Statistics of Price Movements of Liberty Global Ord A (LBTYA)

The price movements of Liberty Global Ord A (ticker LBTYA) are summarized in five ways:

  • Table 1. Statistics of daily price changes using the closing prices
  • Table 2. Statistics of daily price changes using the closing and opening prices
  • Table 3 – 7. Statistics of daily price changes when LBTYA opened with an increase of 1%, 2%, 3%, 4%, or more than 5%
  • Table 8 – 10. Statistics of stock price changes in the 20 days after LBTYA had a big price move
  • Table 11. Statistics of daily price changes in the 20 days after LBTYA moved 5% with twice the 30-day average volume

The statistics are calculated using LBTYA's price data across 1,547 trading days from 2015 to 2020.

Table 1. Statistics of LBTYA one-day price changes

In this table, the one-day price change is calculated using the closing price and the previous day's closing price.

In the past 1,547 trading days, 47.4% of the time (733 days), LBTYA closed above the previous day's closing price. 48.7% of the time (753 days), it closed below the previous day's closing price. 3.9% of the time (60 days), it did not change.

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LBTYA Price Change (%) Number of Days % of Total Sessions
14 – 15% 1
0.06%
9 – 10% 3
0.19%
8 – 9% 2
0.13%
7 – 8% 5
0.32%
6 – 7% 2
0.13%
5 – 6% 6
0.39%
4 – 5% 28
1.81%
3 – 4% 40
2.59%
2 – 3% 98
6.34%
1 – 2% 219
14.17%
0 – 1% 329
21.28%
0% 60
3.88%
0 – -1% 354
22.90%
-1 – -2% 206
13.32%
-2 – -3% 103
6.66%
-3 – -4% 43
2.78%
-4 – -5% 24
1.55%
-5 – -6% 5
0.32%
-6 – -7% 8
0.52%
-7 – -8% 5
0.32%
-8 – -9% 1
0.06%
-9 – -10% 1
0.06%
-10 – -11% 2
0.13%
-13 – -14% 1
0.06%

Table 2. Statistics of LBTYA: Closing vs. Open

In this table, instead of using the closing price of the previous day, the opening price is used to calculate the one-day price change of LBTYA.

47.6% of the time (736 days), LBTYA closed above the opening price. 48.4% of the time (749 days), it closed below the opening price. 4.0% of the time (62 days), it closed where it started.

Closing - Open (%) Number of Days % of Total Sessions
16 – 17% 1
0.06%
10 – 11% 1
0.06%
9 – 10% 1
0.06%
8 – 9% 1
0.06%
7 – 8% 1
0.06%
6 – 7% 5
0.32%
5 – 6% 2
0.13%
4 – 5% 23
1.49%
3 – 4% 39
2.52%
2 – 3% 84
5.43%
1 – 2% 220
14.22%
0 – 1% 358
23.14%
0% 62
4.01%
0 – -1% 350
22.62%
-1 – -2% 231
14.93%
-2 – -3% 89
5.75%
-3 – -4% 46
2.97%
-4 – -5% 20
1.29%
-5 – -6% 7
0.45%
-6 – -7% 4
0.26%
-8 – -9% 1
0.06%
-11 – -12% 1
0.06%

Table 3. One-day performance when LBTYA opened 5% higher than previous close

In the past 1,547 trading days, LBTYA opened more than 5% higher than the previous day's closing price 2 times. Of these days, 0.0% (0 days) had closing prices above the opening price, and 100.0% (2 days) had closing prices below the opening price.

Closing - Open (%) Number of Days % of Total Sessions
-3 – -4% 1
50.00%
-5 – -6% 1
50.00%

Table 4. Closing vs. open when LBTYA opened 4–5% higher

On 4 days, LBTYA opened 4–5% higher than the previous day's closing price. Of these days, 75.0% (3 days) had closing prices above the opening price, and 25.0% (1 days) had closing prices below the opening price.

