Provides broadband internet services to residential and business customers. Offers digital video programming and audio services. Now — the numbers.
Revenue is spread across several lines; no single product carries the company.
The company closed last year at a loss: costs ran above sales. The picture changes only if spending is reined in.
An average decline of 17% a year over the last 4 years — the most striking risk in this picture. Red columns mark years that ended in a loss.
Before the clock runs out, either sales must climb sharply or new money must come in. This is the most critical line in the whole picture.
We compared this company with its own sector across five subjects.
A score of 50 means class average.
Clearly below the class average.
A solid grade overall — yet the debt outweighs the cash. The strength here comes from earnings power.
Clearly below the class average.
Clearly below the class average.
Clearly below the class average.
Business Quality: Profit power and business quality trail similar companies in the sector.
Growth: Sales growth trails the sector average.
The stock trades 35% below its peak. The market has trimmed its expectations for the company.
The company sells $4.9B a year; the problem isn’t sales — it’s costs running above that number.
Over the last 12 months, company executives reported 150 buys and 147 sells. Management buying with its own money is usually read as a good sign.
A loss of $7.1B against $4.9B in annual sales.
At the current pace of spending, the cash lasts less than a year. After that, the company needs to find new money.
On our five-subject report card, LBTYK sits behind the class. A low grade doesn’t mean “doomed” — it means “big claim, small proof.”
The takeaway: LBTYK’s sales are going backwards, and it closed last year at a loss. The road back runs through both.
The total grade weighs these five subjects against the sector — it isn’t a simple average of the five.
Analysts’ average target sits above today’s price, yet the valuation grade (38/100) says the stock isn’t cheap.