Cash flow Charter Communications, Inc.

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CHTR

US16119P1084

Integrated Telecommunications Services

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01-16	RBC Capital Adjusts Price Target on Charter Communications to $240 From $265, Maintains Sector Perform Rating	MT
01-15	Bernstein Adjusts PT on Charter Communications to $240 From $280, Maintains Market Perform Rating	MT

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Published financial data: CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

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Fiscal Period: December	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Revenues	48.1B	51.68B	54.02B	54.61B	55.08B
Total Revenues	48.1B	51.68B	54.02B	54.61B	55.08B
Cost of Goods Sold, Total	20.99B	22.16B	23.25B	25.33B	24.96B
Gross Profit	27.11B	29.53B	30.78B	29.28B	30.13B
Selling General & Admin Expenses, Total	9.01B	9.02B	9.38B	8.29B	8.23B
Depreciation & Amortization - (IS)	9.7B	9.34B	8.9B	8.7B	8.67B
Other Operating Expenses	-	-	-	-	-
Other Operating Expenses, Total	18.71B	18.37B	18.28B	16.98B	16.9B
Operating Income	8.4B	11.16B	12.5B	12.29B	13.22B
Interest Expense, Total	-3.85B	-4.04B	-4.56B	-5.19B	-5.23B
Net Interest Expenses	-3.85B	-4.04B	-4.56B	-5.19B	-5.23B
Income (Loss) On Equity Invest.	-21M	-11M	-100M	-343M	-331M
Currency Exchange Gains (Loss)	-	-86M	-95M	45M	-34M
Other Non Operating Income (Expenses)	-15M	-	-	-	-
EBT, Excl. Unusual Items	4.51B	7.03B	7.75B	6.8B	7.63B
Merger & Related Restructuring Charges	-	-	-	-	-
Gain (Loss) On Sale Of Investments	-10M	-165M	-	-	-
Gain (Loss) On Sale Of Assets	32M	-44M	-8M	251M	12M
Asset Writedown	-	-36M	-	-	-
Legal Settlements	-	-220M	-	-	-
Other Unusual Items	-233M	-173M	-276M	-201M	-138M
EBT, Incl. Unusual Items	4.3B	6.39B	7.46B	6.85B	7.5B
Income Tax Expense	626M	1.07B	1.61B	1.59B	1.65B
Earnings From Continuing Operations	3.68B	5.32B	5.85B	5.26B	5.85B
Net Income to Company	3.68B	5.32B	5.85B	5.26B	5.85B
Minority Interest	-454M	-666M	-794M	-704M	-770M
Net Income - (IS)	3.22B	4.65B	5.06B	4.56B	5.08B
Net Income to Common Incl Extra Items	3.22B	4.65B	5.06B	4.56B	5.08B
Net Income to Common Excl. Extra Items	3.22B	4.65B	5.06B	4.56B	5.08B
Per Share Items
Net EPS - Basic	15.85	25.34	31.3	30.54	35.53
Basic EPS - Continuing Operations	15.85	25.34	31.3	30.54	35.53
Basic Weighted Average Shares Outstanding	203M	184M	162M	149M	143M
Net EPS - Diluted	15.4	24.47	30.74	29.99	34.97
Diluted EPS - Continuing Operations	15.4	24.47	30.74	29.99	34.97
Diluted Weighted Average Shares Outstanding	209M	193M	164M	152M	145M
Normalized Basic EPS	11.64	20.28	25.06	23.78	27.94
Normalized Diluted EPS	11.31	19.3	24.61	23.35	27.5
American Depositary Receipts Ratio (ADR)	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02
Supplemental Items
EBITDA	18.1B	20.5B	21.4B	20.99B	21.9B
EBITA	10.3B	12.76B	13.8B	13.39B	14.06B
EBIT	8.4B	11.16B	12.5B	12.29B	13.22B
EBITDAR	18.74B	20.7B	22.09B	21.72B	22.65B
Effective Tax Rate - (Ratio)	14.55	16.72	21.62	23.24	21.98
Current Domestic Taxes	161M	242M	1.53B	1.67B	1.74B
Total Current Taxes	161M	242M	1.53B	1.67B	1.74B
Deferred Domestic Taxes	465M	826M	87M	-80M	-87M
Total Deferred Taxes	465M	826M	87M	-80M	-87M
Normalized Net Income	2.37B	3.73B	4.05B	3.55B	4B
Interest on Long-Term Debt	-	-	-	-	-
Non-Cash Pension Expense	66M	-305M	-254M	216M	23M
Supplemental Operating Expense Items
Marketing Expenses	3.03B	3.07B	3.34B	-	-
Net Rental Expense, Total	644M	200M	689M	736M	759M
Imputed Operating Lease Interest Expense	241M	72.89M	262M	308M	323M
Imputed Operating Lease Depreciation	403M	127M	427M	428M	436M
Stock-Based Comp., COGS (Total)	351M	430M	470M	692M	651M
Stock-Based Comp., Other (Total)	-	-	-	-	-
Total Stock-Based Compensation	351M	430M	470M	692M	651M

