OPTIMUM COMMUNICATIONS INC CLASS A (OPTU)
Communication Services · Cable & Satellite Telecommunications · NYSE
Optimum Communications provides high-speed broadband, mobile, and video connectivity services across 21 states in the US, currently undergoing a strategic transformation and fiber network expansion.
What OPTIMUM COMMUNICATIONS INC CLASS A does
Optimum Communications, Inc. is a major US provider of broadband, video, telephony, and mobile services. The company operates a hybrid-fiber coaxial (HFC) and fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) network, serving both residential and business customers across 21 states. Additionally, it offers enterprise-grade fiber connectivity and digital advertising services.
Recent developments
The company reported that it does not have sufficient cash or committed financing to cover upcoming 2027 debt maturities, raising substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern. Simultaneously, it continues to execute on margin expansion, increased mobile penetration, and fiber network footprint growth.
From OPTIMUM COMMUNICATIONS INC CLASS A's filing of 2026-08-06.
Themes: broadband connectivity, fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) expansion, mobile convergence, AI-grade network infrastructure, debt refinancing / liquidity stress
Fundamentals
- Price$0.9295 as of 2026-10-09 close
- Market cap$443M as of 2026-05-01 (share count; price 2026-10-09)
- 1-year return-64.0% 2025-10-09 close $2.58 → 2026-10-09 close $0.9295
- P/En/a negative earnings
- Net margin-21.8% FY2025, SEC XBRL
- Debt / equity34.22 as of 2026-09-02
- Revenue growth (YoY)-4.4% as of 2026-09-02
- Revenue CAGR (3y)-3.8% SEC XBRL
- Beta1.24 as of 2026-09-02
- Last reported earnings2026-09-21 SEC EDGAR Form 8-K (Item 2.02)
How OPTU compares in its sector
- net profit marginbottom 25% 127 covered Communication Services peers, as of 2026-09-02
- operating marginmiddle range 123 covered Communication Services peers, as of 2026-09-02
- 3-year revenue CAGRbottom 25% 123 covered Communication Services peers
- free cash flow (absolute dollars, latest fiscal year)bottom 10% 115 covered Communication Services peers, as of FY2025
Position among covered Communication Services companies that report each metric (minimum 5 peers). A relative position within our covered catalog — not a valuation, quality, or investment judgment. A higher percentile is simply a higher value (for P/E, more expensive on earnings — never "better"). Informational only.
Dividend coverage
Not assessed — last reported dividend predates the accounts. The most recent fiscal year in which OPTU reported a dividend payment is FY2018, while its reported financial statements run through FY2025. Coverage is therefore not assessed for the latest year — an FY2018 ratio would not describe OPTU today.
Coverage is derived from reported SEC EDGAR XBRL figures, comparing dividends paid against net income and free cash flow for the SAME fiscal year. It is not shown here because the latest fiscal year with a reported dividend payment (FY2018) is older than the latest year of reported financial statements (FY2025), so any ratio would describe an out-of-date year. Informational only — not financial advice.
How OPTIMUM COMMUNICATIONS INC CLASS A looks technically
OPTIMUM COMMUNICATIONS INC CLASS A (OPTU) is trading 28.4% below its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a long-term downtrend. Its 50-day average crossed below its 200-day average about 330 trading days ago — a "death cross", a bearish long-term signal. There is no clear trend right now — the price is choppy (ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 9, below the 25 that marks a real trend). Momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 44, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30). It made a new 20-day low about 6 trading days ago. It is 66.1% below its highest point of the past year.
