Maven Securities LTD bought a new stake in Liberty Global Ltd. (NASDAQ:LBTYA - Free Report) in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The fund bought 48,600 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $620,000.
A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of LBTYA. Blue Trust Inc. grew its stake in shares of Liberty Global by 58.1% in the 4th quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 2,940 shares of the company's stock worth $38,000 after buying an additional 1,081 shares during the last quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp grew its stake in shares of Liberty Global by 0.3% in the 4th quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 470,132 shares of the company's stock worth $5,999,000 after buying an additional 1,615 shares during the last quarter. Voya Investment Management LLC grew its stake in shares of Liberty Global by 5.6% in the 4th quarter. Voya Investment Management LLC now owns 64,960 shares of the company's stock worth $829,000 after buying an additional 3,437 shares during the last quarter. Sterling Capital Management LLC grew its stake in shares of Liberty Global by 16.7% in the 4th quarter. Sterling Capital Management LLC now owns 25,321 shares of the company's stock worth $323,000 after buying an additional 3,619 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Swiss National Bank grew its stake in shares of Liberty Global by 1.2% in the 4th quarter. Swiss National Bank now owns 323,000 shares of the company's stock worth $4,121,000 after buying an additional 3,800 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 37.20% of the company's stock.
Liberty Global Stock Down 2.4%
NASDAQ LBTYA traded down $0.24 on Friday, hitting $9.75. The stock had a trading volume of 2,282,503 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,117,776. The business's fifty day moving average price is $10.68 and its 200 day moving average price is $12.23. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.65, a current ratio of 1.05 and a quick ratio of 1.19. Liberty Global Ltd. has a 52-week low of $9.03 and a 52-week high of $21.56. The stock has a market cap of $3.37 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 2.33 and a beta of 1.23.
Liberty Global (NASDAQ:LBTYA - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Friday, May 2nd. The company reported ($3.84) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($0.83) by ($3.01). The firm had revenue of $1.17 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.09 billion. Liberty Global had a return on equity of 9.83% and a net margin of 23.09%. Equities research analysts anticipate that Liberty Global Ltd. will post -1.35 earnings per share for the current year.
Wall Street Analyst Weigh In
LBTYA has been the topic of several analyst reports. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft lowered their price objective on Liberty Global from $23.00 to $20.00 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a research 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. Barclays set a $11.00 price target on Liberty Global and gave the company an "equal weight" rating in a report on Tuesday, May 6th. Finally, UBS Group decreased their target price on Liberty Global from $13.00 to $10.60 and set a "neutral" rating on the stock in a report on Monday, May 12th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have given a hold rating and three have assigned a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Liberty Global currently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus price target of $16.94.
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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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