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Liberty Global Ltd Ordinary Shares - Class A LBTYA

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$16.15 −0.10 (0.62%)
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As of Delayed Price Post-Trading: $16.21 +0.05
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Inflation Weighs on Liberty Global's Cost Base; Share Buybacks Increased

Javier Correonero

Liberty Global is a holding company that fully or partially owns interests in European cable and telecommunication businesses, including in the U.K. (Virgin Media O2), Netherlands (VodafoneZiggo), Switzerland (UPC-Sunrise), and Belgium (Telenet). The firm also owns smaller businesses in Ireland and Slovakia. Liberty is known for showing rational behavior in the markets it operates, a positive in the highly competitive telecom industry.

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Price vs Fair Value

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LBTYA is trading at a 40% discount.
Price
$16.70
Fair Value
$68.00
Uncertainty
High
1-Star Price
$97.70
5-Star Price
$49.50
Economic Moat
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Capital Allocation
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Bulls Say, Bears Say

Bulls

All of Liberty’s markets are stable and show rational behavior, something to like in a highly competitive and commoditized industry.

Bears

Liberty's debt leverage ratios are above European peer averages, with a non-investment-grade credit rating (BB). A worsening of competitive market dynamics in any geography could be problematic.

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Trading Information

Previous Close Price
$16.25
Day Range
$15.96–16.26
52-Week Range
$15.01–20.03
Bid/Ask
$15.75 / $16.26
Market Cap
$6.08 Bil
Volume/Avg
1.9 Mil / 1.6 Mil

Key Statistics

Price/Earnings (Normalized)
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Price/Sales
0.92
Dividend Yield (Trailing)
—
Dividend Yield (Forward)
—
Total Yield
38.82%

Company Profile

Liberty Global is a holding company with interests in several telecom companies in the U.K., Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, Ireland, and Slovakia. Liberty is the owner of the main cable network in each of these geographies and has pursued a strategy since 2016 to merge or partner with mobile-network-operators to be able to offer converged services. Liberty also owns minority stakes in other media, entertainment, and cloud companies.
Sector
Communication Services
Industry
Telecom Services
Stock Style Box
Mid Value
Total Number of Employees
9,860
Website
https://www.libertyglobal.com

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Valuation

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Metric
LBTYA
KKPNY
SCMN
Price/Earnings (Normalized)
 —16.3715.44
Price/Book Value
 0.334.922.28
Price/Sales
 0.922.392.39
Price/Cash Flow
 3.286.006.31
Price/Earnings
LBTYA
KKPNY
SCMN

Financial Strength

Metric
LBTYA
KKPNY
SCMN
Quick Ratio
 0.990.700.62
Current Ratio
 1.300.750.86
Interest Coverage
 −3.344.9816.74
Quick Ratio
LBTYA
KKPNY
SCMN

Profitability

Metric
LBTYA
KKPNY
SCMN
Return on Assets (Normalized)
 −7.37%7.01%7.07%
Return on Equity (Normalized)
 −14.90%33.31%15.50%
Return on Invested Capital (Normalized)
 −6.53%10.23%14.01%
Return on Assets
LBTYA
KKPNY
SCMN
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