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Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
CHTR Charter Communications	$412.26 -1.4%	$397.37	$286.66 ▼ $437.06	$58.70B	1.08	1.27 million shs	853,763 shs
VZ Verizon Communications	$43.58 -0.2%	$43.18	$37.59 ▼ $47.36	$184.17B	0.37	20.11 million shs	18.30 million shs
XLC Communication Services Select Sector SPDR Fund	$107.45 -0.3%	$101.38	$81.15 ▼ $108.74	$23.96B	1.02	4.66 million shs	4.87 million shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
CHTR Charter Communications	-1.43%	+3.36%	+4.43%	+11.91%	+35.84%
VZ Verizon Communications	-0.18%	+3.39%	-1.15%	-4.43%	+6.03%
XLC Communication Services Select Sector SPDR Fund	-0.29%	+2.13%	+5.45%	+16.12%	+24.85%

Compare MarketRank™

Company	Overall Score	Analyst's Opinion	Short Interest Score	Dividend Strength	ESG Score	News and Social Media Sentiment	Company Ownership	Earnings & Valuation
CHTR Charter Communications	4.128 of 5 stars	2.2	1.0	0.0	3.4	2.1	1.7	3.8
VZ Verizon Communications	4.4336 of 5 stars	1.3	2.0	5.0	3.5	3.4	2.5	1.9
XLC Communication Services Select Sector SPDR Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
CHTR Charter Communications	2.30	Hold	$421.26	2.18% Upside
VZ Verizon Communications	2.59	Moderate Buy	$47.25	8.42% Upside
XLC Communication Services Select Sector SPDR Fund	2.73	Moderate Buy	$107.45	N/A

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest VZ, CHTR, and XLC Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
7/1/2025	CHTR Charter Communications	Bank of America Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$450.00 ➝ $500.00
6/20/2025	CHTR Charter Communications	Wolfe Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Underperform ➝ Peer Perform
6/18/2025	CHTR Charter Communications	UBS Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Neutral ➝ Neutral	$400.00 ➝ $425.00
6/2/2025	CHTR Charter Communications	Sanford C. Bernstein Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Outperform ➝ Market Perform	$410.00
5/19/2025	CHTR Charter Communications	Raymond James Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Underperform ➝ Market Perform
5/19/2025	CHTR Charter Communications	Loop Capital Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Hold ➝ Buy	$430.00 ➝ $510.00
5/16/2025	CHTR Charter Communications	Oppenheimer Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Market Perform ➝ Outperform	$500.00
4/28/2025	CHTR Charter Communications	Citigroup Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$425.00 ➝ $445.00
4/28/2025	CHTR Charter Communications	Royal Bank Of Canada Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Sector Perform ➝ Sector Perform	$385.00 ➝ $395.00
4/28/2025	CHTR Charter Communications	Wells Fargo & Company Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Equal Weight ➝ Equal Weight	$380.00 ➝ $400.00
4/28/2025	VZ Verizon Communications	Tigress Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$55.00 ➝ $56.00

(Data available from 7/3/2022 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
CHTR Charter Communications	$55.09B	1.05	$95.43 per share	4.32	$138.83 per share	2.97
VZ Verizon Communications	$134.79B	1.36	$8.84 per share	4.93	$23.89 per share	1.82
XLC Communication Services Select Sector SPDR Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
CHTR Charter Communications	$5.08B	$35.83	11.51	9.82	0.45	9.42%	27.70%	3.47%	7/25/2025 (Estimated)
VZ Verizon Communications	$17.51B	$4.20	10.38	8.97	3.24	13.14%	19.66%	5.13%	7/21/2025 (Estimated)
XLC Communication Services Select Sector SPDR Fund	N/A	N/A	19.19	∞	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Latest VZ, CHTR, and XLC Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
7/25/2025	Q2 2025	CHTR Charter Communications	$10.06	N/A	N/A	N/A	$13.76 billion	N/A
7/21/2025	Q2 2025	VZ Verizon Communications	$1.18	N/A	N/A	N/A	$33.47 billion	N/A
4/25/2025	Q1 2025	CHTR Charter Communications	$8.70	$8.42	-$0.28	$8.42	$13.67 billion	$13.74 billion
4/22/2025	Q1 2025 Pre Recorded	VZ Verizon Communications	$1.15	$1.19	+$0.04	$1.16	$33.31 billion	$33.50 billion

