LBTYK Stock Analysis: Liberty Global C | NASDAQ
Telecom Services | NASDAQ, USA | Market Cap: 3.534m USD | 12M Return: -4.1% | Charts, Fundamentals & Technical Analysis
Avg Turnover: 10.8M
Rev. Trend: -40.6%
Qual. Beats: 0
Warnings
Tailwinds
No distinct edge detected
Seasonality 11.6 years of data
How good or bad each month usually is (without trend). The score below shows how much you can trust it: 0 = pure chance, >40 gets interesting and >55 is strong.
Liberty Global Ltd. is a Bermuda-headquartered telecommunications provider that delivers broadband internet, video, fixed-line telephony, and mobile communications services to residential and business customers across European markets, including Belgium, Ireland, and Slovakia. The company offers a converged service portfolio spanning intelligent WiFi gateways (Connect Box), smart home and security solutions, cloud-based video platforms (Horizon 5), on-demand content, and postpaid/prepaid mobile services, alongside enterprise offerings in voice, data, cloud, and wholesale carrier services.
The business model reflects a classic European quad-play strategy, bundling fixed and mobile connectivity with content and value-added smart-home services to drive average revenue per user and reduce churn. Its placement in the GICS Alternative Carriers sub-industry signals that, unlike incumbent national operators, Liberty Global typically competes through acquired or greenfield broadband and cable footprints that have been upgraded to fiber-rich, IP-based networks capable of delivering multi-product suites to consumers and businesses.
- Fixed-line subscriber losses in core European markets pressure revenue
- Mobile and B2B services growth offsets broadband ARPU erosion
- Share buybacks and debt reduction drive capital returns
| Net Income: 227.6m TTM > 0 and > 6% of Revenue |
| FCF/TA: 0.01 > 0.02 and ΔFCF/TA -0.84 > 1.0 |
| NWC/Revenue: 15.34% < 20% (prev 4.06%; Δ 11.28% < -1%) |
| CFO/TA 0.03 > 3% & CFO 747.9m > Net Income 227.6m |
| Net Debt (7.38b) to EBITDA (1.25b): 5.90 < 3 |
| Current Ratio: 1.28 > 1.5 & < 3 |
| Outstanding Shares: last quarter (333.9m) vs 12m ago -8.05% < -2% |
| Gross Margin: 51.93% > 18% (prev 62.51%; Δ -10.57% > 0.5%) |
| Asset Turnover: 20.24% > 50% (prev 7.72%; Δ 12.52% > 0%) |
| Interest Coverage Ratio: 0.39 > 6 (EBIT TTM 182.5m / Interest Expense TTM 466.6m) |
| A: 0.04 (Total Current Assets 3.50b - Total Current Liabilities 2.74b) / Total Assets 21.5b |
| B: 0.24 (Retained Earnings 5.08b / Total Assets 21.5b) |
| C: 0.01 (EBIT TTM 182.5m / Avg Total Assets 24.3b) |
| D: 0.76 (Book Value of Equity 9.22b / Total Liabilities 12.1b) |
| Altman-Z'' = 1.85 = BBB |
| DSRI: 0.39 (Receivables 521.2m/570.3m, Revenue 4.93b/2.10b) |
| GMI: 1.20 (GM 62.51% / 51.93%) |
| AQI: 0.90 (AQ_t 0.59 / AQ_t-1 0.65) |
| SGI: 2.35 (Revenue 4.93b / 2.10b) |
| TATA: -0.02 (NI 227.6m - CFO 747.9m) / TA 21.5b) |
| Beneish M = -2.44 (Cap -4..+1) = BBB |
As of August 04, 2026, the stock is trading at USD 10.64 with a total of 2,919,335 shares traded. Over the past week, the price has changed by +10.95%, over one month by +1.33%, over three months by -7.56% and over the past year by -4.06%.
Current recommended Stop Loss: 10.10 (which is 5.1% or 1.5 ATR below the current price).
