The company's capital structure appears increasingly vulnerable, with shareholder equity deteriorating to a negative $3.1 billion as of 2025Q4 alongside a significant $6.4 billion total debt burden.
| Metric | Dec'25 | Dec'24 | Dec'23 | Dec'22 | Dec'21 | Dec'20 | Dec'19 | Dec'18 | Dec'17 | Dec'16 | Dec'15 | Dec'14 | Dec'13 | Dec'12 | Dec'11 | Dec'10 | Dec'09 | Dec'08 | Dec'07 | Dec'06 | Dec'05 |
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| Total Current Assets | 4.22B | 3.3B | 3.68B | 4.28B | 4.45B | 4.57B | 4.58B | 4.19B | 4.17B | 2.64B | 2.83B | 5.55B | 3.25B | 3.14B | 3.27B | 6.55B | 3.38B | 3.28B | 2.92B | 2.98B | 4.13B |
| Cash & Short-Term Investments | 1.97B | 905M | 1.12B | 1.27B | 587M | 806M | 673M | 653M | 903M | 338M | 438M | 443M | 595M | 699M | 847M | 1.35B | 884M | 832M | 557M | 946M | 1.56B |
| Cash Only | 1.97B | 905M | 1.12B | 1.27B | 587M | 806M | 673M | 653M | 903M | 338M | 426M | 422M | 595M | 699M | 847M | 1.35B | 884M | 832M | 557M | 946M | 1.56B |
| Short-Term Investments | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12M | 21M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Accounts Receivable | 1.04B | 1.14B | 1.31B | 1.44B | 2B | 1.99B | 2.06B | 1.83B | 1.73B | 1.27B | 1.38B | 1.2B | 1.15B | 1.09B | 1.05B | 885M | 1.25B | 1.17B | 1.18B | 977M | 885M |
| Days Sales Outstanding | 41.13 | 41.57 | 43.74 | 43.54 | 52.06 | 51.11 | 55.76 | 47.6 | 60.55 | 43.54 | 54.9 | 43.53 | 41 | 40.42 | 40.01 | 36.16 | 54.94 | 52.9 | 55.16 | 48.68 | 49.69 |
| Inventory | 972M | 1.06B | 1.04B | 1.35B | 1.62B | 1.3B | 1.41B | 1.47B | 1.41B | 968M | 945M | 1.05B | 1.12B | 1.11B | 1.07B | 1.07B | 985M | 1.03B | 975M | 831M | 575M |
| Days Inventory Outstanding | 58.51 | 59.36 | 52.71 | 58.37 | 64.17 | 51.11 | 57.96 | 58.42 | 75.86 | 51.15 | 58.99 | 60.03 | 62.74 | 64.01 | 63.94 | 68.39 | 67.43 | 63.07 | 64.02 | 58.77 | 44.83 |
| Other Current Assets | 239M | 190M | 209M | 210M | 235M | 473M | 434M | 224M | 125M | 66M | 65M | 63M | 379M | 241M | 303M | 3.25B | 260M | 247M | 210M | 230M | 1.11B |
| Total Non-Current Assets | 3.42B | 5.94B | 7.69B | 8.3B | 11.75B | 12.43B | 12.73B | 13.65B | 19.96B | 11.71B | 12.31B | 10.19B | 11.62B | 11.97B | 12.15B | 20.05B | 13.96B | 14.21B | 16.41B | 16.84B | 29.43B |
| Property, Plant & Equipment | 971M | 1.1B | 1.15B | 1.16B | 1.38B | 1.3B | 1.35B | 1.32B | 1.34B | 1.13B | 1.14B | 1.09B | 1.21B | 1.22B | 1.13B | 1.04B | 1.03B | 1.06B | 1.07B | 912M | 746M |
| Fixed Asset Turnover | 9.51x | 9.11x | 9.52x | 10.48x | 10.17x | 10.91x | 9.96x | 10.64x | 7.76x | 9.41x | 8.04x | 9.17x | 8.46x | 8.10x | 8.49x | 8.61x | 8.06x | 7.59x | 7.26x | 8.03x | 8.71x |
| Goodwill | 800M | 2.22B | 3.16B | 3.5B | 6.34B | 6.64B | 6.58B | 7.02B | 7.08B | 0 | 6.11B | 5.4B | 0 | 0 | 5.98B | 5.98B | 5.89B | 5.86B | 5.93B | 5.75B | 5.56B |
| Intangible Assets | 1.53B | 2.52B | 3.22B | 3.33B | 3.78B | 3.95B | 4.12B | 4.95B | 5.18B | 10.33B | 4.68B | 3.21B | 9.97B | 10.37B | 4.73B | 5.11B | 5.33B | 2.49B | 5.99B | 6.21B | 5.13B |
