Liberty Global Ltd (LBTYB) vs Lumen Technologies, Inc. (LUMN)

Liberty Global Ltd and Lumen Technologies, Inc. are both Telecom Services companies. Liberty Global Ltd is the larger, with a market value of $7.1B against $6.0B — 1.2× the size. Liberty Global Ltd grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 5.43% against −7.74%. Lumen Technologies, Inc. has the higher net margin (−8.65% vs −62.1%) and the higher return on invested capital (1.26% vs −0.35%). Across the 19 metrics below, Lumen Technologies, Inc. leads on 13 and Liberty Global Ltd on 6.

Valuation

Metric LBTYB LUMN Telecom Services median
P/E n/m n/m 13.27
P/S 0.86 0.48 0.95
P/B 0.45 n/m 1.47
Price to free cash flow 9.97 6.56 8.72
EV/EBITDA 9.90 5.93 6.85
EV/Sales 2.08 1.44 1.87
Earnings yield (71.96%) (17.90%) 1.66%
Free cash flow yield 10.03% 15.24% 5.53%

Profitability

Metric LBTYB LUMN Telecom Services median
Gross margin 48.78% 47.79% 51.26%
Operating margin (1.78%) 1.67% 7.62%
Net margin (62.14%) (8.65%) 4.22%
Free cash flow margin 8.66% 7.39% 4.73%
Return on equity (26.78%) 98.32% 5.80%
Return on assets (12.46%) (3.21%) 0.00%
Return on invested capital (0.35%) 1.26% 3.41%

Growth

Metric LBTYB LUMN Telecom Services median
Revenue growth (TTM) 5.43% (7.74%) 3.31%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (593.14%) (2,816.67%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (15.83%) (9.75%) 1.50%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric LBTYB LUMN Telecom Services median
Debt to equity 0.88 (8.87) 0.63
Current ratio 1.28 0.96 1.13
Net debt to EBITDA 6.04 8.49 1.86

Dividend

Metric LBTYB LUMN Telecom Services median
Dividend yield — 15.50% 4.06%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.50 0.00

Size

Metric LBTYB LUMN Telecom Services median
Market cap 7.08b 6.04b 3.06b

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