GCI Liberty, Inc. - Series C GCI Group (GLIBK) vs Liberty Global PLC (LILAK)

GCI Liberty, Inc. - Series C GCI Group and Liberty Global PLC are both Telecom Services companies. Liberty Global PLC is the larger, with a market value of $1.7B against $988.0M — 1.8× the size. Liberty Global PLC has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; GCI Liberty, Inc. - Series C GCI Group trades at 12.3×. GCI Liberty, Inc. - Series C GCI Group grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 0.00% against −0.83%. GCI Liberty, Inc. - Series C GCI Group 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, GCI Liberty, Inc. - Series C GCI Group leads on 13 and Liberty Global PLC on 5.

Valuation

Metric GLIBK LILAK Telecom Services median
P/E 12.29 n/m 12.29
P/S 0.95 0.40 0.94
P/B 0.56 1.54 1.25
Price to free cash flow 33.03 8.08 8.15
EV/EBITDA n/m 9.11 7.05
EV/Sales 1.79 2.14 1.79
Earnings yield 8.13% (41.41%) 3.40%
Free cash flow yield 3.03% 12.37% 4.48%

Profitability

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

Size

Metric GLIBK LILAK Telecom Services median
Market cap 987.95m 1.74b 3.16b

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