Trend
7
| Distance from the 200-day | it is trading 28.4% below its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a long-term downtrend | -28.4% |
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| 50-day moving average | its average price over the last 50 trading days — a short-term trend line — is $0.9485 | $0.9485 |
| 200-day moving average | its average price over the last 200 trading days — the long-term trend line — is $1.30 | $1.30 |
| Swing structure | its recent peaks and dips disagree — one of them is rising while the other is not, so there is no clean up or down pattern in the swings | mixed — one of the two is not confirming |
| Last swing turn | its last significant turn was a swing low 7 calendar days ago — the swings before that are what the structure reading is measured on | 7 sessions |
| Since the 50/200 cross | its 50-day average crossed below its 200-day average about 330 trading days ago — a "death cross", a bearish long-term signal | 330 sessions |
| Trend strength (14-day ADX) | there is no clear trend right now — the price is choppy (ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 9, below the 25 that marks a real trend) | 8.6 |
Momentum
3
| 14-day RSI | momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 44, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30) | 44.0 |
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| Position in its 14-day range | it is trading near the bottom of its 14-day range ($0.9001 to $1.15) — its "stochastic" reading is 12 out of 100, where 0 would mean closing exactly at the 14-session low and 100 exactly at the high. This measures WHERE the price sits inside its recent range, which is a different question from the RSI beside it: RSI is a momentum gauge, measuring how FAST the price has been moving, so a stock can drift quietly to the bottom of its range with an ordinary RSI, or fall sharply and still sit in the middle. It has been slipping within that range over the last few sessions. | 11.8 |
| Since the MACD crossed zero | MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, is in negative territory (momentum leaning bearish) | 11 sessions |
Range
12
| 52-week high | its highest closing price over the past year (about 252 trading days) was $2.74 | $2.74 |
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| From the 52-week high | it is 66.1% below its 52-week high (its highest price of the past year) | -66.1% |
| Above the 52-week low | it is 49.5% above its 52-week low (its lowest price of the past year) | +49.5% |
| Below the 52-week high | it is 66.1% below its highest point of the past year | 66.1% |
| Since a 20-day breakout | it made a new 20-day low about 6 trading days ago | 6 sessions |
| Since a 55-day breakout | it is trading within its recent 55-day range, with no fresh breakout up or down | 0 sessions |
| All-time high | its highest closing price on record is $38.30 (set on 2020-12-30) | $38.30 |
| Given back of the 52-week move | over the past year its closes ranged ($0.6514 to $2.69), and it has recovered only a small part of its fall from last year’s high — 14% of it. Chart-watchers call 61.8%-65% given back the "golden pocket" — for this company that is $1.91 to $1.98. It is watched widely enough that orders cluster there, which is the honest reason it matters; it is not a forecast. | 13.6% |
| From the all-time high | it is 97.6% below its all-time high | -97.6% |
| Nearest price level | it is trading 2.8% above a support level at $0.9034 — a price it turned at three times since 2026-08-04, most recently on 2026-10-02. Since 2024-10-09 it has 2 such levels below the current price and 10 above. Levels like these describe where the price has reversed or paused before; they are not a forecast of where it will go. | -2.8% |
| All-time low | its lowest closing price on record is $0.6216 (set on 2026-05-21) | $0.6216 |
| Above the all-time low | it is 49.5% above its all-time low | +49.5% |
Volatility
5
| Band width vs its own 6 months | day-to-day price swings are narrower than usual versus its own recent 6-month history (tighter than about 85% of it) | 15th percentile |
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| Typical daily range | in a typical session it travels about $0.0823 between its high and its low — about 8.9% of its price. That is its "average true range" over the last 14 sessions, which also counts the distance from the previous close, so a day that opens well away from yesterday counts as the large move it was | $0.0823 |
| Bollinger bands (20-day, ±2σ) | most of its recent trading has stayed between about $0.91 and $1.11 — the "Bollinger bands", a range drawn two standard deviations either side of its 20-day average price, which widens when the stock gets more volatile and narrows when it settles | $0.91 – $1.01 – $1.11 |
| Typical daily range (% of price) | its price moves about 8.9% in a typical session — among the most volatile in the catalog. This is the average gap between a session's high and low over the last 14 sessions, counting overnight moves, expressed against the current price so it can be compared with companies trading at any price | 8.9% |
