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FWONK (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:

FWONK' 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.

FWONK's Debt-to-Equity is ranked worse than
58.36% of 843 companies
in the Media - Diversified industry
Industry Median: 0.26 vs FWONK: 0.40

Liberty Media Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Liberty Media's Debt-to-Equity 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 Media Debt-to-Equity Chart

Liberty Media Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Debt-to-Equity
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.57 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 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:

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


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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

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

* 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.


Liberty Media  (NAS:FWONK) 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

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
12300 Liberty Boulevard, Englewood, CO, USA, 80112
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.
Executives
Andrea L Wong director 12300 LIBERTY BLVD., ENGLEWOOD CO 80112
Gilchrist Malcolm Ian Grant director 12300 LIBERTY BLVD, ENGLEWOOD CO 80112
Renee L Wilm officer: Chief Legal Officer 12300 LIBERTY BOULEVARD, ENGLEWOOD CO 80112
Brian J Wendling officer: SVP/Controller/PFO 12300 LIBERTY BOULEVARD, ENGLEWOOD CO 80112
Gregory B Maffei director, officer: President, CEO 12300 LIBERTY BLVD, ENGLEWOOD CO 80112
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