secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Optimum Communications, Inc. (OPTU)
CIK:        0001702780
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-02-12T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001702780-26-000007
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Optimum Q4 revenue $2.18B (-2.3% YoY); net loss $71M; Adj EBITDA $902M (+7.7% YoY)
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- Q4 net loss attributable to stockholders of $71.2M ($0.15 diluted loss per share) vs $54.1M loss in Q4 2024.
- Full year 2025 net loss of $1.87B ($4.00 diluted loss per share) vs $102.9M loss in 2024, including $1.6B cable franchise impairment.
- Broadband subscriber losses of -62k in Q4 vs -39k in prior year; ending subs 4.2M. Mobile lines +38k to 623k.
- Adjusted EBITDA of $902.2M in Q4 (+7.7% YoY) with margin 41.3%; FY Adj EBITDA $3,336M (-2.3% YoY).
- Free cash flow (deficit) of $199.4M in Q4 vs $49.9M in Q4 2024; FY deficit of $118.8M vs $149.4M surplus.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1702780/000170278026000007/0001702780-26-000007-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1702780/000170278026000007/optu-20260212.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001702780-26-000007

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