Communication Services · Telecommunications Services
Price
$10.61
Market Cap
$3.5B
Employees
6,820
Beta
0.74
Avg Volume
1,973,644
CEO
Michael Thomas Fries
Liberty Global plc is a telecommunications giant that delivers a broad spectrum of communication services to both individual consumers and corporate entities. Its core offerings include high-speed internet, television, landline telephone, and mobile connectivity. Beyond fundamental broadband, the company enriches its services with sophisticated features such as intelligent Wi-Fi, robust security protocols, smart home integration, and various digital storage solutions. They facilitate widespread internet access through in-home Connect Boxes, community Wi-Fi networks via residential routers, and numerous public hotspots located in transport hubs, hospitality venues, and other public spaces. For television, Liberty Global provides diverse tiers of digital video programming and audio content, complemented by advanced digital video recorders and multimedia home gateway systems. Its extensive channel lineup spans general entertainment, sports, films, series, documentaries, lifestyle programming, news, and specialized adult, children's, ethnic, and foreign channels. Its mobile division offers both postpaid contract and prepaid services, while its fixed-line telephony includes traditional circuit-switched calls, personal call management, unified messaging, and the option for additional phone lines. Furthermore, the company extends its expertise to businesses, supplying voice, advanced data, video, wireless, cloud-based services, and integrated fixed-mobile solutions. These business services cater to a wide range of clients, from small or home offices to small, medium, and large enterprises, and are also offered on a wholesale basis to other telecommunication operators. With operational footprints across the United Kingdom, Belgium, Switzerland, Ireland, Poland, and Slovakia, along with other international ventures, Liberty Global plc was established in London in 2004.
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Price Overview
Last updated: Jul 12, 2026 6:05am (just now)
Current data · timestamped when a report runs
$10.61
Change · Jul 12
-0.05 (-0.47%)
Day Range
$10.47 – $10.74
52-Week Range
$9.62 – $13.52
50-Day MA
$11.68
200-Day MA
$11.52
Volume
1,263,292.00
Analyst Price Targets
Low
$12.10
Consensus
$15.05
High
$18.00
(12 analysts)
Share Structure
Outstanding
338,097,444.00
Float
276,171,510.00
Free Float
81.7%
High free float
— 81.7% of shares trade freely, ~18.3% held by insiders/institutions
Very liquid — most shares trade freely. Low insider ownership can mean less management alignment, but makes large position sizing straightforward.
Price History (1 Year)
Revenue & Net Income Trend
The directional story — useful even when net income is negative.
Revenue
The top line — total sales before any costs or taxes are subtracted. A measure of how much business the company is doing.
Net Income
The bottom line — profit left after subtracting all expenses, interest, and taxes from revenue. Reflects accounting profitability, but includes non-cash items like depreciation, so it isn't the same as cash earned.
Operating Cash Flow
The real cash generated by the day-to-day business — selling products, paying suppliers, collecting from customers. Calculated from net income by adding back non-cash items and adjusting for timing (unpaid bills, unsold inventory). When OCF consistently lags net income, the reported profit may not be converting to real money.
