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. Investors 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 yield of 3.38%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, December 31st. View Liberty Property Trust's Dividend History.

Liberty Property Trust declared that its Board of Directors has initiated a share buyback program on Wednesday, October 4th 2017, which authorizes the company to repurchase $250,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are often a sign that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Liberty Property Trust (NYSE:LPT) issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February, 5th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.74 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.63 by $0.11. The real estate investment trust had revenue of $124.90 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $123.19 million. Liberty Property Trust had a return on equity of 4.81% and a net margin of 66.67%. The firm's revenue was up 9.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $0.68 EPS. View Liberty Property Trust's Earnings History.

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

Liberty Property Trust updated its FY19 earnings guidance on Tuesday, February, 5th. The company provided EPS guidance of $2.53-2.65 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $2.58. Liberty Property Trust also updated its FY 2019 guidance to $2.53-2.65 EPS.

6 brokerages have issued 12-month price objectives for Liberty Property Trust's shares. Their forecasts range from $42.00 to $47.00. On average, they expect Liberty Property Trust's stock price to reach $44.40 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 6.3%. 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.

Media stories about LPT stock have trended somewhat negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. 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 news sentiment score of -1.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media 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 stock's share price in the next several days.

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Liberty Property Trust's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (13.85%), Cohen & Steers Inc. (4.24%), Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC (3.37%), Principal Financial Group Inc. (1.85%), Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund (1.66%) and Northern Trust Corp (1.63%). 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 Land & Buildings Investment Management LLC, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Two Sigma Investments LP, Monarch Partners Asset Management LLC, Millennium Management LLC, V3 Capital Management L.P., D. E. Shaw & Co. Inc. and Westpac Banking Corp. Company insiders that have sold Liberty Property Trust company stock in the last year include David L Lingerfelt, Frederick F Buchholz, M Leanne Lachman and Mary Beth Morrissey. View Insider Buying and Selling for Liberty Property Trust.

LPT stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Cohen & Steers Inc., Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC, Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund, Principal Financial Group Inc., CI Investments Inc., Zimmer Partners LP, Vision Capital Corp and BlackRock 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 $47.4050.

Liberty Property Trust has a market capitalization of $7.01 billion and generates $704.89 million in revenue each year. The real estate investment trust earns $479.60 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.20 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]