Liberty Global PLC (LILAK) vs Telecom Argentina Stet - France Telecom S.A. (TEO)

Liberty Global PLC and Telecom Argentina Stet - France Telecom S.A. are both Telecom Services companies. Liberty Global PLC and Telecom Argentina Stet - France Telecom S.A. are of similar size ($1.7B and $1.7B). Liberty Global PLC 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 −0.83%. Telecom Argentina Stet - France Telecom S.A. has the higher net margin (7.15% vs −16.6%) and the higher return on invested capital (4.38% vs 0.78%). Only Liberty Global PLC pays a dividend (3.86%). Across the 21 metrics below, Telecom Argentina Stet - France Telecom S.A. leads on 18 and Liberty Global PLC on 3.

Valuation

Metric LILAK TEO Telecom Services median
P/E n/m 11.16 13.27
P/S 0.38 0.78 0.95
P/B 1.47 0.90 1.47
Price to free cash flow 7.70 5.90 8.72
EV/EBITDA 9.03 3.76 6.85
EV/Sales 2.12 1.24 1.87
Earnings yield (43.46%) 8.96% 1.66%
Free cash flow yield 12.98% 16.94% 5.53%

Profitability

Metric LILAK TEO Telecom Services median
Gross margin 77.79% 97.08% 51.26%
Operating margin 2.49% 9.30% 7.62%
Net margin (16.57%) 7.15% 4.22%
Free cash flow margin 4.98% 13.28% 4.73%
Return on equity (50.28%) 8.59% 5.80%
Return on assets (5.93%) 3.85% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 0.78% 4.38% 3.41%

Growth

Metric LILAK TEO Telecom Services median
Revenue growth (TTM) (0.83%) 24.76% 3.31%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (845.71%) (112.40%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 2.88% 9.24% 1.50%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric LILAK TEO Telecom Services median
Debt to equity 7.17 0.63 0.63
Current ratio 1.14 0.58 1.13
Net debt to EBITDA 7.87 1.86 1.86

Dividend

Metric LILAK TEO Telecom Services median
Dividend yield 3.86% 0.00% 4.06%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.78 0.00

Size

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

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