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Stock Compensation Plans (Notes)
 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2025
Stock Compensation Plans [Abstract]  
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Charter’s stock incentive plans provide for grants of nonqualified stock options, incentive stock options, stock appreciation rights, dividend equivalent rights, performance units and performance shares, share awards, phantom stock, restricted stock units and restricted stock.  Directors, officers and other employees of the Company and its subsidiaries, as well as others performing consulting services for the Company, are eligible for grants under the stock incentive plans.

Charter granted the following equity awards for the periods presented.

Three Months Ended September 30,Nine Months Ended September 30,
2025202420252024
Stock options35,300 16,900 1,482,600 1,375,300 
Restricted stock— — 11,500 13,400 
Restricted stock units21,600 14,100 1,205,100 1,113,900 

Stock options and restricted stock units generally cliff vest three years from the date of grant. Certain stock options and restricted stock units vest based on achievement of stock price hurdles. Stock options generally expire ten years from the grant date and restricted stock units have no voting rights. Restricted stock generally vests one year from the date of grant.
As of September 30, 2025, total unrecognized compensation remaining to be recognized in future periods totaled $255 million for stock options, $452 million for restricted stock units and $2 million for restricted stock and the weighted average period over which they are expected to be recognized is two years for stock options and restricted stock units and seven months for restricted stock.