Charter Communications, Inc. (CHTR) quarterly cash flow statement — complete operating, investing & financing history
| Metric | Q1'26 | Q4'25 | Q3'25 | Q2'25 | Q1'25 | Q4'24 | Q3'24 | Q2'24 | Q1'24 | Q4'23 | Q3'23 | Q2'23 | Q1'23 | Q4'22 | Q3'22 | Q2'22 | Q1'22 | Q4'21 | Q3'21 | Q2'21 |
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| Cash from Operations | 4.3B | 3.76B | 4.48B | 3.6B | 4.24B | 3.46B | 3.9B | 3.85B | 3.21B | 3.85B | 3.94B | 3.31B | 3.32B | 3.79B | 3.76B | 3.73B | 3.65B | 4.23B | 4.26B | 4B |
| Operating CF Margin % | 31.65% | 27.65% | 32.77% | 26.15% | 30.84% | 24.85% | 28.31% | 28.15% | 23.48% | 28.12% | 29.03% | 24.24% | 24.34% | 27.69% | 27.73% | 27.46% | 27.63% | 31.99% | 32.43% | 31.24% |
| Operating CF Growth % | 1.61% | 8.7% | 14.72% | -6.57% | 31.88% | -10.25% | -0.99% | 16.37% | -3.34% | 1.8% | 4.98% | -11.33% | -8.88% | -10.39% | -11.87% | -6.63% | -2.77% | 1.86% | 16.35% | 13.32% |
| Net Income | 1.36B | 1.55B | 1.32B | 1.5B | 1.41B | 1.68B | 1.47B | 1.42B | 1.28B | 1.23B | 1.44B | 1.41B | 1.18B | 1.39B | 1.37B | 1.71B | 1.39B | 1.83B | 1.41B | 1.16B |
| Depreciation & Amortization | 2.21B | 2.19B | 2.16B | 2.18B | 2.18B | 2.17B | 2.15B | 2.17B | 2.19B | 2.19B | 2.13B | 2.17B | 2.21B | 2.19B | 2.18B | 2.24B | 2.29B | 2.28B | 2.27B | 2.35B |
| Stock-Based Compensation | 203M | 143M | 151M | 157M | 222M | 138M | 146M | 153M | 214M | 152M | 164M | 168M | 208M | 110M | 109M | 104M | 147M | 98M | 98M | 100M |
| Deferred Taxes | 214M | 241M | 852M | -53M | -27M | -135M | 61M | -34M | 21M | -34M | 17M | -40M | -23M | -78M | 50M | 77M | 38M | 158M | 297M | 215M |
| Other Non-Cash Items | 132M | 47M | 155M | 124M | 241M | 99M | 168M | 98M | 23M | 86M | 34M | 90M | 101M | 137M | 35M | -136M | -24M | -101M | 150M | 121M |
| Working Capital Changes | 181M | -410M | -154M | -299M | 210M | -486M | -89M | 43M | -516M | 234M | 163M | -492M | -352M | 41M | 19M | -259M | -197M | -43M | 41M | 51M |
| Change in Receivables | 0 | -82M | -48M | -238M | -48M | -30M | -66M | 6M | -39M | -33M | -68M | -13M | 70M | -80M | -62M | -249M | 49M | 71M | -62M | -188M |
| Change in Inventory | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.72B | 5.42B |
| Change in Payables | 169M | -166M | 80M | -127M | 493M | -384M | 249M | -64M | -111M | 0 | 404M | -454M | -86M | 227M | 44M | -62M | -61M | -74M | 117M | 170M |
| Cash from Investing | -2.97B | -3.04B | -3.28B | -2.85B | -2.82B | -2.58B | -2.48B | -2.77B | -3B | -2.82B | -2.97B | -2.9B | -2.86B | -2.99B | -2.65B | -2.87B | -2.2B | -2.73B | -2.2B | -2.6B |
| Capital Expenditures | -2.85B | -3.33B | -3.05B | -2.87B | -2.4B | -3.06B | -2.56B | -2.85B | -2.79B | -2.86B | -2.96B | -2.83B | -2.46B | -2.92B | -2.41B | -2.19B | -1.86B | -2.07B | -1.86B | -1.88B |
