A 7-Day Losing Streak Has Charter Communications Stock Down 20%
A sustained slide in the cable and satellite company’s stock is drawing attention, but the underlying business data tells its own story.
Charter Communications (CHTR) stock has now moved lower for 7 consecutive trading days, a cumulative loss of 20%. The steady selling has erased about $3.4 billion from the company’s market value, which now stands at about $14 billion.
For any investor holding the stock, the move is a significant one. Charter Communications stock trades at about $117.26 a share as of 9/22/2026.
How The Streak Stacks Up Against The S&P 500
Here is how CHTR stock stacks up against the S&P 500 over the streak and the periods around it:
| Return Period | CHTR | S&P 500 |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | -4.9% | -0.0% |
| 7D (Current Streak) | -19.6% | 1.4% |
| 1M (21D) | -21.9% | 1.2% |
| 3M (63D) | -11.0% | 5.4% |
| YTD 2026 | -43.8% | 13.4% |
| 2025 | -39.1% | 16.4% |
| 2024 | -11.8% | 23.3% |
| 2023 | 14.6% | 24.2% |
What does the business data show?
The company’s fundamentals show signs of strain. Revenue over the last twelve months declined 1.5%, while the median revenue growth among S&P 500 Communication Services stocks was 6.8%. The sources available do not show why the stock has moved this way.
This streak is also largely specific to the stock, not the broader market. Over the same 7 trading days, the S&P 500 returned +1.4%. While sustained, such streaks are not unique; 1 other S&P 500 stock is currently on a losing streak of 7 days or more.
A streak is information, not an instruction.
A long streak, positive or negative, is a clear signal about momentum and where other investors are focused. It is not, by itself, a reason to buy or sell. The disciplined response is to use the new information and the new price to re-evaluate the business.
The numbers here provide a starting point for that work, setting a lower stock price against a business with shrinking top-line results.
A slide like this poses an obvious follow-up: which marked-down stocks are actually worth buying? Our Buy the Dip screen runs that test every day, flagging beaten-down names whose fundamentals still hold up.
Those watching the group rather than this one name have another route: a communication services ETF like XLC holds the whole group, not the single stock. It is still a concentrated bet on that one theme, though, which is exactly the gap the portfolio below closes.
Weakness In One Name Should Be Noise, Not News
For a diversified holder, a streak like this is a data point. For a concentrated one, it is a hole in the plan. The difference is never the stock; it is the portfolio built around it.
Building that portfolio is what the Trefis High Quality (HQ) Portfolio does: roughly 30 businesses with the cash generation and balance-sheet strength to absorb a bad month, selected and rebalanced by rules. It has a track record of outpacing a benchmark that combines the three major indices – the S&P 500, S&P Mid-cap, and Russell 2000. Make the next streak, in either direction, someone else’s drama.