| Stretch from the 200-day average | it is trading 4.5 daily ranges below its 200-day average price (28.4% below it in plain percentage terms) — a way of asking how far it has stretched from its own average in units of how far it normally moves in a day, so a calm company and a jumpy one can be compared on the same scale | 4.5 daily ranges below its 200-day average |
Volume
1
| Volume vs its 30-day average | trading volume is about normal versus its 30-day average | 0.76× |
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Analyst
2
| Change in the average price target | analysts have cut their average price target by 0.5% since the prior reading | -0.5% |
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| Change in the consensus rating | the analyst consensus rating has improved toward "buy" since the prior reading | 0.04 toward buy |
Candlestick patterns
2
| Since a doji | 9 sessions ago it opened and closed at almost the same price after trading through a wider range — a "doji", the classic picture of buyers and sellers finishing the session level | 9 sessions ago |
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| Since a bullish engulfing | 2 sessions ago it opened below the previous session's close and finished above that session's open — a "bullish engulfing" pair, where one up day more than undid the down day before it | 2 sessions ago |
Price gaps
2
| Gap at the open | it opened on 2026-10-09 1.8% below the previous session's close — an overnight gap, the part of the move that happened while the market was shut, and had not traded back through that level by the close | -1.8% |
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| Gap filled | a 4.0% gap down opened on 2026-10-08 has been "filled" 1 session ago — price traded back through the level the gap left behind, and it closed again during the very session that opened it | 1 session ago |
Price streaks
1
| Closing streak | it has closed lower 2 sessions in a row, a -7.05% move over the run — an unbroken run of down days, which describes what has already happened and says nothing about the next session | 2 sessions down |
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Relative strength
4
| vs market, 1 month | over the past 1 month this stock lagged the market by 5.8 percentage points (the stock lost 3.6% while the market gained 2.1%) | -5.8% |
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| vs market, 3 months | over the past 3 months this stock lagged the market by 28.0 percentage points (the stock lost 24.4% while the market gained 3.6%) | -28.0% |
| vs market, 6 months | over the past 6 months this stock lagged the market by 44.6 percentage points (the stock lost 30.1% while the market gained 14.5%) | -44.6% |
| vs market, 12 months | over the past 12 months this stock lagged the market by 80.0 percentage points (the stock lost 64.0% while the market gained 16.0%) | -80.0% |
Signal agreement
2
| Bullish technical signals | 1 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it is currently in a bullish state: near the bottom of its 14-day range (oversold) — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 1 of 9 |
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| Bearish technical signals | 5 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bearish state: a "death cross" — its 50-day average is below its 200-day, trading below its 200-day average, MACD momentum is negative, lagging the market over 6 months, trading below the Ichimoku cloud — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 5 of 9 |
Trend (Ichimoku cloud)
1
| Vs the Ichimoku cloud | trading 1.0% below the Ichimoku cloud — a band drawn from where its own highs and lows sat up to 2026-09-02 and projected forward over today's price, the side traders read as an established downtrend, with the band above acting as the level that would have to be cleared. The band itself is thick, spanning 33.5% of the share price, which is taken to mean a barrier that has held for a while and takes effort to cross. | -1.0% |
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Volume-weighted price
2
| Vs this year’s average price paid | the price is 26% below the average price paid so far this year, so the typical buyer over that stretch is under water. That average is $1.26 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 184 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | -26.2% |
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| Vs the average paid since it last reported | the price is 3% below the average price paid since it last reported on 2026-08-06 (its 10-Q), so the typical buyer over that stretch is under water. That average is $0.9626 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 46 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | -3.4% |
Price levels it has turned at before
OPTU last closed at $0.9295 on 2026-10-09. Since 2024-10-09 it has turned at 2 prices below its last close and 10 above; the 2 nearest below and the 3 nearest above are listed, nearest first.
