Liberty Capital Corporation (GLIBA) vs Liberty Global PLC (LILAK)

Liberty Capital Corporation and Liberty Global PLC are both Telecom Services companies. Liberty Global PLC is the larger, with a market value of $1.7B against $993.7M — 1.8× the size. Liberty Global PLC has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Liberty Capital Corporation trades at 12.0×. Liberty Capital Corporation grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 0.00% against −0.83%. Liberty Capital Corporation has the higher net margin (7.36% vs −16.6%) and the higher return on invested capital (5.72% vs 0.78%). Across the 18 metrics below, Liberty Capital Corporation leads on 13 and Liberty Global PLC on 5.

Valuation

Metric GLIBA LILAK Telecom Services median
P/E 11.99 n/m 12.29
P/S 0.94 0.40 0.94
P/B 0.56 1.54 1.25
Price to free cash flow 32.72 8.08 8.15
EV/EBITDA n/m 9.11 7.05
EV/Sales 1.78 2.14 1.79
Earnings yield 8.34% (41.41%) 3.40%
Free cash flow yield 3.06% 12.37% 4.48%

Profitability

Metric GLIBA LILAK Telecom Services median
Gross margin 47.99% 77.79% 48.78%
Operating margin 12.14% 2.49% 9.22%
Net margin 7.36% (16.57%) 6.67%
Free cash flow margin 2.87% 4.98% 2.87%
Return on equity 4.90% (50.28%) 6.00%
Return on assets 2.38% (5.93%) 1.50%
Return on invested capital 5.72% 0.78% 3.77%

Growth

Metric GLIBA LILAK Telecom Services median
Revenue growth (TTM) 0.00% (0.83%) 5.40%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (541.15%) (845.71%) 0.62%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR — 2.88% 2.53%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR — 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric GLIBA LILAK Telecom Services median
Debt to equity 0.00 7.17 0.57
Current ratio 2.85 1.14 1.09
Net debt to EBITDA (7.48) 7.87 1.86

Dividend

Metric GLIBA LILAK Telecom Services median
Dividend yield — — 2.55%
Payout ratio — — 0.40

Size

Metric GLIBA LILAK Telecom Services median
Market cap 993.70m 1.74b 3.16b

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