Liberty Global Stock Price, News & Analysis (NASDAQ:LBTYK)

Liberty Global trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "LBTYK."

Liberty Global announced that its Board of Directors has initiated a share repurchase plan on Tuesday, December 19th 2017, which authorizes the company to buyback $2,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to purchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are usually an indication that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

Liberty Global PLC (NASDAQ:LBTYK) announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, August, 8th. The company reported ($0.50) EPS for the quarter. The firm earned $2.85 billion during the quarter. Liberty Global had a net margin of 9.11% and a negative return on equity of 26.88%. View Liberty Global's Earnings History.

Liberty Global is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, November 6th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Liberty Global.

Liberty Global will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, November 6th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

1 analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Liberty Global's shares. Their predictions range from $33.00 to $33.00. On average, they anticipate Liberty Global's stock price to reach $33.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 32.8% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Liberty Global.

1 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Liberty Global in the last year. There are currently 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Liberty Global.

News stories about LBTYK stock have been trending very negative on Thursday, according to InfoTrie. The research group ranks the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Liberty Global earned a media sentiment score of -3.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Liberty Global.

Liberty Global saw a drop in short interest in the month of September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totalling 10,530,000 shares, a drop of 62.5% from the August 30th total of 28,100,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 4,850,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.2 days. Approximately 2.1% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Liberty Global's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Liberty Global include Rogers Communications (RCI), Liberty Broadband Corp Series A (LBRDA), Liberty Broadband Corp Series C (LBRDK), Altice USA (ATUS), Liberty Global (LBTYA), Liberty Global (LBTYB), DISH Network (DISH), Discovery Communications (DISCA), Discovery Inc Series C (DISCK), Roku (ROKU), Shaw Communications (SJR), Viacom (VIAB), Cable One (CABO), ITV PLC/ADR (ITVPY) and Qurate Retail Inc Series B (QRTEB).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Liberty Global investors own include Liberty Global (LBTYA), Liberty Sirius XM Group Series A (LSXMA), Liberty Sirius XM Group Series C (LSXMK), Intuitive Surgical (ISRG), Opko Health (OPK), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Medtronic (MDT), Discovery Communications (DISCA), Liberty Latin America (LILA) and Sirius XM (SIRI).

Liberty Global's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Founders Capital Management LLC (0.03%), Beacon Financial Group (0.01%), Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Company Ltd (0.00%), Cerebellum GP LLC (0.00%), Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC (0.00%) and Cerebellum GP LLC (0.00%).

LBTYK stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Cerebellum GP LLC, Founders Capital Management LLC, Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Company Ltd, Signaturefd LLC and Beacon Financial Group.

LBTYK stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC and Cerebellum GP LLC.

Shares of LBTYK can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of LBTYK stock can currently be purchased for approximately $24.85.

Liberty Global has a market capitalization of $18.15 billion and generates $11.96 billion in revenue each year. Liberty Global employs 26,600 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Liberty Global.

The official website for Liberty Global is http://www.libertyglobal.com/.

Liberty Global's mailing address is 161 HAMMERSMITH ROAD, LONDON X0, W6 8BS. The company can be reached via phone at 44-20-8483-6449 or via email at [email protected]