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

14 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Las Vegas Sands in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 12 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" LVS shares.
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14 brokers have issued 12 month price objectives for Las Vegas Sands' shares. Their LVS share price targets range from $64.00 to $80.50. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $69.68 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 46.2% from the stock's current price.
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Las Vegas Sands' stock was trading at $48.07 at the start of the year. Since then, LVS stock has decreased by 0.9% and is now trading at $47.66.
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Las Vegas Sands saw a increase in short interest in October. As of October 31st, there was short interest totaling 12,450,000 shares, an increase of 34.3% from the October 15th total of 9,270,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 4,540,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.7 days. Approximately 3.8% of the shares of the stock are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, January 24th 2024.
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Las Vegas Sands Corp. (NYSE:LVS) posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, October, 18th. The casino operator reported $0.55 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, meeting the consensus estimate of $0.55. The casino operator had revenue of $2.80 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.72 billion. Las Vegas Sands had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 21.05% and a net margin of 7.81%. The firm's revenue was up 178.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted ($0.27) earnings per share.
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Las Vegas Sands declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, October 16th. Investors of record on Tuesday, November 7th will be paid a dividend of $0.20 per share on Wednesday, November 15th. This represents a $0.80 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.68%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, November 6th.
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Las Vegas Sands (NYSE:LVS) pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.65%. The dividend payout ratio is 90.91%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on earnings estimates, LVS will have a dividend payout ratio of 27.97% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Las Vegas Sands (NYSE:LVS) stock in their portfolio include VanEck Gaming ETF (BJK), Invesco Leisure and Entertainment ETF (PEJ), iBET Sports Betting & Gaming ETF (IBET), AdvisorShares Gerber Kawasaki ETF (GK), Direxion Daily Travel & Vacation Bull 2X Shares (OOTO), Alpha Intelligent - Large Cap Value ETF (AILV), Invesco Select Growth ETF (IVSG) and Kovitz Core Equity ETF (EQTY).

Las Vegas Sands declared that its board has authorized a share buyback plan on Wednesday, October 18th 2023, which permits the company to repurchase $2,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to reacquire up to 5.5% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are typically a sign that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

55 employees have rated Las Vegas Sands Chief Executive Officer Sheldon G. Adelson on Glassdoor.com. Sheldon G. Adelson has an approval rating of 94% among the company's employees. This puts Sheldon G. Adelson in the top 30% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Las Vegas Sands investors own include AT&T (T), Alibaba Group (BABA), Bank of America (BAC), NVIDIA (NVDA), Wynn Resorts (WYNN), Walt Disney (DIS), Tesla (TSLA), Intel (INTC), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) and Cisco Systems (CSCO).

Las Vegas Sands' stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Invesco Ltd. (1.77%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.99%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (0.59%), Northern Trust Corp (0.38%), Schroder Investment Management Group (0.37%) and Morgan Stanley (0.36%).
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Shares of LVS 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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