OPTU Stock — Optimum Communications, Inc.

Optimum Communications, Inc. (OPTU)

Updated October 16, 2026.

OPTU is a Stock. Total return is -96.9% over the past 9.3 years, 359.4 points behind SPY at 262.5%.

Optimum Communications, Inc. provides broadband, video, telephony, and mobile services under the Optimum brand across the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands, serving both residential and business customers with offerings ranging from standard connectivity to enterprise networking solutions and hosted services. The company does not currently distribute to shareholders, though it has made special one-time distributions in the past that should not be expected to recur regularly. This security appeals to investors seeking exposure to the communications and cable services sector rather than those focused on current dividend income.

OPTU performance versus SPY

Price and return data through 2026-10-16.

Total return is -96.9% over the past 9.3 years, 359.4 points behind SPY at 262.5%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is -61.7%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 74.9%.

OPTU key facts

Asset type

Stock

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

06/22/2017

Distribution frequency

None

Last close

$0.90 (as of 2026-10-16)

Market cap

$246,017,663

Average volume

1376420.0

Ex-dividend date

06/07/2018

Beta

1.174

Payout ratio

0.0%

Forward P/E

1.9751

EPS

$-9.88

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (the posted rate) uses calculation basis unavailable. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield is the sum of split-adjusted cash distributions with ex-dates in the last 12 months, divided by the published price. It lags a recent raise or cut. Total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested on the ex-dividend date (a modeling convention, not the cash-settlement date) from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is the security's total return, not your personal gain/loss.

Yield and safety methodology · Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology

Sources and review

Primary sources: prices and distributions from Dividend Vision, derived from vendor EOD data.

Reviewed by Bert Sweet, CEO and Co-owner of Dividend Vision. Methodology: Distribution Safety Score.

OPTU risks and drawbacks

Total return has trailed SPY over the available window. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 74.9%.

Who may consider OPTU — and who may not

It is a weaker fit for investors who need monthly cash flow (OPTU does not currently distribute); investors whose main goal is matching SPY total return. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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