Liberty Global Ltd. (NASDAQ:LBTYA) Receives $18.13 Average PT from Analysts

Liberty Global Ltd. (NASDAQ:LBTYA - Get Free Report) has been assigned a consensus rating of "Hold" from the nine ratings firms that are presently covering the firm, Marketbeat.com reports. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, five have given a hold rating and three have issued a buy rating on the company. The average 12 month price target among analysts that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $18.13.

LBTYA has been the subject of a number of recent research reports. UBS Group downgraded shares of Liberty Global from a "buy" rating to a "neutral" rating and reduced their price objective for the stock from $23.00 to $13.00 in a research note on Monday, November 18th. Barclays reduced their price target on Liberty Global from $20.00 to $12.00 and set an "equal weight" rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, November 25th. Sanford C. Bernstein downgraded Liberty Global from an "outperform" rating to a "market perform" rating and reduced their price target for the stock from $24.70 to $12.40 in a research report on Thursday. Bank of America downgraded Liberty Global from a "neutral" rating to an "underperform" rating and reduced their price target for the stock from $13.10 to $12.60 in a research report on Friday, December 6th. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reduced their price target on Liberty Global from $38.00 to $23.00 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, December 5th.

Liberty Global Stock Down 0.0 %

NASDAQ:LBTYA traded down $0.01 during trading hours on Friday, reaching $11.88. The company's stock had a trading volume of 613,020 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,610,428. The company has a market capitalization of $4.25 billion, a P/E ratio of -1.17 and a beta of 1.25. Liberty Global has a 12 month low of $10.93 and a 12 month high of $21.56. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.80, a quick ratio of 1.19 and a current ratio of 1.19. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $12.73 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $17.25.

Insider Buying and Selling at Liberty Global

In other news, CFO Charles H. R. Bracken sold 84,103 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, December 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $14.56, for a total transaction of $1,224,539.68. Following the sale, the chief financial officer now directly owns 53,312 shares of the company's stock, valued at $776,222.72. This represents a 61.20 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. 11.51% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of LBTYA. Barclays PLC increased its holdings in shares of Liberty Global by 153.2% during the 3rd quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 496,045 shares of the company's stock worth $10,471,000 after buying an additional 300,126 shares during the last quarter. ING Groep NV purchased a new position in shares of Liberty Global during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $12,953,000. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC boosted its position in shares of Liberty Global by 2,799.0% during the 3rd quarter. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC now owns 4,646,088 shares of the company's stock worth $98,079,000 after purchasing an additional 4,485,823 shares during the period. Scientech Research LLC purchased a new position in shares of Liberty Global during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $1,390,000. Finally, Amalgamated Bank purchased a new position in shares of Liberty Global during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $480,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 37.20% of the company's stock.

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.