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 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.11%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, June 28th. View Liberty Property Trust's Dividend History.

Liberty Property Trust announced that its board has authorized a share buyback program on Wednesday, October 4th 2017, which authorizes the company to buyback $250,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to purchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are typically a sign that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

Liberty Property Trust (NYSE:LPT) posted its earnings results on Tuesday, October, 23rd. The real estate investment trust reported $1.01 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.65 by $0.36. The real estate investment trust earned $121.51 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $119.79 million. Liberty Property Trust had a return on equity of 5.71% and a net margin of 70.77%. The firm's revenue was up 6.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $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, October 22nd 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Liberty Property Trust.

3 brokerages have issued 12-month price targets for Liberty Property Trust's stock. Their predictions range from $42.00 to $49.00. On average, they expect Liberty Property Trust's share price to reach $45.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 13.8%. View Analyst Price Targets for Liberty Property Trust.

3 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Liberty Property Trust in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Liberty Property Trust.

Media headlines about LPT stock have been trending somewhat positive this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group ranks the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Liberty Property Trust earned a news sentiment score of 0.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines about the real estate investment trust a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely likely 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 in July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totalling 2,447,400 shares, an increase of 31.1% from the June 30th total of 1,866,500 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 803,600 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 3.0 days. Approximately 1.7% 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), SBA Communications (SBAC), AvalonBay Communities (AVB), Ventas (VTR), DIGITAL RLTY TR/SH (DLR), Realty Income (O), Essex Property Trust (ESS), Boston Properties (BXP), Weyerhaeuser (WY), HCP (HCP), Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE), Extra Space Storage (EXR), WP Carey (WPC), Mid-America Apartment Communities (MAA) and UDR (UDR).

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 variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (14.87%), BlackRock Inc. (13.47%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (3.47%), Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC (3.25%), Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC (3.25%) and Invesco Ltd. (3.23%). 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 Cohen & Steers Inc., Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC, Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC, BlackRock Inc., Russell Investments Group Ltd., Los Angeles Capital Management & Equity Research Inc., Wells Fargo & Company MN and Vanguard Group Inc.. 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 JPMorgan Chase & Co., Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Zimmer Partners LP, Long Pond Capital LP, Centersquare Investment Management LLC, Invesco Ltd., Commonwealth Bank of Australia and California Public Employees Retirement System. 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 $52.80.

Liberty Property Trust has a market capitalization of $7.84 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]