Optimum Communications, Inc. (OPTU) reported $2.18 billion in revenue for the quarter ended December 2025, representing a year-over-year decline of 2.3%. EPS of -$0.03 for the same period compares to -$0.12 a year ago.
The reported revenue compares to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $2.15 billion, representing a surprise of +1.61%. The company delivered an EPS surprise of -200%, with the consensus EPS estimate being -$0.01.
While investors scrutinize revenue and earnings changes year-over-year and how they compare with Wall Street expectations to determine their next move, some key metrics always offer a more accurate picture of a company's financial health.
As these metrics influence top- and bottom-line performance, comparing them to the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated helps investors project a stock's price performance more accurately.
Here is how Optimum Communications, Inc. performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Customer Relationships - Residential Unique Customer Relationships: 3.96 million versus 3.98 million estimated by three analysts on average.
- Customer Relationships - SMB Unique Customer Relationships: 369.9 thousand compared to the 371.6 thousand average estimate based on three analysts.
- Total Residential Customers/ Residential PSUs - Pay TV / Video Subscribers: 1.63 million compared to the 1.63 million average estimate based on three analysts.
- Total Residential Customers/ Residential PSUs - Broadband Subscribers: 3.81 million versus 3.83 million estimated by three analysts on average.
- Revenue- Residential revenue- Video: $619.48 million versus $634.03 million estimated by four analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -9.8% change.
- Revenue- Residential revenue- Broadband: $884.08 million versus $861.76 million estimated by four analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -1.8% change.
- Revenue- Residential revenue- Telephony: $60.84 million versus the four-analyst average estimate of $61 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of -7%.
- Revenue- Residential revenue: $1.61 billion versus $1.6 billion estimated by four analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -4.4% change.
- Revenue- News and Advertising: $144.76 million versus the four-analyst average estimate of $137.86 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of -8.1%.
- Revenue- Other: $23.91 million versus $21.57 million estimated by four analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +18.1% change.
- Revenue- Residential revenue- Mobile: $47.97 million compared to the $41.3 million average estimate based on four analysts. The reported number represents a change of +40.5% year over year.
- Revenue- Business services and wholesale: $401.84 million versus $383.48 million estimated by four analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +8.2% change.
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Shares of Optimum Communications, Inc. have returned -14.3% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's -0.3% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #5 (Strong Sell), indicating that it could underperform the broader market in the near term.
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