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 3.64%. 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) posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February, 19th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.93 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate 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 return on equity of 12.38% and a net margin of 45.01%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 6.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business 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 updated 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 estimate of $5.99.

7 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year 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 year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 4.6%. 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 been trending very positive this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm identifies negative and positive media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Life Storage earned a daily sentiment score of 3.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines 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 News Stories for Life Storage.

Life Storage saw a increase in short interest during 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 presently 2.7 days. Approximately 2.3% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View Life Storage's Current Options Chain.

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Life Storage's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional 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 purchased 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 $117.50.

Life Storage has a market capitalization of $5.48 billion and generates $574.74 million in revenue each year. The real estate investment trust earns $206.59 million in net income (profit) each year or $5.62 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.