NYSE:LSILife Storage Stock Price, Forecast & News

Life Storage's stock was trading at $106.38 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, LSI stock has decreased by 8.9% and is now trading at $96.86. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

9 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Life Storage in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Life Storage.

Life Storage is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, July 29th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Life Storage.

Life Storage Inc (NYSE:LSI) issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May, 7th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.78 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.40 by $0.62. The real estate investment trust had revenue of $146.94 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $145.73 million. Life Storage had a net margin of 44.55% and a return on equity of 12.33%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 7.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $1.31 earnings per share. View Life Storage's earnings history.

Life Storage declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, July 2nd. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, July 14th will be given a dividend of $1.07 per share on Monday, July 27th. This represents a $4.28 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.42%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, July 13th. View Life Storage's dividend history.

9 brokerages have issued 12 month target prices for Life Storage's stock. Their forecasts range from $96.00 to $122.00. On average, they expect Life Storage's stock price to reach $110.22 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 13.8% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Life Storage.

Headlines about LSI stock have been trending negative recently, InfoTrie reports. The research firm ranks the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Life Storage earned a daily sentiment score of -2.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles about the real estate investment trust a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days. View the latest news about Life Storage.

Life Storage saw a decline in short interest during the month of June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 956,800 shares, a decline of 16.8% from the June 15th total of 1,150,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 410,200 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.3 days. Approximately 2.1% of the company's shares are short sold. View Life Storage's Current Options Chain.

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Life Storage trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "LSI."

Life Storage's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Reinhart Partners Inc. (0.29%). Company insiders that own Life Storage stock include Andrew J Gregoire, Arthur L Havener Jr, Charles E Lannon, David L Rogers, Edward F Killeen, Edward J Pettinella, Kenneth F Myszka and Mark G Barberio. View institutional ownership trends for Life Storage.

LSI stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Reinhart Partners Inc.. Company insiders that have bought Life Storage stock in the last two years include Edward J Pettinella, and Mark G Barberio. View insider buying and selling activity for Life Storage.

Shares of LSI 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, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of LSI stock can currently be purchased for approximately $96.86.

Life Storage has a market capitalization of $4.54 billion and generates $574.74 million in revenue each year. The real estate investment trust earns $258.70 million in net income (profit) each year or $5.62 on an earnings per share basis. Life Storage employs 1,943 workers across the globe.

The official website for Life Storage is www.lifestorage.com.

Life Storage's mailing address is 6467 Main Street, Williamsville NY, 14221. The real estate investment trust can be reached via phone at 716-633-1850.