Liberty Latin America (LILAK) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Liberty Latin America Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, provides fixed, mobile, and subsea telecommunications services. The company operates through C&W Caribbean, C&W Panama, Liberty Networks, Liberty Puerto Rico, and Liberty Costa Rico segments. It offers communications and entertainment services, including video, broadband internet, fixed-line, telephony, and mobiles services to residential and business customers; and business products and services that include enterprise-grade connectivity, data center, hosting, and managed solutions, as well as information technology solutions for small and medium enterprises, international companies, and governmental agencies. The company also operates a sub-sea and terrestrial fiber optic cable network that connects approximately 40 markets. It provides its services under the brands of C&W, Liberty Costa Rica, Liberty Communications, BTC, Flow, and Mas Móvil. The company was incorporated in 2017 and is based in Hamilton, Bermuda.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $6.28 to $6.39
• 50-Day Range: $6.13 to $10.24
• 52-Week Range: $5.95 to $10.93
• Volume: 184,526 shs
• Average Volume: 1.01 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $1.25 billion
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $10.27
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Liberty Latin America Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Liberty Latin America scored higher than 63% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 349th out of 652 stocks in the computer and technology sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Liberty Latin America has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.67, and is based on 2 buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Liberty Latin America has only been the subject of 2 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.6 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Liberty Latin America is -2.16, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Liberty Latin America is -2.16, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Liberty Latin America has a P/B Ratio of 0.56. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

2.70% of the float of Liberty Latin America has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Liberty Latin America has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 4.2.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Liberty Latin America has recently decreased by 2.56%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

Dividend Yield

Liberty Latin America does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

Liberty Latin America does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: N/A
• Environmental Score: N/A

Percentage of Shares Shorted

2.70% of the float of Liberty Latin America has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Liberty Latin America has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 4.2.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Liberty Latin America has recently decreased by 2.56%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.7 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.63

News Sentiment

Liberty Latin America has a news sentiment score of 1.63. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.64 average news sentiment score of Computer and Technology companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 7 news articles for Liberty Latin America this week, compared to 2 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

2 people have searched for LILAK on MarketBeat in the last 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

Only 2 people have added Liberty Latin America to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of 0% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: Acquiring Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Liberty Latin America insiders have bought more of their company's stock than they have sold. Specifically, they have bought $1,043,886.00 in company stock and sold $0.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 9.66% of the stock of Liberty Latin America is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

52.98% of the stock of Liberty Latin America is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

LILAK Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have LILAK shares performed this year?

Liberty Latin America's stock was trading at $7.34 at the beginning of 2024. Since then, LILAK stock has decreased by 13.9% and is now trading at $6.32.
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How were Liberty Latin America's earnings last quarter?

Liberty Latin America Ltd. (NASDAQ:LILAK) issued its earnings results on Tuesday, August, 6th. The company reported ($0.22) EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($0.08) by $0.14. The company earned $1.12 billion during the quarter. Liberty Latin America had a negative trailing twelve-month return on equity of 27.22% and a negative net margin of 13.02%.

Who are Liberty Latin America's major shareholders?

Top institutional investors of Liberty Latin America include FMR LLC (7.95%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.72%), State Street Corp (1.68%) and Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. (1.56%). Insiders that own company stock include Eric Louis Zinterhofer, Brendan J Paddick, John M Winter, Brian D Zook, Aamir Hussain and Dustin Henderson.
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How do I buy shares of Liberty Latin America?

Shares of LILAK stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.
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Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/06/2024
• Today: 12/26/2024
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2024

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Computer and Technology
• Industry: Cable & other pay television services
• Sub-Industry: N/A
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:LILAK
• CUSIP: N/A
• CIK: 1570585
• Web: www.lla.com
• Phone: (303) 925-6000
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 10,600
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: $10.27
• High Stock Price Target: $15.00
• Low Stock Price Target: $7.50
• Potential Upside/Downside: +61.7%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.67
• Research Coverage: 3 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): ($2.93)
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $-73,600,000.00
• Net Margins: -13.02%
• Pretax Margin: -16.85%
• Return on Equity: -27.22%
• Return on Assets: -4.41%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 4.31
• Current Ratio: 1.06
• Quick Ratio: 1.06

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $4.51 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.28
• Cash Flow: $4.47 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 1.42
• Book Value: $11.28 per share
• Price / Book: 0.56

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 196,700,000
• Free Float: 177,699,000
• Market Cap: $1.25 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.04