Forensic Analysis · Communication Services / Telecom · as of Jun 27, 2026
Liberty Latin America Ltd. (LILA)
A forensic read on Liberty Latin America Ltd. built from its complete SEC filings — financial-health screens, earnings quality, red flags and a price-aware rating. Reproducible math, not opinion.
D · Weak — demands caution
Forensic grade
Distress
Financial health
-0.9
Altman Z-score
Clean
Earnings quality
4
Forensic signals
-85.3%
ROE
$1.6B
Market cap
Liberty Latin America Ltd. earns a D (Weak — demands caution) forensic quality grade, and its Altman Z-score is -0.9, placing it in the Distress zone. 4 forensic signals were flagged in its latest SEC filings, led by return on invested capital.
What the filings flag
1%Return on invested capital.Return on invested capital is 1% and steady — well below its ~8% cost of capital, so reinvested dollars may be destroying value, not building it.
stoppedShareholder returns — halted.Capital returns have STOPPED — $83M of buybacks + dividends in FY2024, but ~$0 in FY2025. A halt usually means the company is conserving cash; understand why before reading it as neutral.
1% of revStock-based comp load.Stock-based compensation ran 1% of revenue and 18% of free cash flow in FY2025 — about $0.27 per diluted share. Meaningful — reported free cash flow flatters the economics, since SBC is a real cost paid in shares.
$2.1BGoodwill impairments.Took $2.1B of goodwill writedowns across 5 year(s) (FY2021 ($605M), FY2022 ($555M), FY2024 ($516M)). Writedowns mean past acquisitions underperformed what was paid for them — worth weighing on capital-allocation skill.
Key fundamentals
Net Margin-13.8%
Free Cash Flow$305.9M
Latest Revenue$4.44B
Revenue Growth YoY-0.1%
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