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, February 22nd. Stockholders of record on Monday, April 1st will be given a dividend of $0.41 per share on Monday, April 15th. This represents a $1.64 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.40%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, March 29th. This is a boost from Liberty Property Trust's previous quarterly dividend of $0.40. View Liberty Property Trust's Dividend History.

Liberty Property Trust announced that its Board of Directors has approved a stock buyback plan on Wednesday, October 4th 2017, which allows the company to buyback $250,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are generally an indication that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Liberty Property Trust (NYSE:LPT) released its earnings results on Tuesday, February, 5th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.74 EPS for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.63 by $0.11. The real estate investment trust earned $124.90 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $123.19 million. Liberty Property Trust had a return on equity of 4.81% and a net margin of 66.67%. Liberty Property Trust's quarterly revenue was up 9.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm 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 30th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Liberty Property Trust.

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

6 brokerages have issued twelve-month price targets for Liberty Property Trust's shares. Their predictions range from $42.00 to $47.00. On average, they expect Liberty Property Trust's share price to reach $44.40 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 8.0%. 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 headlines about LPT stock have trended positive recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm rates the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of 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 2.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the real estate investment trust a news buzz of 1.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Liberty Property Trust investors own include CVS Health (CVS), Macquarie Infrastructure (MIC), Intel (INTC), American Tower (AMT), Baxter International (BAX), Citigroup (C), Caterpillar (CAT), Deere & Company (DE), HCP (HCP) and Simon Property Group (SPG).

Liberty Property Trust's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.25%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.23%), Strs Ohio (0.14%), Manning & Napier Group LLC (0.10%), BLB&B Advisors LLC (0.10%) and Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co. (0.08%). 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 Strs Ohio, Quantitative Systematic Strategies LLC, Pensionfund DSM Netherlands, Pensionfund Sabic, First Hawaiian Bank, Manning & Napier Group LLC, Presima Inc. and Garland Capital Management Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Liberty Property Trust company stock in the last year include David L Lingerfelt, Frederick F Buchholz, M Leanne Lachman, Mary Beth Morrissey and Michael T Hagan. View Insider Buying and Selling for Liberty Property Trust.

LPT stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BLB&B Advisors LLC, Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co., Pennsylvania Trust Co, Pennsylvania Trust Co, Virtu Financial LLC, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, Gulf International Bank UK Ltd 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 $48.25.

Liberty Property Trust has a market capitalization of $7.14 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.

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 j[email protected]