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. Stockholders 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 dividend yield of 3.57%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, December 31st. View Liberty Property Trust's Dividend History.

Liberty Property Trust announced that its Board of Directors has initiated a share repurchase program on Wednesday, October 4th 2017, which allows the company to buyback $250,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to purchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are usually an indication that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

Liberty Property Trust (NYSE:LPT) released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, October, 23rd. The real estate investment trust reported $1.01 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.65 by $0.36. The real estate investment trust earned $121.51 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $119.79 million. Liberty Property Trust had a net margin of 59.89% and a return on equity of 6.68%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 6.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company 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 analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Liberty Property Trust's stock. Their forecasts range from $42.00 to $47.00. On average, they expect Liberty Property Trust's stock price to reach $44.40 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 1.0%. 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.

News coverage about LPT stock has been trending negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm identifies positive and negative media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Liberty Property Trust earned a coverage optimism score of -2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the real estate investment trust a news buzz of 2.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is very unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near future.

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 trading volume of 1,769,690 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.1 days. Approximately 1.4% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View Liberty Property Trust's Current Options Chain.

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Liberty Property Trust's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.25%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.23%), Strs Ohio (0.16%), Hill Winds Capital LP (0.13%), Cape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank (0.05%) and Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.05%). 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, BB&T Corp and IFP Advisors Inc. 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Hill Winds Capital LP, Strs Ohio, 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 and Meeder Asset Management Inc.. 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 $44.87.

Liberty Property Trust has a market capitalization of $6.63 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]