Liberty Global Ltd (LBTYK) vs Liberty Global PLC (LILAK)

Liberty Global Ltd and Liberty Global PLC are both Telecom Services companies. Liberty Global Ltd is the larger, with a market value of $2.8B against $1.6B — 1.7× the size. Liberty Global Ltd grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 5.43% against −0.83%. Liberty Global PLC has the higher net margin (−16.6% vs −62.1%) and the higher return on invested capital (0.78% vs −0.35%). Across the 20 metrics below, Liberty Global Ltd leads on 12 and Liberty Global PLC on 8.

Valuation

Metric LBTYK LILAK Telecom Services median
P/E n/m n/m 13.80
P/S 0.53 0.36 0.83
P/B 0.28 1.39 1.35
Price to free cash flow 6.16 7.28 8.86
EV/EBITDA 8.33 8.94 6.37
EV/Sales 1.75 2.10 1.82
Earnings yield (116.43%) (45.95%) 2.02%
Free cash flow yield 16.22% 13.73% 5.99%

Profitability

Metric LBTYK LILAK Telecom Services median
Gross margin 48.78% 77.79% 51.26%
Operating margin (1.78%) 2.49% 7.62%
Net margin (62.14%) (16.57%) 4.22%
Free cash flow margin 8.66% 4.98% 4.98%
Return on equity (26.78%) (50.28%) 5.80%
Return on assets (12.46%) (5.93%) 0.00%
Return on invested capital (0.35%) 0.78% 3.41%

Growth

Metric LBTYK LILAK Telecom Services median
Revenue growth (TTM) 5.43% (0.83%) 3.31%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (593.14%) (845.71%) 0.62%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (15.83%) 2.88% 2.53%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric LBTYK LILAK Telecom Services median
Debt to equity 0.88 7.17 0.63
Current ratio 1.28 1.14 1.13
Net debt to EBITDA 6.04 7.87 1.86

Dividend

Metric LBTYK LILAK Telecom Services median
Dividend yield — — 2.72%
Payout ratio — — 0.43

Size

Metric LBTYK LILAK Telecom Services median
Market cap 2.76b 1.61b 2.77b

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