Liberty Global Ltd. (NASDAQ:LBTYA) Shares Purchased by Diametric Capital LP

Diametric Capital LP boosted its holdings in Liberty Global Ltd. (NASDAQ:LBTYA) by 61.4% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 72,880 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 27,732 shares during the quarter. Diametric Capital LP’s holdings in Liberty Global were worth $930,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Barclays PLC increased its stake in shares of Liberty Global by 153.2% during the 3rd quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 496,045 shares of the company’s stock valued at $10,471,000 after acquiring an additional 300,126 shares during the last quarter. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC boosted its stake in Liberty Global by 2,799.0% in the third quarter. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC now owns 4,646,088 shares of the company’s stock valued at $98,079,000 after acquiring an additional 4,485,823 shares during the period. State Street Corp increased its holdings in shares of Liberty Global by 36.8% in the 3rd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 2,624,307 shares of the company’s stock worth $55,399,000 after acquiring an additional 705,780 shares during the period. HighTower Advisors LLC bought a new position in shares of Liberty Global in the third quarter worth $445,000. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased its stake in shares of Liberty Global by 5.4% during the third quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 611,380 shares of the company’s stock valued at $12,906,000 after acquiring an additional 31,259 shares during the period. 37.20% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Liberty Global Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:LBTYA opened at $11.51 on Tuesday. 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 1 year low of $10.55 and a 1 year high of $21.56. The stock has a market capitalization of $4.01 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 2.75 and a beta of 1.27. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is $11.49 and its 200 day simple moving average is $14.71.

Liberty Global (NASDAQ:LBTYA) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February 18th. The company reported $6.33 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of ($0.92) by $7.25. Liberty Global had a net margin of 23.09% and a return on equity of 9.83%. The firm had revenue of $1.12 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.84 billion. As a group, research analysts predict that Liberty Global Ltd. will post -1.35 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities analysts recently weighed in on LBTYA shares. Bank of America lowered Liberty Global from a “neutral” rating to an “underperform” rating and decreased their price target for the company from $13.10 to $12.60 in a research report on Friday, December 6th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft dropped their price objective on Liberty Global from $23.00 to $20.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, January 29th. Finally, Sanford C. Bernstein downgraded Liberty Global from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating and cut their price objective for the company from $24.70 to $12.40 in a research note on Thursday, January 23rd. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have issued a hold rating and three have assigned a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $17.43.

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.