Liberty Latin America Ltd. (LILA) vs Telecom Argentina Stet - France Telecom S.A. (TEO)

Liberty Latin America Ltd. and Telecom Argentina Stet - France Telecom S.A. are both Telecom Services companies. Liberty Latin America Ltd. and Telecom Argentina Stet - France Telecom S.A. are of similar size ($1.7B and $1.7B). Liberty Latin America Ltd. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Telecom Argentina Stet - France Telecom S.A. trades at 11.2×. Telecom Argentina Stet - France Telecom S.A. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 24.8% against 1.31%. Telecom Argentina Stet - France Telecom S.A. has the higher net margin (7.15% vs −2.20%) and the lower return on invested capital (4.38% vs 4.81%). Only Liberty Latin America Ltd. pays a dividend (7.82%). Across the 21 metrics below, Telecom Argentina Stet - France Telecom S.A. leads on 13 and Liberty Latin America Ltd. on 8.

Valuation

Metric LILA TEO Telecom Services median
P/E n/m 11.16 13.27
P/S 0.38 0.78 0.95
P/B 1.72 0.90 1.47
Price to free cash flow 4.11 5.90 8.72
EV/EBITDA 5.73 3.76 6.85
EV/Sales 2.02 1.24 1.87
Earnings yield (5.78%) 8.96% 1.66%
Free cash flow yield 24.34% 16.94% 5.53%

Profitability

Metric LILA TEO Telecom Services median
Gross margin 37.10% 97.08% 51.26%
Operating margin 14.35% 9.30% 7.62%
Net margin (2.20%) 7.15% 4.22%
Free cash flow margin 9.31% 13.28% 4.73%
Return on equity (9.29%) 8.59% 5.80%
Return on assets (0.81%) 3.85% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 4.81% 4.38% 3.41%

Growth

Metric LILA TEO Telecom Services median
Revenue growth (TTM) 1.31% 24.76% 3.31%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 7.55% (112.40%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 3.27% 9.24% 1.50%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric LILA TEO Telecom Services median
Debt to equity 8.08 0.63 0.63
Current ratio 1.19 0.58 1.13
Net debt to EBITDA 6.79 1.86 1.86

Dividend

Metric LILA TEO Telecom Services median
Dividend yield 7.82% 0.00% 4.06%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.78 0.00

Size

Metric LILA TEO Telecom Services median
Market cap 1.67b 1.68b 3.06b

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