GCI Liberty (GCI Liberty) Debt-to-Equity : 0.50 (As of Sep. 2020)

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What is GCI Liberty Debt-to-Equity?

GCI Liberty's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2020 was $823.2 Mil. GCI Liberty's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2020 was $2,693.3 Mil. GCI Liberty's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2020 was $7,024.0 Mil. GCI Liberty's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2020 was 0.50.

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 GCI Liberty's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

GLIBA' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -5.14 Med: 0.75 Max: 6.62
Current: 0.5

During the past 10 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of GCI Liberty was 6.62. The lowest was -5.14. And the median was 0.75.

GLIBA's Debt-to-Equity is not ranked
in the Telecommunication Services industry.
Industry Median: 0.65 vs GLIBA: 0.50

GCI Liberty Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

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

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GCI Liberty Debt-to-Equity Chart

GCI Liberty Annual Data

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Debt-to-Equity

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1.36

0.87

0.70

0.54

GCI Liberty Quarterly Data
	Dec15	Mar16	Jun16	Sep16	Dec16	Mar17	Jun17	Sep17	Dec17	Mar18	Jun18	Sep18	Dec18	Mar19	Jun19	Sep19	Dec19	Mar20	Jun20	Sep20
Debt-to-Equity	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.56	0.54	0.59	0.54	0.50

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

For the Telecom Services subindustry, GCI Liberty'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.

GCI Liberty's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Telecommunication Services Industry

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

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

GCI Liberty Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

GCI Liberty's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2019 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
	=	(3.008	+	3360.717)	/	6201.484
	=	0.54

GCI Liberty's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2020 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
	=	(823.166	+	2693.263)	/	7023.967
	=	0.50

GCI Liberty (NAS:GLIBA) 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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GCI Liberty (GCI Liberty) Business Description

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12300 Liberty Boulevard, Englewood, CO, USA, 80112

Website

http://www.gciliberty.com

GCI Liberty Inc is a holding company.Through its subsidiaries it provides various wireless, data, video, voice, and managed services to residential customers, businesses, governmental entities, and educational and medical institutions primarily in Alaska under the GCI brand. The company mainly serves markets that bear harsh winter and are located in remote geographies in North America.