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 (WHO). Since then, LSI shares have decreased by 3.3% and is now trading at $102.82. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

10 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Life Storage in the last year. There are currently 5 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, May 6th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Life Storage.

Life Storage Inc (NYSE:LSI) announced its earnings results on Wednesday, February, 19th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.93 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $1.43 by $0.50. The real estate investment trust had revenue of $147.55 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $146.29 million. Life Storage had a net margin of 45.01% and a return on equity of 12.38%. The firm's revenue was up 6.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $1.98 EPS. View Life Storage's earnings history.

Life Storage declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, April 2nd. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, April 14th will be given a dividend of $1.07 per share on Monday, April 27th. This represents a $4.28 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.16%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, April 13th. View Life Storage's dividend history.

Life Storage updated its FY20 earnings guidance on Wednesday, February, 19th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $5.94-6.08 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $5.99.

10 analysts have issued 12 month target prices for Life Storage's shares. Their forecasts range from $85.00 to $122.00. On average, they anticipate Life Storage's share price to reach $108.40 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 5.4% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Life Storage.

Press coverage about LSI stock has been trending very negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group scores the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing 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 -3.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the real estate investment trust a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several days. View the latest news aboutLife Storage.

Life Storage saw a increase in short interest in March. As of March 13th, there was short interest totaling 1,024,100 shares, an increase of 41.1% from the February 27th total of 725,600 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 371,600 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.8 days. Approximately 2.2% of the company's stock 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 a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.05%) and Pensionfund Sabic (0.02%). 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, Mark G Barberio and Robert J Attea. View institutional ownership trends for Life Storage.

LSI stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Pensionfund Sabic, 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 $102.82.

Life Storage has a market capitalization of $4.80 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. View additional information about Life Storage.

The official website for Life Storage is http://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.