Natixis Takes $3.31 Million Position in Liberty Global Ltd. (NASDAQ:LBTYA)

Natixis purchased a new position in shares of Liberty Global Ltd. (NASDAQ:LBTYA - Free Report) in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund purchased 259,135 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $3,307,000. Natixis owned about 0.07% of Liberty Global as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in LBTYA. Stifel Financial Corp increased its position in Liberty Global by 8.2% during the 3rd quarter. Stifel Financial Corp now owns 12,717 shares of the company's stock worth $268,000 after purchasing an additional 968 shares in the last quarter. Blue Trust Inc. increased its position in Liberty Global by 58.1% during the 4th quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 2,940 shares of the company's stock worth $38,000 after purchasing an additional 1,081 shares in the last quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp increased its position in Liberty Global by 0.3% during the 4th quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 470,132 shares of the company's stock worth $5,999,000 after purchasing an additional 1,615 shares in the last quarter. Sterling Capital Management LLC grew its holdings in Liberty Global by 16.7% in the 4th quarter. Sterling Capital Management LLC now owns 25,321 shares of the company's stock valued at $323,000 after buying an additional 3,619 shares during the period. Finally, Swiss National Bank grew its holdings in Liberty Global by 1.2% in the 4th quarter. Swiss National Bank now owns 323,000 shares of the company's stock valued at $4,121,000 after buying an additional 3,800 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 37.20% of the company's stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

LBTYA has been the subject of several recent analyst reports. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft lowered their price target on Liberty Global from $23.00 to $20.00 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, January 29th. Sanford C. Bernstein cut Liberty Global from an "outperform" rating to a "market perform" rating and lowered their price target for the company from $24.70 to $12.40 in a report on Thursday, January 23rd. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have given a hold rating and three have given a buy rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus target price of $17.43.

Liberty Global Trading Up 1.0 %

Shares of NASDAQ:LBTYA traded up $0.11 during trading on Friday, reaching $10.88. 1,282,367 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 2,035,300. The firm's 50-day moving average price is $11.16 and its 200 day moving average price is $13.25. The firm has a market cap of $3.79 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 2.60 and a beta of 1.25. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.65, a quick ratio of 1.19 and a current ratio of 1.05. Liberty Global Ltd. has a 12-month low of $9.84 and a 12-month high of $21.56.

Liberty Global (NASDAQ:LBTYA - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February 18th. The company reported $6.33 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of ($0.92) by $7.25. The firm had revenue of $1.12 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.84 billion. Liberty Global had a return on equity of 9.83% and a net margin of 23.09%. On average, sell-side analysts anticipate that Liberty Global Ltd. will post -1.35 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Liberty Global Profile

Liberty Global Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, provides broadband internet, video, fixed-line telephony, and mobile communications services to residential and business customers. It offers value-added broadband services, such as WiFi features, security, anti-virus, firewall, spam protection, smart home services, online storage solutions, and web spaces; and Connect Box that delivers in-home Wi-Fi service.