Q1 Earnings Forecast for Altice USA Issued By Zacks Research

Altice USA, Inc. (NYSE:ATUS) – Equities researchers at Zacks Research upped their Q1 2026 earnings per share estimates for shares of Altice USA in a research note issued to investors on Tuesday, January 7th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now expects that the company will post earnings of ($0.03) per share for the quarter, up from their previous estimate of ($0.11). The consensus estimate for Altice USA’s current full-year earnings is ($0.01) per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Altice USA’s Q4 2026 earnings at $0.09 EPS and FY2026 earnings at ($0.08) EPS.

A number of other equities research analysts have also recently issued reports on ATUS. TD Cowen dropped their price objective on Altice USA from $6.00 to $3.50 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, November 5th. Citigroup upped their price objective on Altice USA from $2.50 to $3.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, December 11th. Five analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, three have assigned a hold rating and three have assigned a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $2.30.

Altice USA Price Performance

Shares of Altice USA stock opened at $2.48 on Thursday. Altice USA has a 12-month low of $1.52 and a 12-month high of $3.18. The stock has a market cap of $1.14 billion, a P/E ratio of -6.70 and a beta of 1.50. The business’s 50 day moving average is $2.53 and its 200-day moving average is $2.22.

Altice USA (NYSE:ATUS) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Monday, November 4th. The company reported ($0.09) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.04 by ($0.13). Altice USA had a negative return on equity of 1.54% and a negative net margin of 1.85%. The company had revenue of $2.23 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.24 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $0.15 EPS. The company’s revenue for the quarter was down 3.9% on a year-over-year basis.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Quadrature Capital Ltd bought a new position in shares of Altice USA in the third quarter worth $27,000. Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC bought a new position in shares of Altice USA in the second quarter worth $25,000. D.A. Davidson & CO. bought a new position in shares of Altice USA in the third quarter worth $32,000. Wolverine Trading LLC bought a new stake in shares of Altice USA during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $39,000. Finally, US Bancorp DE boosted its position in shares of Altice USA by 30.2% during the 3rd quarter. US Bancorp DE now owns 21,530 shares of the company’s stock worth $53,000 after acquiring an additional 5,000 shares in the last quarter. 54.85% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Buying and Selling at Altice USA

In other Altice USA news, Director Alt S.A.R.L. Next sold 805,227 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Monday, October 28th. The stock was sold at an average price of $24.50, for a total value of $19,728,061.50. Following the transaction, the director now directly owns 38,055,771 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $932,366,389.50. This represents a 2.07 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Insiders have sold a total of 15,299,331 shares of company stock valued at $374,833,610 in the last ninety days. 52.90% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

About Altice USA

Altice USA, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, provides broadband communications and video services in the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. It offers broadband, video, telephony, and mobile services to residential and business customers. The company's video services include delivery of broadcast stations and cable networks; over the top services; video-on-demand, high-definition channels, digital video recorder, and pay-per-view services; and platforms for video programming through mobile applications.