Charter Communications - M&A Summary and Business Overview

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Charter Communications M&A Summary

Charter Communications has acquired 14 companies, including 1 in the last 5 years. A total of 5 acquisitions came from private equity firms. It has also divested 3 assets.

Charter Communications’ largest acquisition to date was in 2015, when it acquired Time Warner Cable for $78.7B. Charter Communications has acquired in 7 different US states. The Company’s most targeted sectors include communications (59%) and media (34%).

Charter Communications Business Overview

Where is Charter Communications headquartered?

Charter Communications is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut.

What is Charter Communications’ revenue?

Charter Communications disclosed revenue of 54,602M USD for 2023 and 54,022M USD for 2022.

How many employees does Charter Communications have?

Charter Communications has 101,100 employees.

What sector is Charter Communications in?

Charter Communications is a communications company.

When was Charter Communications founded?

Charter Communications was founded in 1993.

M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity15
    • M&A Buy Activity12
    • M&A Sell Activity3
  • Total Sectors Invested 3
  • Total Countries Invested 1
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 14
  • M&A Advisors 10

Charter Communications

Charter Communications, Inc.

400 Washington Boulevard,
Stamford, Connecticut 06902
United States,
(203) 905-7801
www.corporate.charter.com

Charter Communications is a broadband communications company. Charter provides a full range of advanced broadband services, including advanced Charter Spectrum TV video entertainment programming, Charter Spectrum Internet® access, and Charter Spectrum Voice. Charter Communications was incorporated in 1993 and is based in Stamford, Connecticut.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 T
Buy (0.2/yr) # 11 - - - - 1 12
vol $91.7B $91.7B
Sell (0.0/yr) # 3 - - - - - 3
  15

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
Liberty Broadband Corp. 2024-11-13 - Add-on Acquisition
Englewood, Colorado · www.libertybroadband.com
Time Warner Cable, Inc. 2015-05-26 78.7B USD Add-on Acquisition
New York, New York · www.timewarnercable.com
ActiveVideo Networks, Inc. 2015-04-14 135M USD Add-on Acquisition
San Jose, California · www.activevideo.com
Bright House Networks LLC 2015-03-31 10.4B USD Divestiture
East Syracuse, New York · www.brighthouse.com
Bresnan Communications LLC (Optimum West) 2013-07-01 1.6B USD Divestiture
Purchase, New York · www.bresnan.com
US Cable - Broadband Systems 2011-09-01 - Divestiture
, United States
Windjammer Cable Systems 2011-08-01 - Divestiture
, United States
Cobridge Communications LLC 2010-10-22 - Divestiture
Saint Louis, Missouri · www.cobridge.net
Charter - Cable Television Systems (Camden) 2006-08-01 - Divestiture
Camden, United States
Charter - Cable Television Systems (Chester Country) 2006-02-01 - Divestiture
Chester Country, South Carolina
View All >>

Business Unit M&A

Company Acquired Add-On/Sale Date #
Time Warner Cable, Inc. 2015-05-26 NaviSite, Inc. 2019-08-26 1
New York, New York · www.timewarnercable.com Andover, Massachusetts · www.navisite.com

M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Communications 7 (58%) 89.9B (98%) 3 (100%) -
Media 4 (33%) 1.6B (2%) - -
Internet Software and Services 1 (8%) 135M (< 1%) - -
Total 12 $91.7B 3 -

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
United States 12 91.7B 3 -
  New York 3 90.7B - -
  Colorado 3 - - -
  New Jersey 1 845M - -
  Minnesota 1 - - -
  Georgia 1 - - -
  California 1 135M - -
  South Carolina - - 1 -
  Missouri - - 1 -
Total 12 $91.7B 3 -

Top M&A Advisors

Financial Deals
Goldman Sachs
3
Credit Suisse Investment Banking
2
LionTree
2
Legal Deals
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
3
Kirkland & Ellis
2
Sherman & Howard
1

Deal Values

buy # Total
> $1B 3 $90.7B
$100M to $1B 2 $980M
TOTAL $91.7B
Largest Time Warner Cable, Inc.
$78.7B (2015-05-26)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)
25%
3 (25%)
Strategic(s)
42%
5 (42%)
Divested to
Investor(s)
33%
1 (33%)
Strategic(s)
67%
2 (67%)

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