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 declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, June 14th. Shareholders of record on Monday, July 1st will be paid a dividend of $0.41 per share on Monday, July 15th. This represents a $1.64 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.19%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, June 28th. View Liberty Property Trust's Dividend History.

Liberty Property Trust declared that its Board of Directors has authorized a share buyback plan on Wednesday, October 4th 2017, which allows the company to buyback $250,000,000.00 in 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 an indication that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

Liberty Property Trust (NYSE:LPT) posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, October, 23rd. The real estate investment trust reported $1.01 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.65 by $0.36. The real estate investment trust earned $121.51 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $119.79 million. Liberty Property Trust had a return on equity of 5.71% and a net margin of 70.77%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 6.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous 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, October 22nd 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Liberty Property Trust.

5 analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for Liberty Property Trust's shares. Their forecasts range from $42.00 to $57.00. On average, they expect Liberty Property Trust's stock price to reach $50.25 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 2.2%. View Analyst Price Targets for Liberty Property Trust.

5 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Liberty Property Trust in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Liberty Property Trust.

News coverage about LPT stock has trended somewhat positive on Monday, according to InfoTrie. The research firm scores the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Liberty Property Trust earned a news sentiment score of 0.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the real estate investment trust a news buzz of 1.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Liberty Property Trust.

Liberty Property Trust saw a decrease in short interest during the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totalling 2,127,200 shares, a decrease of 13.1% from the July 31st total of 2,447,400 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 725,800 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.9 days. Currently, 1.4% of the company's shares are sold short. View Liberty Property Trust's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Liberty Property Trust include AvalonBay Communities (AVB), SBA Communications (SBAC), Ventas (VTR), DIGITAL RLTY TR/SH (DLR), Realty Income (O), Essex Property Trust (ESS), Weyerhaeuser (WY), Boston Properties (BXP), Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE), HCP (HCP), Extra Space Storage (EXR), WP Carey (WPC), Mid-America Apartment Communities (MAA), UDR (UDR) and Sun Communities (SUI).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Liberty Property Trust investors own include Stag Industrial (STAG), Macquarie Infrastructure (MIC), WP Carey (WPC), Intel (INTC), American Tower (AMT), Alibaba Group (BABA), Baxter International (BAX), Bank of Hawaii (BOH), Caterpillar (CAT) and CVS Health (CVS).

Liberty Property Trust's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (14.87%), BlackRock Inc. (13.47%), BlackRock Inc. (13.47%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (3.47%), Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC (3.25%) and Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC (3.25%). 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 Cohen & Steers Inc., Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC, Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC, BlackRock Inc., BlackRock Inc., Russell Investments Group Ltd., Los Angeles Capital Management & Equity Research Inc. and Wells Fargo & Company MN. 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including JPMorgan Chase & Co., Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Zimmer Partners LP, Long Pond Capital LP, Centersquare Investment Management LLC, Invesco Ltd., Commonwealth Bank of Australia and California Public Employees Retirement System. 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of LPT stock can currently be purchased for approximately $51.38.

Liberty Property Trust has a market capitalization of $7.63 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]