Liberty Global Ltd. (LBTYA) has a 5-year average return on invested capital (ROIC) of 14.4%. This indicates solid capital allocation.
Liberty Global Ltd. (LBTYA) has a market capitalization of $3.4B. It is classified as a mid-cap stock.
Liberty Global Ltd. (LBTYA) does not currently pay a regular dividend. However, the company returns capital to shareholders through share buybacks, with a buyback yield of 4.53%.
Liberty Global Ltd. (LBTYA) operates in the Cable & Other Pay Television Services industry, within the Communication Services sector.
Liberty Global Ltd. (LBTYA) reported annual revenue of $4.9 billion in its most recent fiscal year, based on SEC EDGAR filings.
Liberty Global Ltd. (LBTYA) has a net profit margin of -146.3%. The company is currently unprofitable.
Liberty Global Ltd. (LBTYA) generated $-132 million in free cash flow in its most recent fiscal year. Negative free cash flow may indicate heavy investment or operational challenges.
Who We Are We are Liberty Global Ltd. (Liberty Global), a dynamic team of operators and investors generating and delivering long-term shareholder value through the strategic management of three complementary platforms: Liberty Telecom, Liberty Growth and Liberty Services. Liberty Telecom is a world leader in converged broadband, video and mobile communications that has built fixed-mobile convergence (FMC) national champions through some of Europe’s best-known consumer brands. These brands deliver market-leading connectivity and entertainment products through next-generation networks, providing approximately 80 million fixed and mobile connections at December 31, 2025. We are pursuing strategies in each market to drive commercial momentum, finance and monetize network infrastructure and pursue accretive transactions that deliver value to our shareholders.
| Metric | TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 5.0B | 4.9B | 4.3B | 4.1B | 4.0B | 10.3B |
| Net Income | -5.5B | -7.1B | 1.6B | -4.1B | 1.5B | 13.4B |
| EPS | $-15.88 | $-20.86 | $4.23 | $-9.52 | $2.96 | $23.59 |
| Free Cash Flow | -308M | -132M | 1.1B | 1.2B | 1.9B | 2.1B |
| ROIC | -0.3% | - | - | -1.0% | 4.0% | 40.4% |
| Gross Margin | - | 65.8% | 66.6% | 68.8% | 73.5% | 70.7% |
| Debt/Equity | 0.88 | 0.96 | 0.79 | 0.87 | 0.67 | 0.61 |
| Dividends/Share | $0.00 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Operating Income | -60M | - | - | -314M | 110M | 1.3B |
| Operating Margin | -1.2% | - | - | -7.6% | 2.7% | 12.8% |
| ROE | -57.5% | -64.6% | 10.1% | -19.5% | 6.1% | 67.8% |
| Shares Outstanding | 351M | 342M | 375M | 426M | 498M | 569M |
| Metric | |||||||||||||
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| Income Statement | |||||||||||||
| Revenue | 18.2B | 17.1B | 13.7B | 11.3B | 12.0B | 11.5B | 11.5B | 10.3B | 4.0B | 4.1B | 4.3B | 4.9B | 5.0B |
| Gross Margin | 77.8% | 77.9% | 74.5% | 73.6% | 72.9% | 72.9% | 71.2% | 70.7% | 73.5% | 68.8% | 66.6% | 65.8% | N/A |
| R&D | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| SG&A | 3.2B | 2.9B | 2.5B | 2.0B | 2.0B | 2.0B | 2.1B | 2.2B | 1.0B | 1.1B | 1.1B | 1.2B | 1.2B |
| EBIT | 2.2B | 2.1B | 1.6B | 792M | 839M | 660M | 2.0B | 1.3B | 110M | -314M | N/A | N/A | -60M |
| Op. Margin | 12.2% | 12.3% | 11.4% | 7.0% | 7.0% | 5.7% | 17.6% | 12.8% | 2.7% | -7.6% | N/A | N/A | -1.2% |
