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

Optimum Communications (OPTU) reported FCF Payout Ratio of 0.04 for Q2 2025, up 182.61% quarter-over-quarter from 0.05 in Q1 2025.

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

Optimum Communications has reported FCF Payout Ratio for 9 years, with the latest figure at 0.04 in Q2 2025.

  • For the quarter ending Q2 2025, FCF Payout Ratio changed N/A year-over-year to 0.04; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 0.01 (up 93.36% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 0.08, down 245.75% from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio for Q2 2025 stood at 0.04, up from 0.05 in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for FCF Payout Ratio was 0.93 in Q1 2021, with the low at 0.05 in Q1 2025.
  • Historically, FCF Payout Ratio has averaged 0.21 across 4 years, with a median of 0.07 in 2024.
  • The largest YoY upside for FCF Payout Ratio was 50.79% in 2021 against a maximum downside of 78.74% in 2021.
  • Optimum Communications' FCF Payout Ratio 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

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Cover (Qtr)
1 Bce 382.57 Bn 381.58 Bn - -0.21
2 T-Mobile US 195.94 Bn 192.42 Bn 17.62 Bn 0.24
3 Verizon Communications 190.78 Bn 183.73 Bn 27.94 Bn 0.77
4 At&T 159.64 Bn 149.68 Bn 25.25 Bn 0.73
5 Telefonica Brasil 146.21 Bn 144.47 Bn 1.32 Bn -
6 America Movil Sab De Cv 128.31 Bn 126.27 Bn 10.13 Bn 0.00
7 Chunghwa Telecom 109.39 Bn 107.21 Bn 719.92 Mn -
8 Millicom International Cellular 106.22 Bn 104.67 Bn - -
9 Veon 82.81 Bn 80.59 Bn - -
10 Optimum Communications 514.94 Mn -569.13 Mn 1.41 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