Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC Buys New Shares in Liberty Global Ltd $LBTYK

Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Liberty Global Ltd (NASDAQ:LBTYK) during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund purchased 12,471 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $129,000.

Other large investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. American Century Companies Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Liberty Global by 61.4% during the 1st quarter. American Century Companies Inc. now owns 1,130,613 shares of the company’s stock worth $13,533,000 after purchasing an additional 430,251 shares in the last quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. lifted its position in Liberty Global by 1.4% in the first quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 3,392,767 shares of the company’s stock worth $40,611,000 after purchasing an additional 47,748 shares during the period. Virtu Financial LLC acquired a new stake in Liberty Global during the first quarter worth $545,000. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its holdings in Liberty Global by 3.7% in the 1st quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 4,759,893 shares of the company’s stock valued at $56,976,000 after buying an additional 169,432 shares during the period. Finally, Invesco Ltd. increased its holdings in Liberty Global by 24.7% in the 1st quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 701,683 shares of the company’s stock valued at $8,399,000 after buying an additional 138,907 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 46.10% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Separately, Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “sell (d-)” rating on shares of Liberty Global in a report on Saturday. One analyst has rated the stock with a Sell rating, According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Sell”.

Liberty Global Trading Up 0.4%

Shares of NASDAQ LBTYK opened at $11.15 on Monday. Liberty Global Ltd has a twelve month low of $9.21 and a twelve month high of $21.85. The stock has a market cap of $3.80 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -1.14 and a beta of 1.08. The company has a quick ratio of 1.02, a current ratio of 1.02 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.59. The company’s fifty day moving average is $11.63 and its 200-day moving average is $10.82.

Liberty Global (NASDAQ:LBTYK) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Friday, August 1st. The company reported ($8.09) EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($0.44) by ($7.65). Liberty Global had a negative return on equity of 22.64% and a negative net margin of 60.38%.The business had revenue of $1.27 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.22 billion.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, CFO Charles H. R. Bracken sold 60,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, August 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $11.31, for a total value of $678,600.00. Following the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 33,220 shares in the company, valued at $375,718.20. The trade was a 64.36% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Also, Director Miranda Curtis sold 42,600 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, August 25th. The stock was sold at an average price of $11.77, for a total value of $501,402.00. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 129,305 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,521,919.85. This represents a 24.78% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold a total of 136,980 shares of company stock worth $1,577,091 over the last ninety days. Company insiders own 9.86% of the company’s stock.

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.