Optimum Communications, Inc. — Earnings Quality Grade F
OPTU · Communication Services
Major red flags
Screening Summary
管理层信号
Financial Trends
Revenue & Net Income ($B)
Margins (%)
18-Point Screening
Revenue Quality
DSO 14 days, change +1 days YoY
AR growth 1.1% vs revenue growth -4.1%
Revenue -4.1%, CFFO -16.7%. Cash follows revenue
Expense Quality
No material inventory
CapEx growth -5.8% vs revenue -4.1%. Normal
Insufficient data
Gross margin 69.3%, change +1.6pp. Stable
Cash Flow Quality
CFFO/NI = -0.66. Below 1.0
FCF is negative ($-0.1B)
Accruals ratio = -10.1%. Low accruals
Cash $1.0B covers only 4% of debt $26.5B
Balance Sheet Health
Goodwill+Intangibles $20.3B = -879% of equity. Manageable
Debt/EBITDA = 17.0x (>4x). Interest coverage = 0.9x (<2x). Financial stress
Other assets grew 27.5% vs revenue -4.1%
No write-off data
Acquisition Risk
FCF after acquisitions positive
Goodwill+Intangibles change -8% YoY. Normal
Manipulation Score
Insufficient data
Altman Z-Score
Generated from public financial data using forensic accounting frameworks. Not investment advice. Data: Yahoo Finance · 2026-04-25