Altice USA (ATUS) Reports Q1 Earnings: What Key Metrics Have to Say

Core Insights - Altice USA, Inc. reported a revenue of $2.15 billion for Q1 2025, reflecting a year-over-year decline of 4.4% and an EPS of -$0.16, compared to -$0.05 a year ago [1] - The revenue fell short of the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $2.16 billion by 0.48%, while the EPS was significantly below the consensus estimate of -$0.09, resulting in a surprise of -77.78% [1] Financial Performance Metrics - The stock of Altice USA has returned +8.2% over the past month, underperforming the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +11.3% change, and currently holds a Zacks Rank 5 (Strong Sell) [3] - Unique Residential Customer Relationships stood at 4.13 million, slightly below the average estimate of 4.16 million [4] - Unique SMB Customer Relationships were reported at 375.3 thousand, compared to the average estimate of 376.09 thousand [4] - Pay TV/Video Subscribers totaled 1.79 million, below the average estimate of 1.82 million [4] - Broadband Subscribers reached 3.96 million, slightly below the estimated 3.98 million [4] Revenue Breakdown - Residential revenue from Video was $665.57 million, significantly lower than the average estimate of $704.84 million, marking an 11.9% year-over-year decline [4] - Residential revenue from Broadband was $899.56 million, slightly above the estimate of $889.88 million, with a year-over-year change of -1.9% [4] - Telephony revenue was reported at $66.41 million, exceeding the estimate of $61.41 million, representing a -6.4% change year-over-year [4] - Total Residential revenue was $1.67 billion, below the average estimate of $1.69 billion, reflecting a -5.7% year-over-year change [4] - News and Advertising revenue was $102.41 million, surpassing the estimate of $99.04 million, with a -3.1% change year-over-year [4] - Other revenue increased to $18.09 million, exceeding the estimate of $16.91 million, representing a +52% year-over-year change [4] - Mobile revenue was $36.70 million, above the estimate of $33.46 million, with a year-over-year change of +47.4% [4] - Business services and wholesale revenue was $363.55 million, slightly above the estimate of $359.47 million, with a year-over-year change of -0.4% [4]