Closing - Open (%) Number of Days % of Total Sessions
4 – 5% 1
25.00%
3 – 4% 1
25.00%
1 – 2% 1
25.00%
-3 – -4% 1
25.00%

Table 5. Closing vs. open when LBTYA open 3 – 4% higher

4 times LBTYA opened 3 – 4% higher than the previous day's closing price. Among these days, 50.0% (2 days) closed above the opening price, 50.0% (2 days) closed below the opening price.

Closing - Open (%) Number of Days % of Total Sessions
4 – 5% 2
50.00%
0 – -1% 1
25.00%
-1 – -2% 1
25.00%

Table 6. Closing vs. open when LBTYA open 2 – 3% higher

20 times LBTYA opened 2 – 3% higher than the previous day's closing price. Among these days, 45.0% (9 days) closed above the opening price, 55.0% (11 days) closed below the opening price.

Closing - Open (%) Number of Days % of Total Sessions
6 – 7% 1
5.00%
2 – 3% 1
5.00%
1 – 2% 4
20.00%
0 – 1% 3
15.00%
0 – -1% 6
30.00%
-1 – -2% 3
15.00%
-2 – -3% 1
5.00%
-5 – -6% 1
5.00%

Table 7. Closing vs. open when LBTYA open 1 – 2% higher

89 times LBTYA opened 1 – 2% higher than the previous day's closing price. Among these days, 47.2% (42 days) closed above the opening price, 50.6% (45 days) closed below the opening price.

Closing - Open (%) Number of Days % of Total Sessions
7 – 8% 1
1.12%
4 – 5% 3
3.37%
3 – 4% 2
2.25%
2 – 3% 4
4.49%
1 – 2% 19
21.35%
0 – 1% 13
14.61%
0% 2
2.25%
0 – -1% 15
16.85%
-1 – -2% 16
17.98%
-2 – -3% 9
10.11%
-3 – -4% 2
2.25%
-4 – -5% 2
2.25%
-11 – -12% 1
1.12%

Table 8. Periods when LBTYA moved 15% or more

In this table, we track the price movements in the 20 days after LBTYA had a one-day price change of at least 15%.

DatePrice ChangePrice Change after 15% Move
Days after:14710131619

Table 9. Periods when LBTYA moved 10% or more

In this table, we track the price movements in the 20 days after LBTYA had a one-day price change of at least 10%.

DatePrice ChangePrice Change after 10% Move
Days after:14710131619
2020050114.7% 1.1 -1.8 -4.5 -2.0 -5.6 -6.5 -5.2
20150928-10.1% -1.4 2.8 5.2 2.9 6.3 5.3 2.7
20200323-10.6% 9.1 6.8 1.8 8.4 18.0 17.7 15.7
20160624-13% -6.3 .9 -4.5 1.6 6.1 11.5 9.1

Table 9a. LBTYA average price changes following a 10% up day

Of the 1,547 trading days from 2015 to 2020, there were 1 days in which LBTYA was up more than 10%. This table shows the average price changes over the 1 days.

Average TypeAverage Price Change
Days after:14710131619
Avg for Change ≥ 10% 1.1 -1.8 -4.5 -2.0 -5.6 -6.5 -5.2

Table 9b. LBTYA average price changes following a 10% down day

Of the 1,547 trading days from 2015 to 2020, there were 3 days in which LBTYA was down more than -10%. This table shows the average price changes over the 3 days.

Average TypeAverage Price Change
Days after:14710131619
Avg for Change ≥ -10% .5 3.5 .8 4.3 10.1 11.5 9.2

Table 10. Periods when LBTYA moved 5% or more

In this table, we track the price movements in the 20 days after LBTYA had a one-day price change of at least 5%.

