Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC Acquires New Position in Liberty Global Ltd $LBTYA

Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Liberty Global Ltd (NASDAQ:LBTYA - Free Report) in the second quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund acquired 23,625 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $236,000.

A number of other hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. ACR Alpine Capital Research LLC grew its stake in shares of Liberty Global by 14.1% during the 1st quarter. ACR Alpine Capital Research LLC now owns 19,835,384 shares of the company's stock valued at $228,305,000 after acquiring an additional 2,458,406 shares during the period. UBS AM A Distinct Business Unit of UBS Asset Management Americas LLC grew its stake in shares of Liberty Global by 0.4% during the 1st quarter. UBS AM A Distinct Business Unit of UBS Asset Management Americas LLC now owns 4,865,128 shares of the company's stock valued at $55,998,000 after acquiring an additional 20,771 shares during the period. Contour Asset Management LLC grew its stake in shares of Liberty Global by 64.4% during the 1st quarter. Contour Asset Management LLC now owns 3,314,529 shares of the company's stock valued at $38,150,000 after acquiring an additional 1,298,047 shares during the period. First Wilshire Securities Management Inc. grew its stake in shares of Liberty Global by 1.5% during the 1st quarter. First Wilshire Securities Management Inc. now owns 2,298,762 shares of the company's stock valued at $26,459,000 after acquiring an additional 34,367 shares during the period. Finally, Gamco Investors INC. ET AL grew its stake in shares of Liberty Global by 5.6% during the 1st quarter. Gamco Investors INC. ET AL now owns 1,612,282 shares of the company's stock valued at $18,557,000 after acquiring an additional 84,812 shares during the period. 37.20% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Insider Activity at Liberty Global

In other news, Director Miranda Curtis sold 42,600 shares of Liberty Global stock in a transaction on Monday, August 25th. The stock was sold at an average price of $11.77, for a total transaction of $501,402.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 129,305 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,521,919.85. This trade represents a 24.78% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Also, CAO Jason Waldron sold 34,380 shares of Liberty Global stock in a transaction on Friday, August 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $11.55, for a total value of $397,089.00. Following the sale, the chief accounting officer owned 8,383 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $96,823.65. This trade represents a 80.40% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last 90 days, insiders have sold 136,980 shares of company stock worth $1,577,091. Company insiders own 13.29% of the company's stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of research analysts recently issued reports on the company. Weiss Ratings reiterated a "sell (d-)" rating on shares of Liberty Global in a research note on Saturday. Zacks Research upgraded Liberty Global to a "hold" rating in a research note on Wednesday, September 3rd. Benchmark restated a "buy" rating and issued a $21.00 price target (up from $18.00) on shares of Liberty Global in a research note on Monday, August 4th. Finally, UBS Group upped their price target on Liberty Global from $10.60 to $11.80 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a research note on Wednesday, August 6th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, six have issued a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of "Hold" and an average price target of $14.26.

Liberty Global Stock Performance

NASDAQ:LBTYA opened at $11.08 on Friday. The stock's fifty day moving average is $11.49 and its 200 day moving average is $10.59. Liberty Global Ltd has a fifty-two week low of $9.02 and a fifty-two week high of $21.22. The firm has a market capitalization of $3.78 billion, a PE ratio of -1.13 and a beta of 1.15. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.59, a quick ratio of 1.02 and a current ratio of 1.02.

Liberty Global (NASDAQ:LBTYA - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Friday, August 1st. The company reported ($8.09) earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($0.55) by ($7.54). Liberty Global had a negative net margin of 60.38% and a negative return on equity of 22.64%. The company had revenue of $1.27 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.20 billion. On average, sell-side analysts anticipate that Liberty Global Ltd will post -1.35 earnings per share for the current year.

Liberty Global Company 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.

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