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 paid a dividend of $0.40 per share on Tuesday, January 15th. This represents a $1.60 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.59%. 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 stock repurchase program on Wednesday, October 4th 2017, which permits the company to repurchase $250,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to repurchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are generally a sign that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

Liberty Property Trust (NYSE:LPT) released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, October, 23rd. The real estate investment trust reported $1.01 EPS for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate 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 net margin of 59.89% and a return on equity of 6.68%. Liberty Property Trust's quarterly revenue was up 6.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $0.66 earnings per share. 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 will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, February 5th at 12:00 PM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at 8552777530.

Liberty Property Trust issued an update on its FY 2018 earnings guidance on Tuesday, October, 23rd. The company provided earnings per share (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 brokerages have issued 12-month price targets for Liberty Property Trust's stock. Their forecasts range from $42.00 to $47.00. On average, they expect Liberty Property Trust's share price to reach $44.40 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 0.5%. 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.

News coverage about LPT stock has trended somewhat positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog 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 media sentiment score of 1.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the real estate investment trust a news buzz of 2.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is very unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days.

Liberty Property Trust saw a increase in short interest during the month of December. As of December 14th, there was short interest totalling 2,026,314 shares, an increase of 46.5% from the November 30th total of 1,383,089 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,769,690 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.1 days. Currently, 1.4% of the company's shares are short sold. View Liberty Property Trust's Current Options Chain.

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Liberty Property Trust's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.25%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.23%), Hill Winds Capital LP (0.13%), Cape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank (0.05%), Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.05%) and State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.04%). 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 Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co., First Citizens Bank & Trust Co., Louisiana State Employees Retirement System and Oakbrook Investments LLC. Company insiders that have sold Liberty Property Trust company stock in the last year include 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 Hill Winds Capital LP, Cape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank, Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Fox Run Management L.L.C., Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Meeder Asset Management Inc. and Spirit of America Management Corp NY. 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 $44.63.

Liberty Property Trust has a market capitalization of $6.60 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]