Liberty Latin America (LILAB) and Its Peers Head-To-Head Analysis

Liberty Latin America (OTCMKTS:LILAB) is one of 147 public companies in the “Telecom Services” industry, but how does it contrast to its competitors? We will compare Liberty Latin America to related companies based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, risk and earnings.

Volatility and Risk

Liberty Latin America has a beta of 1.12, suggesting that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Liberty Latin America’s competitors have a beta of 0.55, suggesting that their average stock price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Liberty Latin America and its competitors revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Liberty Latin America	N/A	N/A	-3.78
Liberty Latin America Competitors	$7.91 billion	$693.88 million	-163.66

Liberty Latin America’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Liberty Latin America. Liberty Latin America is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

This table compares Liberty Latin America and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Liberty Latin America	N/A	N/A	N/A
Liberty Latin America Competitors	-6.27%	-16.11%	0.97%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

30.3% of shares of all “Telecom Services” companies are owned by institutional investors. 32.9% of shares of all “Telecom Services” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for Liberty Latin America and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Liberty Latin America	0	0	0	0	N/A
Liberty Latin America Competitors	739	2283	4120	112	2.50

As a group, “Telecom Services” companies have a potential upside of 64.92%. Given Liberty Latin America’s competitors higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Liberty Latin America has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Summary

Liberty Latin America competitors beat Liberty Latin America on 5 of the 9 factors compared.

Liberty Latin America Company Profile

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, C&W Network & LatAm, Liberty Puerto Rico, Liberty Costa Rico, and VTR 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, VTR, Liberty Costa Rica, Liberty Communications, BTC, Flow, and Mas Móvil. The company was incorporated in 2017 and is headquartered in Hamilton, Bermuda.