CluenexLiberty Global (Series C) LBTYK
Liberty Global (Series C) scores weak on business quality (3.6 of 10). Here is why, in plain words, and what our sealed record shows.
Why it matters
- What Liberty Global (Series C) does
Liberty Global provides broadband, video, and mobile communications services to consumers and businesses across Europe, generating revenue primarily through subscription fees.
- What it does best
Liberty Global maintains infrastructure scale across European markets, matching peer LBTYA with a gross margin of 48.9 percent. This physical footprint creates high barriers to entry against regional competitors.
- The main risk
Net debt stands at $6.4B with a meager interest coverage of 0.1x, meaning earnings fail to cover debt servicing costs and leave the balance sheet vulnerable to rate spikes.
Quality, check by check
Scored against its own industry, from company filings.
Operating margin sits thin at 1.2 percent with a net margin of negative 62.1 percent driven by heavy losses, meaning scale currently fails to translate into net earnings.
The company locks in broadband consumers through fixed-line infrastructure, yet sits in the bottom quartile of its sector with an operating margin percentile of 11.
Revenue ticked up to $4.9B with a growth rate of 12.3 percent, marking a modest acceleration compared to prior annual shrinkage.
Total debt sits at $8.6B against $2.2B in cash, while free cash flow dropped to negative $255M, shifting the balance sheet toward a softer position.
Insiders
Executives and directors, from SEC Form 4 filings we read ourselves. Open market trades only; grants, option exercises and pre-planned sales left out.
No open market buys or unplanned sales by executives or directors.
Our sealed record on LBTYK
Verdicts appear here 30 days after we publish them; members see today's. Each one is in the nightly ledger, fingerprinted the night it was made.
The first sealed verdicts appear here on Oct 11, 2026.
Questions
Liberty Global (Series C) scores weak on the Cluenex quality check (3.6 of 10), measured against its own industry. Profitability is weak, moat weak, growth steady and financial health weak.
In the last 90 days of SEC Form 4 filings: No open market buys or unplanned sales by executives or directors.
Nov 3, 2026.
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Cite this page: Cluenex, “Liberty Global (Series C) (LBTYK)”, https://cluenex.com/stocks/lbtyk/, data as of Oct 10, 2026.