Quantbot Technologies LP Acquires 11,274 Shares of Liberty Global Ltd. (NASDAQ:LBTYA)

Quantbot Technologies LP grew its holdings in Liberty Global Ltd. (NASDAQ:LBTYA) by 17.8% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 74,698 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 11,274 shares during the quarter. Quantbot Technologies LP’s holdings in Liberty Global were worth $953,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of LBTYA. Barclays PLC lifted its position in shares of Liberty Global by 153.2% during the third quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 496,045 shares of the company’s stock valued at $10,471,000 after buying an additional 300,126 shares during the last quarter. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC lifted its position in Liberty Global by 2,799.0% during 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 last quarter. State Street Corp lifted its position in Liberty Global by 36.8% during the third quarter. State Street Corp now owns 2,624,307 shares of the company’s stock valued at $55,399,000 after acquiring an additional 705,780 shares during the last quarter. HighTower Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in Liberty Global in the third quarter valued at approximately $445,000. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. grew its holdings in Liberty Global by 5.4% in the third quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 611,380 shares of the company’s stock worth $12,906,000 after purchasing an additional 31,259 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 37.20% of the company’s stock.

Liberty Global Price Performance

NASDAQ:LBTYA opened at $11.52 on Wednesday. The firm has a market cap of $4.02 billion, a P/E ratio of 2.75 and a beta of 1.27. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $11.50 and a two-hundred day moving average of $14.94. Liberty Global Ltd. has a 12 month low of $10.55 and a 12 month high of $21.56. The company has a current ratio of 1.05, a quick ratio of 1.19 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.65.

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

Insider Buying and Selling at Liberty Global

In other news, major shareholder Nicholas V. Tompras sold 57,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, December 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of $12.94, for a total transaction of $737,580.00. Following the transaction, the insider now owns 16,153 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $209,019.82. The trade was a 77.92 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. 11.51% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of analysts have recently weighed in on the company. Bank of America cut Liberty Global from a “neutral” rating to an “underperform” rating and lowered their price objective for the stock from $13.10 to $12.60 in a research report on Friday, December 6th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft lowered their price target on Liberty Global from $23.00 to $20.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, January 29th. Finally, Sanford C. Bernstein lowered shares of Liberty Global from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating and cut their price target 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 assigned a hold rating and three have given a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Liberty Global has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $17.43.

About Liberty Global

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.