Liberty Global Ltd (NASDAQ: LBTYA) is -8.31% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $8.09 and a high of $14.30 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The LBTYA stock was last observed hovering at around $11.52 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.18%.
Currently trading at $11.70, the stock is 0.91% and 1.67% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.08 million and changing 1.56% at the moment leaves the stock 6.76% off its SMA200. LBTYA registered 35.92% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 9.77%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $11.5082 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $16.17245.
The stock witnessed a 2.90% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -6.10%, and is -1.60% down over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 2.26% over the week and 2.79% over the month.
Liberty Global Ltd (LBTYA) has around 6820 employees, a market worth around $4.15B and $7.67B in sales. Profit margin for the company is -54.02%. Distance from 52-week low is 44.57% and -18.15% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (-11.66%).
The EPS is expected to shrink by -154.71% this year
387.0 institutions hold shares in Liberty Global Ltd (LBTYA), with institutional investors hold 100.62% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 172.86M, and float is at 166.20M with Short Float at 2.80%. Institutions hold 96.73% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is HARRIS ASSOCIATES L P with over 12.35 million shares valued at $215.3 million. The investor’s holdings represent 3.3277 of the LBTYA Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is ARTISAN PARTNERS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP with 8.43 million shares valued at $147.01 million to account for 2.2721 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are BLACKROCK INC. which holds 7.33 million shares representing 1.9758 and valued at over $127.83 million, while BAUPOST GROUP LLC/MA holds 1.9381 of the shares totaling 7.19 million with a market value of $125.4 million.
Liberty Global Ltd (LBTYA) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by GOULD PAUL A, the company’s Director. SEC filings show that GOULD PAUL A sold 102,748 shares of the company’s common stock on Mar 17 ’25 at a price of $12.20 per share for a total of $1.25 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 0.5 million shares.
Liberty Global Ltd disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Mar 17 ’25 that CURTIS MIRANDA (Director) sold a total of 41,600 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Mar 17 ’25 and was made at $12.18 per share for $0.51 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 0.17 million shares of the LBTYA stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Mar 17 ’25, Waldron Jason (SVP & CAO) disposed off 27,687 shares at an average price of $12.16 for $0.34 million. The insider now directly holds 55,129 shares of Liberty Global Ltd (LBTYA).
