LBTYK - Liberty Global plc
Liberty Global plc, together with its subsidiaries, provides broadband internet, video, fixed-line telephony, and mobile communications services to residential and business customers. It offers value-added broadband services, such as intelligent WiFi features; security; smart home, online storage solutions, and Web spaces; Connect Box, a set-top or Horizon box that delivers in-home Wi-Fi service; community Wi-Fi via routers in home, which provides access to the internet; and public Wi-Fi access points in train stations, hotels, bars, restaurants, and other public places. The company also provides various tiers of digital video programming and audio services, as well as digital video recorders and multimedia home gateway systems; and channels, including general entertainment, sports, movies, series, documentaries, lifestyles, news, adult, children, and ethnic and foreign channels.
As of May 15, 2026: spot at $11.32, ATM IV 147.1%, max pain $12.50, net GEX $92.0K.
- Sector
- Communication Services
- Industry
- Telecommunications Services
- Market Cap
- $3.84B
- Beta
- 0.71
- 52-Week Range
- 9.65-13.12
- CEO
- Michael Thomas Fries
- Employees
- 6,820
- IPO Date
- Sep 8, 2005
- Exchange
- NASDAQ
What LBTYK Looks Like to Options Traders Today
IV rank of 66.4% sits near the 1-year median, where strategy choice depends on directional conviction and the event calendar rather than vol regime alone; positive net gamma exposure ($92.0K) means dealers hedge against trend, damping realized volatility and biasing price toward heavy-OI strikes; the 25-delta skew (0.140) prices calls richer than puts, often reflecting upside speculation or squeeze risk.
What This Page Covers
The LBTYK overview links into per-metric analysis views: max pain, gamma exposure, volatility skew, expected move, options chain, open interest history, and aggregate Greeks. Microstructure data is available on short interest, short volume, fail-to-deliver, and market structure. Corporate data is on fundamentals, earnings, analyst ratings, and insider trading.
Frequently asked LBTYK overview questions
- What is LBTYK?
- LBTYK is the ticker symbol for Liberty Global plc, a listed security. Liberty Global plc, together with its subsidiaries, provides broadband internet, video, fixed-line telephony, and mobile communications services to residential and business customers. It offers value-added broadband services, such as intelligent WiFi features; security; smart home, online storage solutions, and Web spaces; Connect Box, a set-top or Horizon box that delivers in-home Wi-Fi service; community Wi-Fi via routers in home, which provides access to the internet; and public Wi-Fi access points in train stations, hotels, bars, restaurants, and other public places. Listed on NASDAQ. LBTYK is the equity ticker shown on this page; equity options traders use the security for directional, volatility, and income strategies via the listed options chain.
- What does the LBTYK options snapshot look like today?
- As of May 15, 2026, the LBTYK options snapshot shows spot at $11.32, ATM IV 147.1%, IV rank 66.4%, max pain $12.50, net GEX $92.0K, expected move 9.30%. The full options chain, Greeks by strike and expiration, per-strike open-interest distribution, dealer gamma and delta exposure, and the volatility skew surface are linked from this overview page. Each per-metric route refreshes once per trading session and reflects the most recent close-of-business listed-options state.
- What are LBTYK's key statistics?
- Liberty Global plc (LBTYK) carries a market capitalization of $3.84B, beta of 0.71 relative to the broader market, 52-week range of 9.65-13.12. Full income statement, balance sheet, cash flow, and TTM ratio history is on the per-ticker fundamentals page; daily price history and 52-week levels are accessible from the same view. These structural inputs frame how the options market prices implied volatility around earnings windows and capital events.
- What sector or industry does LBTYK belong to?
- Liberty Global plc operates in the Communication Services sector, in the Telecommunications Services industry. Sector classification affects how the ticker correlates with sector ETFs, how it reacts to macro factors like rate moves and commodity prices, and how its options pricing compares to sector peers. Compare LBTYK's implied volatility and skew against sector benchmarks to gauge whether the options market is pricing single-name or systemic risk relative to the broader peer group.
- How current is the LBTYK data on this page?
- The options snapshot above is dated May 15, 2026 and refreshes once per session, with all per-strike Greeks and exposure aggregates recomputed at the daily close. Company-profile fields (sector, industry, market cap, P/E, IPO date) refresh from the vendor feed nightly. Financials and earnings refresh as 10-K and 10-Q filings are parsed (typically within several business days of the actual report). FINRA microstructure data refreshes on the source's cadence (daily for short volume, bi-monthly for short interest, weekly for the OTC volume file, twice-monthly for SEC FTD).