| Net Income | -695M | -1.2B | 1.7B | -2.8B | 725M | 11.5B | -1.6B | 13.4B | 1.5B | -4.1B | 1.6B | -7.1B | -5.5B |
| Net Margin | -3.8% | -6.8% | 12.4% | -24.6% | 6.1% | 99.8% | -14.1% | 130.2% | 36.7% | -98.4% | 36.6% | -146.3% | -109.7% |
| Non-Recurring | 167M | 90M | 90M | 48M | 96M | 90M | 48M | 19M | 763M | 43M | 50M | 90M | 133M |
| Returns on Capital | |||||||||||||
| ROIC | 4.0% | 3.7% | 2.8% | 1.6% | 1.3% | 34.0% | 6.8% | 40.4% | 4.0% | -1.0% | N/A | N/A | -0.3% |
| ROE | -5.2% | -9.1% | 14.0% | -27.0% | 12.6% | 126.0% | -11.9% | 67.8% | 6.1% | -19.5% | 10.1% | -64.6% | -57.5% |
| ROA | -1.0% | -1.6% | 2.5% | -4.4% | 1.3% | 22.5% | -3.0% | 25.3% | 3.3% | -9.5% | 4.7% | -29.7% | -25.0% |
| Cash Flow | |||||||||||||
| Op. Cash Flow | 5.6B | 5.7B | 5.9B | 5.7B | 6.0B | 4.6B | 4.2B | 3.5B | 2.8B | 2.2B | 2.0B | 1.2B | 1.2B |
| Free Cash Flow | 2.9B | 3.5B | 4.4B | 4.5B | 4.5B | 3.4B | 2.9B | 2.1B | 1.9B | 1.2B | 1.1B | -132M | -308M |
| Owner Earnings | -7.3B | -9.6B | 1.6B | 1.8B | 1.9B | 733M | 1.6B | 887M | 1.6B | 745M | 863M | 2.8M | -55M |
| CapEx | 2.7B | 2.3B | 1.5B | 1.3B | 1.5B | 1.2B | 1.3B | 1.4B | 891M | 922M | 909M | 1.3B | 1.5B |
| Maint. CapEx | 12.7B | 15.1B | 4.1B | 3.8B | 3.9B | 3.5B | 2.2B | 2.4B | 1.1B | 1.2B | 1.0B | 1.0B | 1.1B |
| Growth CapEx | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 304M | 426M |
| D&A | 12.7B | 15.1B | 4.1B | 3.8B | 3.9B | 3.5B | 2.2B | 2.4B | 1.1B | 1.2B | 1.0B | 1.0B | 1.1B |
| CapEx/OCF | 47.9% | 39.6% | 25.9% | 21.9% | 24.4% | 25.5% | 30.9% | 39.7% | 31.4% | 42.6% | 44.7% | 110.9% | 125.9% |
| Capital Allocation | |||||||||||||
| Dividends Paid | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dividend Yield | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Share Buybacks | 1.6B | 2.3B | 2.0B | 3.0B | 2.0B | 3.2B | 1.1B | 1.6B | 1.7B | 1.5B | 690M | 192M | 154M |
| Buyback Yield | 9.2% | N/A | 13.1% | 16.6% | N/A | 38.8% | 14.1% | 18.9% | 35.7% | 38.7% | 14.8% | 5.1% | 4.5% |
| Stock-Based Comp | 257M | 316M | 268M | 162M | 206M | 306M | 348M | 308M | 163M | 205M | 168M | 169M | 173M |
| Debt Repayment | 11.3B | 13.9B | 11.0B | 8.2B | 8.2B | 6.3B | 8.9B | 1.7B | 27M | 1.0B | 26M | 691M | 691M |
| Balance Sheet | |||||||||||||
| Net Debt | 43.6B | 45.0B | 41.2B | 39.1B | 27.7B | 20.0B | 12.9B | 12.5B | 10.8B | 13.1B | 7.7B | 7.2B | 6.5B |
| Cash & Equiv. | 1.1B | 708M | 1.1B | 1.7B | 1.5B | 8.1B | 1.3B | 911M | 1.7B | 1.4B | 1.8B | 2.1B | 1.9B |
| Long-Term Debt | 43.3B | 43.4B | 39.7B | 36.8B | 25.6B | 23.8B | 13.4B | 13.6B | 12.6B | 14.9B | 8.2B | 7.8B | 7.7B |
| Debt/Equity | 3.03 | 4.29 | 3.07 | 5.99 | 6.23 | 2.07 | 1.16 | 0.61 | 0.67 | 0.87 | 0.79 | 0.96 | 0.88 |
| Interest Coverage | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 0.2 | -0.3 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Equity | 14.7B | 10.7B | 13.8B | 6.8B | 4.7B | 13.6B | 13.7B | 25.9B | 22.4B | 19.1B | 12.4B | 9.7B | 9.5B |
| Total Assets | 72.8B | 67.6B | 68.7B | 57.6B | 53.2B | 49.0B | 59.1B | 46.9B | 42.9B | 42.1B | 25.4B | 22.6B | 21.9B |
| Total Liabilities | 58.7B | 57.4B | 54.0B | 51.2B | 49.0B | 35.8B | 45.8B | 21.3B | 20.3B | 23.1B | 12.9B | 12.7B | 12.1B |
| Intangibles | 9.2B | 7.1B | 2.4B | 1.6B | 1.0B | 572M | 2.9B | 2.3B | 2.3B | 674M | 1.3B | 1.3B | 1.3B |
