OPTU
Optimum Communications, Inc.NYSE
Communication Services • Telecom Services
Factor tilt: Small-Cap Growth
$0.75+32.06%
Close Nov 6, 2026
- Market cap
- $335.21M
- 1 month
- -23.8%
- 3 months
- -3.7%
- 1 year
- —
- Dividend
- No dividends on record
- Next-quarter EPS estimate
- -$0.18Quarter to Sep 30, 2026 · 10 analysts · revenue $1.99B · +3.8% in 30d
- Short interest
- 29.5M sharessettled Oct 15, 2026 · +11.2% since Sep 30, 2026 · FINRA
Fundamentals · trailing 12 months to Jun 30, 2026
- Revenue
- $8.38B
- Net income
- -$4.87B
- Free cash flow
- -$208.61M
- Book value
- —
- Total debt
- $26.78B
- P/E
- —
- Price / sales
- 0×
- Price / book
- —
- FCF yield
- -62.2%
- Net margin
- -58.1%
EODHD (TTM) · as of Nov 6, 2026
End-of-day close from stored market data, not a live quote.
About Optimum Communications, Inc.
Optimum Communications, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides broadband communications and video services under the Optimum brand in the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. It provides broadband, video, telephony, and mobile services to residential and business customers.
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The company's video services include delivery of broadcast stations and cable networks; over the top services; video-on-demand, high-definition channels, digital video recorder, and pay-per-view services; and video programming services. It also provides voice over Internet protocol telephone services; local, regional, and long-distance calling services; and mobile services, such as data, talk, and text. In addition, the company offers Ethernet, data transport, IP-based virtual private networks, Internet access, and telephony services; hosted telephony services, managed Wi-Fi, managed desktop and server backup, and collaboration services comprising audio and web conferencing; fiber-to-the-tower services to wireless carriers; data services, including wide area networking and dedicated data access, and advanced services comprising wireless mesh networks; and enterprise class telephone services that include traditional multi-line phone service. Further, it provides hosted private branch exchange, technical support, network solutions, security and network access and equipment for SMB customers, and international calling and toll-free numbers services. Additionally, the company offers audience-based and multiscreen advertising solutions; news programming services; and data analytics, as well as operates news channels under the News 12 Networks names. Optimum Communications, Inc. was formerly known as Altice USA, Inc. and change its name to Optimum Communications, Inc. in November 2025. The company was incorporated in 2015 and is headquartered in Long Island City, New York.
- Website
- optimum.com
- Headquarters
- Long Island City, NY, United States
- Employees
- 9,500
- Listed
- Jun 22, 2017
- Fiscal year ends
- December
Company profile from EODHD, stored Oct 25, 2026.
Quarterly results
The last 8 fiscal quarters as reported (EODHD). Year over year compares the same quarter a year earlier.
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY | Gross margin | Op. income | Net income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2026filed Jun 30, 2026 | $2.0B | -5.8% | 71.0% | $373.0M | -$291.8M |
| Mar 2026filed Mar 31, 2026 | $2.1B | -4.0% | 49.8% | $367.5M | -$2.9B |
| Dec 2025filed Dec 31, 2025 | $2.2B | -2.3% | 69.5% | $397.6M | -$71.2M |
| Sep 2025filed Nov 6, 2025 | $2.1B | -5.4% | 69.7% | -$1.2B | -$1.6B |
| Jun 2025filed Aug 7, 2025 | $2.1B | -4.2% | 69.1% | $311.1M | -$96.3M |
| Mar 2025filed May 8, 2025 | $2.2B | -4.4% | 68.8% | $343.5M | -$75.7M |
| Dec 2024filed Feb 13, 2025 | $2.2B | -2.9% | 67.7% | $340.8M | -$54.1M |
| Sep 2024filed Nov 5, 2024 | $2.2B | -3.9% | 68.1% | $444.6M | -$43.0M |
Fiscal years · last 6
| Fiscal year | Revenue | YoY | Gross margin | Op. income | Net income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 2025filed Dec 31, 2025 | $8.6B | -4.1% | 49.5% | $1.6B | -$1.9B |
| Dec 2024filed Feb 13, 2025 | $9.0B | -3.1% | 67.7% | $1.7B | -$102.9M |
| Dec 2023filed Feb 15, 2024 | $9.2B | -4.3% | 49.4% | $1.9B | $53.2M |
| Dec 2022filed Feb 23, 2023 | $9.6B | -4.4% | 48.4% | $1.9B | $194.6M |
| Dec 2021filed Feb 16, 2022 | $10.1B | +2.0% | 66.5% | $2.5B | $990.3M |
| Dec 2020filed Feb 12, 2021 | $9.9B | +1.4% | 66.2% | $2.1B | $436.2M |
Short-interest history
FINRA reports open short positions for a settlement date. The publication date is later. These are reported positions, with a separate date for each observation.
