Optimum Communications OPTU
NYSE OPTU
$0.88 +0.02 (+2.33%)
At close: Aug 20, 2026 · 4:00 PM EDT

Optimum Communications (OPTU) FCF Payout Ratio (2016 - 2025)

Optimum Communications' (OPTU) quarterly FCF Payout Ratio came in at 0.04 in Q2 2025, up 182.61% on a QoQ basis from 0.05 in Q1 2025.

Optimum Communications (OPTU) FCF Payout Ratio (2016 - 2025) Analysis & Trends

Optimum Communications (OPTU) has 9 years of FCF Payout Ratio data on file, last reported at 0.04 in Q2 2025.

  • Quarterly FCF Payout Ratio changed N/A year-over-year to 0.04 in Q2 2025, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.01 (up 93.36% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 0.08, down 245.75% from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio climbed to 0.04 in Q2 2025, from 0.05 in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, FCF Payout Ratio ranged from a high of 0.93 in Q1 2021 to a low of 0.05 in Q1 2025.
  • A 4-year average of 0.21 and a median of 0.07 in 2024 frame the typical range for FCF Payout Ratio.
  • The widest YoY moves for FCF Payout Ratio: up 50.79% in 2021, down 78.74% in 2021.
  • Tracing OPTU's FCF Payout Ratio over 4 years: stood at 0.2 in 2021, then slumped by 101.03% to 0.0 in 2022, then soared by 3054.54% to 0.06 in 2024, then plunged by 31.61% to 0.04 in 2025.
  • The last three FCF Payout Ratio figures came in at 0.04 (Q2 2025), 0.05 (Q1 2025), and 0.06 (Q4 2024), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

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1 Verizon Communications 205.36 Bn 203.61 Bn 27.03 Bn 0.46
2 T-Mobile US 196.43 Bn 193.61 Bn 17.74 Bn 0.23
3 Grupo Televisa, S.A.B 190.22 Bn 188.51 Bn 318.12 Mn -
4 At&T 174.94 Bn 157.37 Bn 25.25 Bn 0.39
5 Chunghwa Telecom 33.60 Bn 31.03 Bn 728.80 Mn -
6 EchoStar 25.24 Bn 23.74 Bn 1.65 Bn -
7 Bce 22.16 Bn 22.16 Bn - 1.20
8 Rogers Communications 19.61 Bn 18.36 Bn 1.77 Bn -
9 Telefonica Brasil 18.11 Bn 18.11 Bn 1.32 Bn -
10 Optimum Communications 391.15 Mn -968.12 Mn 1.37 Bn -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jun 30, 2025 0.04
Mar 31, 2025 -0.05
Dec 31, 2024 0.06
Sep 30, 2024 0.07
Dec 31, 2022 0.00
Sep 30, 2021 0.20
Jun 30, 2021 0.45
Mar 31, 2021 0.93
Dec 31, 2020 -4.04
Sep 30, 2020 0.94
Jun 30, 2020 0.92
Mar 31, 2020 2.45
Dec 31, 2019 -4.39
Sep 30, 2019 3.11
Jun 30, 2019 1.35
Mar 31, 2019 3.63
Jun 30, 2018 3.08
Sep 30, 2017 3.89
Jun 30, 2017 2.33
Mar 31, 2017 -5.97