| Retained Earnings | -4.0B | N/A | -3.5B | -6.2B | -5.2B | 6.4B | 4.7B | 18.1B | 19.6B | 15.6B | 12.2B | 5.1B | 5.4B |
| Working Capital | -5.3B | -5.8B | -2.7B | -5.6B | -6.2B | 1.9B | 1.3B | 1.9B | 2.4B | 1.3B | 166M | 237M | 304M |
| Current Assets | 3.9B | 3.4B | 7.1B | 4.3B | 4.1B | 10.6B | 5.8B | 5.9B | 6.3B | 5.6B | 3.3B | 3.4B | 3.1B |
| Current Liabilities | 9.2B | 9.2B | 9.7B | 10.0B | 10.3B | 8.7B | 4.5B | 4.1B | 3.9B | 4.3B | 3.1B | 3.2B | 2.8B |
| Per Share Data | |||||||||||||
| EPS | -0.87 | N/A | 1.81 | -2.86 | 0.93 | 16.32 | -2.70 | 23.59 | 2.96 | -9.52 | 4.23 | -20.86 | -15.88 |
| Owner EPS | -9.19 | N/A | 1.65 | 1.81 | 2.44 | 1.04 | 2.67 | 1.56 | 3.18 | 1.75 | 2.30 | 0.01 | -0.16 |
| Book Value | 18.42 | N/A | 14.61 | 7.01 | 6.01 | 19.27 | 22.66 | 45.57 | 45.08 | 44.79 | 32.94 | 28.45 | 27.07 |
| Cash Flow/Share | 7.01 | N/A | 6.31 | 5.88 | 7.66 | 6.50 | 6.94 | 6.24 | 5.70 | 5.09 | 5.42 | 3.54 | -12.51 |
| Dividends/Share | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0.00 |
| Shares Out. | 798.9M | N/A | 942.2M | 971.4M | 778.7M | 706.0M | 603.0M | 569.2M | 497.7M | 425.6M | 375.4M | 342.2M | 351.1M |
| Valuation | |||||||||||||
| P/E Ratio | N/A | N/A | 8.8 | N/A | N/A | 0.7 | N/A | 0.6 | 3.2 | N/A | 2.9 | N/A | -0.6 |
| P/FCF | 5.9 | N/A | 3.4 | 4.0 | 1.9 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 3.9 | 2.5 | 3.1 | 4.1 | N/A | N/A |
| EV/EBIT | 27.3 | N/A | 35.8 | 71.9 | N/A | 42.0 | 9.4 | 14.8 | 125.2 | N/A | 5.9 | N/A | N/A |
| Price/Book | 1.2 | N/A | 1.1 | 2.6 | N/A | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Price/Sales | 0.8 | N/A | 1.1 | 1.5 | N/A | 0.8 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.7 |
| FCF Yield | 16.9% | N/A | 29.2% | 24.9% | N/A | 41.2% | 38.1% | 25.6% | 40.7% | 32.2% | 24.2% | -3.5% | -9.0% |
| Market Cap | 17.3B | N/A | 15.1B | 17.9B | N/A | 8.3B | 7.6B | 8.4B | 4.8B | 3.9B | 4.7B | 3.8B | 3.4B |
| Avg. Price | 18.62 | 21.59 | 16.43 | 17.05 | 15.11 | 13.01 | 10.95 | 13.95 | 11.41 | 9.32 | 9.96 | 10.94 | 9.69 |
| Year-End Price | 21.63 | 17.74 | 15.98 | 18.42 | 10.97 | 11.74 | 12.60 | 14.70 | 9.60 | 9.07 | 12.39 | 11.10 | 9.69 |
Liberty Global Ltd. passes 2 of 9 quality checks, indicating weak fundamentals.
The company's 5-year average ROIC is 14.4% with a gross margin of 69.1%. Total shareholder yield (buybacks) is 4.5%. At current prices, the estimated annualized return to fair value is -9.8%.
Liberty Global Ltd. (LBTYA) has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.96. This indicates moderate leverage.
Liberty Global Ltd. (LBTYA) reported earnings per share (EPS) of $-20.86 in its most recent fiscal year.
Liberty Global Ltd. (LBTYA) has a return on equity (ROE) of -64.6%. A negative ROE may indicate losses or negative equity.
Liberty Global Ltd. (LBTYA) has a 5-year average gross margin of 69.1%. This high margin suggests strong pricing power and a potential competitive moat.
The Ledger Terminal provides 15 years of financial data for Liberty Global Ltd. (LBTYA), sourced directly from SEC EDGAR filings. This includes income statements, balance sheets, cash flow statements, and key financial ratios.
Liberty Global Ltd. (LBTYA) has a book value per share of $28.45, based on its most recent annual SEC filing.