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 declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, January 29th. Investors of record on Wednesday, March 18th will be paid a dividend of $0.79 per share on Thursday, March 26th. This represents a $3.16 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 5.25%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, March 17th. This is a positive change from Las Vegas Sands's previous quarterly dividend of $0.77. View Las Vegas Sands' Dividend History.

Las Vegas Sands Corp. (NYSE:LVS) released its earnings results on Wednesday, January, 29th. The casino operator reported $0.88 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.78 by $0.10. The casino operator earned $3.51 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.37 billion. Las Vegas Sands had a return on equity of 38.61% and a net margin of 19.64%. Las Vegas Sands's revenue for the quarter was up 1.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $0.77 earnings per share. View Las Vegas Sands' Earnings History.

Las Vegas Sands is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, April 15th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Las Vegas Sands.

16 brokerages have issued 12 month price targets for Las Vegas Sands' shares. Their forecasts range from $55.00 to $80.00. On average, they anticipate Las Vegas Sands' share price to reach $68.09 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 13.2% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Las Vegas Sands.

16 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Las Vegas Sands in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 10 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Las Vegas Sands.

News coverage about LVS stock has trended very negative recently, according to InfoTrie. The research firm identifies negative and positive news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Las Vegas Sands earned a news sentiment score of -3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the casino operator a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Las Vegas Sands.

Las Vegas Sands saw a increase in short interest in the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 9,870,000 shares, an increase of 19.8% from the January 15th total of 8,240,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 3,450,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.9 days. Approximately 3.0% of the shares of the stock are sold short. 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), Penn National Gaming (PENN), Advanced Drainage Systems (WMS), Boyd Gaming (BYD), International Game Technology (IGT), Scientific Games (SGMS), Monarch Casino & Resort (MCRI) 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), Bank of America (BAC), Wynn Resorts (WYNN), Walt Disney (DIS), Verizon Communications (VZ), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Netflix (NFLX), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) and Intel (INTC).

Las Vegas Sands' stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Capital Research Global Investors (2.89%), State Street Corp (1.88%), Capital World Investors (1.26%), Boston Partners (1.14%), Capital International Investors (1.09%) and American International Group Inc. (0.65%). 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 D1 Capital Partners L.P., Capital World Investors, American International Group Inc., AQR Capital Management LLC, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Credit Suisse AG, Fred Alger Management LLC and Public Sector Pension Investment Board. 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 State Street Corp, Investec Asset Management LTD, Geode Capital Management LLC, Franklin Resources Inc., Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Alliancebernstein L.P., Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. and Principal Financial Group Inc.. 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 $60.16.

Las Vegas Sands has a market capitalization of $45.94 billion and generates $13.74 billion in revenue each year. The casino operator earns $2.70 billion in net income (profit) each year or $3.26 on an earnings per share basis. Las Vegas Sands employs 50,000 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.