Las Vegas Sands (LVS) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Las Vegas Sands Corp. (NYSE: LVS) is a global developer and operator of integrated resorts, combining hotel accommodations, casinos, convention and exhibition facilities, restaurants, retail outlets, entertainment venues and other leisure amenities. The company serves both mass-market and premium customers through large-scale properties designed to support tourism and business travel.

Las Vegas Sands’ principal operations are in Macau and Singapore. Its Macau portfolio includes properties such as The Venetian Macao, The Londoner Macao, The Parisian Macao, Sands Macao and The Plaza Macao. In Singapore, the company operates Marina Bay Sands, an integrated resort featuring hotel rooms, gaming, convention facilities, dining, retail and entertainment attractions.

The company traces its history to the development of The Venetian Resort in Las Vegas, which opened in 1999. Las Vegas Sands later expanded into Macau and Singapore and sold its remaining Las Vegas properties in 2021, making Asia the focus of its operating business. Rob Goldstein serves as the company’s chairman and chief executive officer.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $36.74 to $37.28
• 50-Day Range: $35.64 to $47.32
• 52-Week Range: $35.03 to $70.45
• Volume: 6.40 million shs
• Average Volume: 6.42 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $23.15 billion
• P/E Ratio: 15.13
• Dividend Yield: 3.25%
• Price Target: $53.28
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Las Vegas Sands Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Las Vegas Sands scored higher than 98% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 18th out of 482 stocks in the consumer discretionary sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 4.3 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Las Vegas Sands has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.50, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 10 buy ratings, 10 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Las Vegas Sands has a consensus price target of $53.28, representing about 44.3% upside from its current price of $36.92.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Las Vegas Sands has been the subject of 14 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 3.8 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 7.34%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Las Vegas Sands are expected to grow by 7.34% in the coming year, from $2.86 to $3.07 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Las Vegas Sands is 15.13, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 26.95.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Las Vegas Sands is 15.13, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Discretionary sector average P/E ratio of about 26.59.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Las Vegas Sands has a PEG Ratio of 0.86. PEG Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

2.95% of the float of Las Vegas Sands has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Las Vegas Sands has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.32, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Las Vegas Sands has recently increased by 3.50%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Yield

Las Vegas Sands pays a meaningful dividend of 3.25%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Las Vegas Sands has only been increasing its dividend for 2 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Las Vegas Sands is 49.18%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Las Vegas Sands will have a dividend payout ratio of 39.09% next year. This indicates that Las Vegas Sands will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.6 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.16

News Sentiment

Las Vegas Sands has a news sentiment score of 0.16. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.56 average news sentiment score of Consumer Discretionary companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 10 news articles for Las Vegas Sands this week, compared to 8 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 39 people have searched for LVS on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -9% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

6 people have added Las Vegas Sands to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 200% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Las Vegas Sands insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.55% of the stock of Las Vegas Sands is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

39.16% of the stock of Las Vegas Sands is held by institutions.

Company Calendar

• Record date for 8/12 Dividend: 8/04/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 8/12 Dividend: 8/04/2026
• Dividend Payable: 8/12/2026
• Last Earnings: 10/21/2026
• Today: 11/01/2026
• Record date for 11/10 Dividend: 11/02/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 11/10 Dividend: 11/02/2026
• Dividend Payable: 11/10/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Consumer Discretionary
• Industry: Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure
• Sub-Industry: Casinos & Gaming
• Current Symbol: NYSE:LVS
• CIK: 1300514
• Web: www.sands.com
• Phone: (702) 923-9000
• Fax: 702-414-4884
• Employees: 41,500
• Year Founded: 1990

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Las Vegas Sands: $53.28
• High Price Target: $71.50
• Low Price Target: $37.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +44.3%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.50
• Research Coverage: 20 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $2.44
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 15.13
• Forward P/E Ratio: 12.91
• P/E Growth: 0.86
• Net Income: $1.63 billion
• Net Margins: 11.85%
• Pretax Margin: 16.27%
• Return on Equity: 177.43%
• Return on Assets: 9.31%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 15.27
• Current Ratio: 0.83
• Quick Ratio: 0.99

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $13.02 billion
• Price / Sales: 1.78
• Cash Flow: $5.44 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 6.79
• Book Value: ($0.18) per share
• Price / Book: -205.11

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 626,990,000
• Free Float: 623,542,000
• Market Cap: $23.15 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.78