Swiss National Bank Purchases 3,800 Shares of Liberty Global Ltd. (NASDAQ:LBTYA)

Swiss National Bank increased its holdings in shares of Liberty Global Ltd. (NASDAQ:LBTYA) by 1.2% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The firm owned 323,000 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 3,800 shares during the period. Swiss National Bank owned 0.09% of Liberty Global worth $4,121,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of LBTYA. Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC raised its position in shares of Liberty Global by 41.6% in the fourth quarter. Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC now owns 29,059 shares of the company’s stock valued at $371,000 after purchasing an additional 8,530 shares during the period. S&CO Inc. raised its holdings in Liberty Global by 2.4% in the 4th quarter. S&CO Inc. now owns 258,066 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,292,000 after acquiring an additional 5,995 shares during the period. BBR Partners LLC lifted its position in Liberty Global by 150.0% during the fourth quarter. BBR Partners LLC now owns 150,000 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,914,000 after acquiring an additional 90,000 shares during the last quarter. Candriam S.C.A. boosted its holdings in shares of Liberty Global by 273.6% during the fourth quarter. Candriam S.C.A. now owns 807,651 shares of the company’s stock worth $10,306,000 after acquiring an additional 591,498 shares during the period. Finally, Raymond James Financial Inc. acquired a new position in shares of Liberty Global in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $295,000. Institutional investors own 37.20% of the company’s stock.

Insider Transactions at Liberty Global

In other news, major shareholder Nicholas V. Tompras sold 57,000 shares of Liberty Global stock in a transaction dated Friday, December 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of $12.94, for a total value of $737,580.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider now owns 16,153 shares in the company, valued at $209,019.82. This trade represents a 77.92 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Company insiders own 11.51% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of research analysts have issued reports on LBTYA shares. Sanford C. Bernstein lowered shares of Liberty Global from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating and decreased their target price for the stock from $24.70 to $12.40 in a research report on Thursday, January 23rd. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft dropped their price target on Liberty Global from $23.00 to $20.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, January 29th. Finally, Bank of America downgraded shares of Liberty Global from a “neutral” rating to an “underperform” rating and reduced their price objective for the stock from $13.10 to $12.60 in a research note on Friday, December 6th. 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 company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Liberty Global currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $17.43.

Liberty Global Trading Down 0.3 %

LBTYA opened at $11.52 on Wednesday. Liberty Global Ltd. has a fifty-two week low of $10.55 and a fifty-two week high of $21.56. The firm has a market capitalization of $4.02 billion, a PE ratio of 2.75 and a beta of 1.27. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.65, a current ratio of 1.05 and a quick ratio of 1.19. The company’s 50-day moving average is $11.50 and its 200 day moving average is $14.94.

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

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.