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Liberty Global PLC Class A - Stock Quote LBTYA

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Liberty's Complex Structure Hides the Quality of Its Assets; Relaunching With Narrow Moat; $32 FVE

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Liberty Global is a holding company that fully or partially owns interests in leading European cable and telecom businesses, including in the U.K. (Virgin Media O2), Netherlands (VodafoneZiggo), Switzerland (UPC-Sunrise), and Belgium (Telenet). The firm also owns smaller businesses in Ireland and Slovakia. Liberty is known for showing rational behavior in the markets it operates, a positive in the highly competitive telecom industry.

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Liberty Global PLC Class A's Company Profile

Business Description

Liberty Global is a holding company with interests in cable and telecom companies in the U.K., Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, Ireland, and Slovakia. Liberty is the owner of the main cable network in each of these geographies and has pursued a strategy since 2016 to merge or partner with mobile-network-operators to be able to offer converged services. Liberty also owns minority stakes in other media, entertainment, and cloud companies.

Contact
161 Hammersmith Road, Griffin House
London, W6 8BS, United Kingdom
T +44 2084836449
Sector Communication Services
Industry Telecom Services
Most Recent Earnings Mar 31, 2022
Fiscal Year End Dec 31, 2022
Stock Type —
Employees 11,200

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