Fiscal Period: December	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Assets
Cash And Equivalents	998M	601M	645M	709M	459M
Total Cash And Short Term Investments	998M	601M	645M	709M	459M
Accounts Receivable, Total	2.2B	2.58B	2.92B	2.96B	3.1B
Total Receivables	2.2B	2.58B	2.92B	2.96B	3.1B
Prepaid Expenses	707M	386M	451M	458M	634M
Restricted Cash	-	-	-	-	43M
Total Current Assets	3.91B	3.57B	4.02B	4.13B	4.23B
Gross Property Plant And Equipment	67.21B	69.87B	73.44B	78.54B	83.57B
Accumulated Depreciation	-31.64B	-34.25B	-36.16B	-37.75B	-39.41B
Net Property Plant And Equipment	35.57B	35.62B	37.27B	40.79B	44.16B
Long-term Investments	313M	203M	1.16B	833M	518M
Goodwill	29.55B	29.56B	29.56B	29.67B	29.67B
Other Intangibles, Total	73.82B	72.26B	70.96B	69.94B	69.19B
Accounts Receivable Long-Term	-	189M	261M	687M	980M
Deferred Charges Long-Term	458M	496M	505M	616M	701M
Other Long-Term Assets, Total	583M	596M	786M	531M	564M
Total Assets	144B	142B	145B	147B	150B
Liabilities
Accounts Payable, Total	763M	724M	952M	931M	880M
Accrued Expenses, Total	3.25B	3.61B	3.92B	2.61B	2.57B
Short-term Borrowings	-	-	-	-	758M
Current Portion of Long-Term Debt	1.01B	3B	1.51B	2B	1.8B
Current Portion of Leases	235M	269M	295M	290M	278M
Current Income Taxes Payable	555M	592M	667M	681M	649M
Unearned Revenue Current, Total	436M	461M	511M	509M	456M
Other Current Liabilities	3.63B	3.81B	4.21B	6.19B	6.09B
Total Current Liabilities	9.88B	12.46B	12.06B	13.21B	13.49B
Long-Term Debt	81.74B	88.56B	96.09B	95.78B	93.21B
Long-Term Leases	1.17B	1.25B	1.08B	1.13B	1.14B
Unearned Revenue Non Current	35M	29M	-	-	-
Deferred Tax Liability Non Current	18.11B	19.1B	19.06B	18.95B	18.84B
Other Non Current Liabilities	2.99B	2.94B	3.68B	3.4B	3.64B
Total Liabilities	114B	124B	132B	132B	130B
Additional Paid In Capital	29B	26.72B	23.94B	23.35B	23.34B
Retained Earnings	-5.2B	-12.68B	-14.82B	-12.26B	-7.75B
Comprehensive Income and Other	-	-	-	-	-
Total Common Equity	23.8B	14.05B	9.12B	11.09B	15.59B
Minority Interest	6.48B	4.11B	3.43B	3.63B	4.12B
Total Equity	30.28B	18.16B	12.55B	14.72B	19.71B
Total Liabilities And Equity	144B	142B	145B	147B	150B
Supplemental Items
ECS Total Shares Outstanding on Filing Date	194M	173M	153M	145M	142M
ECS Total Common Shares Outstanding	194M	173M	153M	145M	142M
Book Value / Share	122.88	81.34	59.74	76.34	109.81
Tangible Book Value	-79.57B	-87.78B	-91.41B	-88.52B	-83.28B
Tangible Book Value Per Share	-410.72	-508.13	-598.79	-609.52	-586.7
Total Debt	84.16B	93.08B	98.98B	99.2B	97.18B
Net Debt	83.16B	92.48B	98.34B	98.49B	96.72B
Debt Equivalent of Unfunded Proj. Benefit Obligation	226M	-83M	-340M	-127M	-107M
Debt Equivalent Oper. Leases	5.15B	1.6B	5.51B	5.89B	6.07B
Minority Interest, Total (Incl. Fin. Div)	6.48B	4.11B	3.43B	3.63B	4.12B
Equity Method Investments, Total	294M	112M	991M	684M	376M
Account Code - Inventory Valuation	3	3	3	3	3
Buildings, Total	5.4B	5.73B	5.83B	5.91B	5.97B
Machinery, Total	60.6B	62.83B	66.37B	71.36B	76.36B
Full Time Employees	96.1K	93.7K	102K	101K	94.5K
Accumulated Allowance for Doubtful Accounts (Supple)	194M	157M	219M	268M	204M

