Liberty Media - M&A Summary and Business Overview

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Liberty Media M&A Summary

Liberty Media has acquired 12 companies, including 3 in the last 5 years. A total of 7 acquisitions came from private equity firms. It has also divested 4 assets.

Liberty Media’s largest acquisition to date was in 2016, when it acquired Formula One World Championship for $8.0B. It’s largest disclosed sale occurred in 2014, when it sold Provide Commerce to FTD Companies for $145M. Liberty Media has acquired in 5 different US states, and 6 countries. The Company’s most targeted sectors include media (30%) and communications (20%).

Liberty Media Business Overview

Where is Liberty Media headquartered?

Liberty Media is headquartered in Englewood, Colorado.

What is Liberty Media’s revenue?

Liberty Media disclosed revenue of 9,363M USD for 2020 and 10,292M USD for 2019.

What sector is Liberty Media in?

Liberty Media is a media company.

When was Liberty Media founded?

Liberty Media was founded in 1991.

M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity14
    • M&A Buy Activity10
    • M&A Sell Activity4
  • Total Sectors Invested 6
  • Total Countries Invested 6
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 12
  • M&A Advisors 2

Liberty Media

Liberty Media Corp.

12300 Liberty Boulevard,
Englewood, Colorado 80112
United States,

www.libertymedia.com

Liberty Media owns interests in a broad range of media, communications and entertainment businesses. Those interests include subsidiaries SiriusXM, Atlanta National League Baseball Club Inc., and True Position Inc., interests in Charter Communications and Live Nation and minority equity investments in Barnes & Noble, Time Warner Cable, Time Warner Inc., and Viacom. Liberty Media was founded in 1991 and is based in Englewood, Colorado.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 T
Buy (0.4/yr) # 8 - - - 1 1 10
vol $11.5B $313M $4.7B $16.6B
Sell (0.0/yr) # 4 - - - - - 4
vol $160M $160M
  14

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
Dorna Sports SL 2024-04-01 4.7B EUR Add-on Acquisition
Madrid, Spain · www.dorna.com
QuintEvents LLC 2023-09-06 313M USD Add-on Acquisition
Charlotte, North Carolina · www.quintevents.com
Higher Power Nutrition 2019-01-08 15M USD Divestiture
Meridian, Idaho · www.bodybuilding.com
General Communication, Inc. 2017-04-04 1.1B USD Add-on Acquisition
Anchorage, Alaska · www.gci.com
Formula One World Championship Ltd. 2016-09-07 8.0B USD Add-on Acquisition
Knightsbridge, United Kingdom · www.formula1.com
LMC Right Start, Inc. 2016-02-05 - Divestiture
Denver, Colorado · www.rightstart.com
zulily, Inc. 2015-08-17 2.4B USD Add-on Acquisition
Seattle, Washington · www.zulily.com
Backcountry.com LLC 2015-07-01 - Divestiture
Park City, Utah · www.backcountrycorp.com
Provide Commerce, Inc. 2014-12-31 145M USD Divestiture
San Diego, California · www.providecommerce.com
LMC Right Start, Inc. 2009-07-08 - Add-on Acquisition
Denver, Colorado · www.rightstart.com
View All >>

M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
E-Commerce 2 (20%) 2.4B (14%) 2 (50%) 15M (10%)
Media 3 (30%) 8.3B (50%) - -
Communications 2 (20%) 1.1B (7%) - -
Retail 1 (10%) - 1 (25%) -
Digital Media 1 (10%) 4.7B (29%) - -
Restaurants 1 (10%) - - -
Internet Software and Services - - 1 (25%) 145M (90%)
Total 10 $16.6B 4 $160M

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
United States 5 3.8B 4 160M
  Idaho 1 - 1 15M
  Colorado 1 - 1 -
  Washington 1 2.4B - -
  North Carolina 1 313M - -
  Alaska 1 1.1B - -
  Utah - - 1 -
  California - - 1 145M
Canada 1 - - -
  Ontario 1 - - -
Ireland 1 - - -
Japan 1 - - -
Spain 1 4.7B - -
United Kingdom 1 8.0B - -
Domestic 5 (50%) 3.8B (23%) 4 (100%) 160M (100%)
Cross-border 5 (50%) 12.7B (77%) - -
Total 10 $16.6B 4 $160M

Top M&A Advisors

Financial Deals
Morgan Stanley
 1
Legal Deals
O'Melveny & Myers
 1

Deal Values

buy # Total
> $1B 4 $16.3B
$100M to $1B 1 $313M
TOTAL $16.6B
Largest Formula One World Championship Ltd.
$8.0B (2016-09-07)
sell # Total
$100M to $1B 1 $145M
< $100M 1 $15M
TOTAL $160M
Largest Provide Commerce, Inc.
$145M (2014-12-31)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)
50%
5 (50%)
Strategic(s)
10%
1 (10%)
Divested to
Investor(s)
25%
1 (25%)
Strategic(s)
75%
3 (75%)

Company Summary

SECTOR

Media

Revenue

9,363   10% 2020
10,292   29% 2019
8,040   6% 2018
7,594   44% 2017
5,276   2016
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Established

1991

Public

NASDAQ: LMCA

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