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	3-Year Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
CHTR Charter Communications	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
VZ Verizon Communications	$2.71	6.22%	N/A	64.52%	20 Years
XLC Communication Services Select Sector SPDR Fund	$1.06	0.99%	N/A	N/A	N/A

Latest VZ, CHTR, and XLC Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
6/6/2025	VZ Verizon Communications	quarterly	$0.6775	6.22%	7/10/2025	7/10/2025	8/1/2025

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
CHTR Charter Communications	4.54	0.36	0.36
VZ Verizon Communications	1.19	0.61	0.58
XLC Communication Services Select Sector SPDR Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
CHTR Charter Communications	81.76%
VZ Verizon Communications	62.06%
XLC Communication Services Select Sector SPDR Fund	N/A

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
CHTR Charter Communications	0.83%
VZ Verizon Communications	0.10%
XLC Communication Services Select Sector SPDR Fund	N/A

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
CHTR Charter Communications	94,500	140.36 million	139.20 million	Optionable
VZ Verizon Communications	99,600	4.22 billion	4.21 billion	Optionable
XLC Communication Services Select Sector SPDR Fund	N/A	222.95 million	N/A	Not Optionable

VZ, CHTR, and XLC Headlines

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VZ, CHTR, and XLC Company Descriptions

Charter Communications NASDAQ:CHTR

$412.26 -5.96 (-1.43%)

Closing price 07/2/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$412.48 +0.22 (+0.05%)

As of 07/2/2025 06:48 PM Eastern

Charter Communications, Inc. operates as a broadband connectivity and cable operator company serving residential and commercial customers in the United States. The company offers subscription-based internet, video, and mobile and voice services; a suite of broadband connectivity services, including fixed internet, WiFi, and mobile; Advanced WiFi services; Spectrum Security Shield; in-home WiFi, which provides customers with high performance wireless routers and managed WiFi services to enhance their fixed wireless internet experience; out-of-home WiFi; and Spectrum WiFi services. It also offers voice communications services using voice over internet protocol technology; and broadband communications solutions, such as internet access, data networking, fiber connectivity, video entertainment, and business telephone services to cellular towers and office buildings for business and carrier organizations. In addition, the company provides mobile services; video programming, static IP and business WiFi, voice, and e-mail and security services; sells local advertising across various platforms for networks, such as TBS, CNN, and ESPN; sells advertising inventory to local sports and news channels; and offers Audience App to create data-driven linear TV campaigns for local advertisers. Further, the company offers communications products and managed service solutions; data connectivity services to mobile and wireline carriers on a wholesale basis; and owns and operates regional sports networks and news channels. It serves approximately 32 million customers in 41 states. Charter Communications, Inc.was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut.

Verizon Communications NYSE:VZ

$43.58 -0.10 (-0.23%)

Closing price 07/2/2025 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$43.67 +0.09 (+0.21%)

As of 07/2/2025 07:59 PM Eastern

Verizon Communications Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the provision of communications, technology, information, and entertainment products and services to consumers, businesses, and governmental entities worldwide. It operates in two segments, Verizon Consumer Group (Consumer) and Verizon Business Group (Business). The Consumer segment provides wireless services across the wireless networks in the United States under the Verizon and TracFone brands and through wholesale and other arrangements; and fixed wireless access (FWA) broadband through its wireless networks, as well as related equipment and devices, such as smartphones, tablets, smart watches, and other wireless-enabled connected devices. The segment also offers wireline services in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern United States, as well as Washington D.C. through its fiber-optic network, Verizon Fios product portfolio, and a copper-based network. The Business segment provides wireless and wireline communications services and products, including FWA broadband, data, video and conferencing, corporate networking, security and managed network, local and long-distance voice, and network access services to deliver various IoT services and products to businesses, government customers, and wireless and wireline carriers in the United States and internationally. The company was formerly known as Bell Atlantic Corporation and changed its name to Verizon Communications Inc. in June 2000. Verizon Communications Inc. was incorporated in 1983 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

Communication Services Select Sector SPDR Fund NYSEARCA:XLC

$107.45 -0.31 (-0.29%)

Closing price 07/2/2025 04:10 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$107.67 +0.22 (+0.20%)

As of 07/2/2025 06:37 PM Eastern

The Communication Services Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLC) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in communication services equity. The fund tracks a market-cap-weighted index of US telecommunication and media & entertainment components of the S&P 500 index. XLC was launched on Jun 18, 2018 and is managed by State Street.

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