| Period | Revenue | Net Income | Net Margin | YoY/QoQ |
|---|
Key Metrics
API Direct from provider
CALC Derived from statements
P/E Ratio (Price per dollar of earnings)
CALCStock Price / EPS (Diluted)
-0.54
Stock Price: $10.61
EPS (Diluted): -19.66
EPS (Diluted): -19.66
P/B Ratio (Price vs net asset value)
APIStock Price / Book Value Per Share
0.41
Stock Price: $10.61
Total Equity: $9.74B
Shares: 363,157,000
Total Equity: $9.74B
Shares: 363,157,000
EV/EBITDA (Total value vs operating profit)
APIEnterprise Value / EBITDA
-2.95
Market Cap: $3.46B
Total Debt: $9.42B
Cash: $2.08B
EBITDA: -$5.64B
Total Debt: $9.42B
Cash: $2.08B
EBITDA: -$5.64B
Enterprise Value (Takeover price (cap + debt - cash))
APIMarket Cap + Total Debt - Cash
$12.1B
Market Cap: $3.46B
Total Debt: $9.42B
Cash: $2.08B
Total Debt: $9.42B
Cash: $2.08B
P/S Ratio (Price per dollar of revenue)
APIStock Price / Revenue Per Share
0.82
Stock Price: $10.61
Revenue: $4.88B
Shares: 363,157,000
Revenue: $4.88B
Shares: 363,157,000
EV/Sales (Total value vs revenue — works when P/E can't)
API2.48
Gross Margin (Revenue left after direct costs)
APIGross Profit / Revenue
65.8%
Gross Profit: $3.21B
Revenue: $4.88B
Revenue: $4.88B
Operating Margin (Revenue left after all operations)
APIOperating Income / Revenue
1.4%
Operating Income: $66.70M
Revenue: $4.88B
Revenue: $4.88B
Net Margin (Revenue left as actual profit)
APINet Income / Revenue
-146.3%
Net Income: -$7.14B
Revenue: $4.88B
Revenue: $4.88B
ROE (Profit from shareholder equity)
APINet Income / Total Equity
-48.6%
Net Income: -$7.14B
Total Equity: $9.74B
Total Equity: $9.74B
ROIC (Profit from all invested capital)
APINOPAT / Invested Capital
0.4%
Operating Income: $66.70M
Tax Rate: 1.1%
Equity: $9.74B
Total Debt: $9.42B
Cash: $2.08B
Tax Rate: 1.1%
Equity: $9.74B
Total Debt: $9.42B
Cash: $2.08B
Current Ratio (Can it pay short-term bills)
APICurrent Assets / Current Liabilities
1.08
Current Assets: $3.40B
Current Liabilities: $3.16B
Current Liabilities: $3.16B
Debt/Equity (Leverage — debt vs equity)
CALCTotal Debt / Total Equity
0.97
Short-Term Debt: $852.80M
Long-Term Debt: $8.57B
Total Debt: $9.42B
Total Equity: $9.74B
Long-Term Debt: $8.57B
Total Debt: $9.42B
Total Equity: $9.74B
Rev/Share (Top-line per share)
CALCRevenue / Shares Outstanding
$13.43
Revenue: $4.88B
Shares: 363,157,000
Shares: 363,157,000
Book Value/Share (Net assets per share)
CALC(Total Assets - Total Liabilities) / Shares
$26.81
Total Equity: $9.74B
Shares: 363,157,000
Shares: 363,157,000
FCF/Share (Real cash generated per share)
CALC(Operating Cash Flow + CapEx) / Shares
$-0.34
Operating CF: $1.22B
CapEx: -$1.34B
Shares: 363,157,000
CapEx: -$1.34B
Shares: 363,157,000
CapEx is negative (outflow) — added to OCF to get FCF
Div Yield (Annual income from holding)
APILast Annual Dividend / Stock Price
0.0%
Last Dividend: N/A
Stock Price: $10.61
Stock Price: $10.61
Payout Ratio (Earnings paid out as dividends)
Dividends Paid / Net Income
—
Dividends Paid: N/A
Net Income: -$7.14B
Net Income: -$7.14B
Dividends paid not available in cash flow statement
Industry Benchmarks
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industry. One research call per industry, cached indefinitely — every stock in the same industry
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Deep Analysis
Pre-flight intelligence scans the company first, then routes to the right analytical methods.
0
Company Classification
— What type of company is this?
1
Industry Landscape
— Where is the industry headed?
2
Company Momentum
— Where is this company trending?
3
Forward Projection
— 1Y & 2Y projected metrics (requires Layer 1 + 2)
4a
DCF Valuation
— Present value of future cash flows
4b
Earnings Power Value
— Floor value — worth with zero growth
4c
Anchored PE
— Industry PE adjusted for growth differential
4d
Reverse DCF
— What growth is the market pricing in?
4e
Revenue-Based DCF
— For growth/narrative companies (skip if mature earner)
4f
Anchored P/S
— Price-to-Sales peer comparison (skip if mature earner)
4g
Scenario Analysis
— Bull / Base / Bear (skip if mature earner)
4h
Dividend Discount Model
— For dividend/income stocks only
4i
Book Value Analysis
— For deep value / turnaround stocks only
4j
Insider Activity
— Are insiders buying or selling?
4f
Cash Flow Quality
— How trustworthy is the FCF?
4g
Debt Maturity Risk
— Can it handle its debt?
4h
Macro Environment
— Rates, market valuation, volatility
4i
Sector Intelligence
— How does this company compare within its sector?
4j
Revenue Confidence
— How reliable is the growth projection?
4k
Sensitivity Analysis
— How fragile is the fair value estimate?
