Liberty Latin America Reports Q3 2024 Results

Liberty Latin America Reports Q3 2024 Results

06 Nov 2024 in

 

Liberty Latin America Reports Q3 2024 Results

  • Reported revenue of $1.1bn; sequential financial improvement
  • Positioned to accelerate financial performance in Q4
  • Delivered successful $1bn debt refinancing in C&W credit silo
  • Cultivated an FTTH Peruvian broadband investment with ~3m homes passed
  • Completed acquisition of mobile spectrum and prepaid subscribers in PR & USVI

Denver, Colorado - November 6, 2024: Liberty Latin America Ltd. (“Liberty Latin America” or “LLA”) (NASDAQ: LILA and LILAK, OTC Link: LILAB) today announced its financial and operating results for the three months (“Q3”) and nine months (“YTD”) ended September 30, 2024.

CEO Balan Nair commented, “We are continuing our strategy to connect communities and drive broadband and postpaid mobile penetration across our markets. We are encouraged by our transformation programs, which are increasingly gaining momentum and enabling us to connect with our customers through their channels of choice.”

“In the third quarter, our businesses in Costa Rica and Panama demonstrated continued operational execution, adding nearly 50,000 broadband and postpaid subscribers, roughly double the prior-year period. Although C&W Caribbean experienced adverse operational impacts from Hurricane Beryl during the quarter, financial performance was resilient, outperforming our expectations as we delivered sequential and year-over-year reported Adj. OIBDA growth.”

“Importantly, we grew Adj. OIBDA in Puerto Rico sequentially in the third quarter, however churn from the migration was higher than anticipated. We are seeing improved sales and customer sentiment. Our operating team is focused on the customer and growing our business back. In Q4, we expect to see acceleration in our Adj. OIBDA performance, but at this point, and given that the recovery is taking longer than previously anticipated, we no longer expect to achieve a monthly Adj. OIBDA of $45 million by year-end. As we look to 2025, the completion of our acquisition of spectrum and prepaid subscribers from Echostar will further underpin our growth prospects.”