Trexquant Investment LP Grows Position in Liberty Global Ltd. (NASDAQ:LBTYA)

Trexquant Investment LP lifted its stake in Liberty Global Ltd. (NASDAQ:LBTYA) by 15.2% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 369,084 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 48,633 shares during the quarter. Trexquant Investment LP owned about 0.10% of Liberty Global worth $4,710,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Other large investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Barclays PLC lifted its position in shares of Liberty Global by 153.2% in the third quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 496,045 shares of the company’s stock valued at $10,471,000 after acquiring an additional 300,126 shares in the last quarter. State Street Corp boosted its stake in Liberty Global by 36.8% in the 3rd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 2,624,307 shares of the company’s stock worth $55,399,000 after purchasing an additional 705,780 shares during the period. HighTower Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in Liberty Global during the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $445,000. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised its position in shares of Liberty Global by 5.4% during the third quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 611,380 shares of the company’s stock valued at $12,906,000 after buying an additional 31,259 shares during the last quarter. Finally, ACR Alpine Capital Research LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Liberty Global by 333.3% in the fourth quarter. ACR Alpine Capital Research LLC now owns 17,376,978 shares of the company’s stock worth $221,730,000 after buying an additional 13,366,743 shares in the last quarter. 37.20% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Liberty Global Price Performance

Shares of Liberty Global stock opened at $10.30 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $3.59 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 2.46 and a beta of 1.27. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.65, a quick ratio of 1.19 and a current ratio of 1.05. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $11.43 and a 200-day moving average price of $14.50. Liberty Global Ltd. has a one year low of $10.22 and a one year high of $21.56.

Liberty Global (NASDAQ:LBTYA) last announced its earnings results on Tuesday, February 18th. The company reported $6.33 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of ($0.92) by $7.25. Liberty Global had a net margin of 23.09% and a return on equity of 9.83%. The business had revenue of $1.12 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.84 billion. Equities analysts expect that Liberty Global Ltd. will post -1.35 EPS for the current year.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

LBTYA has been the topic of a number of research reports. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reduced their price target on shares of Liberty Global from $23.00 to $20.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, January 29th. Sanford C. Bernstein lowered 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. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have given a hold rating and three have issued a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, Liberty Global presently has an average 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.