Charter provides cable television, high-speed internet, digital and wireless telephone services to communities across the United States. In May 2016, Charter acquired Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks. Charter is the third-largest multichannel video program distributor in the U.S. John Malone's Liberty Broadband and Advance/Newhouse, the former owner of Bright House, together own a controlling minority interest in Charter.

The stock market stalled last week after an impressive run that saw the S&P 500 bolt from 4982 in late April to 5659 at the close on Friday. Insider sentiment moved mostly in lock-step with that surge, though the insider-sentiment data from Vickers Stock Research turned bullish during the week of April 7, ahead of the market's bullish run. Last week, insider-sentiment again mirrored the broader market by 'stalling' but not fading. On a scale where sentiment is bullish under 2.00 and neutral from 2.00 to 6.00, the NYSE Eight-Week Sell/Buy Ratio from Vickers is now 2.01 versus 1.83 last week, representing a slight fallback. For the Nasdaq, there was some improvement, with the Nasdaq Eight-Week Sell/Buy Ratio at 2.87 this week versus 2.98 last week. Putting all the data together, Vickers' Total (all exchanges) Eight-Week Sell/Buy Ratio is currently 2.39, essentially unchanged from 2.34 last week. So insider sentiment stalled, but in a pretty positive place. Insider selling outpaced insider buying across all sectors over the last week, but insider buying in the Consumer Discretionary sector lagged selling by a factor of just 2.0-times. Selling was the greatest in Consumer Staples over the last week, with shares valued at $111 million sold versus just $2 million bought. Selling was also notable in Financials, with shares valued at $99 million sold versus just $5 million bought, as well as Healthcare, where insiders sold shares valued at $97 million versus $7 million bought. This week, analysts at Vickers highlighted insider transactions of interest at CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. (NGS: CRWD) and GoDaddy Inc. (NYSE: GDDY).

Charter is the product of the 2016 merger of three cable companies, each with a decades-long history in the business: Legacy Charter, Time Warner Cable, and Bright House Networks. The firm now holds networks capable of providing television, internet access, and phone services to roughly 57 million US homes and businesses, around 35% of the country. Across this footprint, Charter serves 28 million residential and 2 million commercial customer accounts under the Spectrum brand, making it the second-largest US cable company behind Comcast. The firm also owns, in whole or in part, sports and news networks, including Spectrum SportsNet (long-term local rights to Los Angeles Lakers games), SportsNet LA (Los Angeles Dodgers), SportsNet New York (New York Mets), and Spectrum News NY1.

Charter is the product of the 2016 merger of three cable companies, each with a decades-long history in the business: Legacy Charter, Time Warner Cable, and Bright House Networks. The firm now holds networks capable of providing television, internet access, and phone services to roughly 57 million US homes and businesses, around 35% of the country. Across this footprint, Charter serves 29 million residential and 2 million commercial customer accounts under the Spectrum brand, making it the second-largest US cable company behind Comcast. The firm also owns, in whole or in part, sports and news networks, including Spectrum SportsNet (long-term local rights to Los Angeles Lakers games), SportsNet LA (Los Angeles Dodgers), SportsNet New York (New York Mets), and Spectrum News NY1.