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FCF Margin for Charter Communications (CHTR)

As of · Reported

Metric

TTM

7.4%

YoY change

+2.33pp

Trough year (2016)

-87.9%

Peak year (2021)

16.8%

FCF Margin history chart for Charter Communications (CHTR) from 1998 to 2025

Latest: 8.1%

FCF Margin change chart for Charter Communications (CHTR) from 1998 to 2025

Latest: +2.33pp

FCF Margin history table for Charter Communications (CHTR) from 1998 to 2025

  • 20258.1%+2.33pp
  • 20245.7%-0.65pp
  • 20236.4%-4.90pp
  • 202211.3%-5.51pp
  • 202116.8%+3.07pp
  • 202013.7%+3.67pp
  • 201910.1%+5.09pp
  • 20185.0%-4.84pp
  • 20179.8%+97.71pp
  • 2016-87.9%-93.50pp
  • 20155.6%+3.73pp
  • 20141.9%+5.15pp
  • 2013-3.3%-5.45pp
  • 20122.2%-3.30pp
  • 20115.5%-4.59pp
  • 201010.1%+2.86pp
  • 20097.2%+19.59pp
  • 2008-12.4%+2.88pp
  • 2007-15.3%-0.34pp
  • 2006-14.9%+0.82pp
  • 2005-15.8%-5.81pp
  • 2004-9.9%-8.10pp
  • 2003-1.8%+30.44pp
  • 2002-32.3%+31.17pp
  • 2001-63.5%-11.32pp
  • 2000-52.1%-33.82pp
  • 1999-18.3%+25.64pp
  • 1998-44.0%—

FCF Margin values are taken from Charter Communications's reported income statements (quarterly 10-Q and annual 10-K filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission). Each row shows the period end date and the filing date. YoY compares each figure to the same period one year earlier. Amounts are in USD as filed.

About FCF Margin at Charter Communications (CHTR)

According to Charter Communications's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported free cash flow margin is 7.4%. Free cash flow margin is free cash flow divided by revenue — the share of each sales dollar that converts into cash after capital expenditures. Because free cash flow cannot be inflated by non-cash accounting, FCF margin is a clean read on how efficiently a business turns revenue into deployable cash.

Headline figure above is from the reporting period ending (reported ). Chart and table below cover the full reported history back to .

In 2025, Charter Communications (CHTR) free cash flow margin totalled 8.07% – expanded 2.3 percentage points year-over-year.

16.80% stands as the all-time-high annual free cash flow margin, posted in 2021, against a low of -87.89% during 2016.

Charter Communications FCF Margin by Year

Charter Communications FCF Margin 2025: 8.1%

In 2025, Charter Communications reported free cash flow margin of 8.07%, expanded 2.3 percentage points from 2024.

Charter Communications FCF Margin 2024: 5.7%

Charter Communications free cash flow margin in 2024 was 5.74%, contracted 0.7 percentage points from 2023.

Charter Communications FCF Margin 2023: 6.4%

2023's free cash flow margin for Charter Communications came in at 6.39%, contracted 4.9 percentage points from 2022.

Charter Communications FCF Margin 2022: 11.3%

Charter Communications posted free cash flow margin of 11.30% in 2022, contracted 5.5 percentage points from 2021.

Charter Communications FCF Margin 2021: 16.8%

Charter Communications free cash flow margin in 2021 was 16.80%.

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