Charter Communications (CHTR) reported $13.74 billion in revenue for the quarter ended March 2025, representing a year-over-year increase of 0.4%. EPS of $8.42 for the same period compares to $7.55 a year ago.
The reported revenue compares to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $13.68 billion, representing a surprise of +0.41%. The company delivered an EPS surprise of -1.29%, with the consensus EPS estimate being $8.53.
While investors closely watch year-over-year changes in headline numbers -- revenue and earnings -- and how they compare to Wall Street expectations to determine their next course of action, some key metrics always provide a better insight into a company's underlying performance.
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 Charter performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Internet - Total Net Additions/Losses: -60 thousand compared to the -46 thousand average estimate based on three analysts.
- Video - SMB - Net Additions/Losses: -14 thousand compared to the -8.27 thousand average estimate based on three analysts.
- Voice - Total Net Additions/Losses: -278 thousand versus the three-analyst average estimate of -228.29 thousand.
- Total Mobile Lines: 10.4 million versus 10.33 million estimated by three analysts on average.
- Revenues- Commercial- Total: $1.82 billion compared to the $1.82 billion average estimate based on five analysts. The reported number represents a change of +1.5% year over year.
- Revenues- Advertising sales: $340 million versus $355.27 million estimated by five analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -13% change.
- Revenues- Other: $793 million versus $742.29 million estimated by five analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +13.5% change.
- Revenues- Residential- Total: $10.78 billion versus the five-analyst average estimate of $10.73 billion. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of -0.1%.
- Revenues- Residential- Voice: $356 million versus $346.10 million estimated by four analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -4.8% change.
- Revenues- Residential- Internet: $5.93 billion versus $5.88 billion estimated by four analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +1.8% change.
- Revenues- Residential- Mobile service: $914 million versus the four-analyst average estimate of $913.36 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +33.4%.
- Revenues- Residential- Video: $3.58 billion versus the four-analyst average estimate of $3.61 billion. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of -8.4%.
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Shares of Charter have returned -12.2% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's -4.8% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.
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