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Charter (CHTR) Earnings Date & Expected Move (July 24, 2026)

Charter Communications (CHTR) reports Q2 2026 earnings on Friday, July 24, 2026, before the market open. The options market is pricing a move of about ±16.2% — here’s the move history and what it means for options.

EarningsWatcher Research 7 min read Data as of July 2026 · Education, not advice
Earnings date Charter’s earnings date is July 24, 2026 (before market open). Live implied move: ±16.2%. See the weekly earnings calendar.

Charter (CHTR) is a high-dispersion telecom/cable name with a heating two-year regime and wide tails — April 2026 saw a peak move near -26.4%. Below is its earnings behaviour based on the last 16 reports (roughly the past 10 years), as of July 14, 2026.

CHTR earnings at a glance

±8.8%
Avg move (10yr)
peak, day of release
±15.0%
Avg move (2yr)
regime: heating
±19.1%
95th-pct tail
guidance shocks common

CHTR’s decade-long average earnings move is about ±8.8%, but the last two years have run much hotter at ±15.0%. The 95th-percentile tail is about ±19.1%; July 2025 peaked near -19.1% and April 2026 near -26.4%.

Does CHTR beat its implied move?

The implied move is what the options market prices in before the report. CHTR’s actual move has topped the implied move in about 69% of recent reports (11 of 16).

~69%
Beat rate
actual > implied (11 of 16)
Near
2yr avg
Near-term pricing
live ~16.2% vs ~15.0% 2yr
What this implies A ~69% beat rate on a heating two-year average (±15.0%) means the live implied near ±16.2% is pricing in line with recent dispersion — not the calmer ±8.8% decade headline.

How CHTR’s moves are distributed

0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 10-yr avg ±8.8% ±2.5% 5th ±5.0% 20th ±7.2% median ±11.6% 80th ±19.1% 95th
The spread of CHTR’s earnings-day moves by percentile. Half of reports land within roughly ±7.2%; the 95th-percentile worst case is about ±19.1%.

The distribution is wide with dramatic spikes: cable/telecom can look moderate on decade averages and still produce double-digit gaps on guidance resets.

Recent CHTR earnings

April 2026 peaked near -26.4% vs ~±10.6% implied. July 2025 peaked near -19.1% vs ~±8.4% implied. CHTR is a tail-risk name even when the median move looks tame.

See the full history The complete report-by-report record — every past implied vs actual move, open/peak/close behaviour and post-earnings drift, plus the live implied move as the next date approaches — lives in the EarningsWatcher app.

IV rush and IV crush on CHTR

Implied volatility builds into the report (the IV rush) and collapses afterward (the IV crush). With ±16.2% live implied, premium is rich — compare to both decade and two-year history.

What CHTR’s earnings data means for options

These figures are a reference point, not a signal. Compare the live implied move in the EarningsWatcher app.

On the “next” implied move Charter is scheduled to report July 24, 2026 (before market open). As of July 14, 2026 the live implied move has been pricing near ±16.2%.

Frequently asked questions

When is Charter (CHTR) earnings date in July 2026?

Charter Communications is scheduled to report Q2 2026 results on Friday, July 24, 2026, before the market open (BMO).

What is CHTR's implied move for earnings July 24, 2026?

As of July 14, 2026 the live implied move has been pricing near plus or minus 16.2% — close to the plus or minus 15.0% two-year average.

How much does CHTR move on earnings?

Over its last 16 earnings reports (as of July 2026), Charter's average earnings-day peak move was about plus or minus 8.8%, with the last two years averaging about plus or minus 15.0%. The 95th-percentile move is about plus or minus 19.1%.

Does CHTR usually beat its implied move?

More often than not. CHTR's actual move has topped its options-implied move in about 69% of recent reports (roughly 11 of 16).

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