Liberty Global (LBTYA) Expected to Announce Quarterly Earnings on Tuesday

Liberty Global (NASDAQ:LBTYA) is expected to be posting its quarterly earnings results after the market closes on Tuesday, February 18th. Analysts expect Liberty Global to post earnings of ($0.92) per share and revenue of $1.84 billion for the quarter. Individual that wish to register for the company’s earnings conference call can do so using this link.

Liberty Global Stock Performance

NASDAQ LBTYA opened at $11.09 on Tuesday. The company has a current ratio of 1.19, a quick ratio of 1.19 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.80. The firm has a market cap of $3.97 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -1.09 and a beta of 1.24. The company has a 50 day moving average of $12.34 and a 200-day moving average of $16.68. Liberty Global has a 1-year low of $10.93 and a 1-year high of $21.56.

Analyst Ratings Changes

LBTYA has been the topic of several analyst reports. Sanford C. Bernstein lowered shares of Liberty Global from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating and cut their target price for the stock from $24.70 to $12.40 in a report on Thursday, January 23rd. Barclays dropped their price objective on shares of Liberty Global from $20.00 to $12.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, November 25th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft decreased their target price on shares of Liberty Global from $23.00 to $20.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, January 29th. UBS Group downgraded Liberty Global from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and reduced their target price for the company from $23.00 to $13.00 in a report on Monday, November 18th. Finally, Benchmark reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a $27.00 target price on shares of Liberty Global in a report on Tuesday, October 29th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, five have assigned a hold rating and three have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $17.75.

Insider Buying and Selling at Liberty Global

In other Liberty Global news, major shareholder Nicholas V. Tompras sold 57,000 shares of Liberty Global stock in a transaction on Friday, December 27th. The stock was sold at an average price of $12.94, for a total transaction of $737,580.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider now owns 16,153 shares in the company, valued at approximately $209,019.82. The trade was a 77.92 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, CFO Charles H. R. Bracken sold 84,103 shares of Liberty Global stock in a transaction dated Monday, December 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $14.56, for a total value of $1,224,539.68. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer now owns 53,312 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $776,222.72. The trade was a 61.20 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Corporate insiders own 11.51% 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.