Liberty Global (FRA:3O40) Cash-to-Debt : 0.18 (As of Sep. 2024)

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What is Liberty Global Cash-to-Debt?

Cash to Debt Ratio measures the financial strength of a company. It is calculated as a company's cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities divide by its debt. Liberty Global's cash to debt ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was 0.18.

If Cash to Debt ratio is less than 1, the company cannot pay off its debt using the cash in hand. Here we can see, Liberty Global couldn't pay off its debt using the cash in hand for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024.

The historical rank and industry rank for Liberty Global's Cash-to-Debt or its related term are showing as below:

FRA:3O40' s Cash-to-Debt Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.01 Med: 0.17 Max: 0.57
Current: 0.18

During the past 13 years, Liberty Global's highest Cash to Debt Ratio was 0.57. The lowest was 0.01. And the median was 0.17.

FRA:3O40's Cash-to-Debt is ranked worse than
59.57% of 376 companies
in the Telecommunication Services industry
Industry Median: 0.28 vs FRA:3O40: 0.18

Liberty Global Cash-to-Debt Historical Data

The historical data trend for Liberty Global's Cash-to-Debt 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.

Note: An indication of "No Debt" does not necessarily mean that the company has no debt obligations; it could be due to missing data in the quarterly or annual report. Use caution when interpreting this information.

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Liberty Global Cash-to-Debt Chart

Liberty Global Annual Data

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Cash-to-Debt

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0.29

0.18

0.20

0.28

0.20

Liberty Global Quarterly Data
	Dec19	Mar20	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23	Dec23	Mar24	Jun24	Sep24
Cash-to-Debt	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.20	0.20	0.16	0.19	0.18

Competitive Comparison of Liberty Global's Cash-to-Debt

For the Telecom Services subindustry, Liberty Global's Cash-to-Debt, along with its competitors' market caps and Cash-to-Debt 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's Cash-to-Debt Distribution in the Telecommunication Services Industry

For the Telecommunication Services industry and Communication Services sector, Liberty Global's Cash-to-Debt distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Liberty Global's Cash-to-Debt falls into.

Liberty Global Cash-to-Debt Calculation

This is the ratio of a company's Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities to its debt. The debt includes the Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation. This ratio measures the financial strength of a company. This ratio is updated quarterly.

Liberty Global's Cash to Debt Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

Cash to Debt Ratio	=	Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	/	Total Debt
	=	Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	/	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)
	=	3123.669	/	(739.836	+	15232.47)
	=	0.20

Liberty Global's Cash to Debt Ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 is calculated as:

Cash to Debt Ratio	=	Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	/	Total Debt
	=	Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	/	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)
	=	2939.693	/	(900.369	+	15220.323)
	=	0.18

Liberty Global (FRA:3O40) Cash-to-Debt Explanation

If Cash to Debt ratio is greater than 1, the company can pay off its debt using the cash in hand. If it is smaller than 1, it means the company has more debt than the cash in hands. In this case, it is important to look the the company's Interest Coverage. Ben Graham requires that a company must have an Interest Coverage of at least 5.

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Liberty Global Business Description

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Address

2 Church Street, Clarendon House, Hamilton, Bermuda, GBR, HM 11

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.

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