Sharemaestro company-news research for Charter Communications Inc (CHTR), showing current tone, evidence confidence, direct company coverage, sector and industry context, completed price response and the source headlines used on the page. Scores describe published news evidence. Confidence describes the amount, freshness, source breadth and direct company relevance of that evidence. Price context is shown separately.

NASDAQ United States Provisional evidence

Company news sentiment

CHTR news sentiment

Charter Communications Inc

Company headlines from the last 30 days, weighted by freshness, relevance, publisher quality and the strength of the wording. Price is shown separately.

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30-day score50Neutral is 50
Early balanced news score 17/100 evidence confidence 100% direct company focus 1 current stories across 1 publishers
Latest weekly closeUSD 152.57week of 7 Aug 2026
Main news subjectMarket update72/100 share of current news
News data statusStored_Snapshot0 duplicate stories removed

Current company news

Early balanced news score

1 company-specific story are available, but there are not yet enough fresh stories from separate publishers for a firm reading.

Observed headline tone50/100 Published 30-day score50/100

Older, less relevant and less reliable stories count for less. Confidence is shown separately.

Latest source headline 12,500 Shares in Charter Communications, Inc. $CHTR Acquired by Polianta Ltd MarketBeat · 09 Aug 2026 09:48 · Source lookup

What supports the score

Direct evidence

1 current stories are mapped specifically to CHTR.

What limits the score

Source breadth

Only 1 publisher currently contribute to the measured read.

Confidence

Confidence is 17/100, below the threshold for a firm score.

50/100
News scoreEarly balanced news score
17/100
Confidencethin evidence
100%/100
Company news1 company stories
N/A/100
Story agreementrequires at least 2 stories

News history

Daily score and story count over 30 days

Daily weighted evidence
09 Aug: 1 stories 09 Aug: tone 50, 1 stories 95505
15 Jul30 Jul13 Aug
News scoreStory count50 baseline

Confidence

How reliable the score is

Separate from direction

Confidence uses the amount of news, separate publishers, direct company relevance, freshness and agreement. A high or low score is not automatically reliable.

Amount of evidence0
0.013 after freshness weighting
Source breadth20
1 independent publishers
Company relevance100
share tied directly to this company
Freshness46
recency-weighted evidence
Agreement0
requires at least 2 stories
Publisher mix0
less reliance on one publisher

Price and news history

News score and weekly price over 26 weeks

Early company-news score

Company-specific news is present, but the evidence has not yet earned enough independent, fresh information weight for price confirmation to be treated as a firm signal.

One scoring method across the chart.Stored company headlines are recalculated at each weekly point with the current 30-day freshness weighting. Old published snapshots are left unchanged.
13 Feb 2026: close 239.09, indexed 100.020 Feb 2026: close 230.16, indexed 96.327 Feb 2026: close 234.63, indexed 98.106 Mar 2026: close 232.24, indexed 97.113 Mar 2026: close 218.19, indexed 91.320 Mar 2026: close 213.01, indexed 89.127 Mar 2026: close 219.14, indexed 91.703 Apr 2026: close 219.79, indexed 91.910 Apr 2026: close 218.82, indexed 91.517 Apr 2026: close 236.62, indexed 99.024 Apr 2026: close 180.13, indexed 75.301 May 2026: close 171.74, indexed 71.808 May 2026: close 154.86, indexed 64.815 May 2026: close 140.33, indexed 58.722 May 2026: close 145.15, indexed 60.729 May 2026: close 144.05, indexed 60.205 Jun 2026: close 132.12, indexed 55.312 Jun 2026: close 145.82, indexed 61.019 Jun 2026: close 126.23, indexed 52.826 Jun 2026: close 133.64, indexed 55.903 Jul 2026: close 137.2, indexed 57.410 Jul 2026: close 130.73, indexed 54.717 Jul 2026: close 131.37, indexed 54.924 Jul 2026: close 123.31, indexed 51.631 Jul 2026: close 144.98, indexed 60.607 Aug 2026: close 152.57, indexed 63.8 26 Jun 2026: news score 50, close 133.64, 7 stories5003 Jul 2026: news score 51, close 137.2, 16 stories5110 Jul 2026: news score 50, close 130.73, 22 stories5017 Jul 2026: news score 50, close 131.37, 23 stories5024 Jul 2026: news score 50, close 123.31, 28 stories5031 Jul 2026: news score 50, close 144.98, 24 stories5007 Aug 2026: news score 50, close 152.57, 17 stories50
13 Feb15 May07 Aug
Weekly close, indexedSentiment score
26-week price-36.2%latest close 152.57
News score change+0first to latest comparable week
One-week response+5.2%Price confirming higher
Fair-value position-49.7%Below fair value
WeekNews scoreCloseWeekly move
07 Aug 202650USD 152.57+5.2%
31 Jul 202650USD 144.98+17.6%
24 Jul 202650USD 123.31-6.1%
17 Jul 202650USD 131.37+0.5%
10 Jul 202650USD 130.73-4.7%
03 Jul 202651USD 137.2+2.7%
26 Jun 202650USD 133.64+5.9%
Provisional evidence

