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. Shareholders 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 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.69%. 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 plan 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 buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are often an indication that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

Liberty Property Trust (NYSE:LPT) issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, October, 23rd. The real estate investment trust reported $1.01 EPS for the quarter, topping the 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 return on equity of 6.68% and a net margin of 59.89%. The firm's revenue was up 6.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company 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 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 brokers have issued 1-year target prices for Liberty Property Trust's shares. Their forecasts range from $41.00 to $47.00. On average, they anticipate Liberty Property Trust's stock price to reach $44.6667 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 2.9% 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.

Headlines about LPT stock have been trending positive recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Liberty Property Trust earned a coverage optimism score of 2.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the real estate investment trust a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days.

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Liberty Property Trust's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (13.53%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (2.22%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.61%), V3 Capital Management L.P. (1.57%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (1.55%) and FMR LLC (0.78%). 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 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., Hsbc Holdings PLC and Crestline Management LP. 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 $43.41.

Liberty Property Trust has a market capitalization of $6.48 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]