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Liberty Global (Liberty Global) PB Ratio

: 0.34 (As of Today)
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The PB Ratio, or Price-to-Book ratio, or Price/Book, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Book Value per Share. As of today (2024-04-16), Liberty Global's share price is $16.94. Liberty Global's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $49.82. Hence, Liberty Global's PB Ratio of today is 0.34.

The historical rank and industry rank for Liberty Global's PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

LBTYB' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.29   Med: 2.32   Max: 8.42
Current: 0.33

During the past 13 years, Liberty Global's highest PB Ratio was 8.42. The lowest was 0.29. And the median was 2.32.

LBTYB's PB Ratio is ranked better than
96.16% of 365 companies
in the Telecommunication Services industry
Industry Median: 1.72 vs LBTYB: 0.33

During the past 12 months, Liberty Global's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 2.00% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 28.40% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 47.30% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 15.50% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Liberty Global was 98.70% per year. The lowest was -23.80% per year. And the median was 15.50% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


Liberty Global PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Liberty Global's PB Ratio 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 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
PB Ratio
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.06 1.04 0.57 0.39 0.36

Liberty Global Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
PB Ratio 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.39 0.39 0.33 0.33 0.36

Competitive Comparison

For the Telecom Services subindustry, Liberty Global's PB Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and PB Ratio 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 PB Ratio Distribution

For the Telecommunication Services industry and Communication Services sector, Liberty Global's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Liberty Global's PB Ratio falls into.



Liberty Global PB Ratio Calculation

The PB Ratio, or Price-to-Book ratio, or Price/Book, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Book Value per Share. It is a ratio widely used to value stocks.

Liberty Global's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Dec. 2023)
=16.94/49.823
=0.34

* 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.

It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:

A closely related ratio is called Price-to-Tangible-Book. The difference between Price-to-Tangible-Book and PB Ratio is that book value other than intangibles are used in the calculation.


Liberty Global  (NAS:LBTYB) PB Ratio Explanation

Unlike valuation ratios relative to the earning power such as PE Ratio, PE Ratio without NRI, PS Ratio, Price-to-Operating-Cash-Flow , or Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, the PB Ratio measures the valuation of the stock relative to the underlying asset of the company.

The PB Ratio works the best for the businesses that earn most of their profit from their assets, e.g. banks and insurance companies.


Be Aware

Some businesses have very light assets, such as software companies or insurance agencies. The PB Ratio does not work well for these companies. Some companies even have negative equity, so the PB Ratio cannot be applied to them.


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Liberty Global (Liberty Global) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
161 Hammersmith Road, Griffin House, London, GBR, W6 8BS
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.