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 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.64%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, March 17th. This is an increase from Las Vegas Sands's previous quarterly dividend of $0.77. View Las Vegas Sands' Dividend History.

Las Vegas Sands Corp. (NYSE:LVS) announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, January, 29th. The casino operator reported $0.88 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.78 by $0.10. The casino operator had revenue of $3.51 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $3.37 billion. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 1.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous 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 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for Las Vegas Sands' shares. Their forecasts range from $55.00 to $80.00. On average, they expect Las Vegas Sands' share price to reach $68.09 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 0.0% 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 been trending somewhat positive recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Las Vegas Sands earned a news impact score of 1.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the casino operator a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Las Vegas Sands.

Las Vegas Sands saw a increase in short interest during 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 daily volume of 3,450,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.9 days. Approximately 3.0% 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 Advanced Drainage Systems (WMS), Boyd Gaming (BYD), Caesars Entertainment (CZR), Churchill Downs (CHDN), International Game Technology (IGT), MGM Resorts International (MGM), Monarch Casino & Resort (MCRI), MTR Gaming Group (MNTG), Penn National Gaming (PENN), Scientific Games (SGMS) and Wynn Resorts (WYNN).

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 Tesla (TSLA).

Las Vegas Sands' stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include State Street Corp (1.88%), Boston Partners (1.14%), American International Group Inc. (0.65%), Thornburg Investment Management Inc. (0.51%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.45%) and Renaissance Technologies LLC (0.34%). 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., American International Group Inc., AQR Capital Management LLC, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Credit Suisse AG, Fred Alger Management LLC, Public Sector Pension Investment Board and Panagora Asset Management Inc.. 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State Street Corp, Investec Asset Management LTD, Franklin Resources Inc., Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc., Principal Financial Group Inc., New York State Teachers Retirement System and Amundi Pioneer Asset Management 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 $68.07.