Liberty Global PLC
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Liberty Global PLC’s revenue for fiscal 2024 (year ended December 2024) was $4.5 billion, down 1.20% from fiscal 2023. In the quarter to September 2025, revenue grew 2.14%, EPS grew 100.9% and free cash flow grew 9.80%, each against the same quarter a year earlier.
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Liberty Global PLC (LILAK) Altman Z-score
Liberty Global PLC's Altman Z-score for fiscal 2024 is −0.00, in the distress zone (below 1.81).
Altman Z-score, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Altman Z-score | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | −0.00 | (0.24) |
| FY2023 | 0.23 | 0.07 |
| FY2022 | 0.17 | (0.04) |
| FY2021 | 0.21 | — |
How fiscal 2024’s score is made up
| Component | This year | Year before | Result | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Working capital / total assets | 0.01 | — | 0.01 | |
| Retained earnings / total assets | (0.28) | — | −0.39 | |
| EBIT / total assets | 0.00 | — | −0.01 | |
| Market value of equity / total liabilities | 0.08 | — | 0.05 | |
| Sales / total assets | 0.35 | — | 0.35 | |
| Altman Z-score | Distress zone | −0.00 | ||
| Z″ Variant for non-manufacturing and asset-light companies (drops the sales/assets term, uses book equity) | Distress zone | −0.74 | ||
How the Altman Z-score works
Z = 1.2 × working capital ÷ total assets + 1.4 × retained earnings ÷ total assets + 3.3 × EBIT ÷ total assets + 0.6 × market value of equity ÷ total liabilities + 1.0 × revenue ÷ total assets (Altman, 1968). The market value of equity is the close on the last trading day of the fiscal year times weighted basic shares.
Z″ = 6.56 × working capital ÷ total assets + 3.26 × retained earnings ÷ total assets + 6.72 × EBIT ÷ total assets + 1.05 × book equity ÷ total liabilities (Altman, Hartzell and Peck, 1995), the variant for non-manufacturing and asset-light companies.
| Zone | Z | Z″ |
|---|---|---|
| Safe zone | above 2.99 | above 2.60 |
| Grey zone | 1.81–2.99 | 1.10–2.60 |
| Distress zone | below 1.81 | below 1.10 |
Not worked out for banks, insurers and REITs, whose balance sheets the model does not describe, nor when a figure is missing or there is no share price in the week to the fiscal year end.
Altman Z-score against peers
| Company | Altman Z-score |
|---|---|
| IDT IDT Corporation compare | 5.8× |
| KYIV Kyivstar Group Ltd. compare | 3.8× |
| ATEX Anterix Inc. compare | 2.1× |
| TV Grupo Televisa S.A. compare | 1.3× |
| TEO Telecom Argentina Stet - France Telecom S.A. compare | 0.8× |
| LBTYA Liberty Global Ltd compare | 0.7× |
| LBTYK Liberty Global Ltd compare | 0.7× |
| LILAK Liberty Global PLC | 0.0× |
| LILA Liberty Latin America Ltd. compare | 0.0× |
What Altman Z-score is
The Altman Z-Score weighs working capital, retained earnings, operating profit, market value and sales against assets and debts to gauge the risk of distress.
1.2 × working capital ÷ total assets + 1.4 × retained earnings ÷ total assets + 3.3 × EBIT ÷ total assets + 0.6 × market value of equity ÷ total liabilities + 1.0 × revenue ÷ total assets