Liberty Global Ltd.
boothcheck covers Liberty Global Ltd. (LBTYA) but does not put one priced-in number on it: here the defensible answer is the evidence rather than a point estimate. boothcheck publishes no house fair value, target price, or buy/sell rating. Narrative composed June 27, 2026.
• Liberty Global is a European connectivity holding company whose value sits in its stakes in operators like Virgin Media O2, VodafoneZiggo, Telenet and Sunrise, plus a ventures portfolio, so the share price is a discounted bundle of assets rather than one operating business. • The price is strikingly low against the assets, trading around 8 times normalized operating profit, but the company carries heavy debt, roughly 12 times operating income, and the equity sits behind that leverage. • The ca
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276 institutional managers reported holding LBTYA in 13F filings for the quarter ended 2026-03-31. Together they hold about 49% of the company; the top 10 hold 28%. 48 opened new positions that quarter. Held by AQR Capital, Dimensional Fund Advisors, Oaktree Capital, among others. On the short side, 9.2M shares were sold short as of the 2026-06-15 count, about 3% of shares outstanding (5.5 days of typical volume to cover).
Quarterly 13F filings arrive up to 45 days after quarter end, so the picture is never current (filed through 2026-05-29). Nothing here is investment advice.
LBTYA has cut its share count 69% over the past five years, spending $5.00B on repurchases. It pays no dividend. Cash returned over the past three years: $1.77B in repurchases.
Share counts are split-adjusted; repurchase totals are gross of share issuance. Nothing here is investment advice.
Open-market insider buys at LBTYA over the trailing three years: 2025: 2 buys totaling $399k. 12 officers and directors are on file.
Code P open-market purchases from SEC Form 4 filings, non-derivative, excluding scheduled 10b5-1 plans. Nothing here is investment advice.
LBTYA's recent reports: the day-one move, then what the following quarter actually did.
| report | day one | next quarter |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-05-10 | -7.1% | +2.1% |
| 2023-07-25 | -6.5% | -6.0% |
| 2023-11-01 | -1.3% | +15.6% |
| 2024-05-02 | +4.7% | +6.6% |
Day-one is the close-to-close move around the filing. Nothing here is investment advice.
LBTYA's latest 8-K filings: 2026-07-28 (items 8.01, 9.01); 2026-07-24 (items 2.02, 7.01, 9.01); 2026-06-25 (items 5.07, 9.01); 2026-06-02 (items 7.01, 9.01); 2026-06-01 (items 7.01, 9.01).
Item codes are the SEC's own classification of what each report discloses. Dates link to the filing on EDGAR. Nothing here is investment advice.
Model solve date: 2026-Q2
Narrative composed: June 27, 2026
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