Communication Services
Liberty Global plc(LBTYB)
Live Price
Offline$13.20
-1.49% today
1Y Change
+39.58%
Window
Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 16, 2026
- Market Cap
- $3.86B
- Revenue Growth
- +12.4%
- EPS Growth
- -554.0%
- Dividend Yield
- 0.0%
Coverage: 245 bars ยท Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 16, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Liberty Global plc (LBTYB) is a Communication Services stock with a market cap of $3.86B and listed on NASDAQ. The stock last traded around $13.20 and up 39.6% across the available one-year price window (Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 16, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of +12.4%, EPS growth of -554.0%, a dividend yield of 0.0%. What stands out right now is revenue +12.4%, EPS -554.0%, free cash flow -110.9% with operating margin 0.7% and ROIC 0.2%. Valuation is more restrained than many high-expectation growth names at price/sales 0.8. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a turnaround or cyclical reset than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines LBTYB price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Communication Services peers on this page.
Sector Context
How this name stacks up against nearby peers on first-pass metrics.
Revenue Growth
Above sector median
+12.4% vs +5.5% peer median
Operating Margin
Below sector median
+0.7% vs +3.6% peer median
What Changed This Quarter
Latest report context and the signals most likely to have changed the story.
Latest report is on the board
2026 was reported on May 1, 2026, but the surprise data is still limited.
The operating picture looks softer than before
Revenue is at +12.4% and EPS is at -554.0%, with operating margin around 0.7%.
Earnings Reaction Memory
How the stock has tended to move after recent reports.
Across the last 3 reported quarters, the stock averaged -2.5% over the next 5 trading days and finished higher after 0 of those reports.
View quarter-by-quarter reaction table
| Quarter | EPS ฮ | 1D | 5D | 20D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2026 May 1, 2026 | โ | -0.5% | -2.7% | -18.0% |
2026 Feb 18, 2026 | -2670.6% | -4.1% | -5.0% | -12.7% |
2025 Oct 30, 2025 | +37.1% | +0.0% | +0.0% | +3.6% |
Benchmark Edge
LBTYB vs SPY, QQQ, and Sector ETFs
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
LBTYB
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Normalized return
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S&P 500
Excess Return
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Relative to SPY
LBTYB Max Drawdown
-32.59%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
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Trailing 1Y
Calendar-Year Returns
Uses the longest available daily history for LBTYB and SPY.
Company Overview
Liberty Global plc
NASDAQ Global Select
Liberty Global plc, together with its subsidiaries, provides broadband internet, video, fixed-line telephony, and mobile communications services to residential and business customers. It offers value-added broadband services, such as intelligent WiFi features; security; smart home, online storage solutions, and Web spaces; Connect Box, a set-top or Horizon box that delivers in-home Wi-Fi service; community Wi-Fi via routers in home, which provides access to the internet; and public Wi-Fi access points in train stations, hotels, bars, restaurants, and other public places. The company also provides various tiers of digital video programming and audio services, as well as digital video recorders and multimedia home gateway systems; and channels, including general entertainment, sports, movies, series, documentaries, lifestyles, news, adult, children, and ethnic and foreign channels. In addition, it offers postpaid and prepaid mobile services; circuit-switched telephony services; and personal call manager, unified messaging, and a second or third phone line at an incremental cost. Further, the company offers business services comprising voice, advanced data, video, wireless, cloud-based services, and mobile and converged fixed-mobile services to small or home office, small business, and medium and large enterprises, as well as on a wholesale basis to other operators. It operates in the United Kingdom, Belgium, Switzerland, Ireland, Poland, Slovakia, and internationally. Liberty Global plc was founded in 2004 and is based in London, the United Kingdom.
- Leadership
- Michael Thomas Fries
- IPO Date
- Jun 9, 2004
- Employees
- 6.8k
- Street Address
- Griffin House
- Mailing
- London, W6 8BS
- Region
- London, GB
- Reporting Currency
- USD
- Investor Line
- 44 20 8483 6449
- Last Updated
- May 1, 2026
Key Fundamentals
Valuation, growth, profitability, and balance sheet signals.
Valuation
- P/E
- โ
- EV/EBITDA
- 11.1
- Price/Sales
- 0.8
- Price/Book
- 0.4
Growth
- Revenue
- +12.4%
- EPS
- -554.0%
- Free Cash Flow
- -110.9%
Profitability
- Gross Margin
- 26.4%
- Operating Margin
- 0.7%
- Net Margin
- -146.3%
- ROE
- -59.3%
- ROIC
- 0.2%
Balance Sheet
- Debt/Equity
- 1.04
- Current Ratio
- 1.08
Earnings Reports
Latest News
Official Releases
Company announcements and filings-style updates.
Next Step
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