Brokerages Set Liberty Global Ltd. (NASDAQ:LBTYA) Target Price at $17.43

Shares of Liberty Global Ltd. (NASDAQ:LBTYA - Get Free Report) have received an average rating of "Hold" from the seven research firms that are covering the firm, Marketbeat reports. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell recommendation, three have issued a hold recommendation and three have issued a buy recommendation on the company. The average twelve-month target price among brokerages that have covered the stock in the last year is $17.43.

Several analysts recently commented on the stock. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft cut their target price on shares of Liberty Global from $23.00 to $20.00 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, January 29th. Sanford C. Bernstein lowered Liberty Global from an "outperform" rating to a "market perform" rating and reduced their price objective for the stock from $24.70 to $12.40 in a research note on Thursday, January 23rd.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. FMR LLC increased its position in Liberty Global by 24.3% in the 3rd quarter. FMR LLC now owns 430,439 shares of the company's stock worth $9,087,000 after buying an additional 84,247 shares during the period. HighTower Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Liberty Global in the third quarter worth $445,000. Quantinno Capital Management LP bought a new position in Liberty Global during the third quarter worth $368,000. Stifel Financial Corp raised its stake in Liberty Global by 8.2% during the 3rd 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. Finally, State Street Corp boosted its holdings in Liberty Global by 36.8% in the 3rd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 2,624,307 shares of the company's stock valued at $55,399,000 after purchasing an additional 705,780 shares during the period. 37.20% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Liberty Global Stock Performance

LBTYA stock traded down $0.06 on Wednesday, reaching $10.51. The company's stock had a trading volume of 1,461,285 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,055,063. Liberty Global has a 52 week low of $9.84 and a 52 week high of $21.56. 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 has a market capitalization of $3.67 billion, a P/E ratio of 2.51 and a beta of 1.25. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $11.26 and a two-hundred day moving average of $13.98.

Liberty Global (NASDAQ:LBTYA - Get Free Report) last announced 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 firm had revenue of $1.12 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.84 billion. As a group, analysts predict that Liberty Global will post -1.35 EPS 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.