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 Thursday, June 14th. Shareholders of record on Monday, July 2nd will be paid a dividend of $0.40 per share on Sunday, July 15th. This represents a $1.60 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.59%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, June 29th. View Liberty Property Trust's Dividend History.

Liberty Property Trust announced that its Board of Directors has approved a share repurchase plan on Wednesday, October 4th 2017, which allows the company to buyback $250,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are often an indication that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Liberty Property Trust (NYSE:LPT) posted its earnings results on Tuesday, July, 24th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.69 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.65 by $0.04. The real estate investment trust had revenue of $176.60 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations 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 period in the prior 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 earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $2.58-2.65 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus 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 anticipate Liberty Property Trust's share price to reach $44.20 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 0.7%. 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 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 in July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totalling 1,256,912 shares, an increase of 50.4% from the July 13th total of 835,797 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 988,321 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.3 days. Currently, 0.9% of the company's stock are sold short. View Liberty Property Trust's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Liberty Property Trust include Weyerhaeuser (WY), DIGITAL RLTY TR/SH (DLR), AvalonBay Communities (AVB), 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) and Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE).

Headlines about LPT stock have been trending somewhat positive recently, Accern Sentiment reports. The research firm scores the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than 20 million blog and news sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Liberty Property Trust earned a news impact score of 0.13 on Accern's scale. They also gave news articles about the real estate investment trust an impact score of 47.16 out of 100, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company'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 institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (13.79%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (1.56%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.56%), Centersquare Investment Management LLC (1.45%), Morgan Stanley (1.36%) and V3 Capital Management L.P. (1.22%). 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 Janus Henderson Group PLC. 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 purchased 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 $44.52.

Liberty Property Trust has a market capitalization of $6.47 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]