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Optimum Communications, Inc.

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Optimum Communications, Inc.

OPTU·NYSE·Technology·CIK 0001702780

Optimum Communications, Inc. is one of the largest broadband communications and video services providers in the United States. The company delivers high-speed broadband, video, mobile, and advertising services to residential and business customers across 21 states. Optimum Communications operates as a holding company. Its services are marketed under the Optimum brand, primarily in the New York metropolitan area and various markets in the south-central United States. The company serves approximately 4.3 million residential and business customers. Its network infrastructure includes a fiber-rich hybrid-fiber coaxial (HFC) broadband network and a fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) network, which had approximately 10.0 million total passings as of December 31, 2025. Optimum Communications also offers news programming and advertising services. The company is controlled by Patrick Drahi through Next Alt. S.à.r.l. In November 2025, the company changed its corporate name from Altice USA, Inc. to Optimum Communications, Inc., and its Class A common stock began trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol "OPTU" on November 19, 2025. The company's history includes the acquisition of Cequel Corporation on December 21, 2015, which was contributed to Optimum Communications on June 9, 2016, and the acquisition of Cablevision Systems Corporation on June 21, 2016.

Optimum Communications, Inc. (NYSE:OPTU) is a publicly traded company in the Technology sector. Wiseek has independently scored 29 items for OPTU at importance 7 or higher on its 1–10 market-impact scale. Its most recent item scored 7 or higher is dated 2026-11-03, rated 8/10. Across its 20 most recent items scored 7 or higher, the top rating is 10/10, with 18 rated 8 or above. Recent SEC coverage for OPTU spans 8-K, 4, 10-Q, SC TO-I/A.

Recent high-impact activity:

  • Optimum Adds Two Independent Directors, Forms Special Committee for Restructuring Talks
  • Optimum Prepares Bankruptcy Filing to Implement Creditor Deal
  • Creditors Sue Altice International Over $5.4B in Alleged Fraudulent Transfers
  • Arini Flagship Fund Down 16% on Altice Debt Plunge
  • Creditors Sue Optimum and Founder Drahi Over Alleged Fraudulent Asset Transfers

Financial Snapshot

Fiscal year ended December 31, 2025
Revenue
$8.59B
Net Income
-$1.87B
Diluted EPS
-$4.00
Op. Cash Flow
$1.23B
Free Cash Flow
-$118.84M
Gross Profit
$5.95B
Operating Income
-$112.56M
Cash & Equivalents
$1.01B
Total Debt
$26.21B
Debt / Equity
-11.32×
Net Margin
-21.8%
Shares Outstanding
467.78M sh
Source: 10-K · filed 2026-02-13 · accession 0001702780-26-000013

Short Interest & Short Volume

16.84 days to cover

FINRA reported short interest of 29,513,322 shares in OPTU as of the October 15, 2026 settlement, a 11.2% increase from the prior period — about 16.8 days to cover at its recent average daily volume. On November 3, 2026, 83.6% of OPTU volume reported to FINRA trade-reporting facilities was marked short.

Short interest (bi-monthly positions)29,513,322 shares as of October 15, 2026
Change vs prior period▲ 11.2%
Days to cover16.84 at avg daily volume of 1,753,024
Daily short volume (FINRA facilities)83.6% of 725,471 shares on November 3, 2026
5-day average short volume51.0%

Daily short sale volume covers trades reported to FINRA trade-reporting facilities and is not the same as short interest (bi-monthly reported positions). Source: FINRA — FINRA is the owner and source of this short interest and short sale volume data; it may not be redistributed.

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$0.6725 -0.37% today
52-week range · as of 2026-11-03 $0.4786 – $2.24
Market cap
$257.47M
Volume
2.2M (0.7× avg)
3-mo avg 3M
Live data · 2026-11-04 04:43 UTC · Market overnight

