Liberty Global Posts Profit

(RTTNews) - Liberty Global plc (LBTYA, LBTYB and LBTYK) Wednesday reported third-quarter net earnings to stockholders of $157 million or $0.20 per share compared with a loss of $830 million or $1.04 per share last year.

Results were helped by derivative gains that offset foreign currency losses, the company said.

Revenues for the quarter were $4.50 billion compared with $4.28 billion in the prior year.

Analysts polled by Thomson Reuters estimated a loss of $0.03 per share on revenues of $4.52 billion for the quarter. Analysts' estimates typically exclude special items.