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 given a dividend of $0.40 per share on Monday, October 15th. This represents a $1.60 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.68%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, September 28th. View Liberty Property Trust's Dividend History.

Liberty Property Trust announced that its board 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 reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are generally a sign that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Liberty Property Trust (NYSE:LPT) announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, October, 23rd. The real estate investment trust reported $1.01 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' 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 59.89% and a return on equity of 6.68%. The business's revenue was up 6.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous 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 issued an update on its FY 2018 earnings guidance on Tuesday, October, 23rd. The company provided earnings per share 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 twelve-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 share price to reach $44.6667 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 2.7% 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.

News headlines about LPT stock have been trending positive recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group identifies negative and positive media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Liberty Property Trust earned a news sentiment score of 2.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the real estate investment trust a news buzz of 3.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the immediate future.

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Liberty Property Trust's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional 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., Morgan Stanley, Panagora Asset Management Inc., Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp, Systematic Financial Management LP, Forsta AP Fonden and Real Estate Management Services LLC. 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 acquired 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 $43.51.

Liberty Property Trust has a market capitalization of $6.47 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]