secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Optimum Communications, Inc. (OPTU)
CIK:        0001702780
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-05-07T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001702780-26-000029
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.80
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Optimum Q1 net loss of $2.88B includes $2.7B franchise impairment; revenue down 4%
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- Net loss attributable to stockholders of $2.88B ($6.10 diluted EPS) vs $75.7M loss in Q1 2025.
- Revenue $2.07B, down 4.0% YoY, with residential revenue falling 6.5% to $1.56B.
- Adjusted EBITDA $789.0M, margin 38.2% (+110 bps YoY); free cash flow deficit of $137.4M.
- Broadband net losses of 64k in Q1 (incl. 8k prior-period adjustment); mobile net adds of 52k, best in six years.
- Lightpath refinanced all debt via asset-backed securitization; $1.1B incremental term loan at Cablevision Litchfield.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1702780/000170278026000029/0001702780-26-000029-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1702780/000170278026000029/optu-20260507.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001702780-26-000029

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