Liberty Global Ltd. (NASDAQ:LBTYA) Given Average Rating of “Moderate Buy” by Analysts

Shares of Liberty Global Ltd. (NASDAQ:LBTYA) have received an average recommendation of “Moderate Buy” from the eight research firms that are currently covering the company, Marketbeat Ratings reports. Four analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation and four have issued a buy recommendation on the company. The average twelve-month target price among analysts that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $24.26.

A number of equities research analysts have issued reports on the stock. Citigroup assumed coverage on shares of Liberty Global in a research report on Friday, August 9th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $25.00 target price for the company. Bank of America upgraded shares of Liberty Global from an “underperform” rating to a “neutral” rating and raised their price target for the company from $15.50 to $21.30 in a report on Monday, August 12th. Finally, Benchmark restated a “buy” rating and set a $27.00 price target on shares of Liberty Global in a report on Tuesday, October 29th.

Institutional Trading of Liberty Global

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC grew its position in Liberty Global by 63.7% in the 2nd quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 1,545 shares of the company’s stock worth $27,000 after purchasing an additional 601 shares during the last quarter. Blue Trust Inc. boosted its position in shares of Liberty Global by 110.3% during the 3rd quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 1,859 shares of the company’s stock valued at $39,000 after acquiring an additional 975 shares in the last quarter. nVerses Capital LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Liberty Global during the 2nd quarter valued at about $75,000. Whittier Trust Co. boosted its position in shares of Liberty Global by 21,707.3% during the 2nd quarter. Whittier Trust Co. now owns 8,941 shares of the company’s stock valued at $156,000 after acquiring an additional 8,900 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank boosted its position in shares of Liberty Global by 4,512.4% during the 2nd quarter. Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank now owns 8,948 shares of the company’s stock valued at $156,000 after acquiring an additional 8,754 shares in the last quarter. 37.20% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Liberty Global Stock Up 4.6 %

LBTYA stock opened at $12.45 on Friday. Liberty Global has a 12-month low of $10.93 and a 12-month high of $21.56. 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 company has a market cap of $4.45 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -1.17 and a beta of 1.18. The company has a 50 day moving average of $20.41 and a two-hundred day moving average of $18.81.

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.