Risk Intelligence
66 / 100
Fundamentally Qualified
How strong and defensively sound is the company?
Around the middle of the covered universe.
CHTR · NASDAQ
Sector unavailable · Industry unavailable
$145.77
+3.71%
Close on Sep 11, 2026
Updated 6/30/2026
Long-term research evidence only. No price targets, no trading signals, no recommendations.
Investment Report Card
Sector unavailable · Data confidence good
29 / 100
Rank #606 of 1,152 qualified companies
Top 88% · Not Currently Suggested
66 / 100
Fundamentally Qualified
How strong and defensively sound is the company?
Around the middle of the covered universe.
47 / 100
Weak Compounder
Does the business have the characteristics needed to create value over many years?
Weaker than most covered companies on this measure.
33 / 100
Accelerating
Is the underlying business getting stronger or weaker?
Weaker than most covered companies on this measure.
23 / 100
Positive disclosed activity
What are important owners actually doing?
Weaker than most covered companies on this measure.
77 / 100
Very Attractive
Is today's price reasonable?
Above average on this measure — and valuation is researched separately from the Suggested Investment Score.
80 / 100
Strong Capital Returns
How effectively does the company reward shareholders?
Above average on this measure — and capital returns are researched separately from the Suggested Investment Score.
No weakening evidence is recorded in today's readings.
CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS INC scores 47 on Long-Term Potential (D), described by the research model as weak compounder. This describes business characteristics only — it is not a forecast of future returns.
Disclosed ownership evidence reads 23 (F): Positive disclosed activity. 1 tracked managers disclosed a position in the latest reporting period. Ownership filings are historical disclosures, not signals.
CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS INC reads 77 out of 100 on Valuation Intelligence, recorded as Very Attractive. The stock currently trades below most of its own recent valuation history and below comparable companies. This describes the price being paid relative to the company's financials — it is not a forecast and not a fair value. Valuation Intelligence is a research model and contributes nothing to the Suggested Investment Score or the daily ranking.
CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS INC reads 80 out of 100 on Capital Returns Intelligence (Strong Capital Returns), reflecting a share count falling about 9.4% a year. Direct capital returns are limited because the company continues reinvesting most of its cash. Capital Returns Intelligence is a research model and contributes nothing to the Suggested Investment Score or the daily ranking.
No meaningful recorded changes in the stored history.
Risk Intelligence is a core model, Long-Term Potential, Fundamental Momentum, Valuation Intelligence and Capital Returns Intelligence are research models, and Ownership Intelligence is supplemental descriptive evidence. Valuation Intelligence and Capital Returns Intelligence each contribute 0% to the Suggested Investment Score. Nothing here is a recommendation.
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CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS INC (CHTR) scores 29 out of 100 and ranks #606 of 1,152 qualified companies today. That places it in the top 88% of ranked companies. The stored tier for that score is not currently suggested.
Risk Intelligence reads 66 out of 100 (C+), recorded as fundamentally qualified. Around the middle of the covered universe.
Long-Term Potential reads 47 out of 100 (D), recorded as weak compounder. Weaker than most covered companies on this measure.
Fundamental Momentum reads 33 out of 100 (F), recorded as accelerating. Weaker than most covered companies on this measure.
Ownership Intelligence reads 23 out of 100 (F), recorded as positive disclosed activity. Weaker than most covered companies on this measure.
Valuation currently appears favourable: Valuation Intelligence reads 77 out of 100 (B), recorded as Very Attractive. CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS INC reads 77 out of 100 on Valuation Intelligence, recorded as Very Attractive. The stock currently trades below most of its own recent valuation history and below comparable companies. This describes the price being paid relative to the company's financials — it is not a forecast and not a fair value. Valuation Intelligence is a research model and contributes nothing to the Suggested Investment Score or the daily ranking.
Capital Returns Intelligence reads 80 out of 100 (B), recorded as Strong Capital Returns. CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS INC reads 80 out of 100 on Capital Returns Intelligence (Strong Capital Returns), reflecting a share count falling about 9.4% a year. Direct capital returns are limited because the company continues reinvesting most of its cash. Capital Returns Intelligence is a research model and contributes nothing to the Suggested Investment Score or the daily ranking.
No weakening factors are recorded in today's stored readings, and data confidence is good. Absence of a recorded weakness is not evidence of safety.
No individual layer reaches the strongest band today. Long-Term Potential and Fundamental Momentum and Ownership Intelligence remain the main area to watch. Separately from the score, valuation reads very attractive at today's price.
Composite discovery model
Suggested Investment Score
29 / 100
A 0–100 composite discovery score combining Risk Intelligence, Long-Term Potential, Fundamental Momentum, and Ownership Intelligence. It helps rank qualified companies for further research and does not predict future returns.
