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. Stockholders of record on Monday, April 1st will be given a dividend of $0.41 per share on Monday, April 15th. This represents a $1.64 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.26%. 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 declared that its board has initiated a stock repurchase plan 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 repurchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are typically a sign that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

Liberty Property Trust (NYSE:LPT) issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, April, 30th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.62 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.60 by $0.02. The real estate investment trust earned $156.89 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $126.10 million. Liberty Property Trust had a return on equity of 4.61% and a net margin of 57.53%. The business's revenue was up 7.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $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.

6 analysts have issued 12 month target prices for Liberty Property Trust's shares. Their forecasts range from $42.00 to $49.00. On average, they expect Liberty Property Trust's share price to reach $45.60 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 9.2%. View Analyst Price Targets for Liberty Property Trust.

6 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Liberty Property Trust in the last year. There are currently 5 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Liberty Property Trust.

Press coverage about LPT stock has been trending somewhat negative this week, InfoTrie reports. The research firm rates the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Liberty Property Trust earned a coverage optimism score of -1.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the real estate investment trust a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Liberty Property Trust.

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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 $50.24.

Liberty Property Trust has a market capitalization of $7.45 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.View Additional Information About Liberty Property Trust.

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]