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Liberty Global plc (LBTYK) 10-Year Financial Performance & Capital Metrics

LBTYK • • Utilities
Communication ServicesTelecom ServicesInternational & Regional CarriersLatin American Carriers
AboutLiberty Global plc, together with its subsidiaries, provides broadband internet, video, fixed-line telephony, and mobile communications services to residential and business customers. It offers value-added broadband services, such as intelligent WiFi features; security; smart home, online storage solutions, and Web spaces; Connect Box, a set-top or Horizon box that delivers in-home Wi-Fi service; community Wi-Fi via routers in home, which provides access to the internet; and public Wi-Fi access points in train stations, hotels, bars, restaurants, and other public places. The company also provides various tiers of digital video programming and audio services, as well as digital video recorders and multimedia home gateway systems; and channels, including general entertainment, sports, movies, series, documentaries, lifestyles, news, adult, children, and ethnic and foreign channels. In addition, it offers postpaid and prepaid mobile services; circuit-switched telephony services; and personal call manager, unified messaging, and a second or third phone line at an incremental cost. Further, the company offers business services comprising voice, advanced data, video, wireless, cloud-based services, and mobile and converged fixed-mobile services to small or home office, small business, and medium and large enterprises, as well as on a wholesale basis to other operators. It operates in the United Kingdom, Belgium, Switzerland, Ireland, Poland, Slovakia, and internationally. Liberty Global plc was founded in 2004 and is based in London, the United Kingdom.Show more
  • Revenue $4.34B +5.5%
  • EBITDA $942M +4.4%
  • Net Income $1.59B +139.2%
  • Free Cash Flow $1.12B +250.4%
  • EBITDA Margin 21.69% -1.1%
  • Net Margin 36.57% +137.2%
  • ROE 10.07% +151.7%
  • Interest Coverage -0.10 +69.7%
  • Debt/Equity 0.79 +46.0%
  • Net Debt/EBITDA 8.53 -12.7%
  • CapEx / Revenue 20.92% -53.3%
  • CapEx Coverage 2.24 +90.6%
Technical Analysis

Key Insights

Based on financial data analysis

✓Strengths

  • ✓Share count reduced 14.7% through buybacks
  • ✓Trading at only 0.3x book value

✗Weaknesses

  • ✗Profits declining 32.7% over 5 years
  • ✗High leverage: 10.5x Debt/EBITDA

* These insights are generated automatically based on available financial data. Please conduct your own research before making investment decisions.

Price & Volume

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Growth Metrics

Revenue CAGR

10Y-13.37%
5Y-17.14%
3Y-25.05%
TTM-34.97%

Profit (Net Income) CAGR

10Y-
5Y-32.72%
3Y-50.91%
TTM52.32%

EPS CAGR

10Y-
5Y-
3Y-43.5%
TTM44.91%

ROCE

10Y Avg1.72%
5Y Avg1.25%
3Y Avg-0.25%
Latest-0.2%

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Sector-Specific
NameMarket CapCurrent PriceP/E RatioRevenue Growth 1YNet MarginROEFCF YieldDebt/Equity
TIGOMillicom International Cellular S.A.9.36B56.0338.122.53%19.59%33.11%12.06%1.89
VIVTelefônica Brasil S.A.19.43B12.163.607.19%10.34%8.84%54.31%0.30
TIMBTIM S.A.10.35B21.672.916.77%15.3%15.98%75.16%0.59
LBTYKLiberty Global plc1.56B10.462.475.49%-50.63%-15.25%71.97%0.79
TEOTelecom Argentina S.A.1.39B11.030.00100.94%-0.57%-0.5%100%0.56
LILALiberty Latin America Ltd.290.97M7.48-2.24-1.2%-16.57%-63.58%74.2%5.02
ATNIATN International, Inc.337.65M22.13-12.72-4.35%-1.11%-1.24%5.03%1.03
TEFTelefónica, S.A.21.71B3.85-68.261.63%-5.53%-9.92%23.97%1.98

