NYSE:LPT - Liberty Property Trust Stock Price, News, & Analysis

Liberty Property Trust trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "LPT."

Liberty Property Trust announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, February 22nd. Shareholders of record on Monday, April 1st will be paid a dividend of $0.41 per share on Monday, April 15th. This represents a $1.64 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.41%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, March 29th. This is an increase from Liberty Property Trust's previous quarterly dividend of $0.40. View Liberty Property Trust's Dividend History.

Liberty Property Trust announced that its board has approved a share buyback program on Wednesday, October 4th 2017, which permits the company to buyback $250,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are typically an indication that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

Liberty Property Trust (NYSE:LPT) issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, April, 30th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.62 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.60 by $0.02. The real estate investment trust had revenue of $156.89 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $126.10 million. Liberty Property Trust had a net margin of 57.53% and a return on equity of 4.61%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 7.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $0.65 EPS. View Liberty Property Trust's Earnings History.

Liberty Property Trust is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, July 23rd 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Liberty Property Trust.

Liberty Property Trust updated its FY19 earnings guidance on Tuesday, April, 30th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $2.55-2.65 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $2.58. Liberty Property Trust also updated its FY 2019 guidance to $2.55-2.65 EPS.

7 analysts have issued 1 year target prices for Liberty Property Trust's stock. Their predictions range from $42.00 to $49.00. On average, they anticipate Liberty Property Trust's stock price to reach $45.1667 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 6.0%. View Analyst Price Targets for Liberty Property Trust.

7 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Liberty Property Trust in the last year. There are currently 6 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Liberty Property Trust.

News articles about LPT stock have been trending positive recently, according to InfoTrie. The research group scores the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Liberty Property Trust earned a media sentiment score of 2.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the real estate investment trust a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several days.

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Liberty Property Trust's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (13.80%), Zimmer Partners LP (1.69%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (1.66%), Northern Trust Corp (1.64%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (1.53%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (1.43%). Company insiders that own Liberty Property Trust stock include David L Lingerfelt, Frederick F Buchholz, M Leanne Lachman, Mary Beth Morrissey and Michael T Hagan. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Liberty Property Trust.

LPT stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Principal Financial Group Inc., Centersquare Investment Management LLC, Centersquare Investment Management LLC, Morgan Stanley, Systematic Financial Management LP, Cbre Clarion Securities LLC, JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Renaissance Technologies LLC. Company insiders that have sold Liberty Property Trust company stock in the last year include David L Lingerfelt, Mary Beth Morrissey and Michael T Hagan. View Insider Buying and Selling for Liberty Property Trust.

LPT stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Zimmer Partners LP, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, California Public Employees Retirement System, BLB&B Advisors LLC, Geode Capital Management LLC, Andra AP fonden, Janus Henderson Group PLC and Goldman Sachs Group Inc.. View Insider Buying and Selling for Liberty Property Trust.

Shares of LPT can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of LPT stock can currently be purchased for approximately $48.07.

Liberty Property Trust has a market capitalization of $7.13 billion and generates $704.89 million in revenue each year. The real estate investment trust earns $479.61 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.20 on an earnings per share basis. Liberty Property Trust employs 271 workers across the globe.

The official website for Liberty Property Trust is http://www.libertyproperty.com.

Liberty Property Trust's mailing address is 650 EAST SWEDESFORD ROAD, WAYNE PA, 19087. The real estate investment trust can be reached via phone at 610-648-1700 or via email at [email protected]