News subjects

What is shaping the score

Market update
Market update501 stories · 100%

Source mix

Where the evidence comes from

0/100 independence
MarketBeat501 stories · 100%

Recurring subjects

Subjects appearing most often

Current evidence

Topic structure will appear when classified tags are present in the current feed.

Earlier readings

How the score has changed

29 comparable readings · 54 days
Past and present use the same method.Each point recalculates the previous 30 days of stored company headlines with today's scoring rules. The original stored snapshots remain unchanged.
Comparable move+450 to 54 · Strengthening
Observed range50–5450 is the neutral baseline
Evidence depth19stories at latest stored reading · +17
Confidence29/100Provisional · +1
20 Jun50 neutral13 Aug 20:37
ConstructiveBalanced or withheldCautious

Changes in the stored score

Scores are rebuilt from stored headlines with the current 30-day method. Days with no change are collapsed.

ObservedScoreMoveConfidenceStoriesStatus
13 Aug 20:3754+029/100 (-3)19 (0)Provisional
12 Aug 23:5954+432/100 (+6)19 (+2)Provisional
09 Aug 23:5950-126/100 (0)17 (0)Provisional
08 Aug 23:5951+126/100 (-2)17 (-7)Provisional
31 Jul 23:5950+028/100 (+3)24 (-1)Provisional
29 Jul 23:5950+025/100 (-5)25 (-2)Provisional
25 Jul 23:5950+030/100 (-1)27 (-1)Provisional
24 Jul 23:5950+031/100 (-2)28 (0)Provisional

Source headlines

The news behind the score

Showing 1-1 of 1

Only company-specific stories enter this score. The latest 30 days are shown newest first, with newer stories weighted more heavily and duplicate coverage combined.

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12,500 Shares in Charter Communications, Inc. $CHTR Acquired by Polianta Ltd

Published
09 Aug 2026 09:48
News subject
Market update
Why this score
No clear positive or negative phrase
Company focus
Main company · 100%
How it is used
Direct company coverage
Weighted influence
High · 100% · 4.5d old
Duplicates
1 consolidated

Earlier company news

CHTR news archive

Showing 1-30 of 41 stored headlines

Stored newest first for historical research. It starts after the newest three pages above and then continues through older news. Each archive page is loaded only when it is opened.

