NYSE:LPT - Liberty Property Trust Stock Price, Price Target & More

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

Liberty Property Trust declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, June 14th. Shareholders of record on Monday, July 2nd will be paid a dividend of $0.40 per share on Sunday, July 15th. This represents a $1.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.61%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, June 29th. View Liberty Property Trust's Dividend History.

Liberty Property Trust declared that its board has approved a stock buyback program on Wednesday, October 4th 2017, which authorizes the company to buyback $250,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are typically an indication that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

Liberty Property Trust (NYSE:LPT) announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, April, 24th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.95 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.62 by $0.33. The real estate investment trust earned $190.20 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $145.62 million. Liberty Property Trust had a net margin of 49.95% and a return on equity of 8.55%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 14.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $0.60 EPS. View Liberty Property Trust's Earnings History.

Liberty Property Trust is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, July, 24th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Liberty Property Trust.

Liberty Property Trust issued an update on its FY18 earnings guidance on Tuesday, April, 24th. The company provided EPS guidance of $2.55-$2.65 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $2.58.

6 brokers have issued 1 year price objectives for Liberty Property Trust's stock. Their predictions range from $41.00 to $45.00. On average, they anticipate Liberty Property Trust's stock price to reach $43.20 in the next year. View Analyst Ratings for Liberty Property Trust.

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News headlines about LPT stock have trended somewhat positive recently, according to Accern Sentiment Analysis. The research firm identifies negative and positive media coverage by monitoring more than twenty million news and blog sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Liberty Property Trust earned a daily sentiment score of 0.11 on Accern's scale. They also gave media stories about the real estate investment trust an impact score of 46.66 out of 100, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days.

Liberty Property Trust's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (13.92%), Royal Bank of Canada (2.52%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (1.78%), Northern Trust Corp (1.70%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (1.55%) and Centersquare Investment Management LLC (1.20%). Company insiders that own Liberty Property Trust stock include David L Lingerfelt, Frederick F Buchholz, Fredric J Tomczyk and M Leanne Lachman. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Liberty Property Trust.

LPT stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including JPMorgan Chase & Co., Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., Principal Financial Group Inc., Principal Financial Group Inc., Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co., Prudential Financial Inc., Candriam Luxembourg S.C.A. and Swiss National Bank. Company insiders that have sold Liberty Property Trust company stock in the last year include David L Lingerfelt, Frederick F Buchholz and M Leanne Lachman. View Insider Buying and Selling for Liberty Property Trust.

LPT stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Centersquare Investment Management LLC, Citadel Advisors LLC, Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Millennium Management LLC, BlackRock Inc., V3 Capital Management L.P., Baird Financial Group Inc. and Point72 Asset Management L.P.. 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 $44.31.

Liberty Property Trust has a market capitalization of $6.51 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.

Liberty Property Trust's mailing address is 500 CHESTERFIELD PARKWAY, MALVERN PA, 19355. The real estate investment trust can be reached via phone at 610-648-1700 or via email at [email protected]