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OPTU
Nov 03, 2026, 5:00 PM EST
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $0.675
Real-time Price: $0.6725 info
Change: -$0.0025 (-0.37%) info
Market Cap: $257.466M info
OPTU
Oct 22, 2026, 10:23 AM EDT
Source: Dow Jones Newswires
Importance Score:
10
Price at Filing: $0.67351
Real-time Price: $0.6725 info
Change: -$0.00101 (-0.15%) info
Market Cap: $257.466M info
OPTU
Oct 13, 2026, 6:21 PM EDT
Source: Dow Jones Newswires
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $0.930
Real-time Price: $0.6725 info
Change: -$0.2575 (-28%) info
Market Cap: $257.466M info
OPTU
Oct 08, 2026, 6:27 PM EDT
Source: Dow Jones Newswires
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $0.960
Real-time Price: $0.6725 info
Change: -$0.2875 (-30%) info
Market Cap: $257.466M info
OPTU
Sep 28, 2026, 5:25 PM EDT
Source: Dow Jones Newswires
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $1.01
Real-time Price: $0.6725 info
Change: -$0.3375 (-33%) info
Market Cap: $257.466M info
OPTU
Sep 21, 2026, 5:05 PM EDT
Source: Reuters
Importance Score:
9
Price at Filing: $1.08
Real-time Price: $0.6725 info
Change: -$0.4075 (-38%) info
Market Cap: $257.466M info
OPTU
Sep 21, 2026, 5:00 PM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
9
Price at Filing: $1.08
Real-time Price: $0.6725 info
Change: -$0.4075 (-38%) info
Market Cap: $257.466M info
OPTU
Aug 28, 2026, 9:37 PM EDT
Filing Type: 4
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $0.980
Real-time Price: $0.6725 info
Change: -$0.3075 (-31%) info
Market Cap: $257.466M info
OPTU
Aug 06, 2026, 5:27 PM EDT
Filing Type: 10-Q
Importance Score:
9
Price at Filing: $0.8045
Real-time Price: $0.6725 info
Change: -$0.132 (-16%) info
Market Cap: $257.466M info
OPTU
Aug 06, 2026, 7:31 AM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
9
Price at Filing: $0.760
Real-time Price: $0.6725 info
Change: -$0.0875 (-12%) info
Market Cap: $257.466M info
OPTU
Jul 06, 2026, 4:53 PM EDT
Source: Wiseek News
Importance Score:
9
Price at Filing: $1.24
Real-time Price: $0.6725 info
Change: -$0.5644 (-46%) info
Market Cap: $257.466M info
OPTU
Jul 06, 2026, 4:45 PM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
9
Price at Filing: $1.24
Real-time Price: $0.6725 info
Change: -$0.5644 (-46%) info
Market Cap: $257.466M info
OPTU
Jul 06, 2026, 8:43 AM EDT
Filing Type: SC TO-I/A
Importance Score:
9
Price at Filing: $1.13
Real-time Price: $0.6725 info
Change: -$0.4575 (-40%) info
Market Cap: $257.466M info
OPTU
Jul 01, 2026, 8:40 AM EDT
Filing Type: SC TO-I/A
Importance Score:
9
Price at Filing: $0.7699
Real-time Price: $0.6725 info
Change: -$0.0974 (-13%) info
Market Cap: $257.466M info
OPTU
Jun 22, 2026, 6:46 PM EDT
Source: Reuters
Importance Score:
9
Price at Filing: $1.25
Real-time Price: $0.6725 info
Change: -$0.5775 (-46%) info
Market Cap: $257.466M info
OPTU
Jun 22, 2026, 4:15 PM EDT
Filing Type: SC TO-I/A
Importance Score:
9
Price at Filing: $1.25
Real-time Price: $0.6725 info
Change: -$0.5775 (-46%) info
Market Cap: $257.466M info
OPTU
Jun 01, 2026, 8:51 AM EDT
Filing Type: SC TO-I
Importance Score:
9
Price at Filing: $1.25
Real-time Price: $0.6725 info
Change: -$0.5771 (-46%) info
Market Cap: $257.466M info
OPTU
Jun 01, 2026, 8:16 AM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
9
Price at Filing: $1.27
Real-time Price: $0.6725 info
Change: -$0.5975 (-47%) info
Market Cap: $257.466M info
OPTU
May 07, 2026, 5:18 PM EDT
Filing Type: 10-Q
Importance Score:
9
Price at Filing: $1.18
Real-time Price: $0.6725 info
Change: -$0.5075 (-43%) info
Market Cap: $257.466M info
OPTU
May 07, 2026, 7:29 AM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
9
Price at Filing: $1.33
Real-time Price: $0.6725 info
Change: -$0.6575 (-49%) info
Market Cap: $257.466M info
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