Fiscal Period: December	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Net Income	3.22B	4.65B	5.06B	4.56B	5.08B
Depreciation & Amortization - CF	7.8B	7.74B	7.6B	7.6B	7.84B
Amortization of Goodwill and Intangible Assets - (CF)	1.9B	1.6B	1.3B	1.1B	838M
Depreciation & Amortization, Total	9.7B	9.34B	8.9B	8.7B	8.67B
Stock-Based Compensation (CF)	351M	430M	470M	692M	651M
Other Operating Activities, Total	1.09B	1.65B	893M	935M	1.07B
Change In Accounts Receivable	26M	-35M	-342M	-44M	-129M
Change In Accounts Payable	291M	362M	148M	169M	-310M
Change in Other Net Operating Assets	-124M	-167M	-202M	-572M	-609M
Cash from Operations	14.56B	16.24B	14.92B	14.43B	14.43B
Capital Expenditure	-7.42B	-7.64B	-9.38B	-11.12B	-11.27B
Cash Acquisitions	-	-	-	-	-
Sale (Purchase) of Real Estate properties	-183M	-128M	-	-	-
Sale (Purchase) of Intangible assets	-464M	-	-	-	-
Other Investing Activities, Total	-95M	9M	262M	-12M	615M
Cash from Investing	-8.16B	-7.75B	-9.11B	-11.13B	-10.65B
Long-Term Debt Issued, Total	15.88B	21.11B	25.64B	22.06B	26.97B
Total Debt Issued	15.88B	21.11B	25.64B	22.06B	26.97B
Long-Term Debt Repaid, Total	-12.09B	-12.15B	-19.31B	-21.94B	-29.66B
Total Debt Repaid	-12.09B	-12.15B	-19.31B	-21.94B	-29.66B
Issuance of Common Stock	207M	44M	5M	22M	32M
Repurchase of Common Stock	-11.22B	-15.43B	-10.28B	-3.22B	-1.21B
Other Financing Activities, Total	-1.72B	-2.46B	-1.83B	-173M	-105M
Cash from Financing	-8.95B	-8.88B	-5.77B	-3.24B	-3.98B
Net Change in Cash	-2.55B	-400M	44M	64M	-203M
Supplemental Items
Cash Interest Paid	3.87B	4.04B	4.51B	5.02B	5.33B
Cash Income Tax Paid (Refund)	123M	157M	1.32B	1.47B	1.58B
Levered Free Cash Flow	5.06B	7.09B	5.62B	3.32B	2.85B
Unlevered Free Cash Flow	7.47B	9.62B	8.47B	6.57B	6.12B
Change In Net Working Capital	-41M	-503M	-661M	-613M	199M
Net Debt Issued / Repaid	3.78B	8.96B	6.33B	124M	-2.69B

