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GCI Liberty (GCI Liberty) Financial Strength : 0 (As of Sep. 2020)


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What is GCI Liberty Financial Strength?

GCI Liberty has the Financial Strength Rank of 0.

GuruFocus Financial Strength Rank measures how strong a company's financial situation is. It is based on these factors:

1. The debt burden that the company has as measured by its Interest Coverage (current year). The higher, the better.
2. Debt to revenue ratio. The lower, the better.
3. Altman Z-Score.

GCI Liberty's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2020 was 0.34. GCI Liberty's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2020 was 3.56. As of today, GCI Liberty's Altman Z-Score is 0.00.


Competitive Comparison of GCI Liberty's Financial Strength

For the Telecom Services subindustry, GCI Liberty's Financial Strength, along with its competitors' market caps and Financial Strength 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 Financial Strength Distribution in the Telecommunication Services Industry

For the Telecommunication Services industry and Communication Services sector, GCI Liberty's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where GCI Liberty's Financial Strength falls into.



GCI Liberty Financial Strength Calculation

GuruFocus Financial Strength Rank measures how strong a company's financial situation is. It is based on these factors

A company ranks high with financial strength is likely to withstand any business slowdowns and recessions.

1. The debt burden that the company has as measured by its Interest Coverage (current year). The higher, the better.

Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.

Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income (EBIT) by its Interest Expense:

GCI Liberty's Interest Expense for the months ended in Sep. 2020 was $-29.7 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Sep. 2020 was $10.1 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2020 was $2,693.3 Mil.

GCI Liberty's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2020 is

Interest Coverage=-1*Operating Income (Q: Sep. 2020 )/Interest Expense (Q: Sep. 2020 )
=-1*10.072/-29.722
=0.34

The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

2. Debt to revenue ratio. The lower, the better.

GCI Liberty's Debt to Revenue Ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2020 is

Debt to Revenue Ratio=Total Debt (Q: Sep. 2020 ) / Revenue
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / Revenue
=(823.166 + 2693.263) / 987.568
=3.56

3. Altman Z-Score.

Z-Score model is an accurate forecaster of failure up to two years prior to distress. It can be considered the assessment of the distress of industrial corporations.

The zones of discrimination were as such:

When Z-Score is less than 1.81, it is in Distress Zones.
When Z-Score is greater than 2.99, it is in Safe Zones.
When Z-Score is between 1.81 and 2.99, it is in Grey Zones.

GCI Liberty has a Z-score of 0.00, indicating it is in Distress Zones. This implies bankrupcy possibility in the next two years.

* 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.


GCI Liberty  (NAS:LVNTB) Financial Strength Explanation

The maximum rank is 10. Companies with rank 7 or higher will be unlikely to fall into distressed situations. Companies with rank of 3 or less are likely in financial distress.

GCI Liberty has the Financial Strength Rank of 0.


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GCI Liberty (GCI Liberty) Business Description

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Address
12300 Liberty Boulevard, Englewood, CO, USA, 80112
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.

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