| CapEx % of Revenue | 21% | 24.52% | 22.32% | 20.88% | 17.47% | 21.99% | 18.58% | 20.85% | 20.4% | 20.83% | 21.8% | 20.75% | 18.05% | 21.35% | 17.76% | 16.13% | 14.07% | 15.68% | 14.16% | 14.69% |
| Acquisitions | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Investments | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Other Investing | -119M | 297M | -106M | 253M | -405M | 483M | 124M | 124M | -116M | 212M | 67M | -16M | -275M | 152M | 142M | -102M | 70M | 80M | 76M | -62M |
| Cash from Financing | -1.31B | -646M | -1.33B | -964M | -1.05B | -1.12B | -1.31B | -1.1B | -258M | -900M | -879M | -463M | -573M | -631M | -1.11B | -2.81B | 386M | -1.36B | -3.31B | -461M |
| Debt Issued (Net) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Equity Issued (Net) | -1.02B | -766M | -2.11B | -1.45B | -785M | -111M | -195M | -361M | -514M | -1.19B | -767M | -323M | -910M | -1.03B | -2.23B | -3.68B | -3.33B | -4.6B | -3.65B | -3.5B |
| Dividends Paid | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Share Repurchases | -1.03B | -766M | -2.11B | -1.45B | -802M | -114M | -222M | -361M | -516M | -1.19B | -783M | -326M | -912M | -1.03B | -2.23B | -3.69B | -3.33B | -4.6B | -3.67B | -3.52B |
| Other Financing | -147M | 449M | -36M | -165M | -172M | 201M | 227M | -341M | 53M | 389M | -5M | -89M | -9M | -62M | -57M | -31M | -4M | 37M | -59M | -73M |
| Net Change in Cash | 24M | 77M | -128M | -217M | 360M | -244M | 108M | -19M | -48M | 138M | 93M | -56M | -111M | 165M | -3M | -1.95B | 1.83B | 135M | -1.25B | 939M |
| Free Cash Flow | 1.45B | 426M | 1.43B | 726M | 1.84B | 398M | 1.34B | 1B | 421M | 1.06B | 1.1B | 668M | 664M | 1.14B | 1.51B | 1.66B | 1.8B | 2.29B | 2.48B | 2.07B |
| FCF Margin % | 10.66% | 3.13% | 10.45% | 5.27% | 13.37% | 2.86% | 9.73% | 7.31% | 3.08% | 7.74% | 8.08% | 4.89% | 4.86% | 8.31% | 11.12% | 12.2% | 13.64% | 17.29% | 18.83% | 16.15% |
| FCF Growth % | -21.12% | 7.04% | 6.48% | -27.4% | 336.34% | -62.49% | 22.33% | 49.7% | -36.6% | -6.6% | -27.21% | -59.73% | -63.11% | -50.28% | -39.14% | -19.78% | -2.96% | 33.78% | 41.16% | 10.83% |
| FCF per Share | 11.42 | 3.30 | 10.48 | 5.12 | 12.71 | 2.74 | 9.25 | 6.90 | 2.87 | 7.09 | 7.22 | 4.40 | 4.32 | 7.30 | 9.38 | 9.93 | 10.32 | 12.67 | 13.23 | 10.39 |
| FCF Conversion (FCF/Net Income) | 3.16x | 2.82x | 3.94x | 2.77x | 3.48x | 2.36x | 3.05x | 3.13x | 2.90x | 3.64x | 3.14x | 2.71x | 3.25x | 3.17x | 3.17x | 2.54x | 3.03x | 2.62x | 3.50x | 3.92x |
| Interest Paid | 1.07B | 1.37B | 1.17B | 1.44B | 995M | 1.52B | 1.21B | 1.36B | 1.24B | 1.35B | 1.23B | 1.24B | 1.19B | 1.26B | 1.1B | 1.17B | 982M | 1B | 1.04B | 979M |
| Taxes Paid | 0 | 0 | 54M | 657M | 56M | -1.12B | 473M | 569M | 78M | 321M | 243M | 845M | 61M | 439M | 412M | 441M | 29M | 58M | 30M | 49M |