TradingKey – At a price of $147.99, Charter Communications (NASDAQ: CHTR) is bouncing back after a record-breaking 25.5% one-day plummet on April 24, 2026. The collapse came after the company reported that it shed 120,000 broadband subscribers in Q1 2026, far more than the 100,000 expected, and that earnings per share of $9.17 fell short of the $10.63 estimate. Additionally, adjusted EBITDA fell 2.2% year over year to $5.6 billion. Shares hit $178, their lowest level in more than a decade, before a rebound to where they are now: $148. All of which brings us to the single most important forward-looking aspect of Charter’s investment thesis: its proposed $34.5 billion acquisition of Cox Communications. Both the FCC and DOJ have cleared…