Liberty Global C has no consensus analysts rating.
| Analysts Target Price | 28 | 163.2% |
P/E Forward = 58.1395
P/S = 0.7234
P/B = 0.3786
P/EG = 0.3298
Revenue TTM = 4.93b USD
EBIT TTM = 182.5m USD
EBITDA TTM = 1.25b USD
Long Term Debt = 7.73b USD (from longTermDebt, last quarter)
Short Term Debt = 620.4m USD (from shortTermDebt, last quarter)
Debt = 9.80b USD (from shortLongTermDebtTotal, last quarter) + Leases 723.8m
Net Debt = 7.38b USD (calculated: Debt 9.80b - CCE 2.42b)
Enterprise Value = 10.9b USD (3.53b + Debt 9.80b - CCE 2.42b)
Interest Coverage Ratio = 0.39 (Ebit TTM 182.5m / Interest Expense TTM 466.6m)
EV/FCF = 65.19x (Enterprise Value 10.9b / FCF TTM 167.4m)
FCF Yield = 1.53% (FCF TTM 167.4m / Enterprise Value 10.9b)
FCF Margin = 3.40% (FCF TTM 167.4m / Revenue TTM 4.93b)
Net Margin = 4.62% (Net Income TTM 227.6m / Revenue TTM 4.93b)
Gross Margin = 51.93% ((Revenue TTM 4.93b - Cost of Revenue TTM 2.37b) / Revenue TTM)
Gross Margin QoQ = 45.57% (prev 28.50%)
Tobins Q-Ratio = 0.51 (Enterprise Value 10.9b / Total Assets 21.5b)
Interest Expense / Debt = 4.76% (Interest Expense 466.6m / Debt 9.80b)
Taxrate = 46.70% (281.1m / 601.9m)
NOPAT = 97.3m (EBIT 182.5m * (1 - 46.70%))
Current Ratio = 1.28 (Total Current Assets 3.50b / Total Current Liabilities 2.74b)
Debt / Equity = 1.06 (Debt 9.80b / totalStockholderEquity, last quarter 9.22b)
Debt / EBITDA = 5.90 (Net Debt 7.38b / EBITDA 1.25b)
Debt / FCF = 44.08 (Net Debt 7.38b / FCF TTM 167.4m)
Total Stockholder Equity = 10.2b (last 4 quarters mean from totalStockholderEquity)
RoA = 0.93% (Net Income 227.6m / Total Assets 21.5b)
RoE = 2.22% (Net Income TTM 227.6m / Total Stockholder Equity 10.2b)
RoCE = 1.02% (EBIT 182.5m / Capital Employed (Equity 10.2b + L.T.Debt 7.73b))
RoIC = 0.51% (NOPAT 97.3m / Invested Capital 19.2b)
WACC = 3.78% (E(3.53b)/V(13.3b) * Re(7.22%) + D(9.80b)/V(13.3b) * Rd(4.76%) * (1-Tc(0.47)))
Discount Rate = 7.22% (= CAPM, Blume Beta Adj.)
Shares (quarterly) Correlation: -85.41 | Cagr: -8.25%
[DCF] Terminal Value 73.10% ; FCFF base≈276.2m ; Y1≈242.2m ; Y5≈195.7m
[DCF] Fair Price = N/A (negative equity: EV 3.14b - Net Debt 7.38b = -4.24b; debt exceeds intrinsic value)
EPS Correlation: N/A | EPS CAGR: N/A | SUE: N/A | # QB: 0
Revenue Correlation: -40.64 | Revenue CAGR: -22.01% | SUE: -0.15 | # QB: 0
EPS current Quarter (2026-09-30): EPS=0.00 | Chg30d=N/A | Revisions=N/A | Analysts=0
EPS current Year (2026-12-31): EPS=0.00 | Chg30d=N/A | Revisions=N/A | GrowthEPS=+0.0% | GrowthRev=-0.6%
EPS next Year (2027-12-31): EPS=0.00 | Chg30d=N/A | Revisions=N/A | GrowthEPS=+0.0% | GrowthRev=+5.5%