4l
Sector Demand Cycle
— Is the sector in a boom, steady state, or contraction?
5
AI Investigation
— Adaptive research engine (Claude)
5b
Thesis Evaluation
— What does the market believe? (narrative/platform stocks only)
6
Valuation Synthesis
— Weighted verdict from all methods (requires Layer 4)
Income Statement (Annual)
Last updated: Jul 12, 2026 6:05am (just now)| Metric | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $10.3B | $4.0B | $4.1B | $4.3B | $4.9B |
| Cost of Revenue | $3.0B | $1.1B | $1.3B | $1.5B | $1.7B |
| Gross Profit | $7.3B | $3.0B | $2.8B | $2.9B | $3.2B |
| Operating Expenses | $6.0B | $2.8B | $3.1B | $2.9B | $3.1B |
| Operating Income | $1.3B | $172.2M | -$270.8M | -$10.5M | $66.7M |
| Net Income | $13.4B | $1.5B | -$4.1B | $1.6B | -$7.1B |
| EBITDA | $17.2B | $2.6B | -$1.7B | $3.4B | -$5.6B |
| EPS | $24.01 | $0.53 | $-9.01 | $4.33 | $-19.66 |
| EPS (Diluted) | — | — | — | — | — |
Balance Sheet (Annual)
Last updated: Jul 12, 2026 6:05am (just now)| Metric | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash & Equivalents | $910.6M | $1.7B | $1.4B | $1.8B | $2.1B |
| Total Current Assets | $5.9B | $6.3B | $5.6B | $3.3B | $3.4B |
| Total Assets | $46.9B | $42.9B | $42.1B | $25.4B | $22.6B |
| Current Liabilities | $4.1B | $3.9B | $4.3B | $3.1B | $3.2B |
| Long-Term Debt | $13.6B | $12.6B | $8.9B | $8.2B | $8.6B |
| Total Liabilities | $21.3B | $20.3B | $23.1B | $12.9B | $12.7B |
| Total Equity | $25.9B | $22.4B | $19.1B | $12.4B | $9.7B |
| Retained Earnings | $18.1B | $19.6B | $15.6B | $12.2B | $5.1B |
Cash Flow (Annual)
Last updated: Jul 12, 2026 6:05am (just now)| Metric | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Cash Flow | $3.5B | $2.8B | $2.2B | $2.0B | $1.2B |
| Capital Expenditure | -$1.4B | -$891.3M | -$921.9M | -$908.5M | -$1.3B |
| Free Cash Flow | $2.1B | $1.9B | $1.2B | $1.1B | -$123.0M |
| Acquisitions (net) | -$70.8M | $0 | $0 | -$199.1M | $0 |
| Debt Repayment | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dividends Paid | — | — | — | — | — |
| Stock Buybacks | -$1.6B | -$1.7B | -$1.5B | -$689.8M | -$192.1M |
| Net Change in Cash | -$3.8B | $815.1M | -$309.5M | $399.4M | $265.1M |
Analyst Estimates (Annual)
Last updated: Jul 12, 2026 6:05am (just now)| Metric | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 | 2030 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue |
$5.1B $5.0B – $5.1B
|
$4.5B $4.5B – $4.6B
|
$4.2B $4.1B – $4.2B
|
$5.3B $5.3B – $5.4B
|
| EBITDA |
$1.0B $1.0B – $1.0B
|
$914.0M $904.2M – $920.7M
|
$838.1M $829.1M – $844.2M
|
$1.1B $1.1B – $1.1B
|
| Net Income |
-$491.6M -$597.8M – -$385.4M
|
-$401.4M -$405.2M – -$395.8M
|
-$194.8M -$196.6M – -$192.1M
|
-$81.5M -$82.3M – -$80.4M
|
| EPS | — | — | — | — |
Growth Trends (YoY %)
Last updated: Jul 12, 2026 6:05am (just now)| Metric | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue Growth | -61.0% | +2.4% | +5.5% | +12.4% |
| Gross Profit Growth | -59.5% | -4.1% | +2.2% | +11.0% |
| Operating Income Growth | -87.0% | -257.3% | +96.1% | +735.2% |
| Net Income Growth | -89.0% | -375.0% | +139.2% | -549.5% |
| EBITDA Growth | -85.1% | -167.0% | +298.0% | -265.0% |
Dividend History (Last 20)
Last updated: Jul 12, 2026 6:05am (just now)| Date | Dividend | Declaration | Record | Payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005-09-07 | $56.70 | |||
| 2004-07-26 | $4.06 |
Insider Trading (Recent)
Type codes
PPurchase
SSale
AAward / grant
MOption exercise
FIn-kind (tax)
CConversion
GGift
DReturn to issuer
All SEC Form 4 codes
Open market
- P Purchase
- Open-market or private purchase of shares.