DatePrice ChangePrice Change after 5% Move
Days after:14710131619
2020050114.7% 1.1 -1.8 -4.5 -2.0 -5.6 -6.5 -5.2
202003179.4% -3.4 -7.6 2.8 -3.2 -7.4 7.1 6.0
201606289.1% .4 .8 -4.2 3.8 6.1 5.3 5.2
202003249% -2.0 -2.9 -5.8 .4 8.1 4.9 6.2
202004068.1% 1.1 8.8 5.6 6.9 6.4 7.8 30.4
201907188% -1.6 -.9 -3.4 -6.0 -9.0 -7.5 -7.2
202003137.6% -9.7 2.5 -.4 -2.5 -7.0 -1.0 7.7
201602167.4% 5.8 8.4 4.9 7.3 5.9 1.8 4.3
202003197.4% -.4 -4.9 -5.7 -8.5 -2.5 5.0 1.9
201711297.1% -1.6 -1.5 -4.7 -1.8 2.0 5.7 9.9
202006187.1% -2.3 -7.2 -7.8 -5.1 -3.1 -3.4 -1.4
201901046.4% -4.8 -9.7 -3.7 -2.7 -2.2 2.9 7.2
202010096.1% 2.4 -.1 -3.5 -6.4 -12.2 -14.9 -7.4
202004085.8% 1.8 1.5 -.2 -2.2 4.3 6.3 18.3
202011095.8% 4.0 8.7 14.7 14.3 14.5 16.7 25.8
201602175.7% -.4 1.8 -.5 1.3 .1 -5.7 -2.7
201811215.5% .0 5.1 4.0 1.6 -1.0 -1.3 -3.7
201502135.4% .0 .5 1.6 3.0 4.5 3.3 .4
202002115.1% .5 -4.7 .4 -3.6 -8.5 -7.1 -17.6
20181221-5.1% -2.6 1.2 2.4 9.3 .4 2.7 5.4
20180508-5.3% -2.6 -3.0 -6.4 -6.7 -7.9 -7.8 -5.9
20160205-5.4% -5.9 -7.8 3.5 8.9 9.2 8.1 10.2
20190513-5.7% .4 1.7 2.4 .4 -1.8 3.0 5.8
20160208-5.8% -2.7 2.4 16.3 19.3 15.4 18.1 16.5
20180427-6% -1.2 -.1 2.1 -2.9 -3.2 -4.8 -5.7
20181024-6.1% .9 3.0 7.7 11.9 .9 4.0 -4.8
20160627-6.2% 9.2 10.0 2.5 8.9 17.1 17.2 16.2
20200611-6.2% 4.3 3.3 8.5 1.9 2.1 5.1 7.0
20191022-6.5% 1.4 3.3 5.1 6.1 3.7 -3.8 -5.6
20180215-6.6% -1.9 -6.5 -5.2 -6.4 -4.1 -1.1 -3.2
20161110-6.8% -.9 2.9 6.9 4.6 3.9 -3.9 -1.8
20150702-6.9% .0 -3.4 .6 4.3 4.6 2.5 3.3
20160111-7% -1.0 -6.6 -8.8 -4.7 -5.0 -2.8 -4.0
20200312-7.2% 7.6 2.7 -1.7 9.4 2.9 -1.5 13.9
20160705-7.4% .6 6.9 15.0 15.0 14.1 12.8 16.6
20200309-7.4% 3.5 -1.8 -6.3 -10.4 -.2 -6.1 -10.1
20170508-7.7% -2.4 -4.2 -6.9 -2.4 -2.2 -1.9 .4
20160621-8.6% 1.0 -15.3 -8.8 -13.7 -8.1 -4.1 .8
20200316-9.7% 9.5 13.2 8.1 7.1 3.9 10.8 19.3
20150928-10.1% -1.4 2.8 5.2 2.9 6.3 5.3 2.7
20200323-10.6% 9.1 6.8 1.8 8.4 18.0 17.7 15.7
20160624-13% -6.3 .9 -4.5 1.6 6.1 11.5 9.1

Table 10a. LBTYA average price changes following a 5% up day

Of the 1,547 trading days from 2015 to 2020, there were 19 days in which LBTYA was up more than 5%. This table shows the average price changes over the 19 days.

Average TypeAverage Price Change
Days after:14710131619
Avg for Change ≥ 5% -.5 -.2 -.6 -.3 -.4 1.0 4.1

Table 10b. LBTYA average price changes following a 5% down day

Of the 1,547 trading days from 2015 to 2020, there were 23 days in which LBTYA was down more than -5%. This table shows the average price changes over the 23 days.

Average TypeAverage Price Change
Days after:14710131619
Avg for Change ≥ -5% .8 .5 1.7 3.2 3.3 3.5 4.4

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