Compare the reported short exposure around the dates you bought, sold or watched OPTU. A long position benefits from price rises; a short position benefits from falls. A change in these counts does not predict either move.
Settlement Oct 15, 2026
29,513,322 shares short
+2,983,279 shares (+11.2%) vs Sep 30, 2026
Share of float unavailable. Published Oct 26, 2026.
Settlement Sep 30, 2026
26,530,043 shares short
-494,134 shares (-1.8%) vs Sep 15, 2026
Share of float unavailable. Published Oct 9, 2026.
Settlement Sep 15, 2026
27,024,177 shares short
-1,229,396 shares (-4.4%) vs Aug 31, 2026
10.3% of the stored float. Published Sep 24, 2026.
Settlement Aug 31, 2026
28,253,573 shares short
-1,644,358 shares (-5.5%) vs Aug 14, 2026
10.8% of the stored float. Published Sep 10, 2026.
Settlement Aug 14, 2026
29,897,931 shares short
+4,489,210 shares (+17.7%) vs Jul 31, 2026
Share of float unavailable. Published Aug 25, 2026.
Settlement Jul 31, 2026
25,408,721 shares short
+7,478,434 shares (+41.7%) vs Jul 15, 2026
Share of float unavailable. Published Aug 11, 2026.
Change = this settlement’s shares short − the previous recorded settlement’s shares short; percentage change divides by that earlier count. A zero earlier count has no percentage change. Split-spanning counts are left uncompared. Float percentages use the stored settlement observation, not today’s float.
Source: stored FINRA equity short-interest records, up to six settlements from the last 240 days. FINRA data and reporting dates · How to read short interest
Dividends and stock splits
See the recorded cash amounts and dates behind OPTU’s income, and the splits that change its share count. Dates below are stored event records, not confirmation of a payment to your account.
Cash-dividend records
No qualified cash-dividend records are stored. This does not establish that the company pays no dividend.
Up to six Polygon cash-dividend events, including recorded ex-dates within the next 120 days. Amounts retain their recorded currency and decimal precision. Historical amounts are not restated to a common split basis, annualized, or converted to dollars.
For a long holding, compare the ex-date with when you held the shares and check the pay date against your broker’s cash history. Owning the stock today does not establish past entitlement. For a short holding, a dividend can create a payment obligation to the share lender.
Ex-dates and special dividend rules · Short-sale dividend obligations · Dividend data definitions
Split history
No qualified split events are stored. This does not establish that the stock has never split.
Up to six stored split dates through Nov 7, 2026. Equivalent vendor ratios are combined; conflicting ratios are left out. This history may be incomplete.
A split changes the share count and per-share price basis; it does not by itself add investment value. Put your holding’s earlier and later share counts on the same basis before comparing them. This applies to both long shares and shares owed on a short position.
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Smart money context
Holder IQ: MEDIUM
37 smart-money holders: institutions with a high Holder IQ
Q2 2026, due Aug 14, 2026
Smart-money 13F trend: distributing (light)
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Sentiment: bullish
Last trade: buy 12 days ago
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What happened
Stored recent-activity label: bullish. This context label is separate from the scored insider signal read.
