NYSE:LSI - Life Storage Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Life Storage announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, January 2nd. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, January 14th will be paid a dividend of $1.07 per share on Monday, January 27th. This represents a $4.28 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.65%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, January 13th. This is an increase from Life Storage's previous quarterly dividend of $1.00. View Life Storage's Dividend History.

Life Storage Inc (NYSE:LSI) announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February, 19th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.93 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $1.43 by $0.50. The real estate investment trust earned $147.55 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $146.29 million. Life Storage had a net margin of 54.38% and a return on equity of 14.85%. The firm's revenue was up 6.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $1.98 EPS. View Life Storage's Earnings History.

Life Storage is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, May 6th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Life Storage.

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

7 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for Life Storage's shares. Their forecasts range from $100.00 to $122.00. On average, they expect Life Storage's stock price to reach $112.14 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 4.3%. View Analyst Price Targets for Life Storage.

7 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Life Storage in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Life Storage.

Press coverage about LSI stock has trended extremely negative on Thursday, InfoTrie reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive news 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 nearest to five being the most favorable. Life Storage earned a coverage optimism score of -4.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the real estate investment trust a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Life Storage.

Life Storage saw a increase in short interest in the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 1,050,000 shares, an increase of 12.2% from the January 15th total of 935,800 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 387,400 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.7 days. Currently, 2.3% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View Life Storage's Current Options Chain.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Life Storage investors own include Intel (INTC), Starbucks (SBUX), Home Depot (HD), Walt Disney (DIS), Verizon Communications (VZ), QUALCOMM (QCOM), AT&T (T), Extra Space Storage (EXR), Cisco Systems (CSCO) and Alphabet (GOOG).

Life Storage's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include State Street Corp (4.96%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (3.63%), Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (1.77%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.68%), Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. (1.67%) and PGGM Investments (1.60%). Company insiders that own Life Storage stock include Andrew J Gregoire, Arthur L Havener Jr, Charles E Lannon, David L Rogers, Edward F Killeen, Kenneth F Myszka and Robert J Attea. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Life Storage.

LSI stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including PGGM Investments, State Street Corp, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Renaissance Technologies LLC, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Schroder Investment Management Group, Bank of New York Mellon Corp and Employees Retirement System of Texas. Company insiders that have sold Life Storage company stock in the last year include Andrew J Gregoire, Arthur L Havener Jr, Charles E Lannon, David L Rogers and Edward F Killeen. View Insider Buying and Selling for Life Storage.

LSI stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Heitman Real Estate Securities LLC, Marshall Wace LLP, Russell Investments Group Ltd., Sei Investments Co., Westpac Banking Corp, Bank of America Corp DE, Great West Life Assurance Co. Can and UBS Group AG. View Insider Buying and Selling 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 $117.14.

Life Storage has a market capitalization of $5.47 billion and generates $550.85 million in revenue each year. The real estate investment trust earns $206.59 million in net income (profit) each year or $5.51 on an earnings per share basis. Life Storage employs 1,953 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.