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accession: "0001628280-24-044982"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "OPTU"
cik: "0001702780"
company_name: "Optimum Communications, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-11-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T06:10:57.811433+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Altice USA Q3 2024: net loss $43M, revenue -3.9%, fiber adds +47k, capex guide cut to $1.5B

## Summary
- Revenue $2.23B (-3.9% YoY); net loss attributable to stockholders $43M vs $66.8M profit in Q3 2023.
- Adjusted EBITDA $862M (-5.8% YoY); Free Cash Flow $76.9M, including $115M higher cash interest YoY.
- Broadband net losses -50k; fiber net adds +47k (+63% YoY fiber customer growth); mobile net adds +36k (best in 4 years).
- Cash capex guidance reduced to ~$1.5B for FY2024 (vs ~$1.7B in 2023); targeting annual capex under $1.3B in FY2025.
- Consolidated net debt $24.6B, net leverage 7.1x; weighted average cost of debt 6.8%.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-24-044982
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: OPTU
- cik: 0001702780
- company_name: Optimum Communications, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-11-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1702780/000162828024044982/0001628280-24-044982-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1702780/000162828024044982/atus-20241104.htm

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