| Long-Term Investments | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 76M | 96M | 2.36B | 228M | 212M | 379M | 347M | 308M | 2.3B | 2.06B | 1.63B | 1.64B | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Other Non-Current Assets | 123M | 103M | 151M | 310M | 251M | 549M | 603M | 267M | 3.99B | 30M | 33M | 17M | 92M | 81M | 78M | 5.86B | 82M | 3.15B | 3.41B | 3.96B | 17.84B |
| Total Assets | 7.64B | 9.24B | 11.37B | 12.57B | 16.2B | 17B | 17.3B | 17.84B | 24.12B | 14.36B | 15.14B | 12.77B | 14.86B | 15.12B | 15.42B | 26.6B | 17.34B | 17.49B | 19.33B | 19.82B | 33.56B |
| Asset Turnover | 1.21x | 1.09x | 0.96x | 0.96x | 0.87x | 0.83x | 0.78x | 0.79x | 0.43x | 0.74x | 0.61x | 0.79x | 0.69x | 0.65x | 0.62x | 0.34x | 0.48x | 0.46x | 0.40x | 0.37x | 0.19x |
| Asset Growth % | -17.31% | -18.69% | -9.57% | -22.41% | -4.69% | -1.77% | -3% | -26.04% | 68.02% | -5.18% | 18.57% | -14.08% | -1.67% | -2% | -42.02% | 53.38% | -0.82% | -9.52% | -2.49% | -40.94% | - |
| Total Current Liabilities | 6.67B | 2.72B | 2.62B | 3.1B | 4.22B | 4.7B | 4B | 3.95B | 3.44B | 1.76B | 2.1B | 1.59B | 1.92B | 2.13B | 1.51B | 4.74B | 2.74B | 1.71B | 1.5B | 1.46B | 4.23B |
| Accounts Payable | 701M | 776M | 895M | 976M | 1.43B | 1.3B | 1.09B | 1.2B | 1.15B | 789M | 736M | 629M | 606M | 705M | 599M | 630M | 578M | 513M | 571M | 475M | 413M |
| Days Payables Outstanding | 42.19 | 43.42 | 45.18 | 42.32 | 56.5 | 51.27 | 44.75 | 47.72 | 61.88 | 41.69 | 45.94 | 36 | 33.86 | 40.8 | 35.76 | 40.31 | 39.57 | 31.35 | 37.49 | 33.59 | 32.2 |
| Short-Term Debt | 5.08B | 867M | 642M | 828M | 1.31B | 1.75B | 1.56B | 1.41B | 996M | 14M | 358M | 9M | 39M | 265M | 21M | 493M | 663M | 175M | 13M | 11M | 1.1B |
| Deferred Revenue (Current) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 107M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Other Current Liabilities | 97M | 128M | 97M | 162M | 244M | 231M | 180M | 155M | 169M | 160M | 219M | 269M | 167M | 267M | 128M | 2.66B | 618M | 210M | 157M | 172M | 1.79B |
| Current Ratio | 0.63x | 1.21x | 1.41x | 1.38x | 1.05x | 0.97x | 1.14x | 1.06x | 1.21x | 1.50x | 1.34x | 3.49x | 1.69x | 1.48x | 2.17x | 1.38x | 1.23x | 1.92x | 1.94x | 2.05x | 0.98x |
| Quick Ratio | 0.49x | 0.82x | 1.01x | 0.95x | 0.67x | 0.69x | 0.79x | 0.69x | 0.80x | 0.95x | 0.89x | 2.83x | 1.11x | 0.96x | 1.46x | 1.16x | 0.87x | 1.32x | 1.29x | 1.48x | 0.84x |
| Cash Conversion Cycle | 57.44 | 57.51 | 51.26 | 59.58 | 59.73 | 50.95 | 68.97 | 58.3 | 74.53 | 53 | 67.94 | 67.57 | 69.89 | 63.63 | 68.19 | 64.25 | 82.8 | 84.63 | 81.68 | 73.85 | 62.32 |
| Total Non-Current Liabilities | 3.99B | 7.4B | 8.26B | 8.95B | 8.99B | 8.56B | 8.33B | 8.15B | 10.6B | 7.64B | 7.75B | 6.8B | 6.44B | 5.83B | 7.14B | 10.42B | 7.68B | 9.32B | 10.18B | 9.71B | 13.8B |
| Long-Term Debt | 790M | 4.1B | 4.7B | 5.53B | 5.67B | 5.19B | 5.86B | 5.96B | 7.55B | 6.36B | 6.18B | 5.81B | 5.04B | 4.28B | 4.85B | 5.97B | 5.41B | 7.13B | 7.16B | 6.37B | 5.1B |
| Capital Lease Obligations | 580M | 598M | 615M | 518M | 303M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Deferred Tax Liabilities | 1.14B | 1.31B | 1.53B | 1.44B | 1.35B | 1.36B | 1.72B | 1.93B | 2.5B | 1.12B | 1.36B | 834M | 1.21B | 1.32B | 2.05B | 2.71B | 1.94B | 2B | 2.67B | 3.12B | 6.98B |
