NYSE:LSILife Storage Stock Price, Forecast & News

Life Storage's stock was trading at $106.38 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, LSI shares have decreased by 10.8% and is now trading at $94.87. 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) released its earnings results on Thursday, May, 7th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.78 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.40 by $0.62. The real estate investment trust earned $146.94 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $145.73 million. Life Storage had a return on equity of 12.33% and a net margin of 44.55%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 7.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $1.31 EPS. View Life Storage's earnings history.

Life Storage declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, July 2nd. Investors 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 4.51%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, July 13th. View Life Storage's dividend history.

9 brokers 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 share price to reach $110.22 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 16.2% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Life Storage.

Media headlines about LSI stock have trended negative this week, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of media 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 negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Life Storage earned a news 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, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days. View the latest news about Life Storage.

Life Storage saw a decrease in short interest during the month of June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 956,800 shares, a decrease of 16.8% from the June 15th total of 1,150,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 410,200 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.3 days. Currently, 2.1% of the shares of the stock are sold short. 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 institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Reinhart Partners Inc. (0.29%), Courier Capital LLC (0.11%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.05%) and Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.05%). 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 sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Courier Capital LLC. Company insiders that have sold Life Storage company stock in the last year include Andrew J Gregoire, Charles E Lannon, David L Rogers, and Edward F Killeen. View insider buying and selling activity for Life Storage.

LSI stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Reinhart Partners Inc., Envestnet Asset Management Inc., and State of Alaska Department of Revenue. 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 $94.87.

Life Storage has a market capitalization of $4.45 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.