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Iridium Communications Inc (IRDM) vs Liberty Global Ltd (LBTYA)

Iridium Communications Inc and Liberty Global Ltd are both Telecom Services companies. Iridium Communications Inc is the larger, with a market value of $4.5B against $3.2B — 1.4× the size. Liberty Global Ltd has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Iridium Communications Inc trades at 27.9×. Liberty Global Ltd grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 5.43% against 3.59%. Iridium Communications Inc has the higher net margin (18.1% vs −62.1%) and the higher return on invested capital (4.10% vs −0.35%). Across the 20 metrics below, Iridium Communications Inc leads on 11 and Liberty Global Ltd on 9.

Valuation

Metric IRDM LBTYA Telecom Services median
P/E 27.93 n/m 12.29
P/S 5.01 0.68 0.94
P/B 7.85 0.35 1.25
Price to free cash flow 16.31 7.80 8.15
EV/EBITDA 16.56 9.00 7.05
EV/Sales 7.28 1.89 1.79
Earnings yield 3.58% (91.97%) 3.40%
Free cash flow yield 6.13% 12.81% 4.48%

Profitability

Metric IRDM LBTYA Telecom Services median
Gross margin 71.46% 48.78% 48.78%
Operating margin 19.00% (1.78%) 9.22%
Net margin 18.06% (62.14%) 6.67%
Free cash flow margin 30.74% 8.66% 2.87%
Return on equity 31.74% (26.78%) 6.00%
Return on assets 5.79% (12.46%) 1.50%
Return on invested capital 4.10% (0.35%) 3.77%

Growth

Metric IRDM LBTYA Telecom Services median
Revenue growth (TTM) 3.59% 5.43% 5.40%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 12.77% (593.14%) 0.62%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 8.36% (15.83%) 2.53%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric IRDM LBTYA Telecom Services median
Debt to equity 3.71 0.88 0.57
Current ratio 0.91 1.28 1.09
Net debt to EBITDA 3.71 6.04 1.86

Dividend

Metric IRDM LBTYA Telecom Services median
Dividend yield 1.42% — 2.55%
Payout ratio 0.40 — 0.40

Size

Metric IRDM LBTYA Telecom Services median
Market cap 4.46b 3.22b 3.16b

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