How Charter Communications (CHTR) Makes Money: A Visual Guide
Charter Communications (CHTR) generated $54.77B in revenue (TTM through Q4 2025), earning $4.99B in net profit (9.1% margin). Its largest revenue source is Residential Product Line (47.2% of revenue). Below is an interactive breakdown of how revenue flows through the income statement.
Charter Communications (CHTR) Income Statement Flow
Frequently asked questions
How does Charter Communications (CHTR) make money?
- Charter Communications (CHTR) primarily makes money through Residential Product Line, which accounts for 47.2% of total revenue. For TTM through Q4 2025, Charter Communications generated $54.77B in total revenue with a net profit margin of 9.1%.
What is Charter Communications (CHTR) gross profit margin?
- Charter Communications (CHTR) reported a gross profit margin of 44.9% for TTM through Q4 2025, equivalent to $24.58B in gross profit. This means Charter Communications retains 44.9% of each revenue unit after direct costs of production.
What is Charter Communications (CHTR) operating profit margin?
- Charter Communications (CHTR) reported an operating profit margin of 24.3% for TTM through Q4 2025, equivalent to $13.32B in operating profit. This reflects profitability after operating expenses such as R&D, sales, and administration, but before taxes and non-operating items.
What is Charter Communications (CHTR) net profit margin?
- Charter Communications (CHTR) reported a net profit margin of 9.1% for TTM through Q4 2025, equivalent to $4.99B in net profit. This is the share of revenue that remains as profit after all expenses, taxes, and non-operating items.
How much does Charter Communications (CHTR) spend on capital expenditures?
- Charter Communications (CHTR) spent $11.66B on capital expenditures in TTM through Q4 2025 (21.3% of total revenue). Capital expenditures represent investments in physical assets such as property, equipment, and infrastructure.
What is Charter Communications (CHTR) free cash flow?
- Charter Communications (CHTR) generated $4.42B in free cash flow for TTM through Q4 2025 (8.1% of total revenue). Free cash flow is the cash remaining after capital expenditures and represents the company's ability to fund growth, pay dividends, or reduce debt.
What is Charter Communications (CHTR) effective tax rate?
- Charter Communications (CHTR) had an effective tax rate of 22.7% for TTM through Q4 2025. This is the actual percentage of pre-tax income paid as income taxes.
About this data
- What is a Sankey diagram?
- A Sankey diagram shows how money flows through a company from revenue to net profit. The width of each flow represents its proportion.
- How is the data calculated?
- We use the income statement from company filings. For TTM (Trailing Twelve Months), we sum the last four quarters. Revenue flows to cost of revenue and gross profit, then to operating expenses (R&D, S&M, G&A) and operating profit.
- When was this data last updated?
- Based on company filings through TTM through Q4 2025.