| Level | Side | Distance | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| $0.9034 | Support | 2.8% below the last close | turned there three times · 2026-08-04 to 2026-10-02 |
| $0.72 | Support | 22.5% below the last close | turned there twice · 2026-07-31 to 2026-08-10 |
| $1.58 | Resistance | 70.5% above the last close | turned there twice · 2025-12-18 to 2026-03-04 |
| $1.96 | Resistance | 111.3% above the last close | turned there twice · 2025-06-18 to 2025-12-12 |
| $2.02 | Resistance | 117.3% above the last close | turned there three times · 2025-04-09 to 2026-01-12 |
A level is a price this company reversed or paused at more than once — they describe past behaviour, not a forecast of where the price will go.
Wave structure
No Elliott-wave labelling currently fits its swings: the recent highs and lows do not satisfy the three rules a five-wave count has to obey, so there is no count to show rather than a count we are unsure about.
Read from daily closes as of 2026-10-09.
An Elliott-wave count describes the swings already printed and the level that would disprove it. It is not a forecast, a target, or advice.
Screens: Trading below the 200-day moving average · Pulled back from the 12-month high · trendless / choppy (low ADX) · lagging the market · Most volatile (6%+ typical daily range) · At the bottom of its 14-day range (stochastic below 20) | Learn: moving average · golden cross · adx · rsi · breakout · fifty two week high low
Based on daily closing prices as of 2026-10-09. Describes past price behavior only — informational, not financial advice.
Analyst consensus
- Consensus ratingHold (3.46 mean, 1=Strong Buy…5=Strong Sell) — 10 analysts
- Mean price target$1.05 range $0.5 – $2.00; median $0.95
Analyst estimates, as of 2026-10-04. These are third-party analyst opinions and price targets, aggregated — not a recommendation, prediction, or advice from stocks-llm. Informational only.
Key risks (from latest filing)
["Substantial indebtedness and debt service obligations raising substantial doubt about the company's ability to continue as a going concern.","Highly competitive market for broadband and video services, including from fiber-based and wireless competitors.","Increasing programming and retransmission costs."]
What changed in the latest 10-Q
AI-assisted comparison of OPTU's 10-Q filed 2026-05-07 against the prior one filed 2025-11-06.
Management's Discussion & Analysis (MD&A)
The two filings could not be meaningfully compared for this section.
AI-assisted comparison of two SEC filing sections. It describes wording and theme changes only, makes no materiality, legal, or investment judgement, and is not financial advice. Informational only — not financial advice.
Insider activity (SEC Form 4)
16 open-market purchases and 1 open-market sale by insiders in the last 90 days, of which we have read Form 4 filings through 2026-10-05. The 5 days since 2026-10-05 have not been checked yet.
- Last 90 days · read to 2026-10-0516 buys ($5M) · 1 sell ($14800) — 2 buying, 1 selling insiders
- Last 180 days · read to 2026-10-0516 buys ($5M) · 4 sells ($86600) — 2 buying, 1 selling insiders
Activity heuristic: net buying (a transparent product heuristic from the counts above, not a prediction or advice)
Most recent open-market transaction: 2026-08-25. Based on Form 4 filings read through 2026-10-05; anything filed since is not yet included.
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Only open-market purchases (SEC code P) and sales (code S) are counted here. Option exercises, vesting/awards, gifts, and shares withheld for taxes are excluded — they are compensation or mechanical, not open-market conviction. Sales may be planned and non-discretionary (e.g. a Rule 10b5-1 plan) and are not necessarily bearish; open-market buying is not a recommendation to buy. Informational only — not financial advice.
Institutional ownership (13F)
5 institutional 13F filers reported holding OPTU as of 2026-06-30 (quarter-end position, filed within 45 days).
