Analysts await Liberty Global plc (NASDAQ:LILAK) to report earnings on May, 09 for the fiscal quarter ending Mar 2016.

They expect $1.58 EPS, up 100% or $1.58 from last year’s $n/a per share.

At the moment 5 analysts are watching Liberty Global plc (NASDAQ:LILAK), 0 rate it “Buy”, 4 “Outperform”, 1 “Underperform”, 0 “Sell”, while 0 “Hold”.

Looking forward, for the quarter ending Jun-16, 2 analysts have a mean sales target of 624.61 million. For the quarter ending Sep-16, 2 analysts have a mean sales target of 615.03 million whilst for the year ending Dec-16, 4 analysts have a mean target of 1,553.58 million.

In terms of earnings per share, 3 analysts have a 0.36 EPS mean target for the quarter ending Jun-16, for the quarter ending Sep-16, 3 analysts have a 0.53 EPS mean target and for the quarter ending Sep-16 there are 4 estimates of 1.32 EPS.

The biggest institutional shareholders in Liberty Global plc include Blue Ridge CapHldgsLLC/BluRdgCapOSHldgs which owns 3 million shares in the company valued at $146.20 million. T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. is the second biggest holder with 2 million shares currently valued at 79.62 million whilst Robeco Investment Management, Inc. has 1 million shares valued at 56.13 million.

Total shares held by institutions as of the most recent company filings are 23,475,539 with a reported 2,527,395 bought and 1,481,911 sold. These holdings make up 2.78% of the company’s outstanding shares.

Currently insiders hold 12,566,011 shares in the business which makes up 1.49% of shares. The biggest holder currently is Mr. Michael T. Fries who owns 52,788 shares (0.01% of those outstanding), whilst Paul A. Gould holds 47,253 (0.0056% of shares outstanding) and Balan Nair holds 14,947 (0.0018% of shares outstanding).

The stock increased 0.48% or $0.19 during the last trading session.