Profit & Loss

Dec 2015Dec 2016Dec 2017Dec 2018Dec 2019Dec 2020Dec 2021Dec 2022Dec 2023Dec 2024
Revenue+17.06B13.73B11.28B11.96B11.12B11.55B10.31B4.02B4.12B4.34B
Revenue Growth %-0.06%-0.2%-0.18%0.06%-0.07%0.04%-0.11%-0.61%0.02%0.05%
Cost of Revenue3.77B3.5B2.97B3.25B3.13B3.32B3.02B1.07B1.29B1.45B
Gross Profit+13.3B10.23B8.3B8.71B7.99B8.22B7.29B2.95B2.83B2.89B
Gross Margin %----------
Gross Profit Growth %-0.06%-0.23%-0.19%0.05%-0.08%0.03%-0.11%-0.6%-0.04%0.02%
Operating Expenses+11.2B8.66B7.51B7.87B7.33B6.19B5.97B2.84B3.14B2.95B
Other Operating Expenses----------
EBITDA+7.71B5.69B4.58B4.7B4.21B4.26B3.67B1.2B902.6M941.9M
EBITDA Margin %----------
EBITDA Growth %-0%-0.26%-0.19%0.02%-0.1%0.01%-0.14%-0.67%-0.25%0.04%
Depreciation & Amortization+5.61B4.12B3.79B3.86B3.55B2.23B2.35B1.09B1.22B1B
D&A / Revenue %----------
Operating Income (EBIT)+2.1B1.57B792.4M839.1M659.9M2.03B1.32B109.9M-313.8M-60.1M
Operating Margin %----------
Operating Income Growth %-0.06%-0.25%-0.5%0.06%-0.21%2.08%-0.35%-0.92%-3.86%0.81%
Interest Expense+2.28B1.87B1.42B1.48B1.38B1.19B882.1M589.3M907.9M574.7M
Interest Coverage0.92x0.84x0.56x0.57x0.48x1.71x1.50x0.19x-0.35x-0.10x
Interest / Revenue %----------
Non-Operating Income-1000K-1000K-1000K-1000K-1000K-1000K1000K1000K-1000K1000K
Pretax Income+-776.9M243.3M-2.11B161.8M-1.24B-1.8B14B1.18B-3.45B1.84B
Pretax Margin %----------
Income Tax+324.3M-1.41B238.9M1.57B234M-275.9M473.3M406.7M213.1M-30.8M
Effective Tax Rate %----------
Net Income+-1.15B1.71B-2.78B725.3M11.52B-1.63B13.43B1.47B-4.05B1.59B
Net Margin %----------
Net Income Growth %-0.66%2.48%-2.63%1.26%14.89%-1.14%9.25%-0.89%-3.75%1.39%
EPS (Diluted)+-1.331.57-2.84-1.97-2.26-2.8023.450.52-9.024.23
EPS Growth %-0.03%2.18%-2.81%0.31%-0.15%-0.24%9.38%-0.98%-18.35%1.47%
EPS (Basic)-1.331.59-2.84-1.97-2.26-2.8024.010.53-9.014.33
Diluted Shares Outstanding864.72M899.97M847.89M778.68M705.79M602.08M569.11M496.99M425.68M363.16M

