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 Monday, December 10th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, January 2nd will be given a dividend of $0.40 per share on Tuesday, January 15th. This represents a $1.60 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.45%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, December 31st. View Liberty Property Trust's Dividend History.

Liberty Property Trust declared that its board has initiated a share buyback plan on Wednesday, October 4th 2017, which allows the company to buyback $250,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are typically a sign that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

Liberty Property Trust (NYSE:LPT) released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, October, 23rd. The real estate investment trust reported $1.01 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.65 by $0.36. The real estate investment trust had revenue of $121.51 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $119.79 million. Liberty Property Trust had a return on equity of 6.68% and a net margin of 59.89%. Liberty Property Trust's revenue was up 6.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm posted $0.66 EPS. View Liberty Property Trust's Earnings History.

Liberty Property Trust is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, February 5th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Liberty Property Trust.

Liberty Property Trust issued an update on its FY 2018 earnings guidance on Tuesday, October, 23rd. The company provided EPS guidance of $2.64-2.66 for the period. Liberty Property Trust also updated its FY18 guidance to $2.07-2.09 EPS.

6 brokerages have issued 1 year price objectives for Liberty Property Trust's stock. Their predictions range from $43.00 to $47.00. On average, they expect Liberty Property Trust's share price to reach $45.40 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 2.0%. 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 3 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Liberty Property Trust.

News headlines about LPT stock have been trending somewhat positive on Sunday, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Liberty Property Trust earned a coverage optimism score of 1.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave headlines about the real estate investment trust a news buzz of 4.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the immediate future.

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Liberty Property Trust's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Vanguard Group Inc (14.69%), BlackRock Inc. (13.53%), Cohen & Steers Inc. (2.33%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (2.22%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.61%) and V3 Capital Management L.P. (1.57%). Company insiders that own Liberty Property Trust stock include David L Lingerfelt, Frederick F Buchholz, Fredric J Tomczyk, M Leanne Lachman and Mary Beth Morrissey. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Liberty Property Trust.

LPT stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Prudential Financial Inc., BlackRock Inc., Morgan Stanley, Panagora Asset Management Inc., Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp, Systematic Financial Management LP, Forsta AP Fonden and Real Estate Management Services LLC. Company insiders that have sold Liberty Property Trust company stock in the last year include Frederick F Buchholz, M Leanne Lachman and Mary Beth Morrissey. View Insider Buying and Selling for Liberty Property Trust.

LPT stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Cohen & Steers Inc., Land & Buildings Investment Management LLC, JPMorgan Chase & Co., V3 Capital Management L.P., Allianz Asset Management GmbH, Zimmer Partners LP, Los Angeles Capital Management & Equity Research Inc. and Hsbc Holdings PLC. 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 $46.33.

Liberty Property Trust has a market capitalization of $6.85 billion and generates $719.78 million in revenue each year. The real estate investment trust earns $282.34 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.59 on an earnings per share basis. Liberty Property Trust employs 295 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]