- Distinct 13F filers 5
- Reported shares held 38,684,784
- Reported value $56,092,938
reported quarterly holdings change (2026-03-31 → 2026-06-30): 0 new, 4 increased, 1 decreased, 0 exited. Change counts cover only managers that filed 13F reports in BOTH quarters, derived between two quarter-end snapshots — not same-day trades; a single manager is never said to have "bought" or "sold".
Institutional holdings are quarter-end long positions reported on SEC Form 13F-HR, filed up to 45 days after the quarter ends — they are delayed, are not real-time trades, exclude short positions and most non-US securities, and are not investment advice. Any increase/decrease is a reported change between two quarterly snapshots, not a same-day purchase or sale. These are quarter-end snapshots from the 13F filings on SEC EDGAR, filed within 45 days — not real-time, and any change is a difference between two quarterly reports, not a same-day trade. Informational only — not financial advice.
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Short interest (FINRA)
OPTU had 27,024,177 shares of reported short interest as of the 2026-09-15 FINRA settlement date (delayed, bi-monthly; not real-time).
OPTU had 5.67% of its shares outstanding sold short as of the 2026-09-15 FINRA settlement date (percent of FLOAT would be higher — float is not disclosed in the source). FINRA reported 16.58 days to cover at the same settlement.
- Reported short interest (shares) 27,024,177
- Short interest (% of shares outstanding) 5.67%
- Prior settlement (shares) 28,253,573
- Reported change -4.35%
- Days to cover (reported) 16.58
Reported to FINRA as of the 2026-09-15 settlement date. Short interest is reported to FINRA and published on a delayed, bi-monthly schedule (as of a settlement date, disseminated roughly eight business days later) — it is NOT real-time, does not cover every venue or all US trading, and is not a short-squeeze prediction or investment advice. Days-to-cover is the value FINRA reports; percent of float is not shown because the source file carries no share-count denominator — where a percent appears it is of shares OUTSTANDING, the larger base, and is therefore a floor on percent of float. Informational only — not financial advice.
Competitors & peers
- Comcast (CMCSA)
- Charter Communications (CHTR)
- Verizon (VZ)
- AT&T (T)
- T-Mobile (TMUS)
- Frontier Communications
- Lumen Technologies (LUMN)
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Frequently asked questions
What does OPTIMUM COMMUNICATIONS INC CLASS A (OPTU) do?
Optimum Communications, Inc. is a major US provider of broadband, video, telephony, and mobile services. The company operates a hybrid-fiber coaxial (HFC) and fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) network, serving both residential and business customers across 21 states. Additionally, it offers enterprise-grade fiber connectivity and digital advertising services.
What sector is OPTIMUM COMMUNICATIONS INC CLASS A (OPTU) in?
OPTIMUM COMMUNICATIONS INC CLASS A (OPTU) is classified in the Communication Services sector. Its industry is Cable & Satellite Telecommunications. It trades on NYSE.
Who are OPTIMUM COMMUNICATIONS INC CLASS A's (OPTU) competitors?
Notable peers of OPTIMUM COMMUNICATIONS INC CLASS A (OPTU) include Comcast, Charter Communications, Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile. This peer set is informational only — not financial advice.
Is OPTIMUM COMMUNICATIONS INC CLASS A (OPTU) overbought or oversold right now?
OPTIMUM COMMUNICATIONS INC CLASS A (OPTU) is currently neither overbought nor oversold — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 44, in the neutral middle (as of 2026-10-09). RSI describes recent price momentum, not a forecast — informational only, not financial advice.
Where does stocks-llm's data on OPTU come from?
Fundamentals come from SEC XBRL company filings for the figures marked with a fiscal year, and market data, as of 2026-09-02 for the rest; prices are market data, as of 2026-09-02; company filings and profile facts come from SEC EDGAR. All figures are delayed daily-close data shown with their as-of date — informational only, not financial advice.
Fundamentals: SEC XBRL company filings for the figures marked with a fiscal year, and market data, as of 2026-09-02 for the rest. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-10-09.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & market data, shown with their as-of date.