Balance Sheet

Dec 2015Dec 2016Dec 2017Dec 2018Dec 2019Dec 2020Dec 2021Dec 2022Dec 2023Dec 2024
Total Assets+67.56B68.68B57.6B53.15B49.05B59.09B46.92B42.9B42.09B25.44B
Asset Growth %-0.07%0.02%-0.16%-0.08%-0.08%0.2%-0.21%-0.09%-0.02%-0.4%
PP&E (Net)+21.68B17.25B14.15B13.88B14.36B9.07B8.31B8.23B5.07B5.04B
PP&E / Total Assets %----------
Total Current Assets+2.93B5.56B4.33B4.14B10.57B5.8B5.94B6.3B5.64B3.3B
Cash & Equivalents982.1M1.08B1.67B1.48B8.14B1.33B910.6M1.73B1.41B1.82B
Receivables1000K1000K1000K1000K1000K1000K1000K1000K1000K1000K
Inventory0000000000
Other Current Assets488M1.79B611.3M921.7M736M1.77B1.79B1.05B1.79B642.6M
Long-Term Investments2.55B6.96B6.07B5.86B4.87B6B19.98B16.04B13.66B12.24B
Goodwill27.02B17.06B14.35B13.72B14.05B9.97B9.52B9.32B3.31B3.15B
Intangible Assets7.78B2.42B1.61B1.03B572.1M2.88B2.34B2.34B673.6M1.29B
Other Assets5.16B17.94B17.08B14.53B4.62B24.81B396.8M440.3M13.74B321.9M
Total Liabilities57.38B53.95B51.2B49.01B35.85B45.79B21.32B20.32B23.08B12.9B
Total Debt+48.26B38.75B34.41B31.17B30.31B16.38B16.19B15.55B10.23B9.85B
Net Debt47.28B37.67B32.74B29.69B22.17B15.06B15.28B13.83B8.82B8.04B
Long-Term Debt45.42B35.89B30.53B26.69B24.88B13.38B13.56B12.61B8.86B8.18B
Short-Term Borrowings1000K1000K1000K1000K1000K1000K1000K1000K1000K1000K
Capital Lease Obligations000621.3M969M1.74B1.64B2B1.7B0
Total Current Liabilities+8.77B8.4B9.97B10.31B8.65B4.51B4.08B3.92B4.33B3.13B
Accounts Payable1.05B954.5M926M874.3M963.9M579.1M613.4M610.1M407.5M371.2M
Accrued Expenses2.81B2.31B1.98B2.1B2.26B000886M0
Deferred Revenue00000426.9M274.7M264.4M0285.3M
Other Current Liabilities2.46B3.6B3.19B3.39B1.17B1.99B1.97B1.87B2.11B1.23B
Deferred Taxes000001000K1000K1000K01000K
Other Liabilities2.81B8.34B10.7B11.47B1.15B25.51B1.49B1.26B9.18B472.3M
Total Equity+10.17B14.73B6.39B4.15B13.2B13.3B25.6B22.57B19.01B12.54B
Equity Growth %-0.28%0.45%-0.57%-0.35%2.18%0.01%0.92%-0.12%-0.16%-0.34%
Shareholders Equity10.65B13.76B6.8B4.68B13.61B13.66B25.93B22.44B19.06B12.37B
Minority Interest-478.1M970.7M-412M-533.1M-407.6M-364.2M-336.9M137M-55.2M178.4M
Common Stock8.9M10.6M8.1M7.4M6.3M5.8M5.3M4.6M3.8M3.4M
Additional Paid-in Capital14.91B17.58B11.36B9.21B6.14B5.27B3.89B2.3B1.32B777M
Retained Earnings-5.16B-3.45B-6.22B-5.17B6.35B4.69B18.14B19.62B15.57B12.24B
Accumulated OCI895.9M-372.4M1.66B631.8M1.11B3.69B3.89B513.4M2.17B-657M
Return on Assets (ROA)-0.02%0.03%-0.04%0.01%0.23%-0.03%0.25%0.03%-0.1%0.05%
Return on Equity (ROE)-0.09%0.14%-0.26%0.14%1.33%-0.12%0.69%0.06%-0.19%0.1%
Debt / Equity4.74x2.63x5.38x7.51x2.30x1.23x0.63x0.69x0.54x0.79x
Debt / Assets0.71%0.56%0.6%0.59%0.62%0.28%0.35%0.36%0.24%0.39%
Net Debt / EBITDA6.13x6.62x7.14x6.32x5.27x3.54x4.16x11.49x9.77x8.53x
Book Value per Share11.7716.377.545.3318.722.0944.9845.4244.6534.54

