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 paid a dividend of $0.40 per share on Monday, October 15th. This represents a $1.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.70%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, September 28th. View Liberty Property Trust's Dividend History.

Liberty Property Trust declared that its board has initiated a share 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 reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are typically a sign that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

Liberty Property Trust (NYSE:LPT) released its earnings results on Tuesday, July, 24th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.69 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.65 by $0.04. The real estate investment trust had revenue of $176.60 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $166.69 million. Liberty Property Trust had a net margin of 46.16% and a return on equity of 7.21%. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $0.65 earnings per share. View Liberty Property Trust's Earnings History.

Liberty Property Trust is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, October, 23rd 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Liberty Property Trust.

Liberty Property Trust issued an update on its FY18 earnings guidance on Tuesday, July, 24th. The company provided EPS guidance of $2.58-2.65 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $2.60.

6 analysts have issued 12-month target prices for Liberty Property Trust's shares. Their predictions range from $41.00 to $47.00. On average, they expect Liberty Property Trust's share price to reach $44.20 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 2.1% 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 4 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Liberty Property Trust.

Liberty Property Trust saw a increase in short interest during the month of August. As of August 15th, there was short interest totalling 1,865,979 shares, an increase of 48.5% from the July 31st total of 1,256,912 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 809,199 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.3 days. Approximately 1.3% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Liberty Property Trust's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Liberty Property Trust include AvalonBay Communities (AVB), DIGITAL RLTY TR/SH (DLR), Equity Residential (EQR), Welltower (WELL), UNIBAIL-RODAMCO/ADR (UNRDY), GGP (GGP), Ventas (VTR), Boston Properties (BXP), SBA Communications (SBAC), Realty Income (O), Essex Property Trust (ESS), Host Hotels and Resorts (HST), Vornado Realty Trust (VNO), Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE) and Gecina (GECFF).

Media coverage about LPT stock has trended somewhat positive this week, Accern Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm identifies positive and negative news coverage by monitoring more than 20 million news and blog sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Liberty Property Trust earned a news and rumor sentiment score of 0.18 on Accern's scale. They also gave media stories about the real estate investment trust an impact score of 46.57 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near future. View Recent Headlines for Liberty Property Trust.

Liberty Property Trust's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (13.79%), Northern Trust Corp (1.60%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (1.56%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.56%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.56%) and Centersquare Investment Management LLC (1.45%). 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 Morgan Stanley, Systematic Financial Management LP, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Millennium Management LLC, Cbre Clarion Securities LLC, Chicago Equity Partners LLC, BlackRock Inc. and Northern Trust 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 V3 Capital Management L.P., FMR LLC, Centersquare Investment Management LLC, Monarch Partners Asset Management LLC, Green Street Investors LLC, First Quadrant L P CA, Manning & Napier Group LLC and Sumitomo Mitsui Asset Management Company LTD. 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 $43.29.

Liberty Property Trust has a market capitalization of $6.43 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.

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]