Charter Communications

Industry: Broadcasting Cable TV

Fortune Rank: 332

Charter Communications, through its subsidiaries, operates cable systems in the U.S. with approx. 12.4 million homes passed and approx. 6.5 million customer relationships. CHTR offers video, data, telephony & other services. For the 6 months ended 6/30/05, revenues rose 6% to $2.59B. Net loss applicable to Common fell less then 1% to $709M. Results reflect higher sales from high speed data business, a $95M reduction in special charges and lower compensation expense.

Charter Communications, Inc. is a broadband communications company operating in the United States, with approximately 6.22 m million customers for the year ended December 31, 2004. Through its broadband network of coaxial and fiber-optic cable, the Company offers its customers traditional cable video programming, comprised of analog and digital (video service); high-speed cable Internet access (high-speed data service); advanced broadband cable services, such as video-on-demand (VOD), high-definition television service and interactive television, and, in some of its markets, telephone service (telephony). At December 31, 2004, the company served approximately 5.99 million analog video customers, of which approximately 2.67 million were also digital video customers. It also served approximately 1.88 million high-speed data customers. The Company also provided telephony service to approximately 45,400 customers as of that date.

Charter Communications

Charter Communications achieved a revenue of $6,755.00 million in 2010 but is one of the very few companies on the Fortune 500 for which profit figures are officially not available for this year.

Charter Communications' rank improves

The company ranking improved in 2010, moving up the Fortune 500 list to 332nd compared to 385th in 2009. This was based on its 2009 revenue of $6,479 million (a change of 0 million compared to 2010) and profits of $-2,451 million (a change of $2 million compared to 2009).

Another point of view

To many investors, profits are more important than the revenue a company earns, but unfortunately Charter Communications's profit figures for 2010 are not available.

Charter Communications Revenue* Profit* Fortune Ranking
20106,7550332
20096,479-2,451385
20086,002-1,616409
20075,613-1,370409
20065,254-967413

* US$ Million

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