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Liberty Broadband Corporation

LBRDK
15
Telecommunications Services · Communication Services
Price
$30.87
-0.47 (-1.50%)
Market Cap
$4.43B
Exchange
NASDAQ Global Select
Winston Score
15
Winston is worried
Weak fundamentals across most pillars.

Share count falling — buybacks

23.2% over 4y

The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.

Diluted shares outstanding: 186.2M (2021) → 143.0M (2025)

Liberty Broadband is a holding company that owns a large stake in Charter Communications, one of the biggest cable and internet providers in the United States. It does not sell services directly to customers. Instead, it exists mainly to give investors a way to own a piece of Charter, which provides internet, TV, and phone service to millions of homes and businesses under the Spectrum brand.

Liberty Broadband earns money primarily through its ownership interest in Charter, meaning its financial results rise and fall with Charter's performance. It operates entirely in the United States and its value is almost entirely tied to one asset, which is both its simplest feature and its biggest risk. If Charter struggles — due to competition from fiber internet providers or wireless home internet services — Liberty Broadband's value drops alongside it, leaving shareholders with little diversification or protection.

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Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

-100.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

-24.1% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

$0/ year

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

9.0%ownership

Insiders own a meaningful stake in the company

Cash Runway

5+ years

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

$8.8B cash & investments at current burn rate

Revenue declining

Liberty Broadband Corporation's revenue is actually shrinking. In a growth stock, that removes the core investment thesis. The low Winston Score here may be warranted — unless there's a turnaround story.

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Quality

Gross Margin
N/A
Data not available
Operating Margin
N/A
Data not available
ROCE
-0.1%
Weak — -0.1% return on capital

Negative ROIC means the business is losing money on every dollar invested in it.

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Growth

Sales YoY
-74.8%
Shrinking sales (-74.8% YoY)
EPS YoY
-405.4%
Earnings shrinking (-405.4% YoY)

Earnings per share down more than 10%. Either a bad year, or a real decline.

EPS Consistency
2/8 quarters
Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion
N/A
Data not available
FCF Margin
-155.2%
Burning cash (-155.2%)

Free cash flow is negative. They are burning cash, not generating it.

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Stability

Debt / Equity
0.43
Conservative — low debt load (0.43)
Interest Cover
0.20x
Dangerous — barely covers interest (0.2x)

Interest coverage below 1. Their profits don't cover the interest bill.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)
N/M
Negative earnings — P/E not meaningful
P/E vs Forward
N/A
not available
Data not available

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.
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