Liberty Global Class ALBTYA
Market Cap: 7.23B
About: Liberty Global is a holding company with interests in several telecom companies in the U.K., Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, Ireland, and Slovakia. Liberty is the owner of the main cable network in each of these geographies and has pursued a strategy since 2016 to merge or partner with mobile-network-operators to be able to offer converged services. Liberty also owns minority stakes in other media, entertainment, and cloud companies.
Employees: 9,860
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2024 Q1 SEC filings by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
23% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 38 | Existing positions closed: 31
22% more funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 9 [Q4 2023] → 11 (+2) [Q1 2024]
3% more funds holding
Funds holding: 221 [Q4 2023] → 228 (+7) [Q1 2024]
9% less repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 58 | Existing positions reduced: 64
1.94% less ownership
Funds ownership: 80.17% [Q4 2023] → 78.23% (-1.94%) [Q1 2024]
7% less capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $2.44B [Q4 2023] → $2.27B (-$170M) [Q1 2024]
40% less call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $13.6M | Put options by funds: $22.7M
Research analyst outlook
8 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price forecasts over the past 6 months
8 analyst ratings
Benchmark Matthew Harrigan | 39%upside $27 | Buy Reiterated | 26 Jul 2024 |
Benchmark Matthew Harrigan | 39%upside $27 | Buy Reiterated | 25 Jul 2024 |
Deutsche Bank Robert Grindle | 75%upside $34 | Buy Maintained | 12 Jul 2024 |
Benchmark Matthew Harrigan | 39%upside $27 | Buy Maintained | 8 Jul 2024 |
Barclays Maurice Patrick | 3%upside $20 | Equal-Weight Maintained | 3 May 2024 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 8 articles about LBTYA published over the past 30 days