| Other Non-Current Liabilities | 1.47B | 1.39B | 1.42B | 1.46B | 1.67B | 2.02B | 761M | 258M | 545M | 161M | 209M | 157M | 193M | 234M | 248M | 1.73B | 328M | 187M | 350M | 219M | 1.73B |
| Total Liabilities | 10.66B | 10.13B | 10.88B | 12.05B | 13.22B | 13.27B | 12.33B | 12.1B | 14.04B | 9.4B | 9.85B | 8.39B | 8.36B | 7.96B | 10.71B | 15.16B | 10.42B | 11.03B | 11.69B | 11.16B | 18.03B |
| Total Debt | 6.45B | 5.57B | 5.96B | 6.87B | 7.29B | 6.94B | 7.41B | 7.37B | 8.55B | 6.38B | 6.54B | 5.82B | 5.08B | 4.54B | 3.6B | 6.46B | 6.07B | 7.31B | 7.18B | 6.38B | 6.2B |
| Net Debt | 4.47B | 4.66B | 4.83B | 5.6B | 6.71B | 6.13B | 6.74B | 6.72B | 7.65B | 6.04B | 6.11B | 5.39B | 4.49B | 3.84B | 2.75B | 5.11B | 5.19B | 6.48B | 6.62B | 5.44B | 4.64B |
| Debt / Equity | - | - | 12.18x | 13.09x | 2.44x | 1.86x | 1.49x | 1.28x | 0.85x | 1.29x | 1.23x | 1.33x | 0.78x | 0.63x | 0.54x | 0.56x | 0.88x | 1.13x | 0.94x | 0.74x | 0.40x |
| Debt / EBITDA | 8.54x | 5.20x | 5.83x | 7.56x | 3.63x | 3.25x | 9.38x | 3.76x | 4.84x | 3.46x | 3.58x | 3.13x | 2.85x | 2.57x | 2.02x | 3.84x | 3.78x | 4.98x | 4.35x | 3.94x | 4.54x |
| Net Debt / EBITDA | 5.92x | 4.35x | 4.73x | 6.16x | 3.34x | 2.87x | 8.53x | 3.43x | 4.32x | 3.28x | 3.34x | 2.91x | 2.52x | 2.18x | 1.55x | 3.04x | 3.23x | 4.42x | 4.01x | 3.35x | 3.40x |
| Interest Coverage | -4.21x | -1.76x | 1.15x | -4.06x | 2.36x | 3.58x | -0.66x | 3.32x | 3.96x | 4.01x | 4.46x | 3.82x | 3.92x | 3.89x | 3.94x | 3.00x | 1.88x | 0.26x | 2.39x | 2.71x | 2.47x |
| Total Equity | -3.02B | -885M | 489M | 525M | 2.99B | 3.73B | 4.97B | 5.74B | 10.08B | 4.96B | 5.29B | 4.38B | 6.5B | 7.16B | 6.63B | 11.44B | 6.92B | 6.46B | 7.64B | 8.66B | 15.53B |
| Equity Growth % | -240.9% | -280.98% | -6.86% | -82.42% | -20.01% | -24.92% | -13.44% | -43.03% | 103.33% | -6.31% | 20.82% | -32.62% | -9.19% | 8.04% | -42.08% | 65.28% | 7.22% | -15.45% | -11.78% | -44.25% | - |
| Book Value per Share | -374.74 | -111.74 | 63.18 | 69.08 | 359.76 | 443.35 | 586.32 | 617.63 | 1125.33 | 402.52 | 424.12 | 377.67 | 576.42 | 613.01 | 550.42 | 945.62 | 300.22 | 263.12 | 496.55 | 545.46 | 277.01 |
| Total Shareholders' Equity | -3.1B | -971M | 385M | 412M | 2.85B | 3.6B | 4.84B | 5.62B | 9.98B | 4.86B | 5.2B | 4.28B | 6.38B | 7.01B | 8.46B | 11.31B | 6.79B | 6.3B | 7.53B | 8.56B | 15.3B |
| Common Stock | 0 | 4M | 4M | 4M | 4M | 4M | 4M | 4M | 5M | 0 | 6M | 6M | 5M | 5M | 6M | 7M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23M |
| Retained Earnings | -3.53B | -1.09B | 196M | 337M | 2.92B | 3.52B | 4.89B | 5.67B | 9.07B | 0 | 6.63B | 5.76B | 5.68B | 5.18B | 3.65B | 2.74B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -10.62B |
| Treasury Stock | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -100M |
| Accumulated OCI | 291M | -15M | 86M | 18M | -79M | 72M | -55M | -55M | -133M | 0 | -215M | -94M | 99M | 148M | 152M | 226M | 0 | 6.3B | 7.53B | 8.56B | 2.74B |
| Minority Interest | 83M | 86M | 104M | 113M | 136M | 135M | 132M | 120M | 99M | 99M | 88M | 101M | 124M | 149M | 134M | 129M | 129M | 154M | 107M | 96M | 232M |
Negative equity and leverage
