NASDAQ$CHTR

Charter Communications Inc · Q1 2024 earnings

Q1 2024 earnings · · Investor relations

Briefing

Charter's financial performance remained relatively stable year-over-year, with revenue growth driven by mobile and internet services, offset by declines in video. Customer relationships experienced a slight decrease, while strategic investments in network evolution and expansion continued.

Charter Communications reported a slight increase in revenue, driven by growth in residential mobile and internet services. The company's net income attributable to shareholders increased, and Adjusted EBITDA also saw growth. However, free cash flow decreased due to higher capital expenditures related to network evolution and expansion.

  • Total residential and SMB Internet customers decreased by 72,000.
  • Total residential and SMB mobile lines increased by 486,000.
  • First quarter revenue grew slightly by 0.2% year-over-year to $13.7 billion.
  • Net income attributable to Charter shareholders totaled $1.1 billion.

Headline financials

Total Revenue

$13.7B

Previous: $13.7B+0.2%
EPS

$7.55

Previous: $6.65+13.5%
Residential Customer Relationships

29.8M

Previous: 30.0M-0.7%
Small Business Customer Relationships

2.2M

Previous: 2.2M+0.2%
Residential Internet Customers

28.5M

Previous: 28.5M-0.0%
Small Business Internet Customers

2.0M

Previous: 2.0M+0.7%
Residential Video Customers

13.1M

Previous: 14.3M-8.1%
Small Business Video Customers

606.0K

Previous: 646.0K-6.2%
Residential Voice Customers

6.4M

Previous: 7.5M-13.8%
Small Business Voice Customers

1.3M

Previous: 1.3M-0.2%
Residential Mobile Lines

8.0M

Previous: 5.8M+38.2%
Monthly Residential Revenue per Customer

$120.48

Previous: $120.56-0.1%
Monthly Small Business Revenue per Customer

$163.44

Previous: $164.58-0.7%
Capital Expenditures

-$2.79B

Previous: -$2.46B-13.3%
Free Cash Flow

-$1.69B

Previous: -$1.44B-16.8%
Net Income

$1.11B

Previous: $1.02B+8.3%
Operating Income

$3.13B

Previous: $2.93B+7.0%
Gross Profit

$13.7B

Previous: $13.7B+0.2%
Cash & Equivalents

$661M

Previous: $534M+23.8%
Total Assets

$148B

Previous: $145B+2.2%
Stock-Based Comp

$214M

Previous: $208M+2.9%

Revenue & EPS history

Charter · Revenue · Quarterly

$13.7B

Q1 2024+0.2%vs Q1 2023
Beat estimate in 9 of 15 quarters(60%)
ActualEstimate

Revenue by segment

Charter · $13.6B total across 8 segments · Q3 2023

  • Internet
    $5.78B+3.7%
  • Video
    $4B-8.6%
  • Small business
    $1.09B+0.3%
  • Mid-market & large business
    $698M+3.7%
  • Other
    $677M+203.6%
  • Mobile service
    $581M-22.5%
  • Advertising sales
    $384M-20.2%
  • Voice
    $379M-3.1%

Forward guidance

Charter expects full year 2024 capital expenditures to total between $12.2 billion and $12.4 billion, including line extensions capital expenditures of approximately $4.5 billion and network evolution spend of approximately $1.6 billion.

Tailwinds

  • Continued network expansion across residential and commercial greenfield and market fill-in opportunities.
  • Focus on upgrade/rebuild (primarily network evolution).
  • Deployment of Xumo Stream Boxes to video customers.
  • Launch of new value-oriented Internet-delivered streaming TV packages.
  • Availability of Spectrum Mobile to new and existing Spectrum Internet customers.

Headwinds

  • Pace of Charter's network evolution and expansion initiatives.
  • Supply chain timing.
  • Growth rates in Charter's residential and commercial businesses.
  • Competition from other market participants.
  • General business conditions, unemployment levels and the level of activity in the housing sector and economic uncertainty or downturn.

Historical earnings impact

How earnings announcements have historically affected this stock's price.

Avg. return before/after earnings

Based on 20 quarterly earnings reports · overlaid with Q1 2024

Historical avgQ1 2024

+1.3%

Avg return

Earnings day

+2.2%

Avg return

5 days after

+2.4%

Avg return

30 days after

58%

38 / 65 earnings

Positive

+19.7%

Q2 2024

Best reaction

-20.6%

Q4 2023

Worst reaction

Earnings price reactions
QuarterReport dateReaction (Day 0)+5 days+30 days
Q1 2026-0.8%-34.4%-40.0%
Q4 2025+9.1%+17.1%+22.5%
Q3 2025-3.8%-2.5%-13.3%
Q2 2025-2.2%-0.7%-2.1%
Q1 2025+11.4%+16.9%+21.2%
Q4 2024+2.6%+2.5%+8.0%
Q3 2024+14.7%+24.5%+21.2%
Q2 2024+19.7%+20.5%+10.6%
Q1 2024+0.3%+0.2%+4.8%
Q4 2023-20.6%-25.8%-23.3%
Q3 2023-5.3%-1.3%-1.4%
Q2 2023+1.0%+4.5%+3.9%
Q1 2023+6.9%+4.1%-3.6%
Q4 2022-4.7%-2.9%-8.7%
Q3 2022+3.5%-2.3%+9.8%
Q2 2022-2.1%+3.8%-2.3%
Q1 2022-6.3%-2.8%+10.5%
Q4 2021+5.8%+7.0%+7.2%
Q3 2021-4.9%-1.9%-4.7%
Q2 2021+5.1%+7.9%+13.1%
Q1 2021+1.1%+0.6%+3.7%
Q4 2020-8.5%-6.9%-6.3%
Q3 2020+2.2%+10.2%+11.6%
Q2 2020+4.7%+6.2%+9.3%
Q1 2020+4.1%+1.8%+9.8%
Q4 2019+7.9%+5.9%+0.0%
Q3 2019+7.4%+7.7%+7.7%
Q2 2019-2.9%-5.0%-4.9%
Q1 2019+0.0%+1.8%+2.2%
Q4 2018+17.6%+17.5%+19.5%
Q3 2018-4.4%+1.8%-1.7%
Q2 2018+2.6%+3.3%+5.2%
Q1 2018-9.0%-7.8%-9.4%
Q4 2017+0.4%-2.1%-10.4%
Q3 2017-7.3%-3.1%-4.6%
Q2 2017+6.2%+11.1%+11.5%
Q1 2017-5.7%-2.7%+0.7%
Q4 2016+0.4%-0.0%+0.2%
Q3 2016-1.1%+3.7%+5.4%
Q2 2016+7.3%+9.2%+13.4%
Q1 2016+2.8%
Q4 2015-4.5%
Q3 2015+3.7%
Q2 2015+0.7%
Q1 2015+0.2%
Q4 2014+6.3%
Q3 2014+4.7%
Q2 2014-5.9%
Q1 2014+5.5%
Q4 2013-6.3%
Q3 2013-5.0%
Q2 2013-0.4%
Q1 2013+4.8%
Q4 2012+8.1%
Q3 2012-4.8%
Q2 2012-2.0%
Q1 2012+8.6%
Q4 2011+0.2%
Q3 2011+4.9%
Q2 2011-3.6%
Q1 2010-1.8%
Q1 2011-1.8%
Q4 2010+6.7%
Q3 2010+10.0%
Q2 2010+0.0%

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