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 3.59%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, December 31st. View Liberty Property Trust's Dividend History.

Liberty Property Trust declared that its Board of Directors has approved a stock repurchase plan on Wednesday, October 4th 2017, which permits the company to repurchase $250,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are typically a sign that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Liberty Property Trust (NYSE:LPT) issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, October, 23rd. The real estate investment trust reported $1.01 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.65 by $0.36. The real estate investment trust had revenue of $121.51 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $119.79 million. Liberty Property Trust had a return on equity of 6.68% and a net margin of 59.89%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 6.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $0.66 EPS. 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.

Liberty Property Trust issued an update on its FY 2018 earnings guidance on Tuesday, October, 23rd. The company provided EPS guidance of $2.64-2.66 for the period. Liberty Property Trust also updated its FY18 guidance to $2.07-2.09 EPS.

6 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Liberty Property Trust's stock. Their forecasts range from $42.00 to $47.00. On average, they anticipate Liberty Property Trust's stock price to reach $44.40 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 0.5%. 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 been trending neutral this week, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Liberty Property Trust earned a coverage optimism score of 0.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines about the real estate investment trust a news buzz of 4.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days.

Liberty Property Trust saw a increase in short interest in 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 volume of 1,769,690 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.1 days. Approximately 1.4% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View Liberty Property Trust's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Liberty Property Trust include Equity Residential (EQR), AvalonBay Communities (AVB), DIGITAL RLTY TR/SH (DLR), Ventas (VTR), SBA Communications (SBAC), Realty Income (O), Weyerhaeuser (WY), Boston Properties (BXP), Essex Property Trust (ESS), HCP (HCP), ANNALY CAP MGMT/SH (NLY), Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE), Host Hotels and Resorts (HST), Vornado Realty Trust (VNO) and Extra Space Storage (EXR).

Liberty Property Trust's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional 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 and Oakbrook Investments LLC. 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 $44.63.

Liberty Property Trust has a market capitalization of $6.60 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]