Mar 31, 2024

Liberty Global Q1 2024 Earnings Report

Liberty Global demonstrated progress against its strategy and commitment to shareholder value creation.

Key Takeaways

Liberty Global reported Q1 2024 financial results, showing progress on strategic initiatives, including the planned spin-off of Sunrise in Q4 2024. The company's financial performance was in line with expectations, supported by a strong balance sheet and Adjusted FCF generation.

Made significant progress on strategic initiatives, including the planned spin-off of Sunrise in Q4 2024.

Balance sheet remains strong with $3.9 billion in cash and liquid securities.

Completed a proactive $2.4 billion VMO2 refinancing.

Ventures portfolio valued at $3.4 billion represents an attractive platform to support FMC operations.

Total Revenue
$1.95B
Previous year: $1.87B
+4.1%
EPS
$1.32
Previous year: -$1.59
-183.0%
Gross Profit
$1.27B
Previous year: $1.3B
-1.9%
Cash and Equivalents
$1.14B
Previous year: $1.4B
-18.6%
Free Cash Flow
-$185M
Previous year: -$178M
+3.9%
Total Assets
$40.6B
Previous year: $43.8B
-7.4%

Liberty Global

Liberty Global

Forward Guidance

Liberty Global is on track to meet its full-year 2024 guidance metrics across all OpCos, with price adjustments recently announced in the U.K., the Netherlands and Belgium to support financial targets.

Positive Outlook

  • Continue to invest in our fiber-rich, fixed and 5G mobile networks
  • Fiber upgrade projects in the U.K., Belgium and Ireland remain on track
  • Continue to invest in digital and AI initiatives to support commercial momentum and efficiencies
  • Return to strong Adjusted EBITDA growth in the Netherlands
  • Return to positive broadband net adds in Switzerland

Challenges Ahead

  • Intensely competitive market environment
  • Higher annualized churn
  • Decrease in mobile revenue due to lower handset sales
  • Decrease in B2B fixed revenue
  • Mobile postpaid base declined by 74,500 in Q1