CLAIM #14457 · Charter Communications Inc (CHTR) · 2026Q1 earnings call · Apr 24, 2026 · due Dec 31, 2026
“We do continue to plan to grow EBITDA slightly this year with the benefit of the tailwind from political advertising.”
Jessica Fischer · CFO
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Look at: Full-year EBITDA growth (excluding transition costs), fiscal 2026 vs fiscal 2025
It came true if: Full-year EBITDA (excluding transition costs) higher than prior year figure, i.e., growth > 0%
Where: Company income statement / earnings release and adjusted EBITDA reconciliation (10-K / Q4 2026 earnings call)
In context
“the transition cost. Is that still the plan for the year? So that's my first question. And then thinking about, I guess, in terms of broadband ARPU. You did see a little bit of a slowdown there. But could you help us think about the expectations for the balance of the year? I mean, I think, Chris, you talked about trade-offs, near-term trade offs for the longer-term kind of health of the business. Should we anticipate your pricing strategy or the annual cadence of price increases within those comments? Is that something that we should probably contemplate maybe broadband pricing increase later this year is maybe not necessarily something we should expect as you kind of try to maybe help the CLVs in the long term, trying to keep turned down? Jessica Fischer: I'll start on the EBITDA side. We do continue to plan to grow EBITDA slightly this year with the benefit of the tailwind from political advertising. And as you point out, excluding transition costs. As we go through the year, we talked about the tuning exercise around offers, and changes in that tuning are going to have an impact on how close to the line we are on EBITDA growth. But that continues to be our plan. And... Christopher Winfrey: On broadband ARPU, Jessica can reiterate it, but I don't want to say in a different way and then somehow create daylight after the fact on broadband ARPU other than to say, the piece that you asked on pricing increase, we haven't made any determination on that yet. For obvious reasons, it's always been our strategy to try to keep prices as low as we can so that we can have enhanced competitiveness. That's been part of our philosophy. It was our philosophy and when it wasn't popular. And it allows y”
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