Fiscal Period: December	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Profitability
Return on Assets	3.59	4.87	5.44	5.27	5.56
Return on Total Capital	4.49	6.18	7.01	6.81	7.15
Return On Equity %	10.64	21.97	38.1	38.59	34
Return on Common Equity	11.66	24.59	43.64	45.11	38.11
Margin Analysis
Gross Profit Margin %	56.36	57.13	56.97	53.61	54.69
SG&A Margin	18.73	17.45	17.35	15.18	14.94
EBITDA Margin %	37.63	39.68	39.61	38.43	39.75
EBITA Margin %	21.41	24.69	25.54	24.52	25.52
EBIT Margin %	17.46	21.59	23.13	22.51	24
Income From Continuing Operations Margin %	7.64	10.29	10.83	9.63	10.63
Net Income Margin %	6.7	9	9.36	8.34	9.23
Net Avail. For Common Margin %	6.7	9	9.36	8.34	9.23
Normalized Net Income Margin	4.92	7.21	7.49	6.5	7.26
Levered Free Cash Flow Margin	10.52	13.73	10.41	6.09	5.18
Unlevered Free Cash Flow Margin	15.52	18.61	15.68	12.03	11.11
Asset Turnover
Asset Turnover	0.33	0.36	0.38	0.37	0.37
Fixed Assets Turnover	1.35	1.45	1.48	1.4	1.3
Receivables Turnover (Average Receivables)	21.72	20.2	19.64	18.55	18.17
Short Term Liquidity
Current Ratio	0.4	0.29	0.33	0.31	0.31
Quick Ratio	0.32	0.26	0.3	0.28	0.26
Operating Cash Flow to Current Liabilities	1.47	1.3	1.24	1.09	1.07
Days Sales Outstanding (Average Receivables)	16.85	18.07	18.58	19.67	20.14
Average Days Payable Outstanding	13.51	12.25	13.16	13.57	13.28
Long Term Solvency
Total Debt/Equity	277.93	512.65	788.76	673.97	493.1
Total Debt / Total Capital	73.54	83.68	88.75	87.08	83.14
LT Debt/Equity	273.83	494.66	774.37	658.41	478.72
Long-Term Debt / Total Capital	72.45	80.74	87.13	85.07	80.71
Total Liabilities / Total Assets	79	87.26	91.32	90	86.86
EBIT / Interest Expense	2.18	2.76	2.74	2.37	2.53
EBITDA / Interest Expense	4.87	5.13	4.85	4.19	4.33
(EBITDA - Capex) / Interest Expense	2.94	3.24	2.79	2.04	2.18
Total Debt / EBITDA	4.49	4.5	4.48	4.57	4.29
Net Debt / EBITDA	4.44	4.47	4.45	4.53	4.27
Total Debt / (EBITDA - Capex)	7.43	7.12	7.79	9.35	8.54
Net Debt / (EBITDA - Capex)	7.34	7.08	7.74	9.28	8.5
Growth Over Prior Year
Total Revenues, 1 Yr. Growth %	5.1	7.45	4.53	1.08	0.88
Gross Profit, 1 Yr. Growth %	5.74	8.92	4.23	0.81	2.91
EBITDA, 1 Yr. Growth %	9.9	13.28	4.36	-1.93	4.33
EBITA, 1 Yr. Growth %	17.75	23.92	8.13	-2.95	5
EBIT, 1 Yr. Growth %	28.3	32.9	11.98	-1.66	7.58
Earnings From Cont. Operations, 1 Yr. Growth %	84.54	44.72	9.94	-10.05	11.25
Net Income, 1 Yr. Growth %	93.17	44.44	8.62	-9.85	11.54
Normalized Net Income, 1 Yr. Growth %	75.18	57.41	11.74	-12.32	12.65
Diluted EPS Before Extra, 1 Yr. Growth %	106.71	58.9	25.62	-2.44	16.61
Accounts Receivable, 1 Yr. Growth %	-1.17	1.58	13.26	1.51	4.45
Net Property, Plant and Equip., 1 Yr. Growth %	-0.31	0.13	4.66	9.43	8.25
Total Assets, 1 Yr. Growth %	-2.69	-1.19	1.43	1.85	1.92
Tangible Book Value, 1 Yr. Growth %	8.52	10.31	4.14	-3.16	-5.92
Common Equity, 1 Yr. Growth %	-24.3	-40.98	-35.1	21.57	40.6
Cash From Operations, 1 Yr. Growth %	23.95	11.52	-8.09	-3.3	-0.02
Capital Expenditures, 1 Yr. Growth %	3.06	2.97	22.8	18.55	1.39
Levered Free Cash Flow, 1 Yr. Growth %	32.45	40.21	-20.77	-40.85	-1.66
Unlevered Free Cash Flow, 1 Yr. Growth %	20.53	28.84	-11.95	-22.45	-0.37
Compound Annual Growth Rate Over Two Years
Total Revenues, 2 Yr. CAGR %	4.99	6.27	5.98	2.79	0.98
