The Latest Breaking News from Charter Communications

By Thomas Kerr, CFA NASDAQ:OEG Overview

Charter Communications (NASDAQ:CHTR) has outperformed the market over the past 10 years by 8.3% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 19.25%. Currently, Charter Communications has a market capitalization of $77.97 billion.

Someone with a lot of money to spend has taken a bearish stance on Charter Communications (NASDAQ:CHTR). And retail traders should know. We noticed this today when the big position showed up on publicly available options history that we track here at Benzinga.

Charter Communications's (NASDAQ:CHTR) short percent of float has risen 22.52% since its last report. The company recently reported that it has 8.05 million shares sold short, which is 6.91% of all regular shares that are available for trading.

Charter Communications (NASDAQ:CHTR) has outperformed the market over the past 10 years by 9.22% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 20.98%. Currently, Charter Communications has a market capitalization of $80.95 billion.

Within the last quarter, Charter Communications (NASDAQ:CHTR) has observed the following analyst ratings:

Charter Communications (NASDAQ:CHTR) has outperformed the market over the past 10 years by 9.94% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 22.06%. Currently, Charter Communications has a market capitalization of $85.42 billion.

Pulled from Benzinga Pro data, Charter Communications (NASDAQ:CHTR) posted Q1 earnings of $1.39 billion, an increase from Q4 of 24.26%. Sales dropped to $13.20 billion, a 0.09% decrease between quarters.

Charter Communications's (NASDAQ:CHTR) short percent of float has fallen 25.66% since its last report. The company recently reported that it has 7.43 million shares sold short, which is 5.59% of all regular shares that are available for trading.

Growing competition from fixed wireless will be a challenge for Charter Communications Inc (NASDAQ: CHTR), and as the company works to regaining lost subscribers, fixed wireless access (FWA) is likely to continue to gain share “in coming years,” according to BofA Securities.

Charter Communications (NASDAQ:CHTR) has outperformed the market over the past 10 years by 7.38% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 19.11%. Currently, Charter Communications has a market capitalization of $69.35 billion.