UMB Bank n.a. Buys 161,817 Shares of Liberty Latin America Ltd. (NASDAQ:LILA)

UMB Bank n.a. boosted its position in shares of Liberty Latin America Ltd. (NASDAQ:LILA - Free Report) by 2,129.7% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 169,415 shares of the company's stock after acquiring an additional 161,817 shares during the period. UMB Bank n.a. owned 0.09% of Liberty Latin America worth $1,077,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of LILA. Mackenzie Financial Corp grew its stake in Liberty Latin America by 0.9% in the 2nd quarter. Mackenzie Financial Corp now owns 230,571 shares of the company's stock worth $2,216,000 after buying an additional 2,007 shares in the last quarter. Sanctuary Advisors LLC increased its stake in Liberty Latin America by 7.8% in the third quarter. Sanctuary Advisors LLC now owns 68,236 shares of the company's stock valued at $654,000 after acquiring an additional 4,917 shares during the last quarter. American Century Companies Inc. raised its position in Liberty Latin America by 13.6% during the second quarter. American Century Companies Inc. now owns 46,033 shares of the company's stock valued at $442,000 after purchasing an additional 5,499 shares in the last quarter. XTX Topco Ltd lifted its stake in Liberty Latin America by 33.6% during the third quarter. XTX Topco Ltd now owns 27,532 shares of the company's stock worth $264,000 after purchasing an additional 6,918 shares during the last quarter. Finally, BNP Paribas Financial Markets boosted its holdings in shares of Liberty Latin America by 48.6% in the 3rd quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 21,399 shares of the company's stock worth $205,000 after purchasing an additional 6,999 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 18.48% of the company's stock.

Liberty Latin America Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ LILA traded down $0.02 during trading hours on Wednesday, reaching $6.92. 165,869 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 298,432. The company's 50-day simple moving average is $6.68 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $8.57. The company has a market capitalization of $1.36 billion, a P/E ratio of -2.36 and a beta of 1.04. Liberty Latin America Ltd. has a 52-week low of $5.90 and a 52-week high of $10.81. The company has a quick ratio of 1.06, a current ratio of 1.06 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 4.31.

Liberty Latin America (NASDAQ:LILA - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, November 6th. The company reported ($2.22) earnings per share for the quarter. The business had revenue of $1.09 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.11 billion. Liberty Latin America had a negative return on equity of 27.22% and a negative net margin of 13.02%. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $0.29 earnings per share. Equities research analysts forecast that Liberty Latin America Ltd. will post -2.43 EPS for the current year.

Insider Activity

In other news, Director Brendan J. Paddick bought 5,053 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, November 29th. The shares were bought at an average cost of $6.93 per share, with a total value of $35,017.29. Following the completion of the purchase, the director now directly owns 1,343,021 shares in the company, valued at $9,307,135.53. This represents a 0.38 % increase in their ownership of the stock. The purchase was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Over the last three months, insiders have purchased 156,298 shares of company stock valued at $1,043,886. 11.35% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Liberty Latin America Profile

Liberty Latin America Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, provides fixed, mobile, and subsea telecommunications services. The company operates through C&W Caribbean, C&W Panama, Liberty Networks, Liberty Puerto Rico, and Liberty Costa Rico segments. It offers communications and entertainment services, including video, broadband internet, fixed-line, telephony, and mobiles services to residential and business customers; and business products and services that include enterprise-grade connectivity, data center, hosting, and managed solutions, as well as information technology solutions for small and medium enterprises, international companies, and governmental agencies.