LIBERTY GLOBAL PLC LBTYK
SHS CL C · Common Stock · CUSIP G5480U120
International telecommunications and television company
- SectorCommunication
- IndustryCable & Other Pay Television Services
- HeadquartersLondon, United Kingdom
- Founded2005
- Websitelibertyglobal.com
- FilingsSEC EDGAR
* Summed across managers. Shares that two managers' reports both contain – a subsidiary's holdings that its parent's report includes too, or a sub-adviser's in its client's – are counted once ($87.1m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $19.35. Options: 6 managers hold calls ($32.6m notional), 6 hold puts ($2.9m).
Trends to Q4 2022
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 333 |
| Q4 2022 | 326 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | $23.4m | $3.6m | 0.15 |
| Q4 2022 | $32.6m | $2.9m | 0.09 |
Biggest buyers
| MFN Partners Management, LP | Added | +6.7m |
| MORGAN STANLEY | Added | +971.3k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | Added | +832.0k |
| BlackRock Inc. | Added | +520.4k |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | +482.2k |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP | Added | +441.0k |
| BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT Holding S.A. | Added | +410.7k |
| TWINBEECH CAPITAL LP | Added | +345.3k |
| Man Group plc | Added | +279.6k |
| NORGES BANK | Added | +274.8k |
Biggest sellers
| NAYA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT UK LTD | Sold out | -2.4m |
| OAKTREE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LP | Sold out | -1.9m |
| Hengistbury Investment Partners LLP | Reduced | -1.7m |
| Luxor Capital Group, LP | Reduced | -1.2m |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | -944.6k |
| FMR LLC | Reduced | -904.9k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | Reduced | -737.6k |
| Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC | Reduced | -690.5k |
| Artisan Partners Limited Partnership | Reduced | -635.8k |
| ACR Alpine Capital Research, LLC | Reduced | -501.1k |
Biggest calls
| Luxor Capital Group, LP | Added | $24.3m1.2m shares |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | Unchanged | $5.9m301.3k shares |
| Parallax Volatility Advisers, L.P. | New | $1.1m58.6k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $687.8k35.4k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | Reduced | $394.4k20.3k shares |
| PEAK6 Investments LLC | Reduced | $275.9k14.2k shares |
Biggest puts
| Walleye Trading LLC | Added | $1.2m60.1k shares |
| PEAK6 Investments LLC | Reduced | $1.1m54.1k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | New | $561.5k28.9k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $107.0k5.7k shares |
| Private Wealth Partners, LLC | New | $1.1k18.2k shares |
| CONCOURSE FINANCIAL GROUP SECURITIES, INC. | Unchanged | $00 shares |
Options at notional value: the value of the shares the contracts control, as filers report them, not what the options cost. Not included in the holders, shares or buying above.
Insider purchases and sales in Q4 2022
Shares bought or sold by the company's own officers, directors and 10% owners, in the open market or privately, as they reported to the SEC on Form 4 (due within two business days of the trade). Grants, option exercises, shares withheld for tax and gifts aren't included.
Officers and directors buying vs selling
Number of people, by quarter (10% owners not included)
Numbers
| Quarter | Buying | Bought | Selling | Sold | Sold under a plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 2021 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q2 2021 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q3 2021 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q4 2021 | 0 | — | 4 | $2.7m | — |
| Q1 2022 | 0 | — | 4 | $3.6m | — |
| Q2 2022 | 0 | — | 7 | $4.4m | — |
| Q3 2022 | 0 | — | 2 | $1.7m | — |
| Q4 2022 | 0 | — | 3 | $2.7m | — |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-11-23 | Waldron Jason SVP & CAO | Sold | $146.8k7.2k shares |
| 2022-11-22 | Waldron Jason SVP & CAO | Sold | $218.8k10.8k shares |
| 2022-11-22 | HALL BRYAN H EVP, Gen Counsel & Secretary | Sold | $140.7k7.0k shares |
| 2022-11-17 | CURTIS MIRANDA Director | Sold | $2.0m100.5k shares |
| 2022-11-11 | Waldron Jason SVP & CAO | Sold | $172.0k8.1k shares |
Their holding: how much the trade added to or took from the insider's holding (direct, or the trust or fund named). The same trade is sometimes reported by more than one insider, such as a fund and the director who represents it; totals count it once. A value is left blank where the reported price is far from the market price (usually a typo).
