Liberty Global Class ALBTYA
About: Liberty Global is a holding company with interests in several telecom companies in the UK, 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 Q3 regulatory filings by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
51% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 53 | Existing positions closed: 35
33% more funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 12 [Q2] → 16 (+4) [Q3]
24% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $75.3M | Put options by funds: $60.9M
19% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 80 | Existing positions reduced: 67
15% more capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $2.63B [Q2] → $3.02B (+$393M) [Q3]
7% more funds holding
Funds holding: 242 [Q2] → 260 (+18) [Q3]
4.66% less ownership
Funds ownership: 87.69% [Q2] → 83.03% (-4.66%) [Q3]
Research analyst outlook
3 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
3 analyst ratings
Deutsche Bank Robert Grindle 50% 1-year accuracy 1 / 2 met price target | 86%upside $23 | Buy Maintained | 5 Dec 2024 |
Barclays Maurice Patrick 0% 1-year accuracy 0 / 1 met price target | 3%downside $12 | Equal-Weight Maintained | 25 Nov 2024 |
Benchmark Matthew Harrigan 52% 1-year accuracy 39 / 75 met price target | 118%upside $27 | Buy Reiterated | 30 Oct 2024 |