Optimum Communications (OPTU) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Optimum Communications, Inc., formerly known as Altice USA, is a telecommunications company that provides broadband, video, voice and mobile services to residential and business customers. Its offerings include high-speed internet over cable and fiber networks, television packages, phone service and wireless plans marketed under the Optimum brand.

The company also operates News 12, a group of regional news networks, and provides advertising services. Its network and customer base span communities in multiple U.S. states, with a strong presence in the Northeast and additional markets elsewhere.

Optimum’s history includes Altice’s acquisitions of Suddenlink Communications and Cablevision Systems, completed in 2015 and 2016, respectively. The company later adopted the Optimum Communications name.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $0.62 to $0.64
• 50-Day Range: $0.58 to $1.14
• 52-Week Range: $0.48 to $2.14
• Volume: 60,079 shs
• Average Volume: 5.02 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $171.69 million
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $0.92
• Consensus Rating: Reduce

Optimum Communications Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Optimum Communications scored higher than 44% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 142nd out of 230 stocks in the communication services sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.2 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Reduce

Consensus Rating

Optimum Communications has received a consensus rating of Reduce. The company's average rating score is 1.56, and is based on no strong buy ratings, no buy ratings, 5 hold ratings, and 4 sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Optimum Communications has a consensus price target of $0.92, representing about 43.0% upside from its current price of $0.64.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Optimum Communications has only been the subject of 2 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: Decreasing

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Optimum Communications are expected to decrease in the coming year, from ($0.83) to ($1.00) per share.

Short Interest

• Score: 1.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

20.29% of the float of Optimum Communications has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Optimum Communications has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 6.12.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Optimum Communications has recently increased by 6.07%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

Dividend Yield

Optimum Communications does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

Optimum Communications does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.0 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.20

News Sentiment

Optimum Communications has a news sentiment score of 0.20. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.52 average news sentiment score of Communication Services companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 4 news articles for Optimum Communications this week, compared to 4 articles on an average week.

MarketBeat Follows

2 people have added Optimum Communications to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 4.2 / 5
• Insider Trading: Acquiring Shares

Net Insider Buying

Over the last three months, insiders have purchased a net $2,889,854.00 in company stock, which represents 1.6535% of the company's market cap.

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Optimum Communications insiders have bought more of their company's stock than they have sold. Specifically, they have bought $2,889,854.00 in company stock and sold $0.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

43.40% of the stock of Optimum Communications is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

54.85% of the stock of Optimum Communications is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/06/2026
• Today: 11/13/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Communication Services
• Industry: Media
• Sub-Industry: Cable & Satellite
• Current Symbol: NYSE:OPTU
• Previous Symbol: NASDAQ:ATUS
• CIK: 1702780
• Web: www.alticeusa.com
• Phone: (516) 803-2300
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 9,500
• Year Founded: 2015

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Optimum Communications: $0.92
• High Price Target: $1.25
• Low Price Target: $0.50
• Potential Upside/Downside: +43.0%
• Consensus Rating: Reduce
• Rating Score (0-4): 1.56
• Research Coverage: 9 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): ($10.39)
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: -$1.87 billion
• Net Margins: -74.12%
• Pretax Margin: -82.99%
• Return on Equity: N/A
• Return on Assets: -10.81%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: 0.21
• Quick Ratio: 0.32

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $8.59 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.02
• Cash Flow: $2.47 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 0.26
• Book Value: ($27.02) per share
• Price / Book: -0.02

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 272,570,000
• Free Float: 154,272,000
• Market Cap: $174.77 million
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.34