Stratos Wealth Advisors LLC Has $587,000 Stake in Liberty Global Ltd. (NASDAQ:LBTYA)

Stratos Wealth Advisors LLC raised its stake in shares of Liberty Global Ltd. (NASDAQ:LBTYA) by 55.4% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 46,016 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 16,405 shares during the quarter. Stratos Wealth Advisors LLC’s holdings in Liberty Global were worth $587,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of the stock. Blue Trust Inc. lifted its holdings in Liberty Global by 58.1% during the fourth quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 2,940 shares of the company’s stock worth $38,000 after acquiring an additional 1,081 shares in the last quarter. Spire Wealth Management bought a new position in shares of Liberty Global during the 4th quarter valued at about $59,000. Yousif Capital Management LLC acquired a new position in shares of Liberty Global in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $128,000. Clifford Capital Partners LLC bought a new stake in Liberty Global during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $227,000. Finally, DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale raised its holdings in Liberty Global by 62.1% during the 3rd quarter. DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale now owns 10,807 shares of the company’s stock worth $227,000 after buying an additional 4,142 shares during the period. 37.20% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Liberty Global Stock Down 0.4 %

NASDAQ:LBTYA opened at $11.30 on Friday. Liberty Global Ltd. has a twelve month low of $10.93 and a twelve month high of $21.56. The firm has a market capitalization of $4.04 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -1.11 and a beta of 1.24. The company has a quick ratio of 1.19, a current ratio of 1.19 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.80. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $12.40 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $16.76.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several brokerages have recently issued reports on LBTYA. UBS Group downgraded shares of Liberty Global from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and lowered their price objective for the stock from $23.00 to $13.00 in a research report on Monday, November 18th. Sanford C. Bernstein downgraded Liberty Global from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating and dropped their price target for the company from $24.70 to $12.40 in a research note on Thursday, January 23rd. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft cut their price target on Liberty Global from $23.00 to $20.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, January 29th. Bank of America lowered Liberty Global from a “neutral” rating to an “underperform” rating and dropped their target price for the company from $13.10 to $12.60 in a research report on Friday, December 6th. Finally, Barclays reduced their price target on Liberty Global from $20.00 to $12.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research report on Monday, November 25th. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, five have issued a hold rating and three have assigned a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $17.75.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Liberty Global news, CFO Charles H. R. Bracken sold 84,103 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, December 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $14.56, for a total transaction of $1,224,539.68. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer now owns 53,312 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $776,222.72. The trade was a 61.20 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. 11.51% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

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.