As reported in financial statements, QVCGP's equity position has deteriorated from a positive $590 million in 2023Q3 to a negative $3.1 billion by 2025Q4, signaling a rapid depletion of book value driven by persistent net losses and significant non-cash impairment charges against legacy assets.
The shift into negative equity territory suggests that the company's historical investments are no longer supported by current operational realities. Investors should monitor whether this trend reflects a permanent impairment of the business model or if future restructuring can stabilize the capital base.
Based on reported figures, the company maintains a substantial debt load of $6.4 billion as of 2025Q4, which, when coupled with negative shareholder equity, creates a precarious capital structure that limits financial flexibility and increases the sensitivity of the firm to interest rate fluctuations.
The reliance on high debt levels in a period of declining revenue suggests that management is operating under significant financial constraints. This leverage profile warrants further investigation into the maturity schedule and the company's ability to refinance obligations without further diluting existing stakeholders.
According to recent SEC filings, goodwill has been written down from $3.5 billion in 2023Q3 to $800 million in 2025Q4, indicating that previous acquisitions have failed to deliver the expected long-term value and are now being aggressively marked down to reflect current market conditions.
The reduction in intangible assets suggests a necessary, albeit painful, alignment of the balance sheet with the company's diminished growth prospects. The remaining asset base, heavily weighted toward broadcasting infrastructure, may face further valuation pressure if the transition to digital streaming platforms does not materialize.
As indicated by the latest quarterly data, the current ratio has fluctuated significantly, dropping to 0.63 in 2025Q4 from a peak of 2.49 in 2025Q3, which suggests that the company's ability to cover short-term obligations is becoming increasingly reliant on volatile cash inflows.
The sharp decline in the current ratio highlights a tightening liquidity environment that may restrict the company's operational agility. Analysts should closely watch whether the current cash position of $2.0 billion is sufficient to navigate upcoming debt maturities and ongoing working capital requirements.
Quick answers to the most common questions about buying QVCGP stock.
As of 2025, QVC Group Inc. (QVCGP) had total assets of $7.64B including $4.22B in current assets.
QVC Group Inc. (QVCGP) carries total debt of $6.45B, offset by $1.97B in cash and short-term investments. Comparing total debt to cash helps evaluate the company's debt burden and net leverage.
QVC Group Inc. (QVCGP) has total shareholders' equity (book value) of $-3100.0M ($-374.74 book value per share). Book value represents the net worth of the company belonging to common stock holders.
QVC Group Inc. (QVCGP) reported a current ratio of 0.63x. A current ratio above 1.0x indicates that the company has more current assets than current liabilities, suggesting sufficient short-term liquidity.