Cash Flow

Dec 2015Dec 2016Dec 2017Dec 2018Dec 2019Dec 2020Dec 2021Dec 2022Dec 2023Dec 2024
Cash from Operations+5.73B5.94B5.71B5.96B4.59B4.19B3.55B2.84B2.17B2.03B
Operating CF Growth %0.02%0.04%-0.04%0.04%-0.23%-0.09%-0.15%-0.2%-0.24%-0.06%
Operating CF / Revenue %----------
Net Income-1.15B1.71B-2.78B725.3M11.52B-1.63B13.43B1.47B-4.05B1.59B
Depreciation & Amortization5.69B4.19B3.85B3.91B3.6B2.27B2.39B1.12B1.28B1.07B
Deferred Taxes0000000000
Other Non-Cash Items431M-582.7M4.01B481.8M-11.72B2.25B-13.28B-117.1M4.14B-1.2B
Working Capital Changes452.3M362.8M466.1M635.4M877M947.3M707.1M199.5M593.4M410.5M
Capital Expenditures+-3.83B-7.04B-1.25B-1.45B9.27B-8.87B-5.8B-891.3M-1.84B-908.5M
CapEx / Revenue %----------
CapEx / D&A----------
CapEx Coverage (OCF/CapEx)----------
Cash from Investing+-3.83B-7.04B-560.8M87.3M9.27B-8.87B-5.8B1.28B-1.84B684.7M
Acquisitions-113.3M-1.39B-413.9M-82.5M-23.1M-5.27B-70.8M00-199.1M
Purchase of Investments0000000000
Sale of Investments0000000000
Other Investing-1.44B-4.11B1.1B1.62B10.47B-2.31B-4.32B2.17B-923.1M1.79B
Cash from Financing+-2.06B1.7B-4.68B-6.19B-7.18B1.08B-1.55B-3.28B-692.4M-2.25B
Dividends Paid0000000000
Dividend Payout Ratio %----------
Debt Issuance (Net)1000K1000K-1000K-1000K-1000K1000K1000K-1000K1000K1000K
Stock Issued0000000000
Share Repurchases-2.32B-1.97B-2.98B-2.01B-3.22B-1.07B-1.58B-1.7B-1.49B-689.8M
Other Financing-832.7M-182.9M-741.3M-405.8M-289.1M-390.8M-148.7M-1.33B-1.19B-1.63B
Net Change in Cash+-450.9M379.8M595.4M-184.5M6.68B-3.46B-3.8B815.1M-309.5M399.4M
Exchange Rate Effect-1000K-1000K1000K-1000K-800K1000K-1000K-1000K1000K-1000K
Cash at Beginning1.16B707.6M1.09B1.68B1.5B8.18B4.72B917.3M1.73B1.42B
Cash at End707.6M1.09B1.68B1.5B8.18B4.72B917.3M1.73B1.42B1.82B
Free Cash Flow+1.9B-1.1B4.46B4.51B13.86B-4.69B-2.25B1.95B320.9M1.12B
FCF Growth %-0.35%-1.58%5.04%0.01%2.07%-1.34%0.52%1.87%-0.84%2.5%
FCF Margin %----------
FCF / Net Income %----------

Key Ratios

Metric2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Return on Equity (ROE)-9.49%13.69%-26.3%13.76%132.84%-12.29%69.04%6.12%-19.49%10.07%
EBITDA Margin45.19%41.42%40.64%39.28%37.84%36.88%35.63%29.96%21.93%21.69%
Net Debt / EBITDA6.13x6.62x7.14x6.32x5.27x3.54x4.16x11.49x9.77x8.53x
Interest Coverage0.92x0.84x0.56x0.57x0.48x1.71x1.50x0.19x-0.35x-0.10x
CapEx / Revenue22.44%51.3%11.09%12.15%83.44%76.86%56.22%22.19%44.83%20.92%
Debt / Equity4.74x2.63x5.38x7.51x2.30x1.23x0.63x0.69x0.54x0.79x
EPS Growth-3.1%218.05%-280.89%30.63%-14.72%-23.89%937.5%-97.78%-1834.62%146.9%