Why it can matter
A count of reported activity describes a sample, not purchase conviction, an insider’s intent or a future price move. Neutral is not an all-clear, and absent direction is not neutral evidence.
How we got this
The current context rule reads at most 50 nonduplicate issuer/share-class records filed in the last 90 days. It counts a bullish direction or purchase code P toward bullish, and a bearish direction or sale code S toward bearish. A side must exceed the opposite count by more than two to set its label; otherwise nonzero directional counts produce neutral. Calculation unavailable for this saved label: its counts, exact records, as-of time and rule version are not supplied here. Do not substitute the separate scored read’s different window or denominator.
Where the data comes from
Stored SEC Forms 3/4/5 insider-signal records, ordered by filing date with amendment duplicates excluded. Filing date is not transaction date. The last-trade line locates recent reported activity; it does not date or reconstruct the complete count.
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What happened
Stored recent-activity label: bullish. This context label is separate from the scored insider signal read.
Why it can matter
A count of reported activity describes a sample, not purchase conviction, an insider’s intent or a future price move. Neutral is not an all-clear, and absent direction is not neutral evidence.
How we got this
The current context rule reads at most 50 nonduplicate issuer/share-class records filed in the last 90 days. It counts a bullish direction or purchase code P toward bullish, and a bearish direction or sale code S toward bearish. A side must exceed the opposite count by more than two to set its label; otherwise nonzero directional counts produce neutral. Calculation unavailable for this saved label: its counts, exact records, as-of time and rule version are not supplied here. Do not substitute the separate scored read’s different window or denominator.
Where the data comes from
Stored SEC Forms 3/4/5 insider-signal records, ordered by filing date with amendment duplicates excluded. Filing date is not transaction date. The last-trade line locates recent reported activity; it does not date or reconstruct the complete count.
Largest 13-F holders · Q2 2026
193 filers reported a long position in OPTU for Q2 2026. 13-F holdings are filed up to 45 days after the quarter ends.
The top 10 hold
48.7%
of the 223.5M shares 13-F filers reported
Moves vs Q1 2026
7 added3 trimmed
Net shares held
+31.9%
across the 10 holders with a comparable Q1 2026 book
| Rank | Holder | Value | Shares | Shares vs Q1 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BlackRock, Inc. | $28.3M · 19.5M shares | 19.5M | -4.7% |
| 2 | MILFAM LLC | $23.1M · 15.9M shares | 15.9M | +81.5% |
| 3 | Kite Lake Capital Management (UK) LLP | $20.4M · 14.1M shares | 14.1M | +466.4% |
| 4 | VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | $17.6M · 12.1M shares | 12.1M | +4% |
| 5 | JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | $13.5M · 8.9M shares | 8.9M | -14.7% |
| 6 | BW Gestao de Investimentos Ltda. | $12.2M · 8.4M shares | 8.4M | +414.5% |
| 7 | Senator Investment Group LP | $11.6M · 8M shares | 8M | +60% |
| 8 | MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | $11.2M · 7.7M shares | 7.7M | -18.9% |
| 9 | STATE STREET CORP | $10.6M · 7.3M shares | 7.3M | +14.8% |
| 10 | GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | $10M · 6.9M shares | 6.9M | +11.8% |
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Holders of more than 5% of OPTU file with the SEC within days. A 13D holder may seek to influence the company; a 13G holder is passive. Each holder’s latest filing from the last three years.
| Filed | Holder | % of class |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 26, 2026 | SUBIN NEIL S13G · passive · amended | 13.3% |
| Aug 24, 2026 | Kite Lake Capital Management (UK) LLP13G · passive | 6.8% |
| Aug 14, 2026 | Empyrean Capital Partners, LP13G · passive · amended | 8.09% |
| Aug 13, 2026 | DEUTSCHE BANK AG\13G · passive · amended | 6.9% |
| Jun 2, 2026 | Drahi Patrick13G · passive · amended | 99.9% |
| May 14, 2026 | MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC13G · passive · amended | 3.2%under 5% |
| Mar 27, 2026 | VANGUARD GROUP INC13G · passive · amended | 0%under 5% |
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