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 Friday, February 22nd. Stockholders 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 dividend yield of 3.41%. The ex-dividend date 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 approved a share repurchase plan on Wednesday, October 4th 2017, which authorizes the company to buyback $250,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are usually a sign that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

Liberty Property Trust (NYSE:LPT) released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February, 5th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.74 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.63 by $0.11. The real estate investment trust earned $124.90 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $123.19 million. Liberty Property Trust had a return on equity of 4.81% and a net margin of 66.67%. The company's revenue was up 9.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm 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 issued an update on 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 estimate of $2.58. Liberty Property Trust also updated its FY 2019 guidance to $2.53-2.65 EPS.

6 brokerages have issued 1 year price objectives for Liberty Property Trust's shares. Their forecasts range from $42.00 to $47.00. On average, they expect Liberty Property Trust's share price to reach $44.40 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 7.7%. 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.

Media stories about LPT stock have trended neutral recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie scores the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, 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 news stories about the real estate investment trust a news buzz of 3.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days.

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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 a number of of institutional and retail 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 purchased 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 $48.11.

Liberty Property Trust has a market capitalization of $7.12 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]