Wolf Hill Capital Management LP Makes New Investment in Liberty Global Ltd. (NASDAQ:LBTYA)

Wolf Hill Capital Management LP acquired a new stake in shares of Liberty Global Ltd. (NASDAQ:LBTYA - Free Report) during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor acquired 2,148,324 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $27,413,000. Liberty Global makes up about 2.0% of Wolf Hill Capital Management LP's holdings, making the stock its 17th biggest holding. Wolf Hill Capital Management LP owned about 0.60% of Liberty Global at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of LBTYA. ACR Alpine Capital Research LLC raised its stake in Liberty Global by 333.3% during the fourth quarter. ACR Alpine Capital Research LLC now owns 17,376,978 shares of the company's stock valued at $221,730,000 after buying an additional 13,366,743 shares in the last quarter. Norges Bank acquired a new position in Liberty Global during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $48,381,000. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its stake in Liberty Global by 55.3% during the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 5,240,199 shares of the company's stock worth $66,865,000 after buying an additional 1,866,197 shares during the last quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP increased its position in Liberty Global by 22.6% in the fourth quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 6,072,421 shares of the company's stock worth $77,482,000 after buying an additional 1,117,935 shares during the period. Finally, Franklin Resources Inc. lifted its stake in Liberty Global by 65.4% in the fourth quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. now owns 2,659,730 shares of the company's stock valued at $33,938,000 after buying an additional 1,051,458 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 37.20% of the company's stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several equities analysts have recently issued reports on the stock. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reduced their price target on shares of Liberty Global from $23.00 to $20.00 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, January 29th. Sanford C. Bernstein downgraded shares of Liberty Global from an "outperform" rating to a "market perform" rating and reduced their price target for the company from $24.70 to $12.40 in a report on Thursday, January 23rd. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have issued a hold rating and three have assigned a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of "Hold" and an average target price of $17.43.

Liberty Global Price Performance

LBTYA stock traded up $0.11 during trading on Friday, hitting $10.88. The company had a trading volume of 1,282,367 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,035,300. The firm has a market capitalization of $3.79 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 2.60 and a beta of 1.25. The business has a 50 day moving average of $11.16 and a 200 day moving average of $13.25. Liberty Global Ltd. has a fifty-two week low of $9.84 and a fifty-two week 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 - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February 18th. The company reported $6.33 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of ($0.92) by $7.25. The business had revenue of $1.12 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.84 billion. Liberty Global had a net margin of 23.09% and a return on equity of 9.83%. As a group, research analysts predict that Liberty Global Ltd. will post -1.35 earnings per share for the current year.

Liberty Global Company Profile

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.