Revenue by Segment

2012201320142018201920202021202220232024
Residential-----9.34B7.6B4.88B5.08B2.36B
Residential Growth-------18.62%-35.81%4.20%-53.50%
Total Residential Fixed Revenue------5.21B2.93B3.01B1.71B
Total Residential Fixed Revenue Growth--------43.69%2.72%-43.33%
Other Category-----595M851.2M942.3M913.5M1.14B
Other Category Growth------43.06%10.70%-3.06%24.39%
Business to Business-----2.05B1.86B1.38B1.5B842.8M
Business to Business Growth-------9.09%-26.09%8.70%-43.69%
Switzerland----1.26B-----
Switzerland Growth----------
Central and Corporate---274.2M------
Central and Corporate Growth----------
Total European Operations Division-13.14B17B-------
Total European Operations Division Growth--29.32%-------
European Operations Division Total Western Europe-11.87B15.75B-------
European Operations Division Total Western Europe Growth--32.63%-------
European Operations Division U.K / Ireland--7.41B-------
European Operations Division U.K / Ireland Growth----------
European Operations Division Germany (Unitymedia KabelBW)-2.56B2.71B-------
European Operations Division Germany (Unitymedia KabelBW) Growth--5.95%-------
European Operations Division Netherlands-1.24B1.5B-------
European Operations Division Netherlands Growth--20.61%-------
European Operations Division Central and Eastern Europe-1.14B1.26B-------
European Operations Division Central and Eastern Europe Growth--10.37%-------
VTR Chile-991.6M898.5M-------
VTR Chile Growth---9.39%-------
Corporate and Other-374.3M376.9M-------
Corporate and Other Growth--0.69%-------
European Operations Division Virgin Media (U.K.)-3.65B--------
European Operations Division Virgin Media (U.K.) Growth----------
European Operations Division Switzerland-1.33B--------
European Operations Division Switzerland Growth----------
European Operations Division Other Western Europe-898.7M--------
European Operations Division Other Western Europe Growth----------
Total UPC / Unity Division6.88B---------
Total UPC / Unity Division Growth----------
UPC / Unity Division Germany2.31B---------
UPC / Unity Division Germany Growth----------
UPC / Unity Division Switzerland1.26B---------
UPC / Unity Division Switzerland Growth----------
UPC / Unity Division Netherlands1.23B---------
UPC / Unity Division Netherlands Growth----------
Chellomedia Total514M---------
Chellomedia Total Growth----------
UPC / Unity Division Poland450M---------
UPC / Unity Division Poland Growth----------
UPC / Unity Division Ireland426.4M---------
UPC / Unity Division Ireland Growth----------
UPC / Unity Division Hungary248.2M---------
UPC / Unity Division Hungary Growth----------
Chellomedia Other169.4M---------
Chellomedia Other Growth----------
UPC / Unity Division Romania130M---------
UPC / Unity Division Romania Growth----------
Chellomedia Poland111.8M---------
Chellomedia Poland Growth----------
Chellomedia Netherlands105.8M---------
Chellomedia Netherlands Growth----------
Chellomedia Spain67.2M---------
Chellomedia Spain Growth----------
UPC / Unity Division Slovakia61M---------
UPC / Unity Division Slovakia Growth----------
Chellomedia Hungary59.8M---------
Chellomedia Hungary Growth----------
Geographical Intersegment, Eliminations-83.3M---------
Geographical Intersegment, Eliminations Growth----------

Revenue by Geography

2012201320142018201920202021202220232024
BELGIUM---2.99B2.89B2.94B3.07B2.81B2.95B2.92B
BELGIUM Growth-----3.36%1.66%4.25%-8.43%5.02%-0.92%
IRELAND---523.9M514.1M511.7M550M494.7M506.1M491.4M
IRELAND Growth-----1.87%-0.47%7.48%-10.05%2.30%-2.90%
SLOVAKIA---51.5M49.7M50.7M52.3M49.9M51.8M51.1M
SLOVAKIA Growth-----3.50%2.01%3.16%-4.59%3.81%-1.35%
SWITZERLAND---1.33B1.26B1.57B3.32B3.18B3.38B-
SWITZERLAND Growth-----5.07%25.02%111.08%-4.24%6.27%-
Central and Other------584.8M662.9M604.9M-
Central and Other Growth-------13.35%-8.75%-
European Operations Division Belgium-2.19B2.28B-------
European Operations Division Belgium Growth--4.28%-------
CHILE-991.6M898.5M-------
CHILE Growth---9.39%-------
European Operations Division Austria-435M431.7M-------
European Operations Division Austria Growth---0.76%-------
PUERTO RICO-297.2M306.1M-------
PUERTO RICO Growth--2.99%-------
Belgium1.92B---------
Belgium Growth----------
The Americas Chile940.6M---------
The Americas Chile Growth----------
UPC / Unity Division Austria422M---------
UPC / Unity Division Austria Growth----------
The Americas Other141.8M---------
The Americas Other Growth----------
Other Europe115.7M---------
Other Europe Growth----------

Frequently Asked Questions

Valuation & Price

Liberty Global plc (LBTYK) has a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 2.5x. This may indicate the stock is undervalued or faces growth challenges.

Growth & Financials

Liberty Global plc (LBTYK) reported $3.90B in revenue for fiscal year 2024. This represents a 59% decrease from $9.51B in 2011.

Liberty Global plc (LBTYK) grew revenue by 5.5% over the past year. This is steady growth.

Liberty Global plc (LBTYK) reported a net loss of $1.98B for fiscal year 2024.

Dividend & Returns

Liberty Global plc (LBTYK) has a return on equity (ROE) of 10.1%. This is reasonable for most industries.

Liberty Global plc (LBTYK) generated $1.72B in free cash flow for fiscal year 2024. Positive FCF indicates the company can fund dividends, buybacks, or reinvestment.

Industry Metrics

Liberty Global plc (LBTYK) has a dividend payout ratio of 0%. This suggests the dividend is well-covered and sustainable.

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