The Screen · Communication Services · Telecom Services
Liberty Broadband Corporation
LBRDA · Nasdaq · USD · Market cap $5.2B
Liberty Broadband Corporation engages in a range of communications businesses in the United States.
Not yet scored
35.99 USD
At the last full screen 2026-09-11
Screened 2026-09-11 · the tape above runs as of 22:12 UTC · 11 Sep · two dates, stated on purpose · verdict and workings shown in full · never trimmed
The Label · The Season, Not the Day
This name holds its markup label.
Liberty Broadband Corporation holds its Markup at $35.99. The statistical read favours the sellers, held for 23 days.
As held on the ledger · 2026-09-11
Phase
Markup
Quantitative state
The statistical read favours the sellers, held for 23 days
Price at the screen
$35.99
Valuation
N/A trailing · 6.08 forward price to earnings
Values screen
Not scored· score 70.0
Beta
0.63
The Workings
Five Screens, Shown in Full
This security has not been fully scored against the values screen yet.
Test
Figure
Limit
What it means
Status
Business activity
Permissible
Core business clean
Its core business isn't built on prohibited lines: no gambling, alcohol, tobacco, weapons, or interest-based lending.
Pass
Debt load
19.77%
Below 33%
Interest-bearing debt is just 19.8% of its assets, well under the one-third ceiling: it does not run on borrowed money.
Pass
Interest-bearing cash
0.00%
Below 33%
Cash held in interest-bearing accounts and securities is 0.0% of assets, under the one-third limit.
Pass
Receivables
0.65%
Below 49%
Money owed to the company is 0.6% of assets, under the 49% limit.
Pass
Revenue purity
Excluded
Below 5%
of revenue comes from non-compliant sources, over the 5% line.
Fail
Five checks adapted from AAOIFI screening standards: business activity plus four balance-sheet ratios. All five must pass for ethical clearance. Every figure is arithmetic on public accounts, not judgement.
Fair value range in USD, drawn from the 2026-09-11 screen. The gold marker is the market price at the same screen. A 21.4% margin of safety to the base estimate.
Price History & Projections
Where it has been, where the models see it going. History from market close data; projection points are our fair-value estimates and third-party analyst targets, dated to the 2026-09-11 screen.
Fair value and rating are our own model estimates; the Street's range reflects third-party analyst estimates. Analysis, not advice.
The Business, in Plain Words
Broadband Bundle With No Investment Case
Liberty Broadband sells internet and mobile bundles to homes and businesses across the United States. The service keeps people connected, yet the company itself shows no workable investment path right now. Opportunity rating sits at none, so we pass without hesitation.
Forward earnings trade at just 5.2 times, yet profit margins sit at zero and return on equity has fallen to minus 30 percent. Those figures point to a business that is not converting sales into lasting value for owners. The ethical screen also returns insufficient data, another clear reason to step away.
Valuation gaps and thin numbers leave too many open questions on sustainability and governance. Without reliable metrics or a clean bill on ethics, the margin of safety stays theoretical at best. Analysis, not advice.
The risks · The main risks here are ordinary market swings and the chance our fair-value read proves too optimistic.
Plain-English interpretation of our own screen data. Analysis, not advice.
Where & How to Trade
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The Dated Journal · Newest First, Never Edited
Every Entry, As Written
2026-09-04Markup$35.99+5.7%Entry 5
The framework reads markup. Price is trending higher with momentum. The crowd has caught on and buyers are in control. Price has moved up 5.7% since our last review. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows negative risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it D, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is sitting below its long-term trend line with momentum reading bearish. Over the past year the shares are down 64%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 22%.
2026-08-04Markup · changed$34.06-0.2%Entry 4
The framework has shifted from distribution to markup since the last review. Price is trending higher with momentum. The crowd has caught on and buyers are in control. Price has moved down 0.2% since our last review. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows negative risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it D, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is sitting below its long-term trend line with momentum reading bearish. Over the past year the shares are down 64%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 22%.
2026-07-18Distribution$34.12+0.0%Entry 3
The framework reads distribution. Smart money appears to be selling into strength. Institutional holders may be rotating out. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows negative risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it D, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is sitting below its long-term trend line with momentum reading bearish. Over the past year the shares are down 64%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 22%.
2026-07-03Distribution$34.12+0.0%Entry 2
The framework reads distribution. Smart money appears to be selling into strength. Institutional holders may be rotating out. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows negative risk-adjusted returns.
2026-07-02Distribution$34.12Entry 1
The framework reads distribution. Smart money appears to be selling into strength. Institutional holders may be rotating out. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows negative risk-adjusted returns.
Each entry above was written on its date, before the outcome. A journal you can prune is not a journal.
