Liberty Global
Financial ratios & Valuation

Forward Multiples (2025 – 2028)

2025202620272028
Price/Earnings ratio
-4.29-4.54-6.89N/A
Price/Sales ratio
0.840.840.850.85
Earnings per Share (EPS)
$-2.77$-2.62$-1.73N/A

Historical Multiples (2014 – 2023)

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 TTM Median
Valuation Ratios
Price/Earnings ratio
-28.11-14.697.13-5.4211.27-5.69-5.030.584.20-0.937.457.45
Price/Sales ratio
1.071.030.801.000.680.690.610.750.640.501.520.68
Price/Book Value ratio
1.321.681.472.211.740.580.540.300.200.190.480.58
Price/Cash Flow ratio
3.483.252.562.631.371.751.762.201.631.743.861.37
Price/Free Cash Flow ratio
6.695.624.224.011.812.402.603.653.034.857.151.81
Price/Earnings Growth ratio
0.56-0.18-0.020.02-0.080.01-0.22-0.00-0.040.00-0.180.01
Dividend Yield
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Profitability Indicator Ratios
Gross Profit Margin
62.67%63.49%77.26%77.07%72.85%71.93%71.31%70.73%71.01%68.16%71.01%71.93%
Operating Profit Margin
12.21%12.31%14.36%12.94%7.01%6.45%17.67%119.01%-12.52%-3.26%3.22%6.45%
Pretax Profit Margin
-5.78%-4.55%3.74%-10.33%1.35%-10.01%-14.38%135.78%19.79%-49.71%19.79%1.35%
Net Profit Margin
-3.80%-7.01%11.34%-18.46%6.06%-12.20%-12.24%130.21%15.36%-54.08%20.47%6.06%
Effective Tax Rate
7.10%-41.74%-208.03%-19.89%972.37%-21.88%14.90%3.38%22.39%-4.01%22.39%22.39%
Return on Assets
-0.95%-1.85%3.59%-4.82%1.36%-2.87%-2.48%28.61%2.57%-9.62%3.43%1.36%
Return On Equity
-4.72%-11.45%20.62%-40.82%15.49%-10.35%-10.73%51.77%4.92%-21.25%6.14%-10.35%
Return on Capital Employed
3.50%3.76%5.38%4.08%1.95%1.84%3.87%28.65%-2.31%-0.64%0.59%1.84%
Liquidity Ratios
Current Ratio
0.420.330.660.430.401.221.08N/AN/AN/A1.600.40
Quick Ratio
0.320.270.590.350.311.181.111.221.501.301.320.31
Cash ratio
0.120.080.120.160.140.940.290.220.440.320.440.14
Days of Sales Outstanding
29.9929.4378.5834.8740.9645.0333.6934.3245.7843.5742.1340.96
Days of Inventory outstanding
49.6631.5249.0779.92103.6837.31-15.80111.8866.97N/AN/A37.31
Operating Cycle
79.6560.96127.66114.79144.6482.3517.88146.21112.7543.5710.3882.35
Days of Payables Outstanding
55.6858.3588.6797.9898.30108.6361.4974.19106.76105.58106.7698.30
Cash Conversion Cycle
23.962.6038.9916.8146.34-26.27-43.6172.015.98-62.00-64.63-26.27
Debt Ratios
Debt Ratio
0.650.690.680.600.560.580.260.310.320.370.470.58
Debt Equity Ratio
3.234.283.945.096.362.111.160.570.620.820.902.11
Long-term Debt to Capitalization
0.750.800.780.810.840.640.510.350.360.430.390.64
Total Debt to Capitalization
0.760.810.790.830.860.670.530.360.380.450.400.67
Interest Coverage Ratio
1.080.981.151.080.730.651.86N/AN/AN/A0.390.65
Cash Flow to Debt Ratio
0.110.120.140.160.200.150.260.230.200.130.180.15
Company Equity Multiplier
4.956.185.738.4611.353.604.321.801.912.201.913.60
Cash Flow Ratios
Operating Cash Flow / Sales Ratio
0.300.310.310.370.490.390.340.340.390.280.390.39
Free Cash Flow / Operating Cash Flow Ratio
0.520.570.600.650.750.720.670.600.540.360.540.72
Cash Flow Coverage Ratio
0.110.120.140.160.200.150.260.230.200.130.180.15
Short Term Coverage Ratio
3.612.122.081.371.641.183.324.172.612.683.541.64
Dividend Payout Ratio
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A