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Dimensional Fund Advisors LP Increases Position in Liberty Global Ltd. (NASDAQ:LBTYA)

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Dimensional Fund Advisors LP boosted its position in shares of Liberty Global Ltd. (NASDAQ:LBTYA - Free Report) by 22.6% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 6,072,421 shares of the company's stock after buying an additional 1,117,935 shares during the quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP owned approximately 1.70% of Liberty Global worth $77,482,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. PEAK6 LLC bought a new position in Liberty Global in the 4th quarter worth $3,902,000. GABELLI & Co INVESTMENT ADVISERS INC. lifted its holdings in Liberty Global by 313.0% in the fourth quarter. GABELLI & Co INVESTMENT ADVISERS INC. now owns 47,500 shares of the company's stock worth $606,000 after buying an additional 36,000 shares during the period. Guggenheim Capital LLC bought a new position in shares of Liberty Global in the 4th quarter worth approximately $661,000. CreativeOne Wealth LLC purchased a new position in shares of Liberty Global in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $694,000. Finally, Barclays PLC boosted its position in shares of Liberty Global by 93.2% during the fourth quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 958,564 shares of the company's stock valued at $12,229,000 after purchasing an additional 462,519 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 37.20% of the company's stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities research analysts have weighed in on the stock. Sanford C. Bernstein cut shares of Liberty Global from an "outperform" rating to a "market perform" rating and cut their price objective for the stock from $24.70 to $12.40 in a report on Thursday, January 23rd. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft cut their price target on Liberty Global from $23.00 to $20.00 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, January 29th. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have issued a hold rating and three have issued a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of "Hold" and a consensus price target of $17.43.

Read Our Latest Stock Analysis on LBTYA

Liberty Global Stock Up 0.6 %

Shares of LBTYA stock traded up $0.06 during mid-day trading on Monday, hitting $9.70. 425,777 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 2,027,972. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.65, a current ratio of 1.05 and a quick ratio of 1.19. The stock has a market cap of $3.38 billion, a P/E ratio of 2.31 and a beta of 1.25. The stock's fifty day moving average is $11.10 and its two-hundred day moving average is $12.90. Liberty Global Ltd. has a 52-week low of $9.51 and a 52-week high of $21.56.

Liberty Global (NASDAQ:LBTYA - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Friday, May 2nd. The company reported ($3.84) earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of ($0.83) by ($3.01). Liberty Global had a return on equity of 9.83% and a net margin of 23.09%. The business had revenue of $1.17 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.09 billion. Equities analysts predict that Liberty Global Ltd. will post -1.35 EPS for the current year.

About Liberty Global

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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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