Gross Profit, 2 Yr. CAGR %	5.08	7.32	6.55	3.16	1.85
EBITDA, 2 Yr. CAGR %	6.48	11.58	8.73	1.17	1.15
EBITA, 2 Yr. CAGR %	13.11	20.79	15.75	2.44	0.95
EBIT, 2 Yr. CAGR %	21.93	30.58	21.99	4.94	2.86
Earnings From Cont. Operations, 2 Yr. CAGR %	56.23	63.42	26.14	-0.56	0.03
Net Income, 2 Yr. CAGR %	61.85	67.04	25.26	-1.05	0.28
Normalized Net Income, 2 Yr. CAGR %	56.94	66.05	30.95	-1.02	-0.62
Diluted EPS Before Extra, 2 Yr. CAGR %	71.76	81.24	41.28	10.7	6.66
Accounts Receivable, 2 Yr. CAGR %	12.7	7.61	7.26	7.22	2.97
Net Property, Plant and Equip., 2 Yr. CAGR %	0.63	-0.09	2.37	7.02	8.84
Total Assets, 2 Yr. CAGR %	-0.66	-1.94	0.11	1.64	1.88
Tangible Book Value, 2 Yr. CAGR %	6.14	9.41	7.18	0.42	-4.55
Common Equity, 2 Yr. CAGR %	-19	-33.16	-38.11	-11.17	30.74
Cash From Operations, 2 Yr. CAGR %	11.24	17.57	1.24	-5.72	-1.67
Capital Expenditures, 2 Yr. CAGR %	-9.86	3.01	12.45	20.66	9.63
Levered Free Cash Flow, 2 Yr. CAGR %	47.99	36.27	5.4	-31.54	-28.77
Unlevered Free Cash Flow, 2 Yr. CAGR %	28.47	24.61	6.51	-17.37	-14.99
Compound Annual Growth Rate Over Three Years
Total Revenues, 3 Yr. CAGR %	4.97	5.8	5.69	4.32	2.15
Gross Profit, 3 Yr. CAGR %	4.89	6.34	6.28	2.6	3.08
EBITDA, 3 Yr. CAGR %	6.37	8.7	9.12	5.05	2.21
EBITA, 3 Yr. CAGR %	12.91	16.61	16.41	9.15	3.29
EBIT, 3 Yr. CAGR %	23.54	25.48	24.06	13.54	5.81
Earnings From Cont. Operations, 3 Yr. CAGR %	-28.64	52.3	43.2	12.69	3.23
Net Income, 3 Yr. CAGR %	-31.2	55.83	44.71	12.25	2.98
Normalized Net Income, 3 Yr. CAGR %	52.77	57.1	44.16	14.56	3.34
Diluted EPS Before Extra, 3 Yr. CAGR %	-23.27	67.36	60.39	24.88	12.64
Accounts Receivable, 3 Yr. CAGR %	10.42	14.17	9.46	5.31	6.29
Net Property, Plant and Equip., 3 Yr. CAGR %	1.63	0.46	1.46	4.67	7.43
Total Assets, 3 Yr. CAGR %	-0.55	-0.84	-0.83	0.69	1.73
Tangible Book Value, 3 Yr. CAGR %	4.15	7.51	7.62	3.62	-1.74
Common Equity, 3 Yr. CAGR %	-15.23	-27.11	-33.81	-22.49	3.52
Cash From Operations, 3 Yr. CAGR %	6.8	11.33	8.31	-0.3	-3.86
Capital Expenditures, 3 Yr. CAGR %	-5.12	-5.77	9.23	14.45	13.86
Levered Free Cash Flow, 3 Yr. CAGR %	4.76	45.35	13.74	-13.06	-26.2
Unlevered Free Cash Flow, 3 Yr. CAGR %	5.64	28.59	10.99	-4.18	-13.99
Compound Annual Growth Rate Over Five Years
Total Revenues, 5 Yr. CAGR %	37.59	12.25	5.37	4.59	3.78
Gross Profit, 5 Yr. CAGR %	39.57	12.45	5.55	3.58	3.28
EBITDA, 5 Yr. CAGR %	39.72	12.76	7.31	5.62	5.86
EBITA, 5 Yr. CAGR %	46.12	15.38	14.04	10.72	9.96
EBIT, 5 Yr. CAGR %	45.79	20.79	22.92	16.82	15.1
Earnings From Cont. Operations, 5 Yr. CAGR %	68.45	7.27	-10.38	28.42	24.06
Net Income, 5 Yr. CAGR %	64.07	5.73	-12.57	29.94	24.96
Normalized Net Income, 5 Yr. CAGR %	146.04	30.76	43.56	29.86	24.23
Diluted EPS Before Extra, 5 Yr. CAGR %	41.87	8.94	-2.05	41.86	36.24
Accounts Receivable, 5 Yr. CAGR %	51.15	12.49	12.31	11.34	6.82
Net Property, Plant and Equip., 5 Yr. CAGR %	33.64	1.56	1.92	3.04	4.35
Total Assets, 5 Yr. CAGR %	29.68	-0.9	-0.29	0.15	0.25
Tangible Book Value, 5 Yr. CAGR %	57.04	4.06	5.35	4.62	2.58
Common Equity, 5 Yr. CAGR %	248.97	-18.94	-25.25	-21.11	-13.1
Cash From Operations, 5 Yr. CAGR %	43.91	15.09	4.54	4.17	4.2
Capital Expenditures, 5 Yr. CAGR %	32.15	7.47	1.55	4.02	9.39
Levered Free Cash Flow, 5 Yr. CAGR %	49.28	-0.76	5.02	7.55	-5.68
Unlevered Free Cash Flow, 5 Yr. CAGR %	37.87	1.49	5.99	7.74	-0.24