Optimum Communications (OPTU) Deferred Taxes (2016 - 2026)

Optimum Communications (OPTU) has reported Deferred Taxes for 11 consecutive years, with -$89.4 million the latest figure, recorded in Q2 2026.

• For the quarter ending Q2 2026, Deferred Taxes rose 32.85% year-over-year to -$89.4 million; the trailing twelve-month figure through Jun 2026 stood at -$163.2 million (up 74.78% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was -$222.9 million, up 43.72% from the prior year.
• Deferred Taxes grew to -$89.4 million in Q2 2026 per OPTU's latest filing, from -$111.4 million in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, Deferred Taxes topped out at $125.6 million in Q4 2022 and bottomed at -$388.9 million in Q4 2024.
• Historically, Deferred Taxes has averaged -$56.1 million across 5 years, with a median of -$50.7 million in 2023.
• The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2025: Deferred Taxes tumbled 1729.37% in 2022, then surged 2982.97% in 2025.
• Over 5 years, Deferred Taxes stood at $125.6 million in 2022, then plunged by 131.54% to -$39.6 million in 2023, then plunged by 881.63% to -$388.9 million in 2024, then jumped by 88.39% to -$45.2 million in 2025, then tumbled by 98.02% to -$89.4 million in 2026.
• According to Business Quant data, Deferred Taxes over the past three periods registered -$89.4 million, -$111.4 million, and -$45.2 million for Q2 2026, Q1 2026, and Q4 2025 respectively.