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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-24-033892"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "OPTU"
cik: "0001702780"
company_name: "Optimum Communications, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-08-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T13:52:28.977107+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 $2.24B (-3.6%); net income $15.4M vs $78.3M YoY; broadband losses -51k

## Summary
- Total revenue $2.24B (-3.6% YoY); residential revenue $1.75B (-4.4%); net income $15.4M ($0.03 diluted EPS) vs $78.3M in Q2 2023.
- Adjusted EBITDA $867.2M (-5.9% YoY); margin 38.7%; free cash flow deficit -$40.9M.
- Broadband net losses -51k (worsened from -37k YoY); fiber net adds +40k; mobile net adds +33k (2x YoY acceleration).
- Cash capex $347.7M (-26.6% YoY); full-year 2024 capex guidance under $1.6B.
- Consolidated net debt $24.566B; net leverage 7.2x; weighted avg cost of debt 6.5%.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-24-033892
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: OPTU
- cik: 0001702780
- company_name: Optimum Communications, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-08-01T23:59:59+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/1702780/000162828024033892/0001628280-24-033892-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1702780/000162828024033892/atus-20240801.htm

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