Holders, Q4 2022
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| BAUPOST GROUP LLC/MA 15.05% of their portfolio | 47.5m $923.0m | Reduced -346.0k |
| MFN Partners Management, LP 5.77% of their portfolio | 13.4m $260.6m | Added +6.7m |
| BlackRock Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 13.0m $252.9m | Added +520.4k |
| Luxor Capital Group, LP 17.16% of their portfolio | 10.0m $194.1m | Reduced -1.2m |
| Dodge & Cox 0.12% of their portfolio | 9.0m $174.1m | Unchanged |
| Artisan Partners Limited Partnership 0.29% of their portfolio | 8.3m $162.1m | Reduced -635.8k |
| ACR Alpine Capital Research, LLC 7.24% of their portfolio | 8.3m $161.2m | Reduced -501.1k |
| LYRICAL ASSET MANAGEMENT LP 2.71% of their portfolio | 7.8m $128.3m | Reduced -396.8k |
| FMR LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 6.9m $133.2m | Reduced -904.9k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.04% of their portfolio | 6.4m $123.7m | Added +160.7k |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 6.1m $118.5m | Reduced -241.2k |
| Pendal Group Ltd 0.85% of their portfolio | 5.1m $99.0m | Reduced -304.7k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 4.4m $85.2m | Reduced -473.5k |
| Trinity Street Asset Management LLP 13.78% of their portfolio | 4.4m $85.1m | Added +8.0k |
| THOMPSON SIEGEL & WALMSLEY LLC 1.34% of their portfolio | 4.3m $83.2m | Reduced -94.4k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 3.9m $74.9m | Added +832.0k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 3.3m $63.7m | Reduced -37.2k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.02% of their portfolio | 3.1m $59.7m | Reduced -150.7k |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC 0.07% of their portfolio | 2.5m $47.9m | Reduced -44.7k |
| PUTNAM INVESTMENTS LLC 0.08% of their portfolio | 2.4m $46.7m | Added +25.8k |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 0.06% of their portfolio | 2.4m $45.9m | Added +441.0k |
| MACQUARIE GROUP LTD 0.05% of their portfolio | 2.3m $43.8m | Added +171.3k |
| GABELLI FUNDS LLC 0.33% of their portfolio | 2.2m $43.0m | Reduced -122.7k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 2.1m $41.3m | Reduced -944.6k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.1m $41.0m | Added +971.3k |
| OPPENHEIMER ASSET MANAGEMENT INC. 0.64% of their portfolio | 2.1m $40.1m | Reduced -225.6k |
| California Public Employees Retirement System 0.03% of their portfolio | 2.0m $39.6m | Reduced -187.4k |
| Empyrean Capital Partners, LP 1.41% of their portfolio | 2.0m $38.3m | Unchanged |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 2.0m $38.0m | Reduced -21.1k |
| Wallace Capital Management Inc. 5.52% of their portfolio | 1.8m $35.2m | Reduced -2.0k |
| WEITZ INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, INC. 1.88% of their portfolio | 1.7m $33.2m | Reduced -210.0k |
| FIRST WILSHIRE SECURITIES MANAGEMENT INC 11.35% of their portfolio | 1.7m $32.4m | Reduced -22.1k |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.07% of their portfolio | 1.6m $31.1m | Added +482.2k |
| NORGES BANK 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.5m $29.6m | Added +274.8k |
| GAMCO INVESTORS, INC. ET AL 0.31% of their portfolio | 1.5m $28.8m | Reduced -48.6k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.5m $28.3m | Reduced -136.6k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.4m $28.0m | Reduced -103.3k |
| O'SHAUGHNESSY ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.37% of their portfolio | 1.2m $22.8m | Reduced -94.5k |
| Swiss National Bank 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.2m $22.4m | Reduced -151.4k |
| Ionic Capital Management LLC 6.56% of their portfolio | 1.1m $21.8m | Reduced -10.0k |
| Hengistbury Investment Partners LLP 7.88% of their portfolio | 1.1m $20.8m | Reduced -1.7m |
| PRIVATE MANAGEMENT GROUP INC 0.87% of their portfolio | 1.0m $19.5m | Reduced -160.3k |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 935.0k $18.2m | Added +24.2k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 920.5k $17.9m | Reduced -22.2k |
| RWC Asset Management LLP 0.55% of their portfolio | 897.9k $17.4m | Reduced -5.8k |
| Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. 0.05% of their portfolio | 873.5k $17.0m | Added +243.8k |
| VIRGINIA RETIREMENT SYSTEMS ET Al 0.17% of their portfolio | 847.1k $16.5m | Added +97.4k |
| Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group, Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 816.0k $15.9m | Reduced -93.0k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 810.2k $15.7m | Reduced -48.4k |
| Amundi 0.01% of their portfolio | 801.6k $17.7m | Added +188.0k |
| Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC 0.07% of their portfolio | 708.7k $13.8m | Reduced -690.5k |
| BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT Holding S.A. 0.05% of their portfolio | 703.4k $13.7m | Added +410.7k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.00% of their portfolio | 667.3k $13.0m | Reduced -34.5k |
| LAKEWOOD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LP 1.11% of their portfolio | 644.2k $12.5m | Unchanged |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. 0.02% of their portfolio | 627.5k $12.2m | Reduced -357.9k |
| Long Focus Capital Management, LLC 1.98% of their portfolio | 619.1k $12.0m | Added +60.4k |
| Tredje AP-fonden 0.18% of their portfolio | 546.0k $10.6m | Reduced -68.7k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 505.1k $9.8m | Reduced -737.6k |
| Man Group plc 0.03% of their portfolio | 468.3k $9.1m | Added +279.6k |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.01% of their portfolio | 448.3k $8.7m | Reduced -101.0k |
| S&CO INC 0.76% of their portfolio | 447.3k $8.7m | Reduced -24.8k |
| UMB Bank, n.a. 0.13% of their portfolio | 422.8k $8.2m | Reduced -43 |
| Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp 0.02% of their portfolio | 418.8k $8.1m | Reduced -21.7k |
| TWINBEECH CAPITAL LP 0.15% of their portfolio | 410.6k $8.0m | Added +345.3k |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 409.8k $8.0m | Added +187.2k |
| KEATING INVESTMENT COUNSELORS INC 3.09% of their portfolio | 405.9k $7.9m | Added +22.7k |
| CREDIT SUISSE AG/ 0.01% of their portfolio | 405.1k $7.9m | Added +65.4k |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.01% of their portfolio | 401.7k $7.8m | Reduced -15.6k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 399.4k $7.8m | Reduced -2.3k |
| STOREBRAND ASSET MANAGEMENT AS 0.04% of their portfolio | 398.1k $7.7m | Added +229.2k |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. 0.01% of their portfolio | 369.3k $7.2m | Added +151.5k |
| TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF TEXAS 0.05% of their portfolio | 361.4k $7.0m | Reduced -17.5k |
| Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec 0.02% of their portfolio | 337.3k $6.6m | Added +219.8k |
| Redwood Grove Capital, LLC 3.02% of their portfolio | 312.9k $6.1m | Unchanged |
| Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 311.2k $6.0m | Added +257.3k |
| WORLDQUANT MILLENNIUM ADVISORS LLC 0.14% of their portfolio | 309.5k $6.0m | Added +64.3k |
| SkyKnight Capital, L.P. 3.25% of their portfolio | 300.0k $5.8m | Unchanged |
| Mariner, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 296.2k $5.8m | Added +22.0k |
| Janney Montgomery Scott LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 291.0k $5.7m | Added +3.1k |
| KARPAS STRATEGIES, LLC 1.92% of their portfolio | 281.6k $5.5m | Unchanged |
| Atria Investments, Inc 0.11% of their portfolio | 276.6k $5.4m | Added +17.5k |
| Elgethun Capital Management 1.98% of their portfolio | 271.8k $5.5m | Added +8.9k |
| Apollo Management Holdings, L.P. 0.04% of their portfolio | 271.6k $5.3m | Unchanged |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS 0.01% of their portfolio | 270.3k $5.3m | New |
| NorthCoast Asset Management LLC 0.10% of their portfolio | 269.3k $5.2m | Added +31.9k |
| ASSETMARK, INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 260.7k $5.1m | Reduced -17.0k |
| Hall Kathryn A. 1.94% of their portfolio | 243.5k $4.7m | Unchanged |
| Kestra Advisory Services, LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 229.3k $4.5m | Added +108.1k |
| HEALTHCARE OF ONTARIO PENSION PLAN TRUST FUND 0.02% of their portfolio | 209.0k $4.1m | Added +65.0k |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 207.2k $4.0m | First filing |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 204.7k $4.0m | Reduced -15.5k |
| OREGON PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT FUND 0.05% of their portfolio | 199.1k $3.9m | Added +3.1k |
| J.P. Morgan Private Wealth Advisors LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 195.2k $3.8m | Reduced -20.7k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 177.5k $3.4m | Added +11.9k |
| Evercore Wealth Management, LLC 0.07% of their portfolio | 175.0k $3.4m | Unchanged |
| Ergoteles LLC 0.12% of their portfolio | 172.7k $3.4m | Added +132.9k |
| HRT FINANCIAL LP 0.05% of their portfolio | 161.3k $3.1m | Reduced -40.8k |
| STATE OF WISCONSIN INVESTMENT BOARD 0.01% of their portfolio | 150.9k $2.9m | Reduced -25.4k |
| FORMULA GROWTH LTD 0.84% of their portfolio | 147.7k $2.9m | Unchanged |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP 0.00% of their portfolio | 144.2k $2.8m | Added +13.8k |