Is OPTU halal?
Optimum Communications, Inc.
Not halal
Optimum Communications, Inc. did not pass AAOIFI screening. The failed check is shown below.
Checked: 13 October 2026
Exchange
NYSE
Price
0.9026
Day
-5.81%
Market cap
$369.6M
Industry
Telecom Services
Sector
Communication Services
What the company does
Optimum Communications (formerly Altice USA) provides cable broadband, TV, phone and mobile service under the Optimum brand in the US Northeast and Southwest, plus News 12 local channels. Revenue comes from monthly residential and business subscriptions; it carries very heavy debt.
What was checked
The AAOIFI standard has four steps: business activity first, then three financial ratios. Fail one and the stock is not halal.
Business activity
No prohibited activity
Interest-bearing debt / market cap
limit 30%
Interest-bearing debt $26.55B ÷ 36-month average market cap $1.02B = 2611.4%
2611.4%
Fail
Cash & investments / market cap
limit 30%
Cash + interest-bearing securities $1.30B ÷ 36-month average market cap $1.02B = 127.5%
127.5%
Fail
Non-compliant income / total revenue
limit 5%
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No data
Figures from the company's filings (2026-06-30), USD. Market cap is a 36-month average (the S&P Shariah index approach), so a one-day price move does not flip the verdict. Today's market cap: $369.61M.
For information (AAOIFI 3/1 note): cash + receivables are 5.7% of total assets (2026-06-30). AAOIFI recommends tangible assets of at least one third — this figure does not affect the verdict, and other major screeners do not apply it either.
In the lists
- In the S&P 500
- Not in the S&P 500
- Held by funds
- Not held by any tracked fund
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