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 Tuesday, September 11th. Stockholders of record on Monday, October 1st will be paid a dividend of $0.40 per share on Monday, October 15th. This represents a $1.60 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.65%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, September 28th. View Liberty Property Trust's Dividend History.

Liberty Property Trust announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a share repurchase plan on Wednesday, October 4th 2017, which authorizes the company to buyback $250,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to purchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are generally a sign that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

Liberty Property Trust (NYSE:LPT) announced its earnings results on Tuesday, October, 23rd. The real estate investment trust reported $1.01 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.65 by $0.36. The real estate investment trust earned $121.51 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $119.79 million. Liberty Property Trust had a return on equity of 6.68% and a net margin of 59.89%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 6.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business 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, 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 equities research analysts have issued 12 month target prices for Liberty Property Trust's stock. Their predictions range from $41.00 to $47.00. On average, they expect Liberty Property Trust's stock price to reach $44.6667 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 2.0% from the stock's current price. 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.

Media stories about LPT stock have trended somewhat negative on Saturday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group scores the sentiment of press 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 five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Liberty Property Trust earned a coverage optimism score of -1.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the real estate investment trust a news buzz of 3.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term.

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Liberty Property Trust's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (13.53%), Cohen & Steers Inc. (2.33%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (2.22%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.61%), V3 Capital Management L.P. (1.57%) and Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (1.55%). 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 Prudential Financial Inc., BlackRock Inc., Panagora Asset Management Inc., Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp, Systematic Financial Management LP, Forsta AP Fonden, Real Estate Management Services LLC 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 and M Leanne Lachman. 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 $43.79.

Liberty Property Trust has a market capitalization of $6.44 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]