Barclays PLC Has $12.23 Million Position in Liberty Global Ltd. (NASDAQ:LBTYA)

Barclays PLC grew its holdings in shares of Liberty Global Ltd. (NASDAQ:LBTYA) by 93.2% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 958,564 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 462,519 shares during the quarter. Barclays PLC owned 0.27% of Liberty Global worth $12,229,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Stifel Financial Corp raised its holdings in shares of Liberty Global by 8.2% in the third quarter. Stifel Financial Corp now owns 12,717 shares of the company’s stock valued at $268,000 after purchasing an additional 968 shares during the last quarter. Blue Trust Inc. increased its stake in Liberty Global by 58.1% in the 4th quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 2,940 shares of the company’s stock valued at $38,000 after buying an additional 1,081 shares during the last quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp lifted its position in shares of Liberty Global by 0.3% during 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 in the last quarter. Sterling Capital Management LLC boosted 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 holdings in shares of Liberty Global by 1.2% in the fourth quarter. Swiss National Bank now owns 323,000 shares of the company’s stock valued at $4,121,000 after acquiring an additional 3,800 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 37.20% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several research analysts have weighed in on the company. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft cut 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 lowered shares of Liberty Global from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating and reduced their price target for the company from $24.70 to $12.40 in a research report on Thursday, January 23rd. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have assigned a hold rating and three have issued a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $17.43.

Liberty Global Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:LBTYA opened at $10.32 on Tuesday. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $11.18 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $13.53. Liberty Global Ltd. has a twelve month low of $9.84 and a twelve month high of $21.56. The company has a quick ratio of 1.19, a current ratio of 1.05 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.65. The firm has a market capitalization of $3.60 billion, a PE ratio of 2.46 and a beta of 1.25.

Liberty Global (NASDAQ:LBTYA) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, February 18th. The company reported $6.33 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.92) by $7.25. Liberty Global had a net margin of 23.09% and a return on equity of 9.83%. The business had revenue of $1.12 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.84 billion. Equities analysts forecast that Liberty Global Ltd. will post -1.35 EPS for the current year.

Liberty Global 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.