FWONA (Liberty Media) Debt-to-Equity : 0.40 (As of Mar. 2025)

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What is Liberty Media Debt-to-Equity?

Liberty Media's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was $30 Mil. Liberty Media's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was $2,952 Mil. Liberty Media's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was $7,411 Mil. Liberty Media's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was 0.40.

A high debt to equity ratio generally means that a company has been aggressive in financing its growth with debt. This can result in volatile earnings as a result of the additional interest expense.

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

FWONA' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.38 Med: 0.59 Max: 1.49
Current: 0.4

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Liberty Media was 1.49. The lowest was 0.38. And the median was 0.59.

FWONA's Debt-to-Equity is ranked worse than
58.26% of 841 companies
in the Media - Diversified industry
Industry Median: 0.26 vs FWONA: 0.40

Liberty Media Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Liberty Media's Debt-to-Equity can be seen below:

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Liberty Media Debt-to-Equity Chart

Liberty Media Annual Data

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Debt-to-Equity

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0.57

0.43

0.45

0.41

Liberty Media Quarterly Data
	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23	Dec23	Mar24	Jun24	Sep24	Dec24	Mar25
Debt-to-Equity	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.45	0.45	0.38	0.41	0.40

Competitive Comparison of Liberty Media's Debt-to-Equity

For the Entertainment subindustry, Liberty Media's Debt-to-Equity, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-Equity 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 Media's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Media - Diversified Industry

For the Media - Diversified industry and Communication Services sector, Liberty Media's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

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Liberty Media Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Liberty Media's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as

Debt to Equity	=	Total Debt			/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(26	+	2966)	/	7388
	=	0.40

Liberty Media's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as

Debt to Equity	=	Total Debt			/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(30	+	2952)	/	7411
	=	0.40

Liberty Media (NAS:FWONA) Debt-to-Equity Explanation

In the calculation of Debt to Equity, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by Total Stockholders Equity. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.

Be Aware

Because a company can increase its ROE % by having more financial leverage, it is important to watch the leverage ratio when investing in high ROE % companies.

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Liberty Media Business Description

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Address

12300 Liberty Boulevard, Englewood, CO, USA, 80112

Website

https://www.libertymedia.com

Liberty Media Corp along with its subsidiaries is engaged in the media and entertainment industries in North America and the United Kingdom. The company owns interests in a high-quality portfolio of assets across the media, entertainment and sports industries. The company derives its maximum revenue from United Kingdom.