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LBRDK (Liberty Broadband) Debt-to-Equity : 0.40 (As of Jun. 2024)


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What is Liberty Broadband Debt-to-Equity?

Liberty Broadband's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2024 was $3.0 Mil. Liberty Broadband's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2024 was $3,687.0 Mil. Liberty Broadband's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2024 was $9,343.0 Mil. Liberty Broadband's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2024 was 0.39.

A high debt to equity ratio generally means that a company has been aggressive in financing its growth with debt. This can result in volatile earnings as a result of the additional interest expense.

The historical rank and industry rank for Liberty Broadband's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

LBRDK' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.05   Med: 0.13   Max: 0.46
Current: 0.4

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Liberty Broadband was 0.46. The lowest was 0.05. And the median was 0.13.

LBRDK's Debt-to-Equity is ranked better than
64.16% of 332 companies
in the Telecommunication Services industry
Industry Median: 0.65 vs LBRDK: 0.40

Liberty Broadband Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Liberty Broadband's Debt-to-Equity 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 Broadband Debt-to-Equity Chart

Liberty Broadband Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Debt-to-Equity
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.05 0.36 0.38 0.46 0.42

Liberty Broadband Quarterly Data
Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24
Debt-to-Equity Get a 7-Day Free Trial 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 0.43 0.44 0.42 0.41 0.40

Competitive Comparison of Liberty Broadband's Debt-to-Equity

For the Telecom Services subindustry, Liberty Broadband's Debt-to-Equity, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-Equity 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 Broadband's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Telecommunication Services Industry

For the Telecommunication Services industry and Communication Services sector, Liberty Broadband's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Liberty Broadband's Debt-to-Equity falls into.



Liberty Broadband Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Liberty Broadband's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Liberty Broadband's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2024 is calculated as

* 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.


Liberty Broadband  (NAS:LBRDK) Debt-to-Equity Explanation

In the calculation of Debt to Equity, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by Total Stockholders Equity. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.


Be Aware

Because a company can increase its ROE % by having more financial leverage, it is important to watch the leverage ratio when investing in high ROE % companies.


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Liberty Broadband Business Description

Address
12300 Liberty Boulevard, Englewood, CO, USA, 80112
Liberty Broadband Corp serves in the telecommunications industry in the United States. It provides cable services to both residential and small to medium businesses through its fiber, hybrid fiber, and coaxial cable infrastructure. The services provided by the company are residential services which include video services, internet services, voice services, and mobile services, commercial services which include small, and medium business and enterprise solutions, advertising services, and other services. The reportable segments of the company are GCI Holdings, Charter. The firm derives the majority of its revenue from GCI Holdings.
Executives
Sue Ann Hamilton director 12405 POWERSCOURT DRIVE, ST. LOUIS MO 63131
Gregg L Engles director 1225 SEVENTEENTH STREET, SUITE 1000, DENVER CO 80202
Julie D. Frist director 810 JACKSON BLVD., NASHVILLE TN 37205
Renee L Wilm officer: Chief Legal Officer 12300 LIBERTY BOULEVARD, ENGLEWOOD CO 80112
John C Malone director, 10 percent owner 12300 LIBERTY BLVD, ENGLEWOOD CO 80112
Brian J Wendling officer: SVP/Controller/PFO 12300 LIBERTY BOULEVARD, ENGLEWOOD CO 80112
Mark D Carleton officer: Chief Financial Officer 12300 LIBERTY BLVD., ENGLEWOOD CO 80112
J David Wargo director C/O WARGO & CO, 712 FIFTH AVENUE 41ST FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10019
Donne F Fisher director 12300 LIBERTY BLVD, ENGLEWOOD CO 80112
Welsh John E Iii director AVALON CAPITAL PARTNERS, 181 MAIN ST, COLD SPRING HARBOR NY 11724
Richard R Green director 1550 WEWATTA STREET, STE 1000, DENVER CO 80202
Gregory B Maffei director, officer: President/CEO 12300 LIBERTY BLVD, ENGLEWOOD CO 80112
Liberty Media Corp 10 percent owner 12300 LIBERTY BOULEVARD, ENGLEWOOD CO 80112
Albert E Rosenthaler officer: Senior Vice President 12300 LIBERTY BLVD, ENGLEWOOD CO 80112
Christopher W Shean officer: Senior Vice President/CFO 12300 LIBERTY BLVD., ENGLEWOOD CO 80116