Charter Communications: Fear Reaches Extreme Levels (Upgrade)

  • Charter Communications, Inc.'s Q2 results disappointed, with weak earnings and subscriber losses, intensifying market fears about secular decline and erasing recent share gains. Despite ongoing Internet and video subscriber losses, free cash flow remains robust, supported by pricing power and aggressive share buybacks. Valuation is now deeply discounted, with shares offering an 11% free cash flow yield and 16% upside even under conservative assumptions.