What the executives and directors of Charter Communications actually did with their own shares, decoded from three years of SEC Form 4 filings.
The tape: three years of insider trades
Every marker sits at the exact price reported on the Form 4. The line is the monthly median of all prices insiders reported, so the chart needs no market feed; the gray strip is routine flow (vestings, tax withholding, gifts) that headlines love to miscount as selling.
Where the shares went, last 12 months
Every Form 4 movement decomposed: what flowed in (grants, vested equity, purchases) and what flowed out (tax withholding, plan sales, discretionary sales, gifts). Counted in shares, because grants carry no price.
Skin in the game
Directly held shares as reported after each trade, indexed to 100 five years back. Direct holdings only: trust and family-entity positions are per-entity in the filings and do not sum honestly, so this chart refuses to guess. The steps are the trades.
Who holds what
| Insider | Role | Shares held | Buys 12 m | Sales 12 m |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty Broadband Corp | Director | 57.6M | — | — |
| NEWHOUSE BROADCASTING CORP | Director | 6.1M | — | — |
| ADVANCE PUBLICATIONS, INC | Director | 6.1M | — | — |
| ADVANCE/NEWHOUSE PARTNERSHIP | Director | 6.1M | — | — |
| ADVANCE LONG-TERM MANAGEMENT TRUST | Director | 6.1M | — | — |
| NEWHOUSE FAMILY HOLDINGS, L.P. | Director | 6.1M | — | — |
| Newhouse Michael A | Director | 3M | — | — |
| Winfrey Christopher L President and CEO | CEO | 77.9K | $597K | — |
| Zinterhofer Eric Louis | Director | 53.1K | — | — |
| Ramos Mauricio | Director | 19.3K | $1.4M | — |
| Markley John D Jr | Director | 16.7K | — | — |
| Ellen David Executive Advisor | Officer | 14.1K | — | — |
| Miron Steven A | Director | 13.3K | — | — |
| Nair Balan | Director | 12K | $175K | — |
Open-market trade log
| Date | Insider | Type | Shares | Price | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-27 | Rutledge Thomas (Other) | Discretionary sale | 9,100 | $146.92 | $1.3M |
| 2026-05-27 | Rutledge Thomas (Other) | Discretionary sale | 9,100 | $146.96 | $1.3M |
| 2026-05-26 | Rutledge Thomas (Other) | Discretionary sale | 69.6K | $144.45 | $10.1M |
| 2026-05-15 | Ramos Mauricio (Director) | Open-market buy | 9,929 | $140.93 | $1.4M |
| 2026-04-28 | Nair Balan (Director) | Open-market buy | 1,000 | $175.46 | $175K |
| 2026-04-28 | Winfrey Christopher L (CEO) | Open-market buy | 3,468 | $172.23 | $597K |
| 2026-04-28 | Davis Wade (Director) | Open-market buy | 5,728 | $173.72 | $995K |
| 2025-11-05 | MERRITT DAVID C (Director) | Discretionary sale | 1,200 | $226.18 | $271K |
| 2025-07-31 | Nair Balan (Director) | Open-market buy | 360 | $274.21 | $99K |
| 2025-07-31 | Winfrey Christopher L (CEO) | Open-market buy | 3,670 | $273.10 | $1M |
| 2025-05-16 | DiGeronimo Richard J (Officer) | Planned sale (10b5-1) | 1,551 | $423.81 | $657K |
| 2024-02-28 | Jacobson Craig A (Director) | Discretionary sale | 918 | $289.24 | $266K |
| 2024-02-06 | Winfrey Christopher L (CEO) | Open-market buy | 5,050 | $295.29 | $1.5M |
| 2023-11-17 | Rutledge Thomas (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 700 | $417.06 | $292K |
| 2023-11-17 | Rutledge Thomas (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 1,800 | $416.75 | $750K |
| 2023-11-17 | Rutledge Thomas (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 2,500 | $415.64 | $1M |
| 2023-11-17 | Rutledge Thomas (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 4,334 | $408.37 | $1.8M |
| 2023-11-17 | Rutledge Thomas (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 4,721 | $413.35 | $2M |
| 2023-11-17 | Rutledge Thomas (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 5,433 | $414.43 | $2.3M |
| 2023-11-17 | Rutledge Thomas (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 6,109 | $409.37 | $2.5M |
| 2023-11-17 | Rutledge Thomas (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 8,288 | $412.41 | $3.4M |
| 2023-11-17 | Rutledge Thomas (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 15.8K | $411.56 | $6.5M |
| 2023-11-17 | Rutledge Thomas (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 16.9K | $410.58 | $6.9M |
| 2023-11-17 | Rutledge Thomas (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 17.4K | $407.38 | $7.1M |
