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 announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, December 10th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, January 2nd will be given 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 3.37%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, December 31st. View Liberty Property Trust's Dividend History.

Liberty Property Trust declared that its board has initiated a share buyback program 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 purchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are usually a sign that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Liberty Property Trust (NYSE:LPT) announced its earnings results on Tuesday, February, 5th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.74 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.63 by $0.11. The real estate investment trust had revenue of $124.90 million for 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 revenue was up 9.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $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 (EPS) guidance of $2.53-2.65 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $2.58. Liberty Property Trust also updated its FY 2019 guidance to $2.53-2.65 EPS.

6 analysts have issued 12-month target prices for Liberty Property Trust's stock. 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 year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 6.6%. 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 trended neutral this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group identifies positive and negative press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. 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 daily sentiment score of 0.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the real estate investment trust a news buzz of 9.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days.

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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. (13.85%), Cohen & Steers Inc. (4.24%), Principal Financial Group Inc. (1.85%), Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund (1.66%), Northern Trust Corp (1.63%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.55%). 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 Land & Buildings Investment Management LLC, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Two Sigma Investments LP, Monarch Partners Asset Management LLC, Millennium Management LLC, V3 Capital Management L.P., D. E. Shaw & Co. Inc. 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, 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 Cohen & Steers Inc., Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund, Principal Financial Group Inc., CI Investments Inc., Zimmer Partners LP, Vision Capital Corp, BlackRock Inc. and United Services Automobile Association. 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 $47.54.

Liberty Property Trust has a market capitalization of $7.03 billion and generates $704.89 million in revenue each year. The real estate investment trust earns $479.60 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.20 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]