Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC Raises Stock Position in Liberty Global Ltd. (NASDAQ:LBTYA)

Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC raised its holdings in Liberty Global Ltd. (NASDAQ:LBTYA) by 47.9% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 56,056 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 18,156 shares during the quarter. Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC’s holdings in Liberty Global were worth $715,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Blue Trust Inc. boosted 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 buying an additional 1,081 shares in the last quarter. Spire Wealth Management purchased a new stake in shares of Liberty Global during the 4th quarter worth about $59,000. New Age Alpha Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Liberty Global during the 4th quarter valued at about $73,000. VisionPoint Advisory Group LLC purchased a new position in shares of Liberty Global in the 4th quarter valued at about $123,000. Finally, Yousif Capital Management LLC acquired a new position in Liberty Global in the 4th quarter worth about $128,000. 37.20% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Liberty Global Stock Performance

NASDAQ:LBTYA opened at $9.25 on Friday. Liberty Global Ltd. has a twelve month low of $9.19 and a twelve month high of $21.56. The company has a market cap of $3.23 billion, a P/E ratio of 2.21 and a beta of 1.23. The company has a current ratio of 1.05, a quick ratio of 1.19 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.65. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $10.88 and its 200-day moving average price is $12.62.

Liberty Global (NASDAQ:LBTYA) last issued its earnings results on Friday, May 2nd. The company reported ($3.84) earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($0.83) by ($3.01). Liberty Global had a return on equity of 9.83% and a net margin of 23.09%. The company had revenue of $1.17 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.09 billion. On average, sell-side analysts forecast that Liberty Global Ltd. will post -1.35 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of research firms have recently commented on LBTYA. Barclays set a $11.00 price objective on Liberty Global and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Tuesday. Sanford C. Bernstein cut shares of Liberty Global from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating and reduced their price objective for the stock from $24.70 to $12.40 in a research report on Thursday, January 23rd. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft cut their target price on shares of Liberty Global from $23.00 to $20.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, January 29th. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have issued a hold rating and three have assigned a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $17.29.

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.