---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-23-026763"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "OPTU"
cik: "0001702780"
company_name: "Optimum Communications, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-08-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-12T14:04:54.047287+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Altice USA Q2 revenue $2.32B (-5.6% YoY); net income $78.3M; free cash flow deficit $34.6M

## Summary
- Net income $78.3M ($0.17 diluted EPS) vs $106.2M ($0.23) in Q2 2022; revenue fell 5.6% to $2.32B.
- Adjusted EBITDA $921.7M (-8.5% YoY); Free cash flow deficit of $34.6M; cash capex $473.4M.
- Fiber broadband net adds best quarter at +40k, total fiber customers 250k; broadband net losses -37k.
- CSC Holdings issued $1.0B senior notes at 11.250% in April; net debt $24.5B, leverage 6.7x.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-23-026763
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: OPTU
- cik: 0001702780
- company_name: Optimum Communications, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-08-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1702780/000162828023026763/0001628280-23-026763-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1702780/000162828023026763/atus-20230802.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  Optimum Communications, Inc. reported the quarter ended June 30, 2023 results: revenue $2.32 billion, net income $78.3 million, EPS $0.17/share on a diluted basis.
  - Period: the quarter ended June 30, 2023
  - Revenue: $2.32 billion
  - Net income: $78.3 million
  - EPS: $0.17/share on a diluted basis
  - Result: reported results
  source text: in the quarter are leading indicators of a return to sustainable broadband and cash flow growth." Key Financial Highlights • Total Revenue declined -5.6% YoY in Q2 2023 to $2.32 billion, including Residential revenue decline of -5.7% YoY, Business Services revenue decline of -1.9% YoY and News & Advertising revenue decline of -14.8% YoY. • Net income
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1702780/000162828023026763/0001628280-23-026763-index.htm

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