30% contribution
30% contribution
20% contribution
20% contribution
23 / 100 · Weak · 20% of the Suggested Investment Score
Coverage: Good
50% of Ownership Intelligence · 10% of the total score
Tracked professional-manager activity is weak.
20% of Ownership Intelligence · 4% of the total score
Broad institutional evidence from resolved filings is strong.
15% of Ownership Intelligence · 3% of the total score
No discretionary insider transactions are stored for this company, so this evidence is unavailable rather than neutral.
15% of Ownership Intelligence · 3% of the total score
No qualifying major-holder filings are stored, so this evidence is unavailable rather than neutral.
Ownership Intelligence summarizes publicly disclosed activity among professional investment managers, broader institutions, company insiders, and significant strategic owners. It adds context to investment research but is not a validated predictor of future performance. Ownership information is publicly reported with a delay; the latest applicable reporting period is 2026-06-30, publicly disclosed 9/11/2026. Congressional activity is unavailable pending legal review and contributes nothing to this reading.
No component ranks in the top quartile of the qualified universe.
Long-term potential is mid-pack
Long-Term Potential ranks below the qualified median. This remains a research model.
Fundamental Momentum is softer
Reported business trends rank below the qualified median.
Ownership evidence is not uniformly supportive
Disclosed elite investor activity evidence is weak or neutral. Ownership evidence is supplemental and never automatically positive.
Ownership evidence disagrees
Different owner groups point in different directions, so the combined reading is best read as mixed rather than uniformly favourable.
Price Risk is less favourable
Price Risk sits in the higher category relative to other qualified companies.
COMPOSITE DISCOVERY MODEL — RESEARCH STAGE · Data coverage Excellent. Rankings are recalculated daily using the latest available information. Individual components may update at different frequencies based on when new financial and ownership data becomes available.
Researched separately
Valuation Intelligence 77 · Very Attractive
Valuation Intelligence is currently researched separately and does not affect the Suggested Investment Score or daily ranking.
Researched separately
Capital Returns Intelligence 80 · Strong Capital Returns
Capital Returns Intelligence is researched separately and contributes 0% to the Suggested Investment Score, the daily rank or any ranking event.
Score explanation
Four research areas carry fixed weights. Each area is compared against every other eligible company, then weighted. The four contributions below add to 29.4 of the stored score (29.4).
Risk Intelligence
30% of the score · contributes 16.1 points
How strong and defensively sound is the company?
Stands at the 54 percentile of eligible companies · stored reading 66 · 55% of this company’s total score
How financially sturdy the company has been when conditions turned against it.
Risk Intelligence reads stored balance-sheet strength, historical downside behaviour and the company's price-risk grouping. A stronger reading describes past resilience; it does not protect against future losses.
Full methodologyLong-Term Potential
30% of the score · contributes 9.8 points
Does the business have the characteristics needed to create value over many years?
Stands at the 33 percentile of eligible companies · stored reading 47 · 33% of this company’s total score
Whether the business has the durable characteristics long-term owners look for.
Long-Term Potential reads durability characteristics such as profitability consistency, cash generation and reinvestment capability over multiple reported periods.
Full methodologyFundamental Momentum
20% of the score · contributes 3.4 points
Is the underlying business getting stronger or weaker?
Stands at the 17 percentile of eligible companies · stored reading 33 · 12% of this company’s total score
Whether the reported business results have been getting stronger or weaker.
Fundamental Momentum compares recent reported fundamentals with the company's own earlier periods, so improvement or deterioration is measured against its history rather than against a forecast.
Full methodologyOwnership Intelligence
20% of the score · contributes 0.1 points
What are important owners actually doing?
Stands at the 0 percentile of eligible companies · stored reading 23 · 0% of this company’s total score
What large reporting owners have actually been doing with their positions.
Ownership Intelligence reads public ownership filings: how many tracked reporting owners hold the company, and whether they were adding, holding, reducing or exiting in the latest disclosed period.
Full methodologyNo research area currently stands in the stronger half of eligible companies.
Additional research — not currently included in the primary Suggested Investment Score.
Stored snapshots only
Research-score history available since September 2026.
Stored research history does not yet cover a full 30 days comparison for this company.
A change is reported as meaningful at 8 score points, 5 rank places, or any change of research classification. Nothing here is a recommendation to buy or sell.
Plain-English definitions, with the formula and the limitations of each measure.
Fifth research lens · outside the score
Valuation Intelligence
Valuation Intelligence is currently researched separately and does not affect the Suggested Investment Score or daily ranking.
Very Attractive
97
Very Attractive
Is this company expensive or inexpensive compared with its own history?
84
Very Attractive
How expensive is this stock compared with similar companies?
