(LILAK) Liberty Latin America C - Overview
Sector: Communication Services | Industry: Telecom Services | Exchange: NASDAQ (USA) | Market Cap: 1.635m USD | Total Return: 55.9% in 12m
Avg Turnover: 5.67M
Qual. Beats: 0
Rev. Trend: -86.7%
Qual. Beats: 0
Warnings
High Debt/EBITDA (8.2) with thin interest coverage (0.2)
Interest Coverage Ratio 0.2 is critical
Altman Z'' -1.37 < 1.0 - financial distress zone
Tailwinds
No distinct edge detected
Liberty Latin America Ltd. (LILAK) is a telecommunications provider operating across Puerto Rico, Panama, Chile, and the Caribbean. The company provides a quad-play suite of services, including high-speed broadband, video, fixed-line telephony, and mobile communications. Its business model relies on a diversified regional footprint, utilizing brands such as Flow, Liberty, and +movil to serve both residential consumers and enterprise clients.
The company manages a critical infrastructure asset through Liberty Networks, a subsea and terrestrial fiber optic cable network connecting approximately 30 markets. In the Cable & Satellite sector, owning subsea assets provides a competitive moat by reducing third-party transit costs and enabling wholesale data sales to other carriers. This vertically integrated approach allows the firm to support increasing data demand and cloud-based managed solutions for government and corporate agencies.
Investors can evaluate the company’s capital allocation and valuation metrics further on ValueRay. Liberty Latin America’s operations are segmented geographically, which helps mitigate localized economic volatility through a broad portfolio of emerging and developing market exposures.
- Mobile and broadband subscriber growth across Puerto Rico and Caribbean markets
- Integration of acquired assets in Panama and Costa Rica improves operating margins
- Subsea fiber network expansion drives wholesale and enterprise connectivity revenue growth
- Currency volatility in Latin American markets impacts reported US dollar earnings
- High capital expenditure requirements for 5G and fiber network infrastructure upgrades
| Net Income: -497.5m TTM > 0 and > 6% of Revenue |
| FCF/TA: 0.03 > 0.02 and ΔFCF/TA 0.12 > 1.0 |
| NWC/Revenue: 4.85% < 20% (prev 3.30%; Δ 1.55% < -1%) |
| CFO/TA 0.07 > 3% & CFO 838.8m > Net Income -497.5m |
| Net Debt (8.30b) to EBITDA (1.01b): 8.22 < 3 |
| Current Ratio: 1.11 > 1.5 & < 3 |
| Outstanding Shares: last quarter (199.9m) vs 12m ago 1.22% < -2% |
| Gross Margin: 65.11% > 18% (prev 0.70%; Δ 6.44k% > 0.5%) |
| Asset Turnover: 35.87% > 50% (prev 35.25%; Δ 0.62% > 0%) |
| Interest Coverage Ratio: 0.17 > 6 (EBITDA TTM 1.01b / Interest Expense TTM 662.3m) |
| A: 0.02 (Total Current Assets 2.18b - Total Current Liabilities 1.96b) / Total Assets 12.2b |
| B: -0.35 (Retained Earnings -4.26b / Total Assets 12.2b) |
| C: 0.01 (EBIT TTM 115.5m / Avg Total Assets 12.4b) |
| D: -0.39 (Book Value of Equity -4.35b / Total Liabilities 11.1b) |
| Altman-Z'' = -1.37 = CCC |
| DSRI: 1.03 (Receivables 936.1m/906.7m, Revenue 4.44b/4.44b) |
| GMI: 1.07 (GM 65.11% / 69.60%) |
| AQI: 0.98 (AQ_t 0.51 / AQ_t-1 0.52) |
| SGI: 1.00 (Revenue 4.44b / 4.44b) |
| TATA: -0.11 (NI -497.5m - CFO 838.8m) / TA 12.2b) |
| Beneish M = -3.06 (Cap -4..+1) = AA |
As of May 25, 2026, the stock is trading at USD 8.03 with a total of 801,505 shares traded.
Over the past week, the price has changed by +9.70%,
over one month by -6.63%,
over three months by -1.71% and
over the past year by +55.92%.
Liberty Latin America C has received a consensus analysts rating of 3.67. Therefore, it is recommended to hold LILAK.