Aug 12 2026
finance.yahoo.comArchivedPositive tone

SPECTRUM AND OPTIMUM EXPAND STRATEGIC COLLABORATION TO ENHANCE LOCAL NEWS ACCESS AND ADVERTISING SOLUTIONS

Agreement Restores Spectrum News NY1 and News 12 in New York Market, Brings Spectrum News to Optimum TV Customers in Texas and North Carolina, and Expands Advertising Capabilities Through Spectrum Reach Key Takeaways The companies will restore reciprocal carriage of Spectrum News NY1 and Optimum's News 12 in the New York market in September, providing viewers with greater access to trusted hyperlocal news. Optimum TV customers in Texas and North Carolina will soon gain access to Spectrum News' award-winning local journalism, expanding local news and weather coverage for customers. Optimum and Spectrum Reach are expanding their advertising relationship, combining Optimum's longstanding local customer relationships with Spectrum Reach's scale and advanced advertising capabilities to deliver enhanced solutions for advertisers. STAMFORD, Conn., Aug. 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Spectrum and Optimum today announced a new strategic agreement that expands access to trusted local news for television customers while strengthening advertising capabilities across key markets. Together, the companies are building on their shared commitment to delivering greater value for customers, advertisers and the communities they serve.Spectrum The agreement restores Spectrum News NY1 to Optimum TV customers and News 12 to Spectrum TV customers across the New York metropolitan area in September, ensuring viewers have access to two of the region's most trusted local news brands. The agreement also will introduce Spectrum News to Optimum TV customers in Texas and North Carolina soon. Customers will gain access to Spectrum News' award-winning local news networks, providing around-the-clock local news, weather, breaking news and community coverage. "Together, we're expanding access to trusted local journalism while creating even greater value for our customers," said Mike Bair, Executive Vice President, Spectrum Networks. "Our local news teams are deeply connected to the communities they serve, and we're pleased to bring that reporting to even more viewers while restoring access to iconic local news brands across the New York market." "This agreement reflects our continued focus on delivering the content and experiences our customers value most," said Keith Bowen, President of News, Programming & Business Services, Optimum. "By expanding local news offerings and strengthening our advertising capabilities through this collaboration with Spectrum, we're enhancing the customer experience while positioning our business for continued growth. It's a great example of how two industry leaders can work together to better serve viewers, advertisers and the communities we both call home." Story Continues Expanding Local News for Customers Spectrum News and News 12 are two of the nation's leading local news brands, each delivering around-the-clock coverage of the stories, weather, politics and breaking news that matter most to the communities they serve. Through this agreement, in the New York metropolitan area, the companies will also restore reciprocal carriage of Spectrum News NY1 and News 12 in September, giving Optimum customers renewed access to NY1's trusted coverage of New York City while restoring News 12 – one of the nation's premier hyperlocal news networks—to Spectrum customers. Optimum TV customers in Texas and North Carolina will gain access to Spectrum News' award-winning local journalism soon, expanding the company's local news offering in those markets while extending the reach of Spectrum News to even more viewers. Together, the agreement expands access to trusted local journalism, ensuring more viewers have access to the reporting, weather and community coverage that matters most where they live. Strengthening Advertising Solutions As part of a separate agreement, Spectrum Reach will provide advertising sales representation for Optimum's West markets, which include approximately 30 Designated Market Areas (DMAs) across the central, southern and wester

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Published
12 Aug 2026 16:00
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1 consolidated
Aug 12 2026
finance.yahoo.comArchivedPositive tone

AT&T Barely Moves With The Market It Belongs To

Photo by Mohamed_hassan on Pixabay Five years of data say the stock has largely gone its own way, and what that is worth to a portfolio has nothing to do with the past week. AT&T (T) stock has risen 4.8% over the last five trading days while the S&P 500 slipped 0.1%, and a name that climbs in a flat market is hard to leave alone. What decides its worth to you is not next week's move but how much of its return is its own story rather than the index you already own. A Correlation Of 0.18 Says The Index Is Not Doing The Work Over the past five years AT&T's correlation to the S&P 500 has been 0.18, where 1.0 would be lockstep. Most of the stock's direction has not come from the market, and the reason is what the company sells: monthly bills for postpaid phone lines, AT&T Fiber and fixed wireless home internet, increasingly sold as one bundle. At the end of the second quarter of 2026, 42.5% of its advanced home internet customers also held a postpaid wireless account. An investor already holding gold as a diversifier does not double up with AT&T either: the two correlate at 0.02. The cost side is just as self-directed. AT&T says it now has regulatory approval to discontinue legacy services in over 30% of its wire centers, effective by late 2026, and expects a couple hundred wire centers to have zero customers by the end of 2026. Powering down that legacy copper network removes cost on a schedule set by approvals already in hand, not one the economy sets. Steady cash generation of that kind is what the Trefis High Quality Portfolio is built on. Going Its Own Way Has Been The Bumpier Ride Independence is not smoothness. Over the same five years AT&T returned 9.0% annualized at a volatility of 24.6%, against the S&P 500's 13.1% at 17.2%: more movement for less return. Over the past year it moved against the index rather than merely apart from it. On days the S&P 500 rose, the stock tended to move the other way by roughly half the index's move, and on the market's down days it tended to rise. That one-year reading can turn, but it describes a holding cushioning bad market days and sitting out good ones. Convergence Is Winning Volume And Costing Fiber Pricing That return stream rests on volume. Advanced Connectivity service revenues grew 5.1% year over year in the second quarter of 2026 and that segment's EBITDA grew 8%, on more than a million net additions across fiber, fixed wireless and postpaid phones. Pricing is where the strain shows: Fiber ARPU fell 1.3% year over year, a decline management attributed primarily to the lower-ARPU footprint acquired from Lumen, and was roughly flat once those customers are excluded. Management expects convergence to keep pressure on it near term. Story Continues Hold It For The Return Stream The Index Cannot Hand You So the role it can play is clear: a return stream driven by subscriber counts and copper switch-offs rather than by the market's mood, worth owning precisely because an index fund cannot produce it. The caveat is how it swings, and the past year's inverted behavior can turn. What the options market implies about its swings over the next twelve months tests that better than a five-day run does, and the business number to track is Fiber ARPU as the converged base grows. A Diversifier Is Still A Single Telecom Bet One low-correlation holding spreads risk inside a portfolio; it does not build one. The Trefis High Quality Portfolio treats that as a system rather than as a single position. That portfolio has a track record of outpacing the three major indices - the S&P 500, S&P Mid-cap, and Russell 2000. View Comments

