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 Friday, June 14th. Stockholders of record on Monday, July 1st will be given a dividend of $0.41 per share on Monday, July 15th. This represents a $1.64 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.21%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, June 28th. 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 authorizes the company to buyback $250,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to purchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are often a sign that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Liberty Property Trust (NYSE:LPT) released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, April, 30th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.62 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.60 by $0.02. The real estate investment trust had revenue of $156.89 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $126.10 million. Liberty Property Trust had a net margin of 57.53% and a return on equity of 4.61%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 7.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $0.65 EPS. View Liberty Property Trust's Earnings History.

Liberty Property Trust is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, July 30th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Liberty Property Trust.

Liberty Property Trust issued an update on its FY19 earnings guidance on Tuesday, April, 30th. The company provided EPS guidance of $2.55-2.65 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $2.58.

5 analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for Liberty Property Trust's shares. Their forecasts range from $42.00 to $49.00. On average, they anticipate Liberty Property Trust's share price to reach $45.60 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 10.7%. View Analyst Price Targets for Liberty Property Trust.

5 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 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 trended negative recently, InfoTrie reports. The research firm ranks the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog 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 media sentiment score of -2.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles about the real estate investment trust a news buzz of 4.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Liberty Property Trust.

Liberty Property Trust saw a increase in short interest during the month of June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totalling 2,440,400 shares, an increase of 122.5% from the May 30th total of 1,096,900 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 744,100 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.3 days. Currently, 1.7% of the company's stock are sold short. View Liberty Property Trust's Current Options Chain.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Liberty Property Trust investors own include Stag Industrial (STAG), Macquarie Infrastructure (MIC), WP Carey (WPC), Intel (INTC), American Tower (AMT), Alibaba Group (BABA), Baxter International (BAX), Bank of Hawaii (BOH), Caterpillar (CAT) and CVS Health (CVS).

Liberty Property Trust's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.27%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.23%), Real Estate Management Services LLC (0.09%), Beach Investment Counsel Inc. PA (0.07%), Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co. (0.06%) and Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.05%). Company insiders that own Liberty Property Trust stock include David L Lingerfelt, Frederick F Buchholz, 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 Xact Kapitalforvaltning AB, Real Estate Management Services LLC, Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co., Presima Inc., Beach Investment Counsel Inc. PA, Louisiana State Employees Retirement System, Unigestion Holding SA and IFM Investors Pty Ltd. Company insiders that have sold Liberty Property Trust company stock in the last year include David L Lingerfelt, Mary Beth Morrissey and Michael T Hagan. View Insider Buying and Selling for Liberty Property Trust.

LPT stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Retirement Systems of Alabama, Fjarde AP Fonden Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund, Exane Derivatives, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, Eii Capital Management Inc., Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund, First Hawaiian Bank and Gateway Investment Advisers LLC. 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 $51.08.

Liberty Property Trust has a market capitalization of $7.57 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. Liberty Property Trust employs 271 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Liberty Property Trust.

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]