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

14 Wall Street 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 analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" LVS shares.
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14 analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for Las Vegas Sands' stock. Their LVS share price targets range from $53.00 to $77.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $64.47 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 40.5% from the stock's current price.
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Las Vegas Sands' stock was trading at $49.21 at the beginning of the year. Since then, LVS shares have decreased by 6.8% and is now trading at $45.88.
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Las Vegas Sands saw a increase in short interest during the month of March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totaling 7,740,000 shares, an increase of 21.9% from the February 29th total of 6,350,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 4,470,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.7 days. Approximately 1.9% 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, July 17th 2024.
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Las Vegas Sands Corp. (NYSE:LVS) released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, April, 17th. The casino operator reported $0.75 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.62 by $0.13. The casino operator earned $2.86 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.94 billion. Las Vegas Sands had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 34.40% and a net margin of 11.77%. The business's revenue was up 34.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $0.28 earnings per share.
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Las Vegas Sands declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, January 24th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, February 6th will be given a dividend of $0.20 per share on Wednesday, February 14th. This represents a $0.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.74%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, February 5th.
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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 1.58%. The dividend payout ratio is 50.00%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, LVS will have a dividend payout ratio of 25.48% 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), iBET Sports Betting & Gaming ETF (IBET), AdvisorShares Gerber Kawasaki ETF (GK), Neuberger Berman Next Generation Connected Consumer ETF (NBCC), 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 announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock buyback program on Wednesday, October 18th 2023, which authorizes the company to repurchase $2,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to repurchase up to 5.5% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are generally a sign that the company's board believes its shares are 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 many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include ARGA Investment Management LP (0.44%), Los Angeles Capital Management LLC (0.09%), IMC Chicago LLC (0.00%), Czech National Bank (0.01%), Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC (0.00%) and Game Plan Financial Advisors LLC (0.00%). Insiders that own company stock include Charles D Forman, Miriam Adelson and Robert G Goldstein.
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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 Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.
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