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Published
12 Aug 2026 15:35
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Aug 08 2026
finance.yahoo.comArchivedPositive tone

Tensions flare as $34-billion Charter-Cox cable deal nears finish line

Spectrum owner Charter Communications is nearing the finish line in its long-awaited $34.5-billion purchase of Cox Enterprises to form the nation's largest internet and cable television company. California's Public Utilities Commission is scheduled to vote next week to approve the merger that would bolster Southern California's dominant provider with more than 5 million customers. Securing the approval of California regulators — the deal's final hurdle — has been a slog as federal officials gave Charter their consent months ago. Customers of privately held Cox, the Atlanta-based company that serves Rancho Palos Verdes, Rolling Hills Estates, Las Vegas and large parts of Orange and San Diego counties, would be switched to Spectrum service. Charter is the industry leader, providing Spectrum internet, phone and cable TV packages for Los Angeles, Riverside, San Bernardino and Ventura counties. It's been more than a year since the companies unveiled their proposed union, and they hope to combine operations this month. But flaps have flared up in the last lap. Public interest groups have argued that the PUC's proposed settlement with Charter doesn't go far enough to ensure long-term affordable internet for low-income residents or accommodations for customers reeling from natural disasters such as last year's Eaton and Palisades fires. In addition, advocates have asked utilities commissioners to demand that Charter commit to fostering workplace diversity, equity and inclusion among its proposed 9,000-member workforce in California. Such programs have been under siege since President Trump returned to the White House. "State regulators like the CPUC have an important role to play — they have a voice and leverage if they choose to use it," said Jason Solomon, director of the National Institute for Workers' Rights, a Bay Area group that is lobbying for Charter to renew its commitment to a diverse workplace. "It's important that California stand up for its own laws, policies and values," Solomon said.A Spectrum truck in New York City. (Star Max/IPx) The five-member commission is set to vote on the Charter-Cox merger Thursday. The panel will consider two competing proposals; both would allow the merger to go through with various conditions. Charter years ago pledged to create a diverse workplace but scaled back its public statements amid Trump's vocal demands that companies dump DEI programs. Trump's Federal Communications Commission chairman, Brendan Carr, also has championed eliminating diversity programs, saying they are discriminatory. Story Continues The FCC in February approved Charter's proposed purchase of Cox's residential cable, commercial fiber, cloud and information technology businesses. To win Carr's approval, Charter agreed to "new safeguards to protect against DEI discrimination," according to the FCC. Charter is in a bind. It disavowed diversity efforts to win the FCC's blessing but now is facing calls in California to embrace such commitments. "In a state as diverse as California we should protect diversity in the workplace," said Jessica J. González, co-chief executive of advocacy group Free Press. "We have a responsibility to stand up to what's been going on in the federal government, and in the Trump administration, to force companies to roll back their policies." Read more:Cable giant Charter to buy Cox in a $34.5-billion deal, uniting providers that serve SoCal In its public filings, Charters said it would reach out to diverse suppliers and work with business groups, including the Women's Business Development Council, the California LGBTQ Chamber of Commerce, the African American Chamber, the California Hispanic Chamber and the Cal Asian Chamber. "This transaction will be good for consumers, community leaders, and businesses across California as it will provide them with lower prices, greater value, better service, and support from Spectrum's 100% U.S.-based employees," the Stamford, Conn. company said in a statemen

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Published
8 Aug 2026 11:00
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1 consolidated
Jul 15 2026
Morningstar ResearchArchivedLegacy headline · tone unscoredLegacy source lookup

Analyst Report: Charter Communications, Inc.

Published
15 Jul 2026 11:56
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Legacy snapshot
Coverage
Direct company
Duplicates
1 consolidated

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How to read the score

The score shows direction

It describes the weighted balance of qualifying headlines. A score of 50 can mean balanced news or that there is not enough evidence; the status label explains which.

Confidence is separate

Confidence measures depth, source breadth, direct relevance, freshness and agreement. It does not rise merely because the tone is extreme.

Price is confirmation

Weekly price response, trend and fair-value position test whether the market is accepting or rejecting the news. They never rewrite the news score.

What the page does

It measures news already published. It is not a forecast, recommendation or price target.

Evidence context