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

Liberty Property Trust declared that its Board of Directors has authorized a share buyback program 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 purchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are often an indication that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Liberty Property Trust (NYSE:LPT) posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February, 5th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.74 EPS for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.63 by $0.11. The real estate investment trust had revenue of $124.90 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $123.19 million. Liberty Property Trust had a net margin of 66.67% and a return on equity of 4.81%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 9.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $0.68 earnings per share. View Liberty Property Trust's Earnings History.

Liberty Property Trust is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, April 23rd 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Liberty Property Trust.

Liberty Property Trust updated 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 brokers have issued 12-month target prices for Liberty Property Trust's shares. Their forecasts range from $42.00 to $47.00. On average, they expect Liberty Property Trust's stock price to reach $44.40 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 7.9%. 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.

Press coverage about LPT stock has been trending negative on Friday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Liberty Property Trust earned a coverage optimism score of -2.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the real estate investment trust a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Liberty Property Trust investors own include Macquarie Infrastructure (MIC), Caterpillar (CAT), American Tower (AMT), HCP (HCP), CVS Health (CVS), WP Carey (WPC), Colliers International Group (CIGI), National Retail Properties (NNN), AlarmCom (ALRM) and DIGITAL RLTY TR/SH (DLR).

Liberty Property Trust's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (13.85%), Cohen & Steers Inc. (4.24%), Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC (3.37%), Principal Financial Group Inc. (1.85%), Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund (1.66%) and Northern Trust Corp (1.63%). Company insiders that own Liberty Property Trust stock include David L Lingerfelt, Frederick F Buchholz, Fredric J Tomczyk, 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 Land & Buildings Investment Management LLC, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Teacher Retirement System of Texas, FMR LLC, Two Sigma Investments LP, Monarch Partners Asset Management LLC, Millennium Management LLC and V3 Capital Management L.P.. 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 Cohen & Steers Inc., Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC, Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund, Norges Bank, Principal Financial Group Inc., CI Investments Inc., Zimmer Partners LP and Vision Capital Corp. 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 $48.19.

Liberty Property Trust has a market capitalization of $7.13 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.

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]