| 2023-11-16 | Rutledge Thomas (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 200 | $420.23 | $84K |
| 2023-11-16 | Rutledge Thomas (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 300 | $419.07 | $126K |
| 2023-11-16 | Rutledge Thomas (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 401 | $416.64 | $167K |
| 2023-11-16 | Rutledge Thomas (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 1,400 | $418.48 | $586K |
| 2023-11-16 | Rutledge Thomas (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 1,624 | $417.61 | $678K |
| 2023-11-16 | Rutledge Thomas (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 1,985 | $415.28 | $824K |
| 2023-11-16 | Rutledge Thomas (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 3,500 | $413.12 | $1.4M |
| 2023-11-16 | Rutledge Thomas (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 8,500 | $409.52 | $3.5M |
| 2023-11-16 | Rutledge Thomas (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 19.8K | $411.55 | $8.1M |
| 2023-11-16 | Rutledge Thomas (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 53.1K | $412.55 | $21.9M |
| 2023-11-16 | Rutledge Thomas (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 65K | $410.38 | $26.7M |
| 2023-11-14 | Rutledge Thomas (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 4,800 | $417.17 | $2M |
| 2023-11-14 | Rutledge Thomas (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 6,422 | $414.46 | $2.7M |
| 2023-11-14 | Rutledge Thomas (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 9,780 | $416.17 | $4.1M |
| 2023-11-14 | Rutledge Thomas (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 16.9K | $413.18 | $7M |
| 2023-11-14 | Rutledge Thomas (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 19.3K | $412.27 | $8M |
| 2023-11-14 | Rutledge Thomas (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 30.6K | $415.33 | $12.7M |
| 2023-08-16 | MAFFEI GREGORY B (Director) | Discretionary sale | 5 | $428.18 | $2K |
| 2023-08-02 | Jacobson Craig A (Director) | Discretionary sale | 2,104 | $418.16 | $880K |
| 2023-02-22 | Rutledge Thomas (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 5,000 | $383.65 | $1.9M |
| 2023-02-22 | Rutledge Thomas (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 10K | $383.65 | $3.8M |
| 2023-01-31 | Miron Steven A (Director) | Open-market buy | 2,500 | $384.35 | $961K |
| 2022-11-01 | Zinterhofer Eric Louis (Director) | Open-market buy | 1,548 | $374.42 | $580K |
| 2022-11-01 | Zinterhofer Eric Louis (Director) | Open-market buy | 2,320 | $371.52 | $862K |
| 2022-11-01 | Zinterhofer Eric Louis (Director) | Open-market buy | 2,500 | $377.33 | $943K |
| 2022-11-01 | Zinterhofer Eric Louis (Director) | Open-market buy | 3,200 | $376.66 | $1.2M |
| 2022-11-01 | Zinterhofer Eric Louis (Director) | Open-market buy | 3,301 | $372.49 | $1.2M |
| 2022-11-01 | Zinterhofer Eric Louis (Director) | Open-market buy | 3,452 | $375.44 | $1.3M |
| 2022-11-01 | Zinterhofer Eric Louis (Director) | Open-market buy | 10.9K | $373.02 | $4.1M |
| 2022-05-17 | Hargis Jonathan (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 3,000 | $458.45 | $1.4M |
| 2022-05-16 | Hargis Jonathan (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 2,300 | $464.81 | $1.1M |
| 2022-02-01 | Winfrey Christopher L (COO) | Open-market buy | 1,306 | $592.38 | $774K |
| 2022-02-01 | Winfrey Christopher L (COO) | Open-market buy | 1,444 | $591.58 | $854K |
| 2021-11-23 | Rutledge Thomas (CEO) | Discretionary sale | 44.9K | $675.29 | $30.3M |
| 2021-11-22 | Rutledge Thomas (CEO) | Discretionary sale | 43.1K | $674.34 | $29.1M |
| 2021-09-02 | Bickham John (COO) | Discretionary sale | 200 | $825.15 | $165K |
“Since trade” compares with the latest insider-implied price, not a market quote; this site carries no market data by design.
Filing hygiene
How to read this
A Form 4 transaction code decides everything. P is an open-market purchase and S an open-market sale; those two are the only codes where an insider chose to trade. A is a grant, M an option exercise or vesting, F shares withheld to cover tax, G a gift. Most “insiders dumped billions” headlines are code F and M mechanics.
Sales flagged 10b5-1 run on a plan the insider adopted in advance; since 2023 every Form 4 carries that flag. Buys have historically predicted returns, sales mostly have not, and this page states filings, not advice.