GSA Capital Partners LLP Acquires 56,491 Shares of Liberty Global Ltd. (NASDAQ:LBTYA)

GSA Capital Partners LLP grew its position in shares of Liberty Global Ltd. (NASDAQ:LBTYA) by 100.5% in the 1st quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 112,688 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 56,491 shares during the quarter. GSA Capital Partners LLP’s holdings in Liberty Global were worth $1,907,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Thompson Siegel & Walmsley LLC raised its holdings in Liberty Global by 8.5% during the 4th quarter. Thompson Siegel & Walmsley LLC now owns 4,518,231 shares of the company’s stock worth $80,290,000 after purchasing an additional 352,488 shares during the last quarter. ACR Alpine Capital Research LLC bought a new position in Liberty Global during the 4th quarter worth approximately $10,258,000. Hsbc Holdings PLC raised its holdings in Liberty Global by 168.4% during the 4th quarter. Hsbc Holdings PLC now owns 97,621 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,726,000 after purchasing an additional 61,244 shares during the last quarter. Nebula Research & Development LLC raised its holdings in Liberty Global by 296.6% during the 4th quarter. Nebula Research & Development LLC now owns 58,801 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,045,000 after purchasing an additional 43,976 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Norges Bank bought a new position in Liberty Global during the 4th quarter worth approximately $73,550,000. Institutional investors own 37.20% of the company’s stock.

Liberty Global Stock Up 0.4 %

Shares of LBTYA traded up $0.07 on Wednesday, reaching $18.26. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 282,399 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,804,111. The company has a current ratio of 1.28, a quick ratio of 1.28 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.80. Liberty Global Ltd. has a twelve month low of $15.01 and a twelve month high of $20.56. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $17.16 and a 200-day moving average of $17.58.

Liberty Global (NASDAQ:LBTYA) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, May 1st. The company reported $1.32 earnings per share for the quarter. Liberty Global had a negative net margin of 37.27% and a negative return on equity of 14.07%. The company had revenue of $1.95 billion for the quarter. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned ($1.59) EPS. As a group, research analysts expect that Liberty Global Ltd. will post -0.61 EPS for the current year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several brokerages have recently commented on LBTYA. HSBC downgraded shares of Liberty Global from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and reduced their price objective for the stock from $26.00 to $20.00 in a research report on Monday, March 18th. Benchmark reduced their price target on shares of Liberty Global from $30.00 to $27.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Monday. Finally, Barclays dropped their price objective on shares of Liberty Global from $22.00 to $20.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, May 3rd. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have assigned a hold rating and three have issued a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, Liberty Global presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $22.70.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Liberty Global news, Director J David Wargo sold 30,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, April 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $17.35, for a total value of $520,500.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director now owns 159,632 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,769,615.20. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this link. 11.51% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

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.