100
Very Attractive
How much financial output does an investor receive relative to the price paid?
10
Expensive
Does the company's growth help justify the valuation investors are paying?
CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS INC reads 77 out of 100 on Valuation Intelligence, recorded as Very Attractive. The stock currently trades below most of its own recent valuation history and below comparable companies. This describes the price being paid relative to the company's financials — it is not a forecast and not a fair value.
Price data through September 11, 2026 · Financial data through the quarter ended June 30, 2026
Stored readings only. The dashed line is this company's own median for the selected measure.
Only one stored valuation reading exists so far, so there is nothing to chart yet. Valuation history builds forward from activation rather than being reconstructed.
Current P/E 3.5x · own median 12.8x · peer median 20.0x
Valuation is inherently uncertain. A stock that appears inexpensive can continue falling, and a stock that appears expensive can continue rising. Valuation Intelligence provides context about the price investors are paying — it does not predict short-term market movements, and it never produces a fair value, a price target or a buy or sell range. Model VALUATION_INTELLIGENCE_V1.
Sixth research lens · outside the score
Capital Returns Intelligence
Capital Returns Intelligence is researched separately and contributes 0% to the Suggested Investment Score, the daily rank or any ranking event.
Strong Capital Returns
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Not Applicable — No Dividend
Dividend reliability
This company currently retains rather than distributes cash through dividends. Capital Returns Intelligence therefore places more emphasis on its other measurable shareholder-return behaviors according to the frozen V1 methodology.
97
Exceptional Capital Returns
Do buybacks actually reduce shares?
97
Exceptional Capital Returns
Is your ownership share protected?
32
Limited Capital Returns
Can the cash flow support it?
96
Exceptional Capital Returns
Cash returned versus company value
CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS INC reads 80 out of 100 on Capital Returns Intelligence (Strong Capital Returns), reflecting a share count falling about 9.4% a year. Direct capital returns are limited because the company continues reinvesting most of its cash.
This company currently retains rather than distributes cash through dividends. Capital Returns Intelligence therefore places more emphasis on its other measurable shareholder-return behaviors according to the frozen V1 methodology.
How returned cash was used
Dividends $0.00 · net repurchases $4.74B · total returned $4.74B · 100% of free cash flow
Price data through September 11, 2026 · Financial data through the quarter ended June 30, 2026
Stored readings only. History builds forward from activation rather than being reconstructed.
Only one stored reading exists for this measure so far, so there is nothing to chart yet.
A very high dividend yield may reflect a falling share price or an unsustainable payout. Capital Returns Intelligence emphasizes consistency and sustainability rather than simply rewarding the highest yield.
Announced or gross buyback spending does not always mean shareholders are gaining ownership. Companies can simultaneously issue shares through employee compensation or acquisitions. Suggested Investments therefore considers actual share-count changes alongside repurchase spending.
Capital Returns Intelligence describes how a company returns capital to shareholders. It is not a measure of stock-price performance, it does not predict future returns, and a strong reading is never a recommendation to buy. Dividends and repurchases can be reduced or stopped at any time. Model CAPITAL_RETURNS_INTELLIGENCE_V1, contributing 0% to the Suggested Investment Score.
Stored daily snapshots only
| Today | #606 | Score 29 |
|---|---|---|
| 30 days ago | Not ranked | No stored score |
| 90 days ago | Not ranked | No stored score |
| First suggested | Not yet suggested | |
| Highest rank | #606 | |
In the company’s own words
We are a leading broadband connectivity company with services available to 58 million homes and small to large businesses across 41 states through our Spectrum brand. Founded in 1993, we have evolved from providing cable TV to streaming, and from high-speed Internet to a converged broadband, WiFi and mobile experience. Over the Spectrum Fiber Broadband Network and supported by our 100% U.S.-based employees, we offer Seamless Connectivity and Entertainment with Spectrum Internet , Mobile, TV and Voice products.
Our strategy is focused on utilizing our fiber-powered network to deliver high-quality, competitively priced products, with outstanding service, allowing us to increase both the number of customers we serve over our network and the number of products we sell to each customer. This combination also reduces the number of service transactions we perform per relationship, yielding higher customer satisfaction and lower customer churn, which results in lower costs to acquire and serve customers and drives greater profitability.
