Optimum Communications (OPTU) Share-based Compensation (2016 - 2026)
Optimum Communications' (OPTU) quarterly Share-based Compensation came in at $15.0 million in Q1 2026, down 3.06% YoY from $15.4 million in Q1 2025, and down 26.8% on a QoQ basis from $20.5 million in Q4 2025.
Optimum Communications (OPTU) Share-based Compensation (2016 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Optimum Communications (OPTU) has 11 years of Share-based Compensation data on file, last reported at $15.0 million in Q1 2026.
- Quarterly Share-based Compensation fell 3.06% year-over-year to $15.0 million in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $63.6 million (down 7.61% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $64.1 million, down 4.58% from the prior year.
- Share-based Compensation declined to $15.0 million in Q1 2026, from $20.5 million in the prior quarter.
- In the past five years, Share-based Compensation ranged from a high of $45.6 million in Q4 2022 to a low of -$2.6 million in Q1 2023.
- A 5-year average of $20.8 million and a median of $16.4 million in 2024 frame the typical range for Share-based Compensation.
- Annual changes were most pronounced in 2023 — Share-based Compensation plunged 106.47% — and 2024, when it jumped 624.48%.
- Tracing OPTU's Share-based Compensation over 5 years: stood at $45.6 million in 2022, then sank by 59.28% to $18.6 million in 2023, then declined by 9.41% to $16.8 million in 2024, then increased by 21.71% to $20.5 million in 2025, then fell by 26.8% to $15.0 million in 2026.
- The last three Share-based Compensation figures came in at $15.0 million (Q1 2026), $20.5 million (Q4 2025), and $12.0 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.
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| 9 | Telefonica Brasil | 18.11 Bn | 18.11 Bn | 1.32 Bn | - |
| 10 | Optimum Communications | 391.15 Mn | -968.12 Mn | 1.37 Bn | 5.64 Mn |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 5.64 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 5.64 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 14.98 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 14.98 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 20.46 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 20.46 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 12.01 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 12.01 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 16.17 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 16.17 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 15.45 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 15.45 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 16.81 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 16.81 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 20.17 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 20.17 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 16.42 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 16.42 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 13.76 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 13.76 Mn |