million in Q4 2025.

Optimum Communications (OPTU) Amortization of Deferred Charges (2016 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Optimum Communications (OPTU) has 11 years of Amortization of Deferred Charges data on file, last reported at $10.9 million in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Amortization of Deferred Charges fell 1.96% year-over-year to $10.9 million in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $26.3 million (up 9.94% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $26.5 million, up 34.9% from the prior year.
  • Amortization of Deferred Charges rose to $10.9 million in Q1 2026, from $10.7 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Amortization of Deferred Charges ranged from a high of $44.0 million in Q4 2022 to a low of -$3.0 million in Q2 2025.
  • A 5-year average of $9.9 million and a median of $10.7 million in 2025 frame the typical range for Amortization of Deferred Charges.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2024 — Amortization of Deferred Charges soared 2254.4% — and 2025, when it tumbled 171.21%.
  • Tracing OPTU's Amortization of Deferred Charges over 5 years: stood at $44.0 million in 2022, then slumped by 100.44% to -$193000.0 in 2023, then soared by 2254.4% to $4.2 million in 2024, then surged by 156.78% to $10.7 million in 2025, then gained by 2.38% to $10.9 million in 2026.
  • The last three Amortization of Deferred Charges figures came in at $10.9 million (Q1 2026), $10.7 million (Q4 2025), and $7.7 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr)
1 Verizon Communications 205.80 Bn 204.04 Bn 27.03 Bn
2 T-Mobile US 197.90 Bn 195.07 Bn 17.74 Bn
3 Grupo Televisa, S.A.B 195.16 Bn 193.45 Bn 318.12 Mn
4 At&T 175.88 Bn 158.31 Bn 25.25 Bn
5 Chunghwa Telecom 33.61 Bn 31.03 Bn 728.80 Mn
6 EchoStar 25.20 Bn 23.70 Bn 1.65 Bn
7 Bce 22.12 Bn 22.12 Bn -
8 Rogers Communications 19.59 Bn 18.35 Bn 1.77 Bn
9 Telefonica Brasil 18.39 Bn 18.39 Bn 1.32 Bn
10 Optimum Communications 379.52 Mn -979.75 Mn 1.37 Bn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jun 30, 2026 21.48 Mn
Jun 30, 2026 21.48 Mn
Mar 31, 2026 10.93 Mn
Mar 31, 2026 10.93 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 10.68 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 10.68 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 7.66 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 7.66 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 -3.01 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 -3.01 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 11.15 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 11.15 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 4.16 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 4.16 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 4.35 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 4.35 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 4.23 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 4.23 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 6.89 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 6.89 Mn