LTC Properties - LTC Stock Forecast, Price & News

7 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for LTC Properties in the last twelve months. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 2 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" LTC shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in LTC, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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7 equities research analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for LTC Properties' shares. Their LTC share price forecasts range from $35.00 to $47.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $40.14 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 15.7% from the stock's current price.
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LTC Properties' stock was trading at $35.53 at the start of the year. Since then, LTC shares have decreased by 2.3% and is now trading at $34.70.
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LTC Properties saw a increase in short interest in March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totaling 942,900 shares, an increase of 7.0% from the February 28th total of 881,300 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 300,100 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.1 days.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, April 27th 2023.
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LTC Properties, Inc. (NYSE:LTC) posted its earnings results on Thursday, April, 28th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.36 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.62 by $0.26. The real estate investment trust earned $40.80 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $37.08 million. LTC Properties had a net margin of 56.95% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 12.36%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 1.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $0.62 earnings per share.

LTC Properties announced a monthly dividend on Tuesday, January 3rd. Shareholders of record on Thursday, March 23rd will be given a dividend of $0.19 per share on Friday, March 31st. This represents a $2.28 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 6.57%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, March 22nd.
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ETFs with the largest weight of LTC Properties (NYSE:LTC) stock in their portfolio include Global X SuperDividend REIT ETF (SRET), Hoya Capital High Dividend Yield ETF (RIET), ETC 6 Meridian Small Cap Equity ETF (SIXS), SPDR S&P Global Dividend ETF (WDIV), Cambria Global Real Estate ETF (BLDG), Invesco S&P SmallCap Low Volatility ETF (XSLV), Invesco S&P SmallCap Financials ETF (PSCF) and Arrow Dow Jones Global Yield ETF (GYLD).

LTC Properties (NYSE:LTC) pays an annual dividend of $2.28 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 6.79%. LTC has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The dividend payout ratio is 91.94%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on EPS estimates, LTC will have a dividend payout ratio of 80.85% in the coming year. This indicates that the company may not be able to sustain their current dividend.
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LTC Properties trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "LTC."

LTC Properties' stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Geode Capital Management LLC (2.06%), Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. (1.46%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (1.37%), Morgan Stanley (1.03%), Advisors Capital Management LLC (1.00%) and Norges Bank (0.98%). Insiders that own company stock include Caroline Chikhale, Timothy Triche and Wendy Simpson.
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Shares of LTC stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of LTC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $34.70.

LTC Properties (NYSE:LTC) has a market capitalization of $1.44 billion and generates $175.15 million in revenue each year. The real estate investment trust earns $100.02 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.48 on an earnings per share basis.

LTC Properties' mailing address is 2829 TOWNSGATE ROAD SUITE 350, WESTLAKE VILLAGE CA, 91361. The official website for the company is www.ltcreit.com. The real estate investment trust can be reached via phone at (805) 981-8655, via email at investor.relations@ltcproperties.com, or via fax at 805-981-8663.