- S Sale
- Open-market or private sale of shares.
Compensation (Rule 16b-3)
- A Award / grant
- Grant or award of securities (RSUs, options, etc.) under Rule 16b-3.
- D Return to issuer
- Securities disposed back to the company under Rule 16b-3.
- F In-kind (tax)
- Shares withheld or delivered to pay the option-exercise price or tax — not an open-market sale.
- I Discretionary
- Discretionary transaction under an employee plan — Rule 16b-3(f).
- M Option exercise
- Exercise or conversion of a derivative (option/RSU) into shares — exempt.
Derivatives
- C Conversion
- Conversion of a derivative security into the underlying shares.
- E Short expiration
- Expiration of a short derivative position.
- H Long expiration
- Expiration or cancellation of a long derivative position with value received.
- O OTM exercise
- Exercise of an out-of-the-money derivative.
- X ITM exercise
- Exercise of an in-the-money or at-the-money derivative.
Other exempt
- G Gift
- Bona fide gift of securities.
- L Small acquisition
- Small acquisition under Rule 16a-6.
- W Inheritance
- Acquisition or disposition by will or the laws of descent.
- Z Voting trust
- Deposit into or withdrawal from a voting trust.
Other
- J Other
- Other acquisition or disposition (explained in a Form 4 footnote).
- K Equity swap
- Transaction in an equity swap or similar instrument.
- U Tender / buyout
- Disposition via tender of shares in a change-of-control transaction.
Compensation-plan codes (A, D, F, M) are routine and rarely directional. Open-market P (buy) and S (sale) carry the most signal.
| Date | Insider | Type | Shares | Price | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-01-15 | Tompras Nicholas V. | P-Purchase | 16,562.00 | $12.04 | $199,405 |
| 2024-01-10 | GOULD PAUL A | S-Sale | 50,000.00 | $19.79 | $989,600 |
| 2024-01-11 | GOULD PAUL A | S-Sale | 50,000.00 | $19.72 | $986,155 |
| 2023-11-17 | CURTIS MIRANDA | S-Sale | 31,200.00 | $16.20 | $505,312 |
| 2023-11-03 | ROMRELL LARRY E | S-Sale | 26,000.00 | $17.55 | $456,308 |
| 2023-09-21 | BRACKEN CHARLES H R | S-Sale | 5,000.00 | $18.27 | $91,362 |
| 2023-09-21 | BRACKEN CHARLES H R | S-Sale | 47,577.00 | $19.64 | $934,193 |
| 2023-09-11 | Waldron Jason | S-Sale | 8,310.00 | $19.20 | $159,522 |
| 2023-09-12 | Waldron Jason | S-Sale | 1,580.00 | $19.41 | $30,673 |
| 2023-09-13 | Waldron Jason | S-Sale | 9,714.00 | $19.46 | $189,048 |
| 2023-09-11 | Waldron Jason | S-Sale | 4,196.00 | $17.84 | $74,866 |
| 2023-09-12 | Waldron Jason | S-Sale | 749.00 | $18.14 | $13,590 |
| 2023-08-31 | HALL BRYAN H | S-Sale | 5,000.00 | $19.82 | $99,087 |
| 2023-08-24 | MALONE JOHN C | J-Other | 4,316,867.00 | $0.00 | $0 |
| 2023-08-24 | MALONE JOHN C | J-Other | 1,950,553.00 | $0.00 | $0 |
| 2023-08-24 | MALONE JOHN C | J-Other | 110,686.00 | $0.00 | $0 |
| 2023-08-24 | MALONE JOHN C | J-Other | 50,013.00 | $0.00 | $0 |
| 2023-08-24 | MALONE JOHN C | J-Other | 4,736,253.00 | $0.00 | $0 |
| 2023-08-24 | MALONE JOHN C | J-Other | 2,140,050.00 | $0.00 | $0 |
| 2023-08-23 | Salvato Andrea | S-Sale | 50,000.00 | $18.93 | $946,410 |
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