NYSE:LVS - Las Vegas Sands Stock Price, Forecast & News

Las Vegas Sands trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "LVS."

Las Vegas Sands announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, October 23rd. Investors of record on Tuesday, December 17th will be given a dividend of $0.77 per share on Thursday, December 26th. This represents a $3.08 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.80%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, December 16th. View Las Vegas Sands' Dividend History.

Las Vegas Sands Corp. (NYSE:LVS) posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October, 23rd. The casino operator reported $0.75 EPS for the quarter, meeting the consensus estimate of $0.75. The casino operator earned $3.25 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.30 billion. Las Vegas Sands had a net margin of 13.86% and a return on equity of 37.04%. The business's revenue for the quarter was down 3.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm earned $0.77 EPS. View Las Vegas Sands' Earnings History.

Las Vegas Sands is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, January 22nd 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Las Vegas Sands.

14 brokers have issued twelve-month price targets for Las Vegas Sands' stock. Their forecasts range from $60.00 to $80.00. On average, they expect Las Vegas Sands' share price to reach $67.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 4.4% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Las Vegas Sands.

14 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Las Vegas Sands in the last year. There are currently 8 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Las Vegas Sands.

News headlines about LVS stock have been trending somewhat negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm identifies positive and negative news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Las Vegas Sands earned a media sentiment score of -1.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the casino operator a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Las Vegas Sands.

Las Vegas Sands saw a drop in short interest in the month of November. As of November 15th, there was short interest totalling 13,100,000 shares, a drop of 10.3% from the October 31st total of 14,610,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 5,090,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.6 days. Approximately 3.9% of the shares of the company are short sold. View Las Vegas Sands' Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Las Vegas Sands include MGM Resorts International (MGM), Wynn Resorts (WYNN), Caesars Entertainment (CZR), Churchill Downs (CHDN), Boyd Gaming (BYD), International Game Technology (IGT), Penn National Gaming (PENN), Advanced Drainage Systems (WMS), Scientific Games (SGMS), Monarch Casino & Resort (MCRI), Ameristar Casinos (ASCA) and MTR Gaming Group (MNTG).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Las Vegas Sands investors own include AT&T (T), Alibaba Group (BABA), Wynn Resorts (WYNN), Bank of America (BAC), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Verizon Communications (VZ), NVIDIA (NVDA), Gilead Sciences (GILD), Intel (INTC) and Netflix (NFLX).

Las Vegas Sands' stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Boston Partners (1.18%), State Street Corp (1.00%), Millennium Management LLC (0.60%), Alpine Group USVI LLC (0.27%), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.16%) and California Public Employees Retirement System (0.12%). Company insiders that own Las Vegas Sands stock include Kathleen Bender Patton, Lawrence A Jacobs and Robert G Goldstein. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Las Vegas Sands.

LVS stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Maverick Capital Ltd., Worldquant Millennium Advisors LLC, Artemis Investment Management LLP, PGGM Investments, American Assets Capital Advisers LLC, First Trust Advisors LP, Squarepoint Ops LLC and State Street Corp. Company insiders that have sold Las Vegas Sands company stock in the last year include Kathleen Bender Patton and Lawrence A Jacobs. View Insider Buying and Selling for Las Vegas Sands.

LVS stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Millennium Management LLC, Boston Partners, Alpine Group USVI LLC, State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D, California Public Employees Retirement System, Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank, Sheaff Brock Investment Advisors LLC and TradeLink Capital LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Las Vegas Sands.

Shares of LVS 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 LVS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $64.17.

Las Vegas Sands has a market capitalization of $49.28 billion and generates $13.73 billion in revenue each year. The casino operator earns $2.41 billion in net income (profit) each year or $3.32 on an earnings per share basis. Las Vegas Sands employs 51,500 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Las Vegas Sands.

The official website for Las Vegas Sands is http://www.sands.com/.

Las Vegas Sands' mailing address is 3355 LAS VEGAS BOULEVARD SOUTH ROOM 1A, LAS VEGAS NV, 89109. The casino operator can be reached via phone at 702-414-1000.