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 Monday, December 10th. Shareholders 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 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.61%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, December 31st. View Liberty Property Trust's Dividend History.

Liberty Property Trust announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock buyback plan on Wednesday, October 4th 2017, which authorizes the company to buyback $250,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to purchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are typically a sign that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

Liberty Property Trust (NYSE:LPT) announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, October, 23rd. The real estate investment trust reported $1.01 EPS for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.65 by $0.36. The real estate investment trust had revenue of $121.51 million for 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 business's quarterly revenue was up 6.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $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.

6 equities research analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for Liberty Property Trust's shares. Their predictions range from $42.00 to $47.00. On average, they anticipate Liberty Property Trust's share price to reach $44.40 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 0.1% 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 5 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Liberty Property Trust.

Headlines about LPT stock have trended very positive on Tuesday, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Liberty Property Trust earned a media sentiment score of 3.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage about the real estate investment trust a news buzz of 4.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near term.

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 shares of the stock are short sold. View Liberty Property Trust's Current Options Chain.

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Liberty Property Trust's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors 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, Oakbrook Investments LLC and BB&T Corp. 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 $44.37.

Liberty Property Trust has a market capitalization of $6.56 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]