Liberty Global Ltd. (NASDAQ:LBTYA) Holdings Raised by Dimensional Fund Advisors LP

Dimensional Fund Advisors LP lifted its position in shares of Liberty Global Ltd. (NASDAQ:LBTYA) by 22.6% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 6,072,421 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 1,117,935 shares during the period. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP owned about 1.70% of Liberty Global worth $77,482,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Barclays PLC grew its holdings in shares of Liberty Global by 153.2% during the third quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 496,045 shares of the company’s stock valued at $10,471,000 after purchasing an additional 300,126 shares during the last quarter. Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB bought a new position in Liberty Global during the 3rd quarter worth $6,155,000. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased its position in Liberty Global by 5.4% in the third quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 611,380 shares of the company’s stock worth $12,906,000 after buying an additional 31,259 shares during the period. Accurate Wealth Management LLC lifted its stake in Liberty Global by 142.2% in the fourth quarter. Accurate Wealth Management LLC now owns 29,888 shares of the company’s stock valued at $355,000 after buying an additional 17,546 shares during the last quarter. Finally, MassMutual Private Wealth & Trust FSB bought a new stake in Liberty Global in the fourth quarter valued at $443,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 37.20% of the company’s stock.

Liberty Global Price Performance

Liberty Global stock opened at $11.02 on Wednesday. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $11.15 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $13.17. The stock has a market cap of $3.84 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 2.63 and a beta of 1.25. Liberty Global Ltd. has a 52 week low of $9.84 and a 52 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) last announced its earnings results on Tuesday, February 18th. The company reported $6.33 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of ($0.92) by $7.25. The firm had revenue of $1.12 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.84 billion. Liberty Global had a return on equity of 9.83% and a net margin of 23.09%. On average, analysts expect that Liberty Global Ltd. will post -1.35 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several analysts recently weighed in on LBTYA shares. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft cut their price objective on shares of Liberty Global from $23.00 to $20.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, January 29th. Sanford C. Bernstein cut Liberty Global from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating and cut their price target for the company from $24.70 to $12.40 in a report on Thursday, January 23rd. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have assigned a hold rating and three have given a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $17.43.

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.