Liberty Latin America Ltd. (LILAK)Communication Services | Telecom Services | Hamilton, Bermuda | NasdaqGS
7.23 USD
-0.22
(-2.953%) ⇩
(July 14, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
|
Hot Take ↕ | July 11, 2026, 5:42 a.m. EDT
The investment case for Liberty Latin America is currently fractured by a severe disconnect between its operational reality and its market price. Fundamentally, the business is deteriorating; it is generating negative earnings per share (-$2.48) and has suffered a catastrophic -81% decline in value over the last nine years. The most recent annual performance was another sharp drop of -35%, confirming a structural decline rather than a temporary dip. While the stock trades at a bargain price-to-book ratio, this reflects the market's verdict that the company cannot sustain its current operations without significant capital injection or restructuring. The recent price surge is likely a reaction to the announcement of a special dividend, which acts as a one-time return of capital rather than a sign of sustainable profitability. With no regular dividend history to speak of and a balance sheet weighed down by massive debt relative to equity, there is no safety margin here. The short-term bounce appears to be a 'sell the news' event following the dividend declaration, leaving the stock vulnerable to further downside as the underlying business struggles to generate cash flow. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoETS ✓ | 0.117604 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.117605 |
| MSTL | 0.117671 |
| AutoTheta | 0.117864 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoETS
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 33% |
| H-stat | 57.66 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.035 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -1.12 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Communication Services |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 877.414 |
| Revenue per Share | 22.185 |
| Market Cap | 1,456,121,984 |
| Forward P/E | 17.63 |
| Beta | 0.74 |
| Profit Margins | -11.20% |
| Website | https://www.lla.com |
As of July 11, 2026, 5:42 a.m. EDT: Speculator positioning is fragmented and lacks clear directional conviction. Call volume is heavily skewed toward deep out-of-the-money strikes (10.0 strike) suggesting speculative hopes for a recovery, while put activity is concentrated in the money (7.5 strike) indicating hedging against immediate downside. However, the sheer lack of volume across most expirations and the extremely low implied volatility for deep ITM calls suggests the market is largely indifferent to a major move in either direction, treating the stock as a low-liquidity outlier rather than a trending asset.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | 0.726992 |
| Address1 | 2 Church Street |
| All Time High | 44.70774 |
| All Time Low | 2.873641 |
| Ask | 9.24 |
| Ask Size | 2 |
| Audit Risk | 10 |
| Average Analyst Rating | 3.0 - Hold |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 1,789,770 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 1,540,861 |
| Average Volume | 1,540,861 |
| Average Volume10Days | 1,789,770 |
| Beta | 0.743 |
| Bid | 5.31 |
| Bid Size | 2 |
| Board Risk | 10 |
| Book Value | 2.687 |
| City | Hamilton |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 8 |
| Country | Bermuda |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 7.23 |
| Current Ratio | 1.11 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,782,777,600 |
| Day High | 7.505 |
| Day Low | 7.21 |
| Debt To Equity | 877.414 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,778,157,000 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,778,157,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,778,157,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,786,019,400 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,786,019,400 |
| Ebitda | 1,132,499,968 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.25498 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 8.951 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 2.282 |
| Enterprise Value | 10,137,121,792 |
| Eps Forward | 0.41 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | -2.41 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NMS |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 5.889215 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | 1.340785 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | 0.22766787 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | 72.6992 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 8.05 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -0.8200002 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.10186337 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 4.232337 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 2.997663 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.7082761 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 4.232337 - 8.05 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,435,066,200,000 |
| Float Shares | 128,509,312 |
| Forward Eps | 0.41 |
| Forward P E | 17.634146 |
| Free Cashflow | 321,424,992 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqGS |
| Full Time Employees | 9,000 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,782,864,000 |
| Gross Margins | 0.77962 |
| Gross Profits | 3,462,700,032 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.19604999 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.75868 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 201,400,000 |
| Industry | Telecom Services |
| Industry Disp | Telecom Services |
| Industry Key | telecom-services |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 1 |
| 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 C&W 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 C&W 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 | 1,456,121,984 |
| Market State | PRE |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_288966653 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,774,915,200 |
| Net Income To Common | -497,500,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 1,501,631,000 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 2 |
| Open | 7.37 |
| Operating Cashflow | 823,500,032 |
| Operating Margins | 0.14093 |
| Overall Risk | 10 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Phone | 441-295-5950 |
| Pre Market Change | -0.13999987 |
| Pre Market Change Percent | -1.9363743 |
| Pre Market Price | 7.09 |
| Pre Market Time | 1,784,109,698 |
| Previous Close | 7.45 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 2.6907332 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 0.32784462 |
| Profit Margins | -0.11201 |
| Quick Ratio | 0.848 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | hold |
| Recommendation Mean | 3.0 |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | -0.22 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | -2.95302 |
| Regular Market Day High | 7.505 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 7.21 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 7.21 - 7.505 |
| Regular Market Open | 7.37 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 7.45 |
| Regular Market Price | 7.23 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,784,059,201 |
| Regular Market Volume | 1,447,431 |
| Return On Assets | 0.01208 |
| Return On Equity | -0.34895 |
| Revenue Growth | -0.001 |
| Revenue Per Share | 22.185 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.20365608 |
| Sector | Communication Services |
| Sector Disp | Communication Services |
| Sector Key | communication-services |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 10 |
| Shares Outstanding | 161,100,000 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.024500001 |
| Shares Short | 4,929,565 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,780,012,800 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 4,913,518 |
| Short Name | Liberty Latin America Ltd. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.0322 |
| Short Ratio | 2.52 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| Symbol | LILAK |
| Target High Price | 8.0 |
| Target Low Price | 5.4 |
| Target Mean Price | 6.7 |
| Target Median Price | 6.7 |
| Total Cash | 727,500,032 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 3.612 |
| Total Debt | 8,931,200,000 |
| Total Revenue | 4,441,500,160 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | -2.41 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 5.606492 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | 1.623508 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | 0.28957644 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 1,447,431 |
| Website | https://www.lla.com |
| Zip | HM 11 |