Understanding the Potential Headwinds for Liberty Global Stock.

This morning we watched Liberty Global drop -1.1% to a price of $18.34 per share. The large-cap Cable Television company is now trading -36.08% below its average target price of $28.69. Analysts have set target prices ranging from $20.0 to $50.0 per share for Liberty Global, and have given the stock an average rating of buy.

The stock has an average amount of shares sold short at 4.7%, and a short ratio of 3.63. Since 3.86% of the company's shares are owned by insiders, we can infer that there is a degree of alignment between management and shareholder interests. Finally, we also note that a significant number of institutional investors are invested in the stock, with 94.8% of Liberty Global's shares being owned by this investor type.

Institutions Invested in Liberty Global

Date Reported Holder Percentage Shares Value
2022-12-31 Harris Associates L.P. 19% 32,062,554 $588,027,245
2022-12-31 Artisan Partners Limited Partnership 7% 12,759,828 $234,015,247
2022-12-31 Baupost Group, Inc,.(The) LLC 4% 7,194,276 $131,943,022
2022-12-31 Blackrock Inc. 4% 6,884,937 $126,269,745
2022-12-31 Altrinsic Global Advisors, LLC 4% 6,029,269 $110,576,794
2022-12-31 Dodge & Cox Inc 3% 4,875,669 $89,419,770
2022-12-31 Norges Bank Investment Management 3% 4,870,387 $89,322,898
2022-12-31 Renaissance Technologies, LLC 2% 3,464,452 $63,538,050
2022-12-31 Morgan Stanley 2% 3,469,300 $63,626,962
2022-12-31 Wisconsin (State Of) Investment Board 2% 3,284,634 $60,240,188
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