Liberty Global (Liberty Global) Shares Outstanding (EOP)

: 383 Mil (As of Dec. 2023)

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Shares outstanding are shares that have been authorized, issued, and purchased by investors and are held by them. Liberty Global's shares outstanding for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 383 Mil.

Liberty Global's quarterly shares outstanding declined from Sep. 2023 (403 Mil) to Dec. 2023 (383 Mil). It means Liberty Global bought back shares from Sep. 2023 to Dec. 2023 .

Liberty Global's annual shares outstanding declined from Dec. 2022 (459 Mil) to Dec. 2023 (383 Mil). It means Liberty Global bought back shares from Dec. 2022 to Dec. 2023 .

Liberty Global Shares Outstanding (EOP) Historical Data

The historical data trend for Liberty Global's Shares Outstanding (EOP) can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Liberty Global Annual Data

Trend

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Dec21

Dec22

Dec23

Shares Outstanding (EOP)

632.58

580.50

527.36

459.35

382.61

Liberty Global Quarterly Data
	Mar19	Jun19	Sep19	Dec19	Mar20	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23	Dec23
Shares Outstanding (EOP)																459.35	448.92	429.61	402.75	382.61

Competitive Comparison

For the Telecom Services subindustry, Liberty Global's Shares Outstanding (EOP), along with its competitors' market caps and Shares Outstanding (EOP) data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

Liberty Global Shares Outstanding (EOP) Distribution

For the Telecommunication Services industry and Communication Services sector, Liberty Global's Shares Outstanding (EOP) distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Liberty Global's Shares Outstanding (EOP) falls into.

Liberty Global Shares Outstanding (EOP) Calculation

Shares outstanding are shares that have been authorized, issued, and purchased by investors and are held by them. They have voting rights and represent ownership in the corporation by the person that holds the shares. They should be distinguished from treasury shares, which are shares held by the corporation itself, having no exercisable rights.

Shares outstanding can be calculated as either basic or fully diluted. The fully diluted shares outstanding count includes diluting securities, such as options, warrants or convertibles.

Please note: GuruFocus named Shares Outstanding (EOP) is the shares for that end of period. It is usually used to calculate balance sheet related items, such as Book Value per Share, etc. While Shares Outstanding (Diluted Average) and Shares Outstanding (Basic Average) are the weighted average shares over a period of time (a year, a quarter, or so). They are usually used to calculate income statement or cashflow statement related items, such as Earnings per Share (Diluted), etc.

Liberty Global (NAS:LBTYB) Shares Outstanding (EOP) Explanation

A company may buy back shares or issue shares in any fiscal period. If a company buys back shares, we should observe that the total number of shares decline. If the company issues new shares, the number of shares outstanding increases.

Usually the presence of treasury shares and a history of buyback are good indicators that company has competitive advantage. But studies have shown that companies usually buy back at wrong time. Buying back shares below its intrinsic value increases value for remaining shareholders. Buying back overvalued shares destroys value for existing shareholders.

Be Aware

Warren Buffett looks for consistency and upward long term trend. Because of share repurchase it is possible for net earnings trend to differ from EPS trend. He preferred net income over EPS. The companies with durable competitive advantage companies report higher % net earnings to total revenues.

Important: If a company is showing net earnings history greater than 20% on total revenues, it is probably benefiting from a long term competitive advantage.

If net earnings is less than 10%, likely to be in a highly competitive business.

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Liberty Global (Liberty Global) Business Description

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Address

161 Hammersmith Road, Griffin House, London, GBR, W6 8BS

Website

https://www.libertyglobal.com

Liberty Global is a holding company with interests in several telecom companies in the U.K., Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, Ireland, and Slovakia. Liberty is the owner of the main cable network in each of these geographies and has pursued a strategy since 2016 to merge or partner with mobile-network-operators to be able to offer converged services. Liberty also owns minority stakes in other media, entertainment, and cloud companies.