Liberty Latin America Ltd. (LILA)Communication Services | Telecom Services | Hamilton, Bermuda | NasdaqGS
8.30 USD
+0.05
(0.606%)
⇧
(Oct. 13, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
|
Hot Take ↕ | Oct. 10, 2026, 1:15 a.m. EDT
The investment case here is fractured between a speculative short-term bounce and a deteriorating long-term reality. On the short end, the options market is screaming bullishness; the open interest in calls far outweighs puts, creating a crowded trade that expects a move higher. However, this optimism ignores the fundamental rot: the company is currently unprofitable with negative earnings per share and a crushing debt-to-equity ratio exceeding 900%. The long-term trajectory confirms this distress, showing a catastrophic 71% decline over the last nine years, with the most recent annual performance still negative. While the stock trades at a low price-to-book multiple, this is a value trap driven by the balance sheet implosion rather than a margin of safety. With no dividend history to provide income and a multi-year structural decline in share price, the only play is a contrarian bet on a temporary sentiment-driven rebound, not a fundamental recovery. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoTheta ✓ | 0.024381 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.030748 |
| AutoETS | 0.030753 |
| MSTL | 0.032105 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 49% |
| H-stat | 1.74 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.058 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.458 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -0.40 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Communication Services |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 905.528 |
| Revenue per Share | 22.231 |
| Market Cap | 1,625,970,048 |
| Forward P/E | 12.77 |
| Beta | 0.73 |
| Profit Margins | -2.20% |
| Website | https://www.lla.com |
As of Oct. 10, 2026, 1:15 a.m. EDT: Speculators are overwhelmingly bullish on the near term, evidenced by massive open interest in out-of-the-money calls (strikes 10.0 and 12.5) compared to virtually zero put activity. This creates a heavy gamma exposure that suggests a crowded trade expecting a rally, while implied volatility remains compressed for downside protection.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | 0.52754724 |
| Address1 | 2 Church Street |
| All Time High | 35.920277 |
| All Time Low | 2.890625 |
| Ask | 10.59 |
| Ask Size | 2 |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 314,520 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 452,053 |
| Average Volume | 452,053 |
| Average Volume10Days | 314,520 |
| Beta | 0.727 |
| Bid | 5.95 |
| Bid Size | 2 |
| Book Value | 2.643 |
| City | Hamilton |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Country | Bermuda |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 8.3 |
| Current Ratio | 1.185 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,790,726,400 |
| Day High | 8.41 |
| Day Low | 8.28 |
| Debt To Equity | 905.528 |
| Display Name | Liberty Latin America |
| Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,786,021,200 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,786,021,200 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,785,960,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,793,822,400 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,793,822,400 |
| Ebitda | 1,149,799,936 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.25795 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 8.983 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 2.317 |
| Enterprise Value | 10,328,970,240 |
| Eps Current Year | 0.14 |
| Eps Forward | 0.65 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | -0.49 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NMS |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 15 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 8.565 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | -0.2649994 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | -0.030939803 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | 52.754723 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 9.03 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -0.72999954 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.08084159 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 4.578804 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 3.7211962 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.81270045 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 4.578804 - 9.03 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,435,843,800,000 |
| Float Shares | 134,708,676 |
| Forward Eps | 0.65 |
| Forward P E | 12.769232 |
| Free Cashflow | 431,224,992 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqGS |
| Full Time Employees | 9,000 |
| Fullday Change | 0.05000019 |
| Fullday Change Percent | 0.6060629 |
| Fullday Price | 8.3 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Gross Margins | 0.78116995 |
| Gross Profits | 3,481,999,872 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.18812001 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.7619 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 195,900,000 |
| Industry | Telecom Services |
| Industry Disp | Telecom Services |
| Industry Key | telecom-services |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 0 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,139,200 |
| Last Split Date | 1,781,654,400 |
| Last Split Factor | 1,472:1000 |
| Long Business Summary | Liberty Latin America Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, provides fixed, mobile, and subsea telecommunications services in Puerto Rico, Panama, Costa Rica, Jamaica, Latin America and the Caribbean, the Bahamas, Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, Curacao, Chile, and internationally. The company operates through Liberty Caribbean, C&W Panama, Liberty Networks, Liberty Puerto Rico, and Liberty Costa Rico 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 comprising 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 subsea and terrestrial fiber optic cable network that connects approximately 30 markets in the region for providing connectivity solutions; and offers voice and data services, such as value-added, data-based, and fixed-mobile converged services. It provides its services under the brands of Liberty Business, LIBERTY NETWORKS, Liberty, BTC, Flow, and +movil. The company was incorporated in 2017 and is based in Hamilton, Bermuda. |
| Long Name | Liberty Latin America Ltd. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 1,625,970,048 |
| Market State | PRE |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_288966653 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,782,777,600 |
| Net Income To Common | -100,000,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 1,653,873,000 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 3 |
| Open | 8.3 |
| Operating Cashflow | 899,100,032 |
| Operating Margins | 0.17458999 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Phone | 441-295-5950 |
| Previous Close | 8.25 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 59.285717 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 3.140371 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 0.36477995 |
| Profit Margins | -0.022030002 |
| Quick Ratio | 0.887 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | none |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | 0.0500002 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | 0.606063 |
| Regular Market Day High | 8.41 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 8.28 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 8.28 - 8.41 |
| Regular Market Open | 8.3 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 8.25 |
| Regular Market Price | 8.3 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,791,921,601 |
| Regular Market Volume | 194,137 |
| Return On Assets | 0.01282 |
| Return On Equity | -0.03716 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.015 |
| Revenue Per Share | 22.231 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.17502642 |
| Sector | Communication Services |
| Sector Disp | Communication Services |
| Sector Key | communication-services |
| Shares Outstanding | 36,900,000 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.0045 |
| Shares Short | 884,922 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,788,134,400 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 1,045,878 |
| Short Name | Liberty Latin America Ltd. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.026099999 |
| Short Ratio | 2.42 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| Symbol | LILA |
| Target High Price | 14.0 |
| Target Low Price | 7.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 11.06667 |
| Target Median Price | 12.2 |
| Total Cash | 756,000,000 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 3.859 |
| Total Debt | 8,993,699,840 |
| Total Revenue | 4,457,399,808 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | -0.49 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 6.4410934 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | 1.8589067 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | 0.2886011 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 194,137 |
| Website | https://www.lla.com |
| Zip | HM 11 |