- StrongBuy: 1
- Buy: 0
- Hold: 2
- Sell: 0
- StrongSell: 0
| Analysts Target Price | 8.3 | 3.4% |
P/E Forward = 15.9744
P/S = 0.3691
P/B = 3.1033
P/EG = 0.83
Revenue TTM = 4.44b USD
EBIT TTM = 115.5m USD
EBITDA TTM = 1.01b USD
Long Term Debt = 7.88b USD (from longTermDebt, last quarter)
Short Term Debt = 580.6m USD (from shortTermDebt, last quarter)
Debt = 8.98b USD (from shortLongTermDebtTotal, last quarter) + Leases 97.2m
Net Debt = 8.30b USD (calculated: Debt 8.98b - CCE 681.4m)
Enterprise Value = 9.93b USD (1.64b + Debt 8.98b - CCE 681.4m)
Interest Coverage Ratio = 0.17 (Ebit TTM 115.5m / Interest Expense TTM 662.3m)
EV/FCF = 30.43x (Enterprise Value 9.93b / FCF TTM 326.3m)
FCF Yield = 3.29% (FCF TTM 326.3m / Enterprise Value 9.93b)
FCF Margin = 7.35% (FCF TTM 326.3m / Revenue TTM 4.44b)
Net Margin = -11.20% (Net Income TTM -497.5m / Revenue TTM 4.44b)
Gross Margin = 65.11% ((Revenue TTM 4.44b - Cost of Revenue TTM 1.55b) / Revenue TTM)
Gross Margin QoQ = 58.20% (prev 66.64%)
Tobins Q-Ratio = 0.82 (Enterprise Value 9.93b / Total Assets 12.2b)
Interest Expense / Debt = 7.38% (Interest Expense 662.3m / Debt 8.98b)
Taxrate = 21.0% (US default 21%)
NOPAT = 91.2m (EBIT 115.5m * (1 - 21.00%))
Current Ratio = 1.11 (Total Current Assets 2.18b / Total Current Liabilities 1.96b)
Debt / Equity = 16.61 (Debt 8.98b / totalStockholderEquity, last quarter 540.6m)
Debt / EBITDA = 8.22 (Net Debt 8.30b / EBITDA 1.01b)
Debt / FCF = 25.42 (Net Debt 8.30b / FCF TTM 326.3m)
Total Stockholder Equity = 583.4m (last 4 quarters mean from totalStockholderEquity)
RoA = -4.02% (Net Income -497.5m / Total Assets 12.2b)
RoE = -10.26% (Net Income TTM -497.5m / Total Stockholder Equity 4.85b)
RoCE = 0.91% (EBIT 115.5m / Capital Employed (Equity 4.85b + L.T.Debt 7.88b))
RoIC = 0.86% (NOPAT 91.2m / Invested Capital 10.6b)
WACC = 6.12% (E(1.64b)/V(10.6b) * Re(7.73%) + D(8.98b)/V(10.6b) * Rd(7.38%) * (1-Tc(0.21)))
Discount Rate = 7.73% (= CAPM, Blume Beta Adj.)
Shares (quarterly) Correlation: 0.0 | Cagr: -1.05%
[DCF] Terminal Value 75.58% ; FCFF base≈325.0m ; Y1≈329.2m ; Y5≈354.8m
[DCF] Fair Price = N/A (negative equity: EV 5.51b - Net Debt 8.30b = -2.79b; debt exceeds intrinsic value)
EPS Correlation: N/A | EPS CAGR: N/A | SUE: -0.06 | # QB: 0
Revenue Correlation: -86.75 | Revenue CAGR: -1.12% | SUE: -0.21 | # QB: 0
EPS current Quarter (2026-06-30): EPS=0.08 | Chg30d=-9.64% | Revisions=-20% | Analysts=1
EPS next Quarter (2026-09-30): EPS=0.12 | Chg30d=-7.79% | Revisions=-20% | Analysts=1
EPS current Year (2026-12-31): EPS=0.38 | Chg30d=+9.75% | Revisions=-20% | GrowthEPS=+112.6% | GrowthRev=+0.5%
EPS next Year (2027-12-31): EPS=0.87 | Chg30d=-1.41% | Revisions=-20% | GrowthEPS=+125.8% | GrowthRev=+2.8%