We offer Spectrum Internet products with speeds up to 1 gigabits per second ("Gbps") across our entire footprint and multi-gigabit speeds in a portion of our footprint. We continue to upgrade our connectivity network, and we will offer symmetrical and multi-gigabit Internet speeds across our entire footprint in the next several years. Advanced WiFi, a managed WiFi service that provides customers an optimized home network while providing greater control of connected devices with enhanced security and privacy, is available to all of our Internet customers. Spectrum Mobile is available to all new and existing Spectrum Internet customers and offers plans that include 5G access, do not require contracts and include taxes and fees in the price. We continue to innovate our video product and have transformed all of our affiliation agreements with major programmers. These new agreements give us greater overall packaging flexibility and the ability to include the ad-supported versions of key programmer streaming applications, at no extra cost, within our video packages, along with the ability to upgrade to ad-free versions and to sell those applications to customers a la carte for a seamless entertainment experience. Together with our Xumo Stream Boxes ("Xumo"), our goal is to deliver utility and value for our customers, irrespective of how they want to view content, and better and more stable economics for our programming partners and us.
Our fully deployed fiber-powered network offers ubiquitous and seamless connectivity products. It removes barriers and creates opportunities for customers, in every aspect of their lives. Our brand platform, Life Unlimited , emphasizes the power of our advanced network and cutting-edge connectivity products and services, and our simplified pricing strategy better utilizes our seamless connectivity and entertainment products to offer lower promotional and persistent bundled pricing to drive growth. Additionally, our customer commitments focus on reliable connectivity, transparency, exceptional service and always improving. Through reliable connectivity, we are committed to keeping our customers connected 100% of the time and promptly resolving issues. Transparency at every step means we provide clear and simple pricing and timely service updates, and we take responsibility when things go wrong. Through exceptional service, we provide exceptional customer experiences. And finally, always improving means we act on our customers' feedback to improve our products and customer service.
Quoted from the business section of this company’s 10-K filed January 30, 2026. Read the filing
Four distinct intelligence areas
66
Fundamentally Qualified
+13 vs Jun 30, 2026
Business Quality qualification score from the locked IA Defensive Research Core. Price Risk stays a separate category and is never blended in.
As of Sep 11, 2026
48
Ordinary Compounder
+15.7 vs Jun 30, 2026
Durable business economics and reinvestment characteristics. Independent external validation is pending.
As of Sep 11, 2026
33
Deteriorating
-38.6 vs Jun 30, 2026
Direction and breadth of change in underlying business fundamentals. Not a price-momentum signal.
As of Sep 11, 2026
0
Bottom range
-50 vs Sep 30, 2025
Too few tracked managers disclosed a position to describe consensus.
As of Dec 31, 2025
Company intelligence
Each area is measured and reported separately. No combined score exists.
CHTR intelligence history from 2023-09-30 to 2026-09-11. Risk Intelligence 65.6 on 2026-09-11, up 13 from 52.6 on 2026-06-30. Long-Term Potential 47.5 on 2026-09-11, up 15.7 from 31.8 on 2026-06-30. Fundamental Momentum 32.7 on 2026-09-11, down 38.6 from 71.3 on 2026-06-30. Elite Investor Activity 0 on 2025-12-31, down 50 from 50 on 2025-09-30. Each area is reported separately and is never combined into a single score.
Risk Intelligence 65.6 as of Sep 11, 2026 (+13 vs prior period) · Production core
Long-Term Potential 47.5 as of Sep 11, 2026 (+15.7 vs prior period) · Research model
Fundamental Momentum 32.7 as of Sep 11, 2026 (-38.6 vs prior period) · Research model
Elite Investor Activity 0 as of Dec 31, 2025 (-50 vs prior period) · Supplemental
Share price
Closing prices adjusted for splits and dividends, through Sep 11, 2026. Past prices do not indicate future results.
Last stored close $145.77 · -44.8% over the selected range · 52 sessions shown
Balanced evidence
Risk and uncertainty
Public filings · descriptive only
Reporting holders
1
New holders
1
Increasing
0
Reducing
0
Exiting
0
Coverage
Excellent
Positive disclosed activity · Report period 2016-12-31 · Public 12/22/2023
| Manager | Change | Portfolio weight | Rank | Disclosed |
|---|
Insufficient high-confidence manager coverage.
Objective stored changes
Price Risk category changed
Price Risk moved from Not Available to Higher risk.
IA Compounder strengthened
IA Compounder research score moved from 31.8 to 35.7.
Fundamental Momentum softened
Fundamental Momentum research score moved from 71.3 to 24.1.
IA Compounder softened
IA Compounder research score moved from 36.0 to 31.8.
Fundamental Momentum improved
Fundamental Momentum research score moved from 36.6 to 71.3.
Elite Investor Consensus weakened
Disclosed agreement among tracked managers moved from 50 to 0 for the reporting period ending 2025-12-31.
Elite Investor Consensus weakened
Disclosed agreement among tracked managers moved from 83 to 50 for the reporting period ending 2025-09-30.
No high-confidence public ownership events are available.
General research only. Not personalized advice. Public filings may be delayed, amended, incomplete, or reflect positions that have changed since the reporting date.