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 given 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 3.15%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, June 28th. View Liberty Property Trust's Dividend History.

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

Liberty Property Trust (NYSE:LPT) released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, October, 23rd. The real estate investment trust reported $1.01 EPS for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.65 by $0.36. The real estate investment trust earned $121.51 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $119.79 million. Liberty Property Trust had a net margin of 70.77% and a return on equity of 5.71%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 6.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $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.

3 brokers have issued twelve-month price objectives for Liberty Property Trust's stock. Their predictions range from $42.00 to $49.00. On average, they expect Liberty Property Trust's share price to reach $45.50 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 12.7%. View Analyst Price Targets for Liberty Property Trust.

3 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Liberty Property Trust in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Liberty Property Trust.

Media headlines about LPT stock have trended negative on Monday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group scores the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Liberty Property Trust earned a daily sentiment score of -2.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the real estate investment trust a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Liberty Property Trust.

Liberty Property Trust saw a increase in short interest in July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totalling 2,447,400 shares, an increase of 31.1% from the June 30th total of 1,866,500 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 803,600 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.0 days. Approximately 1.7% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Liberty Property Trust's Current Options Chain.

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

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 variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Vanguard Group Inc. (14.87%), BlackRock Inc. (13.47%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (3.47%), Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC (3.25%), Invesco Ltd. (3.23%) and Royal Bank of Canada (2.51%). 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, BlackRock Inc., Russell Investments Group Ltd., Los Angeles Capital Management & Equity Research Inc., Wells Fargo & Company MN, Vanguard Group Inc. and Panagora Asset Management Inc.. 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of LPT stock can currently be purchased